While listening to Pandora a few months ago I heard “Mrs. McGrath” by Pete Seeger and found it catchy, but like most songs I hear on Pandora, it passed and didn’t come again for a long while. But today I was sitting around and started singing the chorus: Would you too-rye-ah Foddle-diddle-dah toorye oorye oorye-ah [...]
Archive for 6 October 2007
Mrs. McGrath
Posted: 6 October 2007 in UncategorizedTags: anti-war, folk, france, great britain, history, lyrics, music, napoleon, peninsular war, pete seeger, songs, spain
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Am I the ideal supporter?
Posted: 6 October 2007 in UncategorizedTags: election, kucinich, politics, polls, presidential election, vote, wonkosphere
WonkoKevin over on WonkoBlog for — you guessed it — WonkoSphere posted a little quiz about the ideal supporter today. I figured I’d respond with what sort of supporter (of a political candidate) I am. Would anyone want me? b. I don’t even know what a straw poll is. If they had strawberries, though, I’d [...]
Hickory Horned Devil
Posted: 6 October 2007 in UncategorizedTags: biology, caterpillars, hickory horned devil, hiking, insects, moths, nature, trails
Donna and I were lucky a couple weeks ago while at the park with the dogs. We were walking back to the car from the water area where Willow was swimming when we came upon two people hunched over something in the trail. When we got closer, we saw a giant green caterpillar with bizarre [...]
