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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Sukiyaki

Here's another song I've been whistling ... it reminds me of Hawaii ... Kyu Sakamoto's version is definitely the one to listen to. The lyrics tell the story of a man who looks up and whistles while he is walking so that his tears won't fall. The verses of the song describe him doing this through each season of the year. The English lyrics of the version recorded by A Taste of Honey are not a translation of the original Japanese lyrics but a completely different set of lyrics set to the same basic melody.

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And I quote ...

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. ~ George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises. ~ Buzz Aldrin

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself. ~ Jane Wagner

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad. ~ George Bernard Shaw

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: "Whose?" ~ Don Marquis

A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time. ~ George Iles

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks. ~ Steve Martin

Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves. ~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos (Blues for a Red Planet)

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. ~ Dick Gregory

I've gone into hundreds of [fortune-teller's parlors], and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her. ~ New York City detective

I am at two with nature. ~ Woody Allen

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. ~ W. H. Auden

Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit. ~ Aristotle

When you’re through changing, you’re through. ~ Bruce Barton

A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, “You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.” ~ Sir Arnold Bax, Farewell my Youth (1943)

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Affliction comes to us all not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but wise. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when no strain is put upon it. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. ~ A. Whitney Brown

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. ~ George Burns

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. ~ John Vance Cheney, poet (1848-1922)

Defer not till tomorrow to be wise. Tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise. ~ William Congreve

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

I’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is two weeks. ~ Totie Fields

Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250 ~ Harper’s Index, October 1989

Fig Newton: The force required to accelerate a fig 39.37 inches per sec. ~ J. Hart

After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, 'No hablo ingles.' ~ Ronnie Shakes

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together ... ~ Carl Zwanzig

These are a few of my favorite things:

Food: Chinese brocolli w/ black mushroom and fried tofu
Food: Dark chocolate
Food: Pho and avocado shake
Food: Rice pudding from The Bakery/The Other Place/Lamb's
Food: Shaved ice with azuki beans
Food: Simply Limeade/Lemonade
Musical and movie: "Mamma Mia"
Musical: "Starlight Express"
Musical: "The Phantom of the Opera"
Radio: KSL - "The Twilight Zone"
Radio: NPR - "All Things Considered"
Radio: NPR - "Fresh Air"
Radio: NPR - "On the Media"
Radio: NPR - "Prairie Home Companion"
Radio: NPR - "Selected Shorts"
Radio: NPR - "This American Life"
Radio: NPR - "Weekend Edition"
TV: "Masterpiece Theatre" & "Mystery"
TV: "Monk"
TV: "Psych"
TV: "The Closer"
TV: Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations"

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Sukiyaki

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