Quick Quick Buy It
A baby food breakfast was recalled from Singapore's markets after the US FDA warned that the product might be contaminated and cause botulism.
According to CDC, botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. There are three main kinds of botulism.
Foodborne botulism is caused by eating foods that contain the botulism toxin.
Wound botulism is caused by toxin produced from a wound infected with Clostridium botulinum.
Infant botulism is caused by consuming the spores of the botulinum bacteria, which then grow in the intestines and release toxin. All forms of botulism can be fatal and are considered medical emergencies.
Foodborne botulism can be especially dangerous because many people can be poisoned by eating a contaminated food.
BUT
Wikipedia also carries that the botulinum toxin is also used cosmetically, for example in reducing facial wrinkles or excessive transpiration, and is commercially known as Botox. Cases of inadvertent botulism have occurred due to overdose or accidental intravenous injection of Botox.
So, people wanting to smooth their wrinkles but not want to pay cosmetic doctors huge sums of money for the jabs may want to consider grabbing those infected food cans and apply the contents liberally on the face. Perhaps it would work as well.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Feb 06 Quote of the Month
Feb 06 Quote of the Month
Was watching this show called Sex in Japan by BBC World (I think). BBC interviews a Japanese photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki, who claimed,
"I think people should be positively dirty-minded and if you are positively dirty-minded, you end up in the most lively and energetic place."
Well said. Let's all stay positively dirty-minded!
Was watching this show called Sex in Japan by BBC World (I think). BBC interviews a Japanese photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki, who claimed,
"I think people should be positively dirty-minded and if you are positively dirty-minded, you end up in the most lively and energetic place."
Well said. Let's all stay positively dirty-minded!
Monday, February 19, 2007
Mack The Knife
Mack The Knife
One of my favourite covers of Mack the Knife is by Robbie Williams. Robbie is in rehab now but he has always been very good.
It is always tough to make something so macabre sound so happy and sprightly. Jocular sadism - I love it!
One of my favourite covers of Mack the Knife is by Robbie Williams. Robbie is in rehab now but he has always been very good.
It is always tough to make something so macabre sound so happy and sprightly. Jocular sadism - I love it!
Hotel California
Hotel California
This is the Eagles Reunion 1994 version. If you had the original recording and an excellent hifi system, it sounds really really great.
The crowd was held in suspense for the longest time because the Eagles simply wanted to have some fun showing off their technical prowess at the guitar and it was a few "false starts" later that they've decided to launch into song. But it was all worth the wait.
Enjoy!
This is the Eagles Reunion 1994 version. If you had the original recording and an excellent hifi system, it sounds really really great.
The crowd was held in suspense for the longest time because the Eagles simply wanted to have some fun showing off their technical prowess at the guitar and it was a few "false starts" later that they've decided to launch into song. But it was all worth the wait.
Enjoy!
Ring My Bell
Ring My Bell
This is a 1979 one-hit wonder by Anita Ward. And I think it did go to number 1.
I have been hearing a little too much of it recently and what I couldn't get out of my system are:
1. The siren-like teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww (many many times) at the beginning of the song
2. Minnie Mouse-like voice (Debbie Gibson also sounds like this)
3. "You could ring my bell... ring my bell" makes me think of a cow with those bells hanging at their necks. Or else, where else can anyone have bells hanging on their bodies unless there is some bodily modification?
Still, enjoy what the 1970s represent! (And how do I begin telling you how the Ah Bengs and the Ah Lians will be singing "Leng Mai Bell" to the tune while prancing away. Ewww....)
Ring My Bell
I'm glad you're home
And I think you really miss me
I guess you did by the look in your eyes (look in your eyes, look in your eyes)
Well lay back and relax while I put away the dishes (put away the dishes)
Then you and me can rock-a-bye
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
The night is young and full of possibilities
Well come on and let yourself be free
My love for you, so long than I've been savin'
Tonight was made for me and you
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
you can ring my bell, you can ring my bell
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong)
you can ring my bell, you can ring my bell
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong, ring it!)
you can ring my bell, anytime, anyway
(ring it, ring it, ring it, ring it oww!)
you can ring my bell, anytime, anyway
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong)
you can ring my bell, you can ring my bell
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong)
you can ring my bell, you can ring my bell
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong, ring it!)
you can ring my bell, anytime, anyway
(ring it, ring it, ring it, ring it oww!)
you can ring my bell, anytime, anyway
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong)
This is a 1979 one-hit wonder by Anita Ward. And I think it did go to number 1.
I have been hearing a little too much of it recently and what I couldn't get out of my system are:
1. The siren-like teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww (many many times) at the beginning of the song
2. Minnie Mouse-like voice (Debbie Gibson also sounds like this)
3. "You could ring my bell... ring my bell" makes me think of a cow with those bells hanging at their necks. Or else, where else can anyone have bells hanging on their bodies unless there is some bodily modification?
Still, enjoy what the 1970s represent! (And how do I begin telling you how the Ah Bengs and the Ah Lians will be singing "Leng Mai Bell" to the tune while prancing away. Ewww....)
Ring My Bell
I'm glad you're home
And I think you really miss me
I guess you did by the look in your eyes (look in your eyes, look in your eyes)
Well lay back and relax while I put away the dishes (put away the dishes)
Then you and me can rock-a-bye
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
The night is young and full of possibilities
Well come on and let yourself be free
My love for you, so long than I've been savin'
Tonight was made for me and you
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
you can ring my bell, you can ring my bell
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong)
you can ring my bell, you can ring my bell
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong, ring it!)
you can ring my bell, anytime, anyway
(ring it, ring it, ring it, ring it oww!)
you can ring my bell, anytime, anyway
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong)
you can ring my bell, you can ring my bell
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong)
you can ring my bell, you can ring my bell
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong, ring it!)
you can ring my bell, anytime, anyway
(ring it, ring it, ring it, ring it oww!)
you can ring my bell, anytime, anyway
(ding, dong, ding, do-ong)
Dirt
Dirt
I spent the last few days watching the new TV series, Dirt. I don't think Singapore will ever get to watch it because it is pretty blatant. In US, it is marked for Mature Audiences. Let me share with you a quick snapshot of the first few episodes through this Youtube trailer.
The show has a very simple storyline. A magazine editor, Lucy Spiller, seeks the report truth about celebrities' secret lives. Subsequently, she started going for people's secret lives. And she's good.
"Dirt Now", the magazine that Lucy edits, is the amalgamation of two magazines - Dirt and Now. Dirt concentrated on exposes but it was hard to get advertisers because of the profiles of the people who get exposed. Now is the magazine that concentrated on breaking news but sales are dismal.
Dirt Now, as Lucy proclaimed, will be the best of both.
Lucy has a devoted schizophrenic classmate, Don Carson, who was a photographer for Dirt and now with Dirt Now. He is one character to watch. In one assignment, he actually cut off his pinkie so that he could sneak into the ICU to take pictures of a fallen gospel singer who finally set herself on fire because "she could not take this life anymore". Is that bitchy or what?
Lucy's brother, Leo, is an interior designer who scored a job with a Brad Pitt-lookalike, called Jack Dawson in the show. Well, at the end of episode 3, Leo asked Jack if he could ask an awkward question. Jack said he was thinking of the same. He walked to Leo, kissed him and then proceeded to blow Leo.
Of course, Leo finally caught Jack being serviced by his personal trainer when he went over. There was an acrimonious break-up and Don went to snap pictures of Jack and his playmate but got caught. Poor guy got locked up and Lucy had to bail him out and settle for him.
It has been an enjoyable ride so far and I've watched all 7 available episodes. I'm now waiting.
And where is my Desperate Housewives Episodes 13, 14, 15? Grr....
I spent the last few days watching the new TV series, Dirt. I don't think Singapore will ever get to watch it because it is pretty blatant. In US, it is marked for Mature Audiences. Let me share with you a quick snapshot of the first few episodes through this Youtube trailer.
The show has a very simple storyline. A magazine editor, Lucy Spiller, seeks the report truth about celebrities' secret lives. Subsequently, she started going for people's secret lives. And she's good.
"Dirt Now", the magazine that Lucy edits, is the amalgamation of two magazines - Dirt and Now. Dirt concentrated on exposes but it was hard to get advertisers because of the profiles of the people who get exposed. Now is the magazine that concentrated on breaking news but sales are dismal.
Dirt Now, as Lucy proclaimed, will be the best of both.
Lucy has a devoted schizophrenic classmate, Don Carson, who was a photographer for Dirt and now with Dirt Now. He is one character to watch. In one assignment, he actually cut off his pinkie so that he could sneak into the ICU to take pictures of a fallen gospel singer who finally set herself on fire because "she could not take this life anymore". Is that bitchy or what?
Lucy's brother, Leo, is an interior designer who scored a job with a Brad Pitt-lookalike, called Jack Dawson in the show. Well, at the end of episode 3, Leo asked Jack if he could ask an awkward question. Jack said he was thinking of the same. He walked to Leo, kissed him and then proceeded to blow Leo.
Of course, Leo finally caught Jack being serviced by his personal trainer when he went over. There was an acrimonious break-up and Don went to snap pictures of Jack and his playmate but got caught. Poor guy got locked up and Lucy had to bail him out and settle for him.
It has been an enjoyable ride so far and I've watched all 7 available episodes. I'm now waiting.
And where is my Desperate Housewives Episodes 13, 14, 15? Grr....
Jesus, Take The Wheel
Jesus, Take The Wheel
Artist/Band: Underwood Carrie
Lyrics for Song: Jesus, Take The Wheel
Lyrics for Album: Some Hearts
Jesus, Take the Wheel
(James/Lindsey/Sampson)
She was drivin' last friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Goin' home to see her Momma and her Daddy
With her baby in a back seat
Fifty miles to go and she was runnin' low
On faith and gasoline
It'd been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention
She was goin' way too fast
Before she knew it she was spinnin on thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was so scared, she threw her hands up in the air
(Chorus)
Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this on my own
I'm letting go
Give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel
It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder and that car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the back seat sleepin' like a rock
For the first time in a long time she bowed her head to pray
She said I'm sorry for the way
I've been livin' my life
I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight
(Repeat chorus)
Artist/Band: Underwood Carrie
Lyrics for Song: Jesus, Take The Wheel
Lyrics for Album: Some Hearts
Jesus, Take the Wheel
(James/Lindsey/Sampson)
She was drivin' last friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Goin' home to see her Momma and her Daddy
With her baby in a back seat
Fifty miles to go and she was runnin' low
On faith and gasoline
It'd been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention
She was goin' way too fast
Before she knew it she was spinnin on thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was so scared, she threw her hands up in the air
(Chorus)
Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this on my own
I'm letting go
Give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel
It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder and that car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the back seat sleepin' like a rock
For the first time in a long time she bowed her head to pray
She said I'm sorry for the way
I've been livin' my life
I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight
(Repeat chorus)
Friday, February 16, 2007
2006 DARWIN AWARD WINNERS!
Darwin Awards Condoms: Keep yourself out of the gene pool.
Darwin Awards Motto: The Tree of Life is Self-Pruning.
Darwin Awards Hero: "What would Darwin do?"
2006 RUNNER UP: Copper Kite Darwin Award -- Confirmed
"One string short of a kite."
(19 March 2006, Belize) Benjamin Franklin reputedly flew his kite
in a lightning storm, going on to discover that lightning equals
electricity. However, certain precautions must be taken to avoid
sudden electrocution. Kennon, 26, replicated the conditions of
Ben Franklin's experiment, but without Ben's sensible safety
precautions. Dennon was flying a kite with a short string that
he had extended with a length of thin copper wire.
The copper made contact with a high-tension line, sending a bolt
of electrical lightning towards the man. Just bad luck?
Kennon's father told listeners his son was an electrician, and
"should have known better." Kennon is survived by his parents,
six sisters, and five brothers.
2006 RUNNER UP: Hammer of Doom Darwin Award -- Confirmed
August brought us a winner from Brazil, who tried to disassemble
a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) by driving back and forth over
it with a car. This technique was ineffective, so he escalated to
pounding the RPG with a sledgehammer. The second try worked--in
a sense. The explosion proved fatal to one man, six cars, and
the repair shop wherein the efforts took place.
14 more RPG grenades were found in a car parked nearby. Police
believe the ammunition was being scavenged to sell as scrap
metal. If it wasn't scrap then, it certainly is now!
And the 2006 DARWIN AWARD Winner is...
HIGH ON LIFE: "Take a deep breath..."
(3 June 2006, Florida) Two more candidates have thrown themselves
into the running for a Darwin Award. The feet of Jason and Sara,
both 21, were found protruding from a deflated, huge helium
advertising balloon. Jason was a college student, and Sara
attended community college, but apparently their education had
glossed over the importance of oxygen.
When one breathes helium, the lack of oxygen in the bloodstream
causes a rapid loss of consciousness. Some euthanasia experts
advocate the use of helium to painlessly end one's life.
The pair pulled down the 8' balloon, and climbed inside. Their
last words consisted of high-pitched, incoherent giggling as they
slowly passed out and passed into the hereafter.
Sheriff's deputies said the two were not victims of foul play. No
drugs or alcohol were found. The medical examiner reported that
helium inhalation was a significant factor in their deaths. A
family member said "Sara was mischievous, to be honest. She liked
fun and it cost her."
Darwin Awards Condoms: Keep yourself out of the gene pool.
Darwin Awards Motto: The Tree of Life is Self-Pruning.
Darwin Awards Hero: "What would Darwin do?"
2006 RUNNER UP: Copper Kite Darwin Award -- Confirmed
"One string short of a kite."
(19 March 2006, Belize) Benjamin Franklin reputedly flew his kite
in a lightning storm, going on to discover that lightning equals
electricity. However, certain precautions must be taken to avoid
sudden electrocution. Kennon, 26, replicated the conditions of
Ben Franklin's experiment, but without Ben's sensible safety
precautions. Dennon was flying a kite with a short string that
he had extended with a length of thin copper wire.
The copper made contact with a high-tension line, sending a bolt
of electrical lightning towards the man. Just bad luck?
Kennon's father told listeners his son was an electrician, and
"should have known better." Kennon is survived by his parents,
six sisters, and five brothers.
2006 RUNNER UP: Hammer of Doom Darwin Award -- Confirmed
August brought us a winner from Brazil, who tried to disassemble
a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) by driving back and forth over
it with a car. This technique was ineffective, so he escalated to
pounding the RPG with a sledgehammer. The second try worked--in
a sense. The explosion proved fatal to one man, six cars, and
the repair shop wherein the efforts took place.
14 more RPG grenades were found in a car parked nearby. Police
believe the ammunition was being scavenged to sell as scrap
metal. If it wasn't scrap then, it certainly is now!
And the 2006 DARWIN AWARD Winner is...
HIGH ON LIFE: "Take a deep breath..."
(3 June 2006, Florida) Two more candidates have thrown themselves
into the running for a Darwin Award. The feet of Jason and Sara,
both 21, were found protruding from a deflated, huge helium
advertising balloon. Jason was a college student, and Sara
attended community college, but apparently their education had
glossed over the importance of oxygen.
When one breathes helium, the lack of oxygen in the bloodstream
causes a rapid loss of consciousness. Some euthanasia experts
advocate the use of helium to painlessly end one's life.
The pair pulled down the 8' balloon, and climbed inside. Their
last words consisted of high-pitched, incoherent giggling as they
slowly passed out and passed into the hereafter.
Sheriff's deputies said the two were not victims of foul play. No
drugs or alcohol were found. The medical examiner reported that
helium inhalation was a significant factor in their deaths. A
family member said "Sara was mischievous, to be honest. She liked
fun and it cost her."
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Chinese New Year Open House
Chinese New Year Open House
Apparently...
24 Feb (Sat) is bad because people are working, people have exams, people need to sell themselves at garage sales, people need to celebrate birthdays (me included).
25 Feb (Sun) is bad because I say it's bad.
3 Mar (Sat) is bad because people need to enjoy their last day of Chinese New Year.
4 Mar (Sun) is no longer Chinese New Year.
Please note that owing to the less than ideal dates and times for the Chinese New Year Open House, I have decided to cancel the event.
I will be finding another day and time for a simple gathering instead.
Wishing all a happy and prosperous New Year!
Apparently...
24 Feb (Sat) is bad because people are working, people have exams, people need to sell themselves at garage sales, people need to celebrate birthdays (me included).
25 Feb (Sun) is bad because I say it's bad.
3 Mar (Sat) is bad because people need to enjoy their last day of Chinese New Year.
4 Mar (Sun) is no longer Chinese New Year.
Please note that owing to the less than ideal dates and times for the Chinese New Year Open House, I have decided to cancel the event.
I will be finding another day and time for a simple gathering instead.
Wishing all a happy and prosperous New Year!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
The Amazing Shrinking Chicken Wing
The Amazing Shrinking Chicken Wing
With Chinese New Year around the corner and maybe with the lovely scourge called Bird Flu, I found that chicken wings sold at cooked food outlets have become more expensive (the Changi Village nasi lemak stall has raised its wing prices from $1 to $1.50 - and I do not know if it is in anticipation of the 2% hike in Goods and Services Tax. And even if it is, isn't it preposterous that a 2 cent paper increase manifests itself as a 50 cent actual increase?) or they have shrunk (the fried noodle stall in Commonwealth is selling smaller wings at $1).
Maybe there is a bout of malnutrition in chickens? Or are we already killing them for food earlier - even before H5N1 can be detected? Or worse, if I know the health authorities are cracking down on the farms, the owners simply give the order to kill, freeze and sell? Who knows? Apparently, the British human food supply seems to have been breached already.
Well, eat while they still exist. Just like bananas.
With Chinese New Year around the corner and maybe with the lovely scourge called Bird Flu, I found that chicken wings sold at cooked food outlets have become more expensive (the Changi Village nasi lemak stall has raised its wing prices from $1 to $1.50 - and I do not know if it is in anticipation of the 2% hike in Goods and Services Tax. And even if it is, isn't it preposterous that a 2 cent paper increase manifests itself as a 50 cent actual increase?) or they have shrunk (the fried noodle stall in Commonwealth is selling smaller wings at $1).
Maybe there is a bout of malnutrition in chickens? Or are we already killing them for food earlier - even before H5N1 can be detected? Or worse, if I know the health authorities are cracking down on the farms, the owners simply give the order to kill, freeze and sell? Who knows? Apparently, the British human food supply seems to have been breached already.
Well, eat while they still exist. Just like bananas.
Ewwww........
Ewwww........
Someone heard this over the radio and then SMS-ed me.
"My love for you is like lau-sai (diarrhoea). I can't keep it in me any more."
Someone heard this over the radio and then SMS-ed me.
"My love for you is like lau-sai (diarrhoea). I can't keep it in me any more."
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Happy 32nd Birthday to Me!
Happy 32nd Birthday to Me!
Just turned 32 not long ago, if I go by time of birth.
Showering just now and reflecting on my miserable work but otherwise happy existence.
Then epiphany hit.
I don't need power and status. I only want to be happy and free.
And I think I know where I should go from here.
Just turned 32 not long ago, if I go by time of birth.
Showering just now and reflecting on my miserable work but otherwise happy existence.
Then epiphany hit.
I don't need power and status. I only want to be happy and free.
And I think I know where I should go from here.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
I hope you get run over by a bus soon!
I hope you get run over by a bus soon!
To the stupid woman SMSing on the bus and cannot stand properly when the bus is moving,
Be damned thankful that I was there to break your fall three times.
And I don't think I am rude when I tell you that if you can't stand properly (on the moving bus) you should not be SMSing on your phone after you crashed your body into my chest for the third time.
But I think you are extremely rude when you said, "Sorry IF I FALL ONTO YOU LOH!"
After that, you complained to your guy friend that you cannot stand rude people like this.
Remember this, you harlot. if I had been rude, your friend would have spoken up. But he kept quiet. He knows jolly well that I am right. Chivalry dictates that he speaks up if I had been a rogue. But he knows better. Good for him!
Subsequently, you kept hurrying him to move to the back of the bus and he had no choice but to look down at the ground and move behind. Passengers were looking. He knows and feels embarrassed for you.
But you? You righteously think you were on moral high ground. God! I wish the plague on all those who failed to teach you manners and proper behaviour. H5N1 ain't that bad either.
Anyway, I think you will make a pathetic parent and you are definitely scum of the earth.
If it has not happened yet, the title says it all.
PS. I'm sure hell will bar you from entering when you finally make it there!
To the stupid woman SMSing on the bus and cannot stand properly when the bus is moving,
Be damned thankful that I was there to break your fall three times.
And I don't think I am rude when I tell you that if you can't stand properly (on the moving bus) you should not be SMSing on your phone after you crashed your body into my chest for the third time.
But I think you are extremely rude when you said, "Sorry IF I FALL ONTO YOU LOH!"
After that, you complained to your guy friend that you cannot stand rude people like this.
Remember this, you harlot. if I had been rude, your friend would have spoken up. But he kept quiet. He knows jolly well that I am right. Chivalry dictates that he speaks up if I had been a rogue. But he knows better. Good for him!
Subsequently, you kept hurrying him to move to the back of the bus and he had no choice but to look down at the ground and move behind. Passengers were looking. He knows and feels embarrassed for you.
But you? You righteously think you were on moral high ground. God! I wish the plague on all those who failed to teach you manners and proper behaviour. H5N1 ain't that bad either.
Anyway, I think you will make a pathetic parent and you are definitely scum of the earth.
If it has not happened yet, the title says it all.
PS. I'm sure hell will bar you from entering when you finally make it there!
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Country Songs
Artist: Lawrence Tracy
Song Title: Paint Me a Birmingham
Album: Strong
He was sitting there, his brush in hand
Painting waves as they danced, upon the sand
With every stroke, he brought to life
The deep blue of the ocean, against the morning sky
I asked him if he only painted ocean scenes
He said for twenty dollars, I'll paint you anything
Could you Paint Me A Birmingham
Make it look just the way I planned
A little house on the edge of town
Porch going all the way around
Put her there in the front yard swing
Cotton dress make it, early spring
For a while she'll be, mine again
If you can Paint Me A Birmingham
He looked at me, with knowing eyes
Then took a canvas from a bag there by his side
Picked up a brush, and said to me
Son just where in this picture would you like to be
And I said if there's any way you can
Could you paint me back into her arms again?
Could you Paint Me A Birmingham
Make it look just the way I planned
A little house on the edge of town
Porch going all the way around
Put her there in the front yard swing
Cotton dress make it, early spring
For a while she'll be, mine again
If you can Paint Me A Birmingham
Paint Me A Birmingham
Make it look just the way I planned
A little house on the edge of town
Porch going all the way around
Put her there in the front yard swing
Cotton dress make it, early spring
For a while she'll be, mine again
If you can Paint Me A Birmingham
Oh paint me a Birmingham
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/lawrence-tracy/paint-me-a-birmingham-12714.html
I am a sucker for country and soft rock. I need the story in the music to keep me interested.
The above was something I heard the first time yesterday. Only heard half the song and fell in love with it.
So simple and so delicate the pining.
Now, I want to get the CD.
Song Title: Paint Me a Birmingham
Album: Strong
He was sitting there, his brush in hand
Painting waves as they danced, upon the sand
With every stroke, he brought to life
The deep blue of the ocean, against the morning sky
I asked him if he only painted ocean scenes
He said for twenty dollars, I'll paint you anything
Could you Paint Me A Birmingham
Make it look just the way I planned
A little house on the edge of town
Porch going all the way around
Put her there in the front yard swing
Cotton dress make it, early spring
For a while she'll be, mine again
If you can Paint Me A Birmingham
He looked at me, with knowing eyes
Then took a canvas from a bag there by his side
Picked up a brush, and said to me
Son just where in this picture would you like to be
And I said if there's any way you can
Could you paint me back into her arms again?
Could you Paint Me A Birmingham
Make it look just the way I planned
A little house on the edge of town
Porch going all the way around
Put her there in the front yard swing
Cotton dress make it, early spring
For a while she'll be, mine again
If you can Paint Me A Birmingham
Paint Me A Birmingham
Make it look just the way I planned
A little house on the edge of town
Porch going all the way around
Put her there in the front yard swing
Cotton dress make it, early spring
For a while she'll be, mine again
If you can Paint Me A Birmingham
Oh paint me a Birmingham
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/lawrence-tracy/paint-me-a-birmingham-12714.html
I am a sucker for country and soft rock. I need the story in the music to keep me interested.
The above was something I heard the first time yesterday. Only heard half the song and fell in love with it.
So simple and so delicate the pining.
Now, I want to get the CD.
Evil thoughts?
Evil thoughts?
Lots of news to read in my new job.
And lots of exciting headlines and comments which I had made a mental note to bring up to this blog and bitch about.
In the end, I decide to be kind. Misfortunes have already struck. Need I gloat? Yes. Need I tell people I'm gloating? No.
There! Keeping close my evil thoughts and then forgetting them.
Getting more saintly? Hardly. I think being too busy "helps".
Lots of news to read in my new job.
And lots of exciting headlines and comments which I had made a mental note to bring up to this blog and bitch about.
In the end, I decide to be kind. Misfortunes have already struck. Need I gloat? Yes. Need I tell people I'm gloating? No.
There! Keeping close my evil thoughts and then forgetting them.
Getting more saintly? Hardly. I think being too busy "helps".
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