ok, it’s not nice to call folks dumb, but…
“I never thought about it. It’s just a soft drink, just like drinking water. I didn’t think a soft drink was going to kill her.”
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Doh!
He said that although the district spends less than the state requires under its Essential Programs and Services model, it has been able to make up that difference the past few years using federal funds, such and those from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. With those funds now gone and a state mandate that says next year the district must pick up 100 percent of the required educational funding under EPS, the towns must now pay a higher share of the costs.
“This is cruel,” Holt said of the formula.
from
Norway manager in ‘shock’ over town’s share of school budget
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Ships….
Sweet…
I’ve been enjoying some studio time in past months..
I’m continuing to work on my next self-release:
“Songs to Code By”
Tonight I was reminded that I’m sooooo blessed with a space and some gear to be able to work on something I’m passionate about..and as Spring’l tell ya, there’s precious little passion sometimes goin on with me when it comes to working toward something with all my heart.
wow..
Just when you thought NOONE could ever do Geddy Lee….
http://www.lotuslandband.com/media.html
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Glosoli revisited
So, decided to listen again, to a tune my buddy Marty O Brien introduced
me to a few years back.
An Icelandic band named Sigur Ros
I know nothing about Icelandic language..nor really about Icelandic culture,
but this tune has impacted a lot of people.
It hit me hard when first played, and I could listen and watch the video…
It’s one of those songs that seem s to divide folks into two groups:
1) You are moved by it
2) You don’t understand the 1st group
A few comments from utube that bear out it’s impact:
I’m 37. I lived my life so far never seeing anything as beautiful, breathtaking, and poignant as this. That is a damn crime.
i saw this on rage a couple of years ago, fell in love with it, forgot about it and just rediscovered it xx still as amazing as i remember
I was listening to music, having it kind of in the background at work shuffleing 20,000 songs. And suddenly from nowhere when i did random boring paper job i just started crying and didnt know why at first then i looked at the computer and saw winamp playing Sigur Ros – Glósóli and got wiser.
Its so beautiful, and thats coming from a 16 year old male
haha
Share on FacebookThe strangest feeling came to me while I was watching this clip the very first time. It was near the ending, when the kids were ready to jump off the cliff, and it felt as if I was ready to cough, only instead of coughing, I was almost going to cry. I swear to god I haven’t felt anything like this until now.
Dancing Queen
ok ok I know..it’s mid seventies…and it’s now considered corny and vastly outdated
But when I listen to this song, I just feel ….well, I can’t describe it exactly..
I think perhaps something I heard so often in my youth, rings something up in me..
I just really like it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Queen
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Heat in the studio!
So, we just bought a couple of these little gems:
It’s an electric heater, and has gotten great reviews.
One for the soon to be usable again back porch, and the other for the music studio!
Yaaay!
It was real nice to sit there & compose music and not be chilly..
Funny how much more one can enjoy something without being uncomfortable.
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yeah, there’s no persecution…
“In a highly significant move, ministers will fight a case at the European Court of Human Rights in which two British women will seek to establish their right to display the cross.
It is the first time that the Government has been forced to state whether it backs the right of Christians to wear the symbol at work.” (more…)
Waffles & Crew cuts
freedom…
I signed off of facebook this morning…
freedom…
http://hellboundbloggers.com/2011/03/12/why-facebook-is-so-addictive/
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Leaving Facebook
I think it’s time to be done.
It’s causing more negativity in my life than good, so I’m cutting it out.
If anyone wishes to, I’m always available via email:
RICH@GOUETTE.COM…easy to remember!
Peace
ps. I’ll keep up on FB posts via Spring
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Ok, maybe I missed something..
Did scientists prove that there actually WAS a Big Bang?
Apparently, because they’re using language that would suggest it’s at leasat
a forgone conclusion.
“Two beams of subatomic particles called “hadrons” – either protons or lead ions – travel in opposite directions inside the circular accelerator, gaining energy with every lap. Physicists use the LHC to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang, by colliding the two beams head-on at very high energy. Teams of physicists from around the world then analyse the particles created in the collisions using special detectors in a number of experiments dedicated to the LHC.”
from: http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/lhc/lhc-en.html
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I think I could “chew my arm off”…as a dear friend puts it..
Ever try & contact a manager at a huge multi-national banking firm?
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a sad day
I had one of these…
It hit the floor last week, and I just now tossed it out…
I’ve used it for a long time, and I’ll miss it.
There be Honda here!
Glad to say another Honda has entered the fam.
Goodbye Saabstory…hello 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX
Wisley! (thanks Nancy)
A new religion?
I find myself unable to adequately put into words what I feel when I read posts like the following.
Contained within the blog posts lines are a myriad of issues.
Economics, religion, faith, Christianity, cultural trends, fads, race, church…the list goes on
I have my own set of conclusions & thoughts but I’d like to know what some of you folk who call yerselves followers of Jesus think…
Blog post here
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