Renaissance 2.0
Here I was watching American Idol on Tivo and about to scan through the commercials as I normally do but I was surfing the web so a Liberty Mutual commercial started playing. I really liked the music they used for the spot so I decided not to skip it. I then got hooked into the…
Fatso (1980) is a hilarious and heart-warming movie written and directed by none other than Anne Bancroft! Yes, Mrs. Robinson from The Graduate! I guess being married to the legendary Mel Brooks so many years rubbed off? Dom Deluise is brilliant in this humorous look at an Italian man’s battle of the bulge. I loved…
I like the look and feel of Tweetizen which is a new service that basically allows you to tag your tweets and create and join groups for Twitter. Groups for twitter is isn’t new as there are a ton of them out there now battling it out as I covered recently for Mashable here. However,…
Here’s an amazing song called “The Circle Game” by the legendary Joni Mitchell. It truly becomes more meaningful with each listening. It’s all the more poignant when you become a parent and watch your children grow up so fast. All too fast. The Circle Game Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly…
My favorite time of the week is Sunday Morning. Love enjoying the silence in my backyard or kitchen table as I sip my giant cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee and surf the web with my laptop. I relish all the glorious nature surrounding me in my yard as well as the technology that allows me…
I was sharing my frustration today on twitter about our local basketball team the Atlanta Hawks who decided not to select Chris Paul when they had the chance and then my friend Robert (@RobertHoliday) shared the following video with me. It showed that not only was Chris Paul a great basketball player but an even…
What? Another U2 post? Well this one is hilarious! It’s Bono and his mates on David Letterman sharing the top 10 things they’ve learned through the years. I love the ones about YouTube and the Edge sucking at Guitar hero! Spit up my coffee.
I went to church one Sunday morning and was feeling groggy from staying up too late as usual on Saturday night and then they dimmed the lights and played this video really really loud and soon I was fully awake and excited to be alive. Here’s the full version of this amazing live performance I’ve…
Ever since I was a kid I remember loving Al Stewart’s “The Year of the Car” for some reason. I’ve only grown to appreciate it more through the years. It was obviously inspired by Casablanca with its reference to a Bogart movie. Other parts of the song that stick in my head is the very…
I’ve always loved “To Sir with Love” by Lulu but my appreciation of the song and Lulu herself increased tremendously when I saw her perform it live on American Idol 40 years since its first release! She not only sang it better than ever but she also looked incredible. Here are both versions. 1967 and…