Tag: Tom Lehrer

AWARENESS CELEBRATIONS, AMERICAN STYLE

JYProvocative Question #33 – Heritage, History, Awareness Month I'm not sure if this is comforting information, amusing or ... what? I also had to delete more than 400 emails to find this notification which accounts for it being so very late. I fit into two awareness categories: Jewish and Old. The question? Do you think … Continue reading AWARENESS CELEBRATIONS, AMERICAN STYLE

FIBBING FRIDAY? JUST FRIDAY?

FIBBING FRIDAY: BE GRATEFUL THAT IT DOESN'T LAST ALL YEAR! https://www.youtube.com/embed/aIlJ8ZCs4jY From PCGUY IV comes this charming list of medical terms. Who could resist this marvelous selection? sphincter, phalanges, rectum, varicose, aorta, vein, artery, alveolus, bacteria, virus Great selection! You left out "idiopathic," but I forgive you. From the top: SPHINCTER: Another way of describing … Continue reading FIBBING FRIDAY? JUST FRIDAY?

SHARE MY WORLD AS OCTOBER MOVES ALONG

Share Your World 10-5-2020 How can it be the tenth month of the year? What happened? Oh, right. Everything happened. This was the year that was in every sense of the world. Whatever became of "National Brotherhood Week?" It was a week and then it went away. I guess we just didn't have sufficient support for … Continue reading SHARE MY WORLD AS OCTOBER MOVES ALONG

CELEBRATING WW3 SINCE WE WON’T HAVE TIME LATER – Marilyn Armstrong

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WEEK? LET'S START CELEBRATING WORLD WAR THREE TODAY SINCE WE WON 'T HAVE TIME, LATER. Way back in the dark ages, the third week in February (an otherwise dreary and neglected month) was designated National Brotherhood Week. As designated special weeks go, it was never a big hit with the … Continue reading CELEBRATING WW3 SINCE WE WON’T HAVE TIME LATER – Marilyn Armstrong

THE HUNTING SONG, TOM LEHRER – Marilyn Armstrong

The first time I heard this song, I must have been maybe nine or ten? The older brother of a friend of mine owned the record. He brought it over and played it for me. I loved it. I borrowed the record and memorized it. Including the tritone that is extremely hard to sing. Somehow, … Continue reading THE HUNTING SONG, TOM LEHRER – Marilyn Armstrong

TWO CAROLS FOR OUR HOLIDAYS – Marilyn Armstrong

As the weird, right-wing Christians endlessly complain about how they can't say "Merry Christmas," while the rest of us try to keep our heads low and avoid getting bombarded by Christmas? For us, there is Tom Lehrer and a few songs to make us smile. Let us not forget that "other" seasonal holiday, Hanukkah. Although … Continue reading TWO CAROLS FOR OUR HOLIDAYS – Marilyn Armstrong

PARODY TRA LA, DUM DE DUM DE DUM DUM … – Marilyn Armstrong

FOWC with Fandango — Parody What is nearly tragic is even though these were written more than 50 years ago, they are maybe even more relevant now. We don't learn easily, do we? And who better than Tom Lehrer? And finally, there's Monty Python: ""What have you got to lose, y'know? You come from nothing, you … Continue reading PARODY TRA LA, DUM DE DUM DE DUM DUM … – Marilyn Armstrong

FIGHT FIERCELY HARVARD! – Marilyn Armstrong

FOWC with Fandango — Fierce FIGHT FIERCELY HARVARD! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! as sung by Professor Tom Lehrer

ELEMENTS IN TRACES – TOM LEHRER AT HAHVID – Marilyn Armstrong

RDP #35 – TRACE ELEMENTS No one said it better than Tom Lehrer and now, he's going to sing it again. For me and you and all of us. Trace element. Elements. All the elements. In song. With a piano. Thanks, Tom! Excuse me. That would be Dr. Lehrer.

WE NEED NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WEEK

CONVERSANT AGAIN - NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WEEK AND CELEBRATING WORLD WAR THREE - IN ADVANCE (WE WON 'T HAVE TIME, LATER) Way back in the dark ages, the third week in February (an otherwise dreary and neglected month) was designated National Brotherhood Week. As designated special weeks go, it was never a big hit with the general … Continue reading WE NEED NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WEEK