There’s an old Harry Truman joke. (What other kind would there be!?) The press had followed Pres. Truman to his home in Independence, Missouri, where he was holding court in his rose garden. He was telling the mob of reporters the secret to growing his prize roses: plenty of manure! They couldn’t get enough of Truman’s down-home outspokenness; they were encouraging him, and this inspired him further, and so it went. Listening nervously, a young press aide to the president sidled up to the first lady, Bess Truman, and suggested, “Mrs. Truman, don’t you think it would sound better for the newspapers if we encouraged the president to use the word ‘compost’ instead of ‘manure’?” Bess looked at the young man and replied, “Do you know how long it took me to get him to say ‘manure’?” Of course, everyone here has heard that one.
Warning: Manure Subject Matter
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162 responses to “Warning: Manure Subject Matter”
I hope this pans out: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11550530/Common-athletes-foot-cream-could-reverse-multiple-sclerosis.html
If they can make it work…and brain cells are the one thing that have proved irreplaceable, what this would mean for stroke sufferers and neurological problems…wow.
emb
The earth is not flat???
There are a lot of people (I dare not say scientists) that are making a fair
living promoting extraterrestrials -even on “The History Channel”
We all know it is not extraterrestrial it is ectoplasmic. 😛 🙂
There’s a lake in the cemetery, but I’m sure that my grandfather has already caught all of the fish.
Good morning Villagers….
Denise…glad I could accommodate..too cold to open my windows here in the computer room, so I can’t hear the ‘early’ birds.
Loon…do stay in touch, and good luck in Saigon (there’s a song there by Billy Joel) and tell Sandcastler, there’s always an oxygen mask 🙂 Miss you both here. Your ‘hit and miss’ posts make me smile.
Steve..will go back and check it out. Ever since they changed to Class ‘action’ basketball here in Indiana, it’s just not the same. Little school that Ian went to (43 seniors in 2007) won their state division this year.
Yesterday afternoon was horrible. Andrew was really po’d at Ian for lack of ambition….remember now that Andrew is bi-polar, just a couple of weeks ago he told Rachael he didn’t love her and never did. Yesterday, Andrew slapped Ian across the face, knocking off his glasses. Ian mildly laughed and then the fight began…only on Andrew’s side. He hit Ian in the face, chipped a tooth and gave him a bloody nose. I am so depressed, I just stood there dumbfounded. I don’t believe violence solves anything. And I am going to talk to Andrew this morning. Right after I talk to The Boss.
Thank you for letting me share my heartbreak with you.
Gal…and Nodak…thanks for keeping us in tune with Jackie….keep it up
Ghost…..come out, come out, come out where ever you are………………
Ya’ll have a blessed day
Jerry…you will need to scroll down and look to see the real “Lupin”…he looks just like my Snowee, my white cat. Today’s real time strip there is cute…cats on the counter tops 🙂
Georgia Dunn
OK…let me take you to her ‘blog’, then scroll down…it does give a little history about herself.
http://www.georgiadunnstudio.com/
today’s grin:
http://cheezburger.com/8480857344
Debbe, I am so sorry you are going through such a hard place right now. You have been especially in my thoughts as I am seeing more and more articles about the avian flu that’s going around. You are in my prayers.
Perspective: Today’s Composer’s Datebook. Don’t know diddly* / Copland’s opera, but look at the prices. I still see people, not impoverished, put $1 in the plate. That = a nickel when I first put a dime in, at age 6. At age 22, in ’52, my mom was aghast that we spent $10 a night at a hotel in DC.
Peace, emb
Tuesday, April 21
Copland’s Hurricane for kids
On today’s date in 1937, one of Aaron Copland’s LEAST well-known works had its premiere performance. This was an opera written for high school students, New York’s Henry Street Settlement Music School, to be exact, and entitled “The Second Hurricane.”
In his memoirs, Copland recalled that at the time he wrote it, he was living at the Empire Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for $8.50 a week, and that he wrote the score in a studio he rented, located at what is now the site of Lincoln Center. To direct the premiere of his school opera, Copland hired a young actor-director named Orson Welles. Copland’s score also called for some adult performers as well, including one professional actor by the name of Joseph Cotton, who was paid $10 for his performance.
“The newspapers seem to enjoy the idea that a dyed-in-the wool modernist was writing an opera for schoolchildren,” recalled Copland, “so they gave a great deal of attention to every step along the way, particularly the casting. Those kids must have gotten a kick out of seeing their names in the Times and Tribune! The idea of an opera for high school performers appealed to the press, I suppose, for the same reason it appealed to me. My motives were not all unselfish, either: the usual run of symphony audiences submitted to new music when it was played AT them, but never showed signs of really wanting it. The atmosphere had become deadening. Yet the composer must compose. A school opera seemed a good momentary solution for one composer, at any rate.”
Music from Today’s Program:
Aaron Copland (1900-1990):
The Second Hurricane
[NYC] High School of Music and Art; New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, cond.
Sony 60560
Additional Information:
Copland reviews from The New York Times (including “The Second Hurricane”)
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TIP BlogSpot: http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/ I’ll do a search later. Peace, emb
Today’s real-time strip: Jimmy is window-peeking again. The last thing I wash every evening is my husband’s cup. Only difference is that he knows my “kitchen” sounds and brings his cup in just before I dump the dishpan.
Charlotte, hugs for your worries.
Thank you for that link, Mark in TTown. What a miracle of the mundane!
Hoping and praying for the best possible outcome for Andrew and Ian, Debbe. You are being strong for so many people right now…I wish for you a calm, centering peace.
I hope all is going well, Ghost.
emb 6:47PM geographic or magnetic south pole?