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| Blog Name: | Skip's Testing Range |
| Url: | http://skipmendler.wordpress.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | politics, humor, miscellany |
| Description: | This is the place where I run things up the flagpole and see who salutes - or drop them off the pier and see if they sink or swim or maybe fly... Song lyrics, cartoons, serious essays, jokes, riddles, haiku, limericks, conundrums, jeremiads, modest proposals, random opinions, half baked ideas, film proposals, tongue twisters, bumperstickers, neologisms, reports from Dreamland, bulletins from the Plausible News Service... No telling what might show up next on Skip's Testing Range. |
| Popularity: | 5 Followers |
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We Couldn’t Stop The Fire
Twenty years have passed since Billy Joel released “We Didn’t Start the Fire” – and a lot of stuff has happened since then! So I’m trying to create some updated lyrics. I will edit this post as I get more stuff…and please use the comments to make your own suggestions! It’s easy – pick a year, take a couple of events or personalities from that year… We Couldn’t Stop the Fire Let’s pick up where we left off “Tear this wall down Gorbachev” Cold War crashes to an end Hey, where’s that peace dividend?
Twenty years have passed since Billy Joel released “We Didn’t Start the Fire” – and a lot of stuff has happened since then! So I’m trying to create some updated lyrics. I will edit this post as I get more stuff…and please use the comments to make your own suggestions! It’s easy – pick a year, take a couple of events or personalities from that year… We Couldn’t Stop the Fire Let’s pick up where we left off “Tear this wall down Gorbachev” Cold War crashes to an end Hey, where’s that peace dividend?
MAD COW MEATBALL SONG
(you know the tune) On top of spaghetti All covered with cheese I found out my meatball Had Mad Cow Disease I died when I ate it Won’t do that again Sure wish I had been a Ve-ge-ta-ri-an!
(you know the tune) On top of spaghetti All covered with cheese I found out my meatball Had Mad Cow Disease I died when I ate it Won’t do that again Sure wish I had been a Ve-ge-ta-ri-an!
The Peace and Justice Files: WANTED: NEW ISMS
Conservatism… Liberalism… Centrism… Socialism… Communalism… Leninism … Marxism… Maotseism… Communism… Trotskyism… Fidelism… Fascism… – from “Under Heavy Manners” by David Byrne and Robert Fripp The Nasty Word of the Day was… “socialism.” The day before Election Day found me in Honesdale’s Central Park, hanging out with some members of CLEAR, the local “Tea Party” group (clear4teaparty.com). In keeping with the saying of one of my teachers that “people who make you squirm probably have something to teach you,” I had decided to come to their rally, say a few uncontroversial
Conservatism… Liberalism… Centrism… Socialism… Communalism… Leninism … Marxism… Maotseism… Communism… Trotskyism… Fidelism… Fascism… – from “Under Heavy Manners” by David Byrne and Robert Fripp The Nasty Word of the Day was… “socialism.” The day before Election Day found me in Honesdale’s Central Park, hanging out with some members of CLEAR, the local “Tea Party” group (clear4teaparty.com). In keeping with the saying of one of my teachers that “people who make you squirm probably have something to teach you,” I had decided to come to their rally, say a few uncontroversial
Beginning Nov. 3: Aikido class at Himalayan Institute Main Street, Honesdale
It’s official – I’ll be teaching a class entitled “Aikido: Self Defense with a Peaceful Spirit” at the Himalayan Institute’s Main Street facility, 630 Main Street in Honesdale PA, beginning on Tuesday November 3. The class will meet from 4:15-5:15 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each class is $7 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Come join us!
It’s official – I’ll be teaching a class entitled “Aikido: Self Defense with a Peaceful Spirit” at the Himalayan Institute’s Main Street facility, 630 Main Street in Honesdale PA, beginning on Tuesday November 3. The class will meet from 4:15-5:15 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each class is $7 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Come join us!
THE EAGLE’S PRICE: A Fable
One day the small animals sent emissaries to the eagle. “The snake has been terrifying us all,” they said (from a safe distance away). “He comes without warning, steals our young, and eats them. We lose ten percent of them a year to him. We live in constant fear, never knowing when he might strike again. We believe that you could rid us of this menace.” “And so I shall,” said the eagle. “But you do realize there will be a price to be paid…?” “We don’t care,” said the small animals. “We must be rid of this threat, so we can live normal lives.” So the eagle found the s
One day the small animals sent emissaries to the eagle. “The snake has been terrifying us all,” they said (from a safe distance away). “He comes without warning, steals our young, and eats them. We lose ten percent of them a year to him. We live in constant fear, never knowing when he might strike again. We believe that you could rid us of this menace.” “And so I shall,” said the eagle. “But you do realize there will be a price to be paid…?” “We don’t care,” said the small animals. “We must be rid of this threat, so we can live normal lives.” So the eagle found the s
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