Mornin' Bloggers

Yep, me again. For anyone who hasn't been around, I have been posting a lot. If you missed my "twisted sister" poem, page down. I've been inspired by this guy to include an album of the week and I'm adding a book of the week (even though I've been such a putz about Roundtable Confession, so sorry guys, I'm gonna get with it!) Jon is a lawyer here in our great city and his blog is short sweet posts with interesting links pertaining to politics, laws, the judicial system, news of the weird (like the 480 lb. lady who sat on her couch for six years... and her skin and the fabric of the couch grew together... ew), soccer, and car racing. Plus, he's funny. Really funny, at least to me. Nice to hear a fresh, fresh sarcastic, left-winger in this city. I decided to start as far back as I could remember as to what kind of music I was listening to. So, although its Tuesday, here's the album of the week: Poems, Prayers & Promises - John Denver (Original release - 1971) I was born in late 1970 so I figure I started listening to John Denver when my mom bought this album. It is the album with "Take Me Home, Country Roads" on it. That's probably why half of West Virginian's bought it. It wasn't just that song that hooked me on this album. I loved the songs "Junk," "Wooden Indian," "Sunshine on My Shoulders," and the spoken word, "Box." "Box" is incredible and even more so today, has such significant meaning. The lyrics are here. This is a small sample: "They came across a sort of box, bound up with chains and locked with locks, And labeled "Kindly Do Not Touch, It's War." The book of the week is: Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret - Judy Blume I started reading Judy Blume in or around the 4th grade. Margaret reminded me a lot of myself, except I wasn't half-Jewish, half-Christian. Blume made her characters like that. Either you indentified with them or knew someone like them and yes, you would end up in similar situations. An important book introducing religion and faith to me. That's all for now folks.