Covers - Because Why Not

This fluffy little post is all about song covers I heard before hearing the original.  Mainly so I don't lose them...

First off, John Lewis dances to Pharrel's Happy.  Seriously, I had never heard the song before that.  Really.  If you want some happy watch an American icon dance to Pharrel.  This quickly led to Eric Hutchinson snappy little six-string rendition.  After that there was no escaping that damned song...

Have you ever hear All About That Bass?  I hadn't until I ran into this utterly charming version by Meghan Trainer with Postmodern Jukebox.

Remember Gotye and Somebody I Used To Know?  I know, who the hell is Gotye.  Here's Walk Off The World doing a ten hands on one guitar version.

Because sometimes you just need fluffy little blog posts about nothing.

A Fable for Our Time

The Wolf and the Crane (from Aesop's Fables - who knew?)

A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: “Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf.”

In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

I Only Grope 8's and Above

A sociopathic victimizer's gotta have standards, amirite?

This is Not the Natural State of Things

Every once in a while, Josh Marshall parks it high in the bleachers.  This is one of those times.

Prank of the Century, Donald Trump Edition

Cracked goes there.

Grow The Fuck Up

A friend of one the blog-daughters has been spouting of late about how since Bernie has lost the nomination, it makes no sense to vote for Hillary, blah-blah-blah.  To this confused soul and all of his ilk, Mr Tbogg has a few words.

Here’s the deal: your vote is worth… one vote – unless it’s a two-way race and you vote for anyone else, and then your vote is worth exactly… ZERO.  If you honestly think there’s no difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, it’s time to check your meds.  Otherwise vote for the better candidate or the lesser of two evils.  Elections always have consequences.  In my opinion, a Trump presidency would be an extinction-level event (thank you Andrew Sullivan).  So, get in there and pull the handle for the lesser of two evils if you have to, but don’t sit on the sidelines pouting by voting for some third-party unicorn.  Grow the fuck up.

Back in 2000 a bunch of people I knew were saying there’s no difference between the candidates – there’s around 100,000 dead and 2 million displaced Iraqis who might take issue with that idea. By my reckoning each of the 97,488 people in Florida who voted for Ralph Nader owns roughly one dead Iraqi and 200 refugees.  Bite me.

Lastly, one of my buddies from work who voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary says he’ll vote for Trump in the general, to “shake Washington up”.  I’m sorry, but sending Donald Trump to shake up Washington is like voluntarily contracting colon cancer to fix your piles.  As a wise man once said…

Grow the fuck up.

Three Little Words

Why would Chris Christie of all people subject himself to the serial indignities of supporting Donald Trump?  As Digby asked a while back (sorry for no link) - What did he promise Trump?  More to the point, what does Trump have on him?

Mrs. Blog suggested three little words:

New Jersey Casinos

So many contractors.  So many kickbacks.  Just saying.  You heard it here first.