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Today's Inspirational Quote:
Mel Brooks
"Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at the very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive."
-- Mel Brooks
Today's Featured Article, Website or Blog:
Our Favorite Myth-Heard Song Lyrics, Part II
In this article, we once again sing the praises of myth-heard song lyrics. Why? Because after all these years, there are still a few of us who cheerfully sing about "Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear" in the classic church hymn "Keep Thou My Way." In fact, Ed McBain once wrote an interesting novel with that very title. Most of us realize it's really "gladly the cross I'd bear," even as some of us wonder why we sing "For he's a jolly good pharaoh" when the honoree's not even Egyptian. But that's okay -- it adds a little much-needed spice to life. We all make these mistakes, now don't we? We're sure you've got some of your own to share. Here are some of ours: Our Favorite Myth-Heard Song Lyrics, Part II
Did you Know...
... that today is New York Name Day? In 1664, the British accepted the surrender of New Amsterdam by the Dutch and renamed the city, New York, after the Duke of York.
