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BCS Championship Semifinals: Michigan State University v. Alabama

> That’s the Michigan State University Marching Band at this year’s Big 10 Championships. They carry on in the great tradition of Leonard Falcone who not only wrote this fight song, but also the University of Michigan’s. I studied with him. He thought I was hopeless, but he was a good sport about it, didn’t …

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Holiday Rave 3

Of course we were semi-pro also. Did a number of weddings and 1 or 2 School Dances. Let me tell you there is no tougher crowd than kids. If it’s not in the Top 40 RIGHT NOW! they’re just not interested even if it was in the Top 40 last week. He got involved in …

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Holiday Rave 2

In the late 80s my friend and I got into the DJ thing, mostly to advance our political careers with the club we were in. He had some new Bose 901s he was going to buy anyway and added a Soundcraftsman 500 W Amp and a really nice mixer board that crapped out after about …

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Holiday Rave 1

Used to do the DJ thing. Tusk Letters from the Garden of Stone Only It’s No Good The Killing Moon

Boxing Day

Boxing Day. On the day after Christmas… In feudal times the lord of the manor would give boxes of practical goods such as cloth, grains, and tools to the serfs who lived on his land. Many years ago on the day after Christmas servants would carry boxes to their employers when they arrived for their …

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You should be watching the Doctor.

But if Muppets are more your style, here you go.

Mon Accent Parisien Est Purrfait

Marley was dead.

Marley was dead: to begin with.  There is no doubt whatever about that.  The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner.  Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ‘Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.  Old Marley was as dead …

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He’s got the IQ of a Rabbit

Yes, it’s time for that PUBLIC DOMAIN classic that both TMC and I remember from WPIX 11 (where only the cheapest will do, go Yankees!) and while she hates it, I love it not just because it’s cheap, but also because it’s a populist parable from Frank Capra.

Cranberry Canes

A holiday tradition at my house, I enjoy them any time of year. Cranberry Canes are basically a stuffed yeast bread roll up, like a Cinnamon Roll.  It’s the presentation of twisting the prepared strips and putting a crook at one end that gives them their distinctive appearance.  There are 3 basic elements- Dough: Scald …

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