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Have some fun !!! click the picture to open Java and shoot some fireworks over the Statue of Liberty at 1776 American Dream Java and high speed required |
There is no particular Rhyme nor reason to the works posted here ~
just a list of things I like ~Poems, favorite song lyrics, pictures, quotes, odd facts or pieces of trivia I have gathered. I hope you find some value or entertainment from this collection ~ ~ starting with one of my favorite poems ~ If - by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting, too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good nor talk too wise; If you can dream and not make dreams you master, If you can think and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with triumph and disaster, And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools. Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools; If you can make a heap of all your winnings, And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss, And lose and start again at your beginnings, And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the will that says to them: "Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings ~ nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds worthe of distance run, Yours is the Earth and all that's in it, And ~ which is more ~ you'll be a man, my Son! RUDYARD KIPLING 2005 ~ The 40th Aniversary of 'The Sound of Music' ~ Premiered March 2, 1965 Reel Classics ~ Movie short clips Audio/Video Library |
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Danny Boy
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New York, New York (Ebb-Kander)
Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today I want to be a part of it, New York, New York These vagabond shoes ~ Are longing to stray Right through the very heart of it, New York, New York 
I want to wake up in the city that doesn't sleep
and find I'm King of the Hill, Top of the Heap These little town blues, Are melting away I'll make a brand new start of it ~ In old New York If I can make it there, I'll make it ~ anywhere It's up to you, New York, New York. New York ~ New York - I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps And find I'm A number 1 ~ Top of the List, King of the Hill ~ A number 1 These little town blues ~ are melting away I'm gonna make a brand new start of it ~ in old New York Aaaaannnda ~ If I can make it there, I'm gonna make it ~ anywhere It's up to you, New York ~ New York! ~ New York!! return to top of page The Andy Griffith Show ~ Mayberry RFD Sherriff Taylor's full name was ~ Andrew Jackson Taylor Deputy Barney Fife was only issued one bullet Which he was not allowed to keep in the gun |
Louis Armstrong
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Click to listen to MP3 file ~ 5.2 MB (George Weiss / Bob Thiele) I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?" They're really saying "I love you" I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow They'll learn much more than I'll ever know And I think to myself, what a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world Oh yeah 
"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy;
but in passing it over, he is superior." - Sir Francis Bacon The Aiken relay computer gave us the compputer term 'de-bugging' when a moth was found smashed in a relay contact | |
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the Atmosphere. -- Thomas Jefferson, letter to Abigail Adams, 1787
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See this and other performances by
Dick Van Dyke at Reel Classics Gray skies are gonna clear up, 
Put on a happy face; Brush off the clouds and cheer up, Put on a happy face. Take off the gloomy  mask of tragedy,
It's not your style; You'll look so good that you'll be glad  Ya' decide to smile!
Pick out a pleasant outlook, Stick out that noble chin; Wipe off that "full of doubt" look, Slap on a happy grin! 
And spread sunshine all over the place, Just put on a happy face! ( The little girl smiles. They both begin to dance)
Put on a happy face 
Put on a happy face And if you're feeling cross and bitterish Don't sit and whine Think of banana split and licorice And you'll feel fine I knew a girl so glooming
She'd never laugh or sing She wouldn't listen to me Now she's a mean old thing So spread sunshine all over the place Just put on a happy face So, put on a happy face 
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Nachos originated with Ignacio Anaya Sr. in the 1040's 'Nacho' being his nickname for ignacio they were first named "Nacho's specialty" |
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If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all. 
Alcohol was discovered around 5000 B.C | |
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah ~ from - Song of the South
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Thomas Jefferson On Politics & Government Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson | ||
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Chattanooga Choo~Choo ~
Step aside partner, it's my day
~ Lend an ear and listen to my version ~ (Of a really solid, Tennessee excursion) Pardon me boys, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo? ~ (Yes Yes) Track 29! ~ Boy you can give me a shine? 
Can you afford to board, the Chattanooga Choo Choo? ~ I've got my fare ~ And just a trifle to spare You leave the Pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four, ~ Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore Dinner in the diner, nothin' could be finer ~ (then to have your ham and eggs in Carolina) When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar ~ Then you know that Tennessee is not very far Shovel all the coal in ~ Gotta keep it rollin' ~ (Whoo Whoo Chattanooga there you are) There's gonna be, a certain party at the station ~ Satin and Lace ~ I used to call funny face She's gonna cry ~Until I tell her that I'll never roam (So Chattanooga Choo Choo) Won't you choo choo me home. Get aboard... All aboard... Chattanooga choo choo ~ Won't you choo choo me home return to top of page | ||
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade your heroes for goals? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lean role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year, ~ Running over the same old ground. What have you found? The same old fears. Wish you were here. Down ~ and out It can't be helped if there's a lot of it about. With ~ without. And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about? |
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky
- Stan Jones
Click on the full moon to visir Secret Spain ~ 30+ versioons of Ghost Riders ~ starting with ~ Roy Rogers and The Sons of the Pioneers An old cowpoke went ridin' out one dark and windy day.  Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way.
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw, A-plowin' through the ragged sky and up a cloudy draw. Yippee-yi-ay! Yippee-yi-oh! Ghost riders in the sky. Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel. Their horns were black and shiny, and their hot breath he could feel. A bolt of fear shot through him as they thundered through the sky, For he saw the riders comin' hard, and he heard their mournful cry: Yippee-yi-ay! Yippee-yi-oh! Ghost riders in the sky. Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat. They're riding hard to catch that herd, but they ain't caught 'em yet. 'Cause they've got to ride forever in that range up in the sky 
On horses snorting fire. As they ride on, hear them cry: Yippee-yi-ay! Yippee-yi-oh! Ghost riders in the sky. As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name. "If you want to save your soul from Hell, a-riding on our range, Then, cowboy, change your ways today, or with us you will ride, Trying to catch the Devil's herd, across these endless skies." Yippee-yi-ay! Yippee-yi-oh! Ghost riders in the sky ... Ghost riders in the sky! | |
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 The paomnnehil pweor of the hmuan mnid.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit mcuh porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? I read somewhere that there really was no such research, but it still makes a good story return to top of page  The largest Aircraft Carrier ~ USS Ronald Reagan CV 76 ~ built at a cost of 5 billion dollars
~ 1092 feet long , 4.5 acre flight deck ~ holds 80 aircraft & 6000 men split between ships crew and air personel Capable of speeds over 30 knots - has 2000 telephones and 8000' of cable - 3 million gallons of fuel (for aircraft) The ship will need to be refueled (nuclear) just once in its 50 year lifespan - processes 400,000 gallons of fresh water per day - ~ The First converted carrier was the Jupiter, which became the Langley ~ The First ship built as a carrier ~ in 1934 - the Ranger | ||
La CucarachaCoro:La cucaracha, la cucaracha, Ya no puede caminar; Porque no tiene, porque le falta Marijuana que fumar. Ya murio la cucaracha, Ya la llevan a enterrar, Entre cuatro zopilotes Y un raton de sacristan. Con las barbas de Carranza, Voy a hacer una toquilla, Pa' ponersela al sombrero De su padre Pancho Villa. Un panadero fue a misa, No encontrando que rezar, Le pidio a la Virgen pura, Marijuana pa' fumar. Una cosa me da risa: Pancho Villa sin camisa; Ya se van los carrancistas Porque vienen los villistas. Para sarapes, Saltillo; Chihuahua para soldados; Para mujeres, Jalisco; Para amar, toditos lados. Si cualquier persona puede ayudarme con una traduccin mas exacta, por favor a entrar en contacto con info@uniqhorns.com |
The CockroachChorus:The cockroach, the cockroach, He can no longer walk; Because he does not have, because him lack Marijuana that to smoke. Already dead is the cockroach, They already take it to bury, Between four buzzards and a rat of the church. ?With the beards of Carranza, I am going to do one tequilla, In order to put it in the hat Of its father Pancho Villa. A baker went to mass, not finding that to say, Him ?pidio (gave?) to the pure Virgin, Marijuana to smoke. A thing gives me laughter: Pancho Villa without shirt; The carrancistas already go away Because the Pancho Villa supporters come. For sarapes, Saltillo; Chihuahua for soldiers; For women, Jalisco; For love, all sides (any direction). If anyone can help me with more accurate translation please contact info@uniqhorns.com |
 A tyrant is always stirring up some war or other,
in order that the people may require a leader --- Plato One must always realize, however, that a Tyrant may not truly be as he appears, for a tyrant is made up of a collage of others, and could be any one of us. Realize too the converse ~ The revolutionists are always dreaming up some tyranical force or another, so they may have some evil, however imagined, to struggle against. Small battles are not worth fighting, and sometimes large battles are not worth winning. Having been drawn to fight is the loss. ~ Me | |
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Carol Burnett Show ~ Theme Song I'm so glad we had this time together, Just to have a laugh, or sing a song. Seems we just get started and before you know it Comes the time we have to say, 'So long.' There's a time you put aside for dreamin' ~ And a time for things you have to do. The time I love the best is in the evening ~ I can spend a moment here with you. When the time comes ~ that I'm feelin lonely ~ and I'm feelin' ohooooo ~ so blue ~ I just sit back and think of you ~ only, and the Happiness still comes thru _ _thats why I'm glad we had this time together ~ cause it makes me feel like I belong ~ Seems we just get started and before you know it Comes the time we have to say, 'So long.' Goodnight Everybody! (applause ~ cheers) Carols closing song ~3 mb wmv file ~ mirrored from CarolBurnettFan.com See all about Carol at CarolBurnettFan.com/ |
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was short for 'Christmas' ~ Her last name was 'Snow' making her Christmas Snow. Her father (on the show) a minister, was a big fan of Bing Crosby |
I'll simply sleep in peace
Note ~ the first four lines' lyrics posted here differ from other sources