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Silent E, Tom Lehrer

Two reasons for this one.  First, I keep wanting to sing a dirty version of this song.  Second, it has no wider meaning past grammar.

Up until about five minutes ago, I had forgotten the tradition.  Sorry, Ella Fitzgerald.

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park, Tom Lehrer

Daylight Savings Time itself isn’t so bad; it’s dealing with the kids who are cranky about it that wearies.

So… here.  I remember this.  On a visceral level.

Lyrics to “N Apostrophe T” by Tom Lehrer.

Sorry to do said editing, but the woman’s grasp of Standard English generally makes my teeth ache.  Anyway, the aforementioned non-denial denial about whether Ms. Judd is running for Senate in Kentucky:

“I am not sure who is saying this stuff, but it is not [me]! [A]s a fan of your journalism[, I would prefer] that you stay [both] accurate and credible. [My... office? call service?  Butler? Needs context, here] told everyone who called us yesterday [that] these stories are fabrications.”

…Yeah, HuffPo (H/T: Hot Air Headlines) isn’t buying that, either.  Excuse me: “ain’t.” Sounds more ethnic that way*; God forbid that we should try to torpedo Ashley Judd’s attempt to sound like what she fondly thinks the average Kentuckian sounds like… (more…)

A Christmas Carol, Tom Lehrer

Says something about my upbringing that this is an old family favorite.

Beautiful day today.

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park, Tom Lehrer

Simply beautiful.

A Christmas Carol, Tom Lehrer

An old family favorite.

…Actually we had very traditional Christmases, growing up.  Why do you ask?

Lobachevsky, Tom Lehrer

In-joke.

The Masochism Tango, Tom Lehrer

He’s not actually dead, you know: Tom Lehrer just spread that rumor around to keep people from sending him fan mail.  He’s also a firm liberal, which makes my cheerful and blatant attempt to make a buck off of him via Amazon… a sincere attempt to emulate one of the masters of innocent, life-affirming viciousness, really.

In honor of the debate tonight (you’ll figure it out, once you see what Guess Who said about Iran):

Who’s Next?, Tom Lehrer

Which makes it more or less spring.

Therefore…

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park, Tom Lehrer

Tradition!

A Christmas Carol, Tom Lehrer

This song became part of my family’s (very traditional) Christmas holidays just as soon as I discovered Lehrer.