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"Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give control over those votes to the parents of those children. When you go to the polls in this country as a parent, you should have more power — you should have more of an ability to speak your voice in our democratic republic — than people who don’t have kids. Let’s face the consequences and the reality: If you don’t have as much of an investment in the future of this country, maybe you shouldn’t get nearly the same voice. Of course, part and parcel with this is that convicted felons would have to lose their children."
My brain is weird, again
Feb. 26th, 2021 05:35 pmWhen I saw this product at the grocery store...
"Made with Fairy Dust and Princess Kisses" ...
... my immediate thought was of the monstrous working conditions. Slave labour camps for the princesses and fairies, assuming that the fairies aren't incorporated directly into the product. Princesses in agony from being forced to pucker for hours on end.
Perhaps someone could do a movie about their liberation.
"Made with Fairy Dust and Princess Kisses" ...
... my immediate thought was of the monstrous working conditions. Slave labour camps for the princesses and fairies, assuming that the fairies aren't incorporated directly into the product. Princesses in agony from being forced to pucker for hours on end.
Perhaps someone could do a movie about their liberation.
Heinlein x Mary Sue
Dec. 23rd, 2020 04:43 pmA Mary Sue should be able to raise a perfect family, lead an invasion, teach all of the people and animals of the world to be vegetarian, command a fleet, design an architectural wonder, write a world-changing book, obviate the need for money, build an impregnable defense, cure an incurable disease, restore the dying to health, re-interpret "orders" to mean what she wants, give orders that save the day, show them show them all, overcome a tragic past, solve problems that have stumped experts, outsmart any attempt at trickery, change her eye colour, destroy a computer with illogic, create a food synthesizer from pocket stuff, defeat the villains, outshine the heroes. Anything less is for background characters.
"Something like this..."
Aug. 13th, 2020 12:30 amListening to a Trump "press conference" is remarkably like hearing the other half of a Bob Newhart phone call sketch.
"... No, sir, the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic was a bit later than 1917."
"... But not as late as World War II. No, sir."
"... 'Second World War'? Sure, you can call it that if you want, sir. It means the same thing."
"... No, 'Corinthians' doesn't work that way. ... I don't know why not."
"... No, sir, the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic was a bit later than 1917."
"... But not as late as World War II. No, sir."
"... 'Second World War'? Sure, you can call it that if you want, sir. It means the same thing."
"... No, 'Corinthians' doesn't work that way. ... I don't know why not."
Video: The COVID Connection
Jun. 29th, 2020 07:59 pmI finally got it done and posted.
Latest lyrics are:
Why are there so many songs about COVID
And why do they fill my queue?
People are lonely, and bored, and creative
And people need something to do
Making a video's really not hideous
Getting it perfect's a plus
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
Who said that ev'ryone should stay social-distanced
When PHYSICAL space is key?
People are social and we need those connections
Or we all go crazy
Pigs, frogs, and humans start coming unglued when
Close contact is too dangerous
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
All of us singing out loud
And putting our stuff up on YouTube
Have you gone on the net, and have you heard voices?
I figure that's why you're here
Is this a parody protected as satire?
Just watch this and hold my root beer
Spirits are feeling a need for some healing
And music is miraculous
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
La da da dee da da doo
La la da da la dee da doooo
Latest lyrics are:
Why are there so many songs about COVID
And why do they fill my queue?
People are lonely, and bored, and creative
And people need something to do
Making a video's really not hideous
Getting it perfect's a plus
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
Who said that ev'ryone should stay social-distanced
When PHYSICAL space is key?
People are social and we need those connections
Or we all go crazy
Pigs, frogs, and humans start coming unglued when
Close contact is too dangerous
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
All of us singing out loud
And putting our stuff up on YouTube
Have you gone on the net, and have you heard voices?
I figure that's why you're here
Is this a parody protected as satire?
Just watch this and hold my root beer
Spirits are feeling a need for some healing
And music is miraculous
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
La da da dee da da doo
La la da da la dee da doooo
Filk: The COVID Connection
May. 24th, 2020 05:47 pmI've been poking at this for a few days, inspired by the recent "Special Performance of "Rainbow Connection" from Kermit the Frog" video. I'm considering swapping my own audio into that video, though I'm not having much luck finding or creating a banjo accompaniment to match.
It's intended to be somewhat self-referential and meta. I'm trying to get the scansion good but am not fussed about it being imperfect.
The COVID Connection
by Joel Polowin, 2020, TTo: The Rainbow Connection by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher
Why are there so many songs about COVID
And why do they fill my queue?
People are lonely, and bored, and creative
And people need something to do
Sharing a video's really not hideous
Getting it perfect's a plus
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
Who said that ev'ryone should stay social-distanced
When physical space is key?
People are socialized, we need to have contact
Or we'll all go crazy
Pigs, frogs and humans need something to do when
The show's closed and we mustn't cuss
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
All of us singing out loud
And putting our stuff out on YouTube
Have you been net-surfing, and have you heard voices?
I figure that's why you're here
Is this a parody protected as satire?
Just watch this and hold my root beer
Spirits are feeling a need for some healing
And music is miraculous
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
It's intended to be somewhat self-referential and meta. I'm trying to get the scansion good but am not fussed about it being imperfect.
The COVID Connection
by Joel Polowin, 2020, TTo: The Rainbow Connection by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher
Why are there so many songs about COVID
And why do they fill my queue?
People are lonely, and bored, and creative
And people need something to do
Sharing a video's really not hideous
Getting it perfect's a plus
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
Who said that ev'ryone should stay social-distanced
When physical space is key?
People are socialized, we need to have contact
Or we'll all go crazy
Pigs, frogs and humans need something to do when
The show's closed and we mustn't cuss
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
All of us singing out loud
And putting our stuff out on YouTube
Have you been net-surfing, and have you heard voices?
I figure that's why you're here
Is this a parody protected as satire?
Just watch this and hold my root beer
Spirits are feeling a need for some healing
And music is miraculous
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us
Doctor 5Ws
Jun. 11th, 2017 10:36 pmSomeday in the Whoniverse, an evil alien invading force will threaten to disable humanity's defensive capabilities by making humans remember all of the invasions that they've bizarrely forgotten about. When people are forced to notice things like the gaping hole in Big Ben, the weird monuments, the work camps, the missing family members, the damage to personal property, etc., humanity will be reduced to quivering catatonia.
Musical political satire
Mar. 20th, 2017 11:52 amYesterday morning, CBC Radio's national Sunday-morning show played a piece by musical satirist and comedian Randy Rainbow: "Putin and the Ritz". (Trump is orange. And round and flaky.) I went to his YouTube channel and found lots more, such as "Fact Checker, Fact Checker". Lovely stuff.
Murphion conservation
Mar. 24th, 2016 11:43 pmPart of quantum murphydynamics, we have conservation of murphions:
- If a thing is fixed, another thing will break.
- If a problem is prevented, another failure will become possible.
Deleted dialogue
May. 24th, 2015 01:47 pmSTAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
SERIES 1 EPISODE 2: "THE NAKED NOW"
[...]
Yar: What I want now is gentleness. And joy... and love. From you, Data; you are fully functional, aren't you?
Data: Of course, but...
Yar: How fully?
Data: In every way, of course. I am programed in multiple techniques. A broad variety of pleasuring.
Yar: Oh! You jewel, that's exactly what I hoped!
Data: I have found that the articles in Cosmo vary little from month to month.
Yar: That's more than I wanted to know. Get in here.
SERIES 1 EPISODE 2: "THE NAKED NOW"
[...]
Yar: What I want now is gentleness. And joy... and love. From you, Data; you are fully functional, aren't you?
Data: Of course, but...
Yar: How fully?
Data: In every way, of course. I am programed in multiple techniques. A broad variety of pleasuring.
Yar: Oh! You jewel, that's exactly what I hoped!
Yar: That's more than I wanted to know. Get in here.
Bev Oda a Gilbert & Sullivan fan
Feb. 16th, 2011 09:58 amLord Chancellor: Allow me, as an old Equity draftsman, to make a suggestion. The subtleties of the legal mind are equal to the emergency. The thing is really quite simple – the insertion of a single word will do it. Let it stand that every fairy shall die who doesn’t marry a mortal, and there you are, out of your difficulty at once!– Gilbert & Sullivan, Iolanthe
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beable wondered what caused the earthquake. This led to some discussion.A popular icon...
... and a theme popular among certain fundamentalist "Christians" led me to create:
It's TRUE, you know. Because lesbians have their cupboards full of good tea, the rest of us are left with the crap.
(I think I'm happiest about the last pair of images in the icon. Because in some sense, George Takei's work probably did contribute to the existence of HHGTTG in its various forms, and Arthur Dent's unhappy experiences with not-tea.)
