There’s been a vast amount of foolishness in the discussion of this. Labour lost for two main reasons: Their base was split by Brexit, and in a real way, no “positioning” could avoid this. There was a vast propaganda campaign against Corbyn in particular and Labour in general. What urban liberals don’t seem to understand […]
I wonder if there is any one generation that can lay claim to having the most ridiculous songs that became great big hits. For me, even though the 70s were an awesome decade overall – including the music, there were also some really weird megahits that I look back on now and say “huh? I liked that?”
Exhibit #1: Rick Dees and the infamous “Disco Duck.” This song went to #1 in 1976. True Story.
Can you top that one? I’m sure you can. Every decade had its share of these embarrassing remnants.
I lost my mother when I was 8 years old. The vacuum caused by her passing was not filled until the birth of my beautiful daughter nearly 20 years later. The mother-child bond is something that can be both mystical and painful at the same time. As mothers, we felt this being grow and move inside of our bodies. They are a part of us physically. As our children grow, we hurt for them when we know they are suffering inside, we burst with pride when we know they are experiencing fulfillment, we are happy when they find love. As mothers, we would give our lives that they should live – and our mothers would have done the same.
Wishing all Conflucian Mothers’ a very wonderful day, surrounded by love and family.
Happy Advent, have some traditional music. At the darkest and coldest time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, we need warmth and light, fellowship and joy, and I wish it to you all. Even Bill O'Reilly, much as he may try to spoil it. "This is Bad: The Bolivian Military Coup Explained: Very Very Bad." It basically amounts to the right-wing […]
