The reason that I started this blog

was to have a home for the footnotes in my other blog.  Just like Terry does in his books.

So here we go.  BTW - if you have not read the Frog on the Pumpkin blog post, this will likely make no sense to you. :)

* from the box, PumpkinHead sounded a lot like the gargoyles from Fable :D

** Every time I see PumpkinHead I play the XTC song - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead in my mind.....love that song. So I am fine with that.

Potential

As many of you know I just love me some british comedy.  And one of my favorites was, actually let me clarify that....my favorite IS Black Books....LOVE that show.

So, from that I discovered Dylan Moran....who I equally love, and this particular piece of his has stuck in my mind for years....he does a bit about potential  and why most of us never "open the door" to our potential....cause if you never open the door, it is always like you see in your mind....we are all afraid of the reality....what if I am not what I think I am.

So maybe the under achievers have the right idea, you should stay away from your potential...you might mess it up!

I did not say that well or funny.....but he did.



Yes.....in my potential room....there are flamingos serving martinis!

One arch down

Lots more to go! This is two vetical 8 foot panels to the arch and one 4x8 on it's side for the top.

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So it begins

First load of foam for the new abbey! Let the madness begin!

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Saw Tim Minchin in concert

last night - it was amazing.  He is better in person that on DVD (no surprise) - I think he was genuinely touched by the standing ovations....I was shocked to see so many people in Portland at his show.

I was really wanting him to close the show with "White Wine in the Sun" - but I think I am equally happy to hear a great version of a cover from one of my favorite song writers. He sang "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen (in the Jeff Buckley style) I liked how part way through the song when we were all singing the chorus "Hallelujah" over and over again.....he turned to the audience, smiled and said

"You are all getting the irony in this right?"

LOL!

I did not record the show - the venue police were quite on top of cameras last night.  But here is a link to a version he of the song he did in London earlier this year.

It is like Halloween, just got to get out there and find your people.  It was nice to be a heathen among heathens. I wanted to turn around at the end of the show and say "Hey, everyone can we exchange emails......yes, all of you."

But I didn't and they all disappeared into the night.

Some Fish on Friday

This is one of my favorite songs.  Ever.

Another Tim Minchin Friday

This one gets a lot of play time on my iPod.

Kate Bush trumps all other scheduled posts

New Kate Bush is out....well, not new exactly - reworks of her old songs....but when it comes to Kate you have take what you can get :)

Cool video for Deeper Understanding featuring Robbie Coltrane and Noel Fielding - love them both.  She is always able to get cool actors in her videos!



For all those that say they like to original better...if pressed, I would have to agree (Mostly because I love that CD as a whole so much) - but I do appreciate and very much enjoy this new interpretation.  

Besides Spirited Away and Princess Mononke

I love Howls' Moving Castle.....what can I say.  I am a fan!

Lego version!!


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Tim Michin x2

Guess what?

After I bought the Seattle Tim Minchin tickets, he is now playing Portland!!  And at probably the closest club to my house in town.  Woohoo!!

So, I will be at that show.....and maybe Seattle if I cannot sell those tickets - let the Tim Minchin stalking commence!!

Besides Terry Pratchett

and a host of other talented writers....Neil Gaiman is one of my favorites. Something about how he puts a sentence together always moves me. I have been very busy this year so far, almost to the point of feeling out of control, madness in the not good way.

For some reason sitting in my office wondering how in the world I was going to get through all this I remembered this poem from last year from Mr. Gaiman.

Helps me keep things in perspective :)

If you have never heard this, click on the link, it is always a pleasure to hear him speak, or you can just read the poem at the bottom of the email.




May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.


…I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you’ll make something that didn’t exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.

I will explain why I love this later...

I got Tim Minchin tickets

Woohoo!!! He is playing in Seattle....about a 5 hour drive from here - love Seattle gives me an excuse to spend a weekend hanging out up there!

I will be there on Friday, June 24th  - I could not be happier.  I finally get to see him live.

Now if Billy Connolly would just play Seattle that would be perfect!  Cause as much as I love Tim Minchin and Eddie Izzard and Dylan Moran and Tommy Tienan and Lee Evans and Bill Bailey and Chris Rock and Kat Williams and Robin Williams and Paula Poundstone and Jimmy Carr and Catherine Tate and Russel Brand and Ross Noble and Sean Locke and Stephen Lynch the late George Carlin and Richard Pryor and Sam Kinison and Noel Fielding and Dave Chappell and Demetri Martian and Steven Wright and Lewis Black and Mike Ward and Eddie Murphy and of course, Lenny Bruce (I am sure I forgot a few) - Billy Connolly is my all time favorite.

But since Billy is not coming to Seattle and Tim is....on June 24th - he will be my favorite comic!!

A little Minchin to celebrate!!!

Fright Club: Blog vs. Blog Challenge: Creative Sites of Horror

Go to the Fright Club blog and help settle this once an for all - who has the better creative blog site.

I hope you guys can help sort this out....I can't choose, love them both. :)

Fright Club: Blog vs. Blog Challenge: Creative Sites of Horror: "ShellHawk's Nest vs. Adeles SpOOky Art Adeles SpOOky Arthttp://adelesspookyart.blogspot.com/ShellHawk's Nesthttp://shellhawksnest.blogspot.c..."

If there was less pink

...actually let me state that correctly, if there were "no" pink. I would so want this.

Spirited Away is one of my favorite movies.

This one is dedicated to

husband.

This Tim Minchin Friday is dedicated to my lovely and almost always happy husband - First time I heard that I had to laugh.  Every time I hear it I am reminded how lucky I am to have such an understanding and patient husband....heaven knows he needs patience being married to me :D

Okay so it is technically Saturday

But here is your Tim Minchin Friday video.

Evolution....not just a good idea....a fact.  Thank you, all my hard core christian friends can go now.....ha, who am I kidding.....I have not firends! :D

Husband discovered

Kahn Academy and we are both just completely hooked.  This is an absolutely brilliant idea and a great story of how it came to be.

If you have kids in school, this site is perfect. Or if you are just like husband and I and are curious about things....just "things' - calculus, physics, finances, etc.  This is the site for you.



He talks about many, many subjects in short videos that are easy to understand. I so wish this would have existed when I was in school!

Check it out when you get a chance.

http://www.khanacademy.org/

We now return to

Tim Minchin Fridays

This is probably my favorite love song.  Frog Queen is not a big fan of soft and mushy songs....so this suits me right down to the ground.

Better Be Home Soon

One of my favorite pair of song writers and performers are Tim and Neil Finn.  Love Split Endz, Crowded House, ALT, Finn Brothers and both of their solo works....not to mention all the albums they have played on with others and the many people they have written for and/or produced.  I have a very large chuck or real estate in my CD collection dedicated to those two.

Very talent brothers that I have admired for a long time.

And as you might have noticed I recently discovered Tim Minchin.....so imagine how happy I was yesterday to see his latest YouTube video.

Tim Minchin covering a Crowded House song.  Now, when I first hear this I thought.....well many of the older Split Endz songs are rather funny, Hermit McDermit or That Was My Mistake - would probably fit well into his style.....but when I heard him singing Better Be Home Soon, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.