I've been (Joss) Stone'd...

I've got a right to be wrong

My mistakes will make me strong

I'm stepping out into the great unknown

I'm feeling wings though I've never flown

I've got a mind of my own

I'm flesh and blood to the bone

I'm not made of stone

Got a right to be wrong

So just leave me alone...

(from Right to Be Wrong by Joss Stone)

Some of my favorite performances...

2012...Bring it On!

For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.

~T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"

And now for another great poet of our time...

Truth in Advertising

Just when I thought there's no more truth in advertising these days, I stumble upon a little book with the absolutely un-PC title of "The harder a wife works, the cuter she gets." And when you see a title like that, you know you just had to grab it. What it is it turns out is a compilation of old print advertisements that are so ridiculous you marvel what influence the brains behind it were under while crafting them. And of course, they are real advertisements. Here are some of the ads from it. Click on them to read the fine print: