Christmas Eve Open Thread: Favorite Christmas Song Covers

Posted: December 24, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: just because | Tags: , | 55 Comments

I don’t really celebrate Christmas as a religious feast anymore, but I do enjoy some of the secular aspects of the holiday. I sometimes like to listen to Christmas carols performed by various popular artists. I even like the religious ones when they are sung with style. I’ll share a few of my favorites with you, and if you like, you can embed more in the comments.

This is an open thread, so you can also continue talking about politics or anything else that is on your mind tonight.

First, one of the best ever: The Drifters singing “White Christmas.”

Next, the Temptations, singing “Silent Night.”

The incomparable Elvis singing “Blue Christmas” during his 1968 Comeback Special

The Moody Blues sing the Christian cover of “Greensleeves,” “What Child is This?”

Billie Holiday sings “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”

Barbara Streisand with “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”

Just one more from the King:

How about one from Ike and Tina?

There are so many great Christmas covers to pick from. Which ones do you like best?

Friday Night Festivities!!!

Posted: November 19, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Festivities, just because, open thread | Tags: , | 79 Comments
Tonight, we’re celebrating 21 days of the little blog that could!

First, Saturday night Treats will feature BostonBoomer and some New England Recipes that sound great for a chilly autumn eve.  Be sure to come and share!!!  I think I’m going to have to work up to sharing my best gumbo recipe just to keep the seafood competition up!!!

Second, we were adopted this week !!!!  I’m so happy that some of my fellow New Orleans Bloggers have decided to give Sky Dancing a try!!! Thank you Editilla!!!

~EPluribusPiem American Pie Party~Good Mornin’ America & Happy Hump Day! Today’s Humping Pie Party Adopt-A-Blog-rrr: @SkyDancer66http://bit.ly/aNqsoX#justdesserts#vajrapie

Third, the move from file cabinet to active community has increased our Alexa status!  We’ve broke the 10 million mark!!  We started in the top 18 million blogs so that’s quite a bump!  We’ve had some great link backs  from HuffPo, Corrente, and this fun one from the WSJ (via Technorati)!

WSJ.com: Real Time Economics
Recent Influential Reactions
Inflation: Not a Problem

Sky Dancing — Authority 439
economists as “William Kristol, Editor, The Weekly Standard“.  Actually, the signatories aren’t distinguished economists at all.  They’re mostly political hacks and conservative policy ideologues.

Look at that Team!!   We’re ‘influential”!!!  (It must be that 9,915,575 ranking, daggummit!!!)

Another shout out goes to Sima’s wonderful post on S.510:  Food Safety Modernization Act.  Sima got a link back from opencongress.org/bill/111-s510/show/  as well as a shout out on some other blogs.  As  you know, Sima’s venture into blogging is going well and we’re glad she’s joined the team!!! She provides an important voice to one more important set of issues!

Any more frontpagers in waiting in the wings out there?  Let us know!!!  Again, we interested in discussing issues here and any one with an important issue that they follow closely and would like to post on would be more than welcome!!!

So,we’re #9,915,575 and WE try harder!!  We’re hoping to go  under 1 million in less than 3 months!!

(Hey, it’s a start!!! Right?)

This is an open festivity thread because you’re an important part of the little blog that could!!!  Keep on bringing up and commenting on real issues!!!

Keith Olbermann is a BOOB (open thread)

Posted: October 4, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Women's Rights | Tags: , , , | 3 Comments

It’s national BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH YOU IDIOT!!!!  Keith Olbermann, today’s biggest boob in the world!!!

Well, the NFL was trying to do something nice by supporting Breast Cancer Awareness month with their Real Men Wear Pink Campaign. Leave it to Keith Olbermann to something completely Freudian on National TV.

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