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Monday musings...

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Monday, April 21, 2008 19 Of Your Sparks

An update on the FREE RICE totals.

As of Saturday, 28,105,576,110 bowls of rice have been earned by playing a brain tester, defining words. The site is build to advance along with you, giving you more difficult words the better you do and backing of if you stumble.

If you have not checked it out, just click on the bowl to the left...

Thats over THERE
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We spent our weekend watching baseball games. Four on Saturday and three on Sunday. Our friend Ernie's High School team won both of their games on Saturday. The Vipers won two on Saturday themselves. Then they came back and won two on Sunday bringing them to the Championship game.

Unfortunately, they ran into a buzz-saw. This team had held out their ace, a 6' - 13 year old with a little peach fuzz on his chin. In tournaments like this, it always comes down to which team has the most depth in pitching.

Our friend Peter did well the entire weekend, pitching, playing short stop and even catching. He had a great relay throw from the center fielder and throwing out a runner going into third base.

Sunny and beautiful both days, today had to be about 80 degrees. Nice to have the warm weather again. I know...it never gets real cold here in Memphis, but it is all relative when you acclimate to a new climate.

Missed "Dexter" tonight...Arg... I know, I know...I should go rent the DVD's...the shows on CBS are edited... no showing of the cool stuff, like when Dexter repays the serial killers he hunts for their crimes...
HEY SHOW US SOME BLOOD & GUTS AND BODY PARTS!... hehehehehe

No, no...not letting him out tonight...

How about some music to sooth the savage beast?

Wow, I just thought of that line.

Didn't I? What?

The line is actually, "Music has charms to sooth a savage beast".
OH!

What? Oh, I didn't just think of it?

The phrase comes from the play "The Mourning Bride" written in 1697 by William Congreve It appears in Act 1, scene 1, actually opening the play,
OH!

Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd,
And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd,
By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound.
What then am I? Am I more senseless grown
Than Trees, or Flint? O force of constant Woe!
'Tis not in Harmony to calm my Griefs.
Anselmo sleeps, and is at Peace; last Night
The silent Tomb receiv'd the good Old King;
He and his Sorrows now are safely lodg'd
Within its cold, but hospitable Bosom.
Why am not I at Peace?

Congreve only wrote 5 plays in his career, but two phrases used to this day both come from this one play. The other phrase?

Well it is, "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned"

Act 3, Scene 2 ends with those word:
As you'll answer it, take heed
This Slave commit no Violence upon
Himself. I've been deceiv'd. The Publick Safety
Requires he should be more confin'd; and none,
No not the Princes self, permitted to
Confer with him. I'll quit you to the King.
Vile and ingrate! too late thou shalt repent
The base Injustice thou hast done my Love:
Yes, thou shalt know, spite of thy past Distress,
And all those Ills which thou so long hast mourn'd;
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd

OK, not really sure where all that came from...buut I was really talking about THIS kind of music...

"Seven Bridges Road" was written by Steve Young. He recorded in 1969 for his Rock Salt & Nails album. The definitive version is the cover recorded by The Eagles in 1980.

Eagles Live was released on November 7th, 1980. "Seven Bridges Road" was recorded on July 28, 1980, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

ENJOY.....(I hope this is working...it is late again...)- Well lifelogger does not like this song, giving us error message upon uploading.....arg!






Monday's Memes....

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Monday, March 10, 2008 26 Of Your Sparks



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21,665,153,990 grains donated at this point!


So, a few weeks ago, Mimi - Queen Of The Memes - came up with the Message In The Bottle Meme, where you get to take the beautiful picture and add your own words to it....

We have spent the three weeks, dodging Mimi and her meme...We have engineered breakouts in the dungeons....we have baited her at every step...

All in fun, as we wanted to get the new iMac set up before attempting this...

Without further ado - We like that word..ADO....ADO.....ADO.....







And now...the other Meme we have discussed a few times in the last week. So, we are borrrowing this from Travis, who got it from Ian.....

BUT!!!! It was BUD who put this little diddy together...

We have seen it work sometimes...and seen it crash others...

The rules:
1. Put your music player on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT. (This is in capital letters, so it is very serious.)

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
“Turn On Your Lovelight” – Taylor Hicks
Well, that is not the circumstance we would use that phrase…

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
“MacArthur Park” – Donna Summer
:::Looks Around:::…nope, no green icing flowing here…

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
“Who’s Making Love” – Johnny Taylor
Nope…We are not like that….neither is our darlin’ Nancy

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
“Darn That Dream” – Valerie Joyce
We cleaned today…but we did not dream about doing it?


5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
“Queen Of England” – Randall Bramblett
When we are around 6 – for a few weeks maybe…but not now

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
“Crossroads” – Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
Well, we have experienced more that our share of crossroads ove the last 4 years..but not a motto…we hope!

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
“Any Way You Want It” – Journey
HUH?

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
“Somebody To Love” – Queen
Well…now that one finally makes sense…

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
“Falling” – Roy Orbison
Nope…not thinking about losing a love because I cheated…

10. WHAT IS 2+2?
“It’s Bad You Know” – R.J. Burnside
Bueller? Anyone?


11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
“Elvis Is Dead” – In Living Colour
Is anyone making anything of this?


12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
“I Don’t Know You” – New Riders Of The Purple Sage
That is not even worth commenting on…

13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
“Rhythm Of The Saints” – Paul Simon
Nope...no saint here

14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
“It’s A Beautiful Morning” – The Rascals
la-la-la-la

15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
“Falling In Love” – Aerosmith
The title of this song is misleading – as the song is not a story of falling in love, but how it is not a good thing to fall in love…

16. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
“Li’l Ol’ Groovemaker” – Count Basie
Well, they know I march to my own beat…Sometimes they even think that is a good idea! LOL…kidding…ummm maybe…. hehehehe

17. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
“Still In Love with You” – Roomful Of Blues
Not sure a first dance is necessary…and not a song of heartache


18. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
“Starship Trooper" – Yes
I could think of quite a few more appropriate songs…but it is “they” making that decision

19. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
“Still Within The Sound Of My Voice” – Linda Ronstadt
Well I do like hearing the sound of her voice...yes I do

20. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
“All Things Must Pass” – Beatles
Not really a secret

21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
“Hold On To Your Hat” – Rolling Stones
Well, when we get together…it can be that way!

22. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
“Money, Money” – Grateful Dead
Well I need some…but I am not sure asking like that is polite!

hummm.... crash and burned....Well, at least you got a taste of the shuffle on the iTouch...

Have a glorious day!



Wednesday Shorty...but a good laugh (at least for me)

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12 Of Your Sparks



TIME TO DONATE SOME RICE TODAY!
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Build your vocabulary, feed the hungry...
15,295,699,110 grains donated at this point...15 BILLION TOPPED!



SO, we made it home...long day..delays at the airport - the gate agents said the air traffic controllers were slowing everything down and we did not have internet access...have to change that moving forward...

Will have to catch up on blogs later today...

In the meantime we received an email from an old family friend, Scott, with a link to this on youtube and we are sitting here laughing hysterically...HAVE to share it...all y'all might not laugh as much as we did...but as we have all said at some point, in some fashion... "It is our blog...deal!"
bwahahahhahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa


Well he is wrong about one thing...there are schools... especially Rochester Institute Of Technology, the leader in the field...The School of Printing which we graduated from with a BS degree in Print Management is now part of the School For Imaging Arts & Sciences...with degrees in Print Media...the times they do change....

See all y'all tomorrow...

Can you see me?

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Thursday, January 17, 2008 17 Of Your Sparks

Hey all.. long day/night of working (printing plants operate 24/7)

Internet access here in hotel was spotty last night and this morning (take about 2 minutes for each site to open)

Will be back tomorrow with a Free Rice update, some witty words (hopefully) and some music

Until then....we are outta here and heading back to Memphis...

Hope this thing posts....

SMOOCHES and HIGH FIVES

With A Little Help From My Friends - The Angels Of Mercy

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Wednesday, January 02, 2008 22 Of Your Sparks



TIME TO DONATE SOME RICE TODAY!
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Build your vocabulary, feed the hungry...
12,255,121,230 grains donated at this point...



Our First Post of 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!
MAY IT BRING YOU PROSPERITY, LOVE AND HEALTH...

We are home and had a great time with TurnBaby and the DH and their friends...We will tell you all about it tomorrow...but we had a fan-tab-u-lous time on her radio show Sunday...check the player on our left sidebar for some incredible fun...


Today, we share a video with you. This was made by our friend Angell'z sister-in-law's niece's dad...The niece, Ali began something wondeful in her hometown of Toronto...The video is 10 minutes long, but it shows what one person can start...Meet "The Angels Of Mercy"...



PLEASE go over to Angell'z blog and read her words...



As you are aware, we are firm believers in FreeRice.com and the wonderful work they are doing in under-developed countries...

BUT we can not forget those who live on our streets...those who go to bed every night freezing cold or with hunger pains who live in Toronto, and New York City and Montreal and San Francisco and Atlanta and Palm Beach and Salt Lake City and San Antonio and Lexington and Springfield and Memphis and Vancouver and Commack and every other city or town or village big and small...

They are not all adults either...there are children who live in cars with their parents, there are teens who have no where to go and end up being exploited by those who have no souls...

That old blanket you have that you no longer use, or maybe the dog lays on at night? Tomorrow when you leave for work, throw it in your car and if you see one of these poor souls, roll down you window and hand it to them....

As you leave your Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts or Krispy Kream or Timmy's....order an extra coffee and muffin and donut and just look around as you leave...We bet you see someone who lives on the street without too much effort. Walk over and hand them that coffee and donut.

Making a sandwich to bring to the office...make a second one and hand it over to someone who had not eaten in days...

Make 2008 the year we all just try a little harder...because we can all "get by with a little help from our friends"...



Bless you all...




"With A Little Help From My Friends"
JOE COCKER
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
With A Little Help From My Friends
1969
A&M Records



Lastly, got a wav file of this in an email...
Check out this site for some amazing artistry

Sand Fantasy



TUNEAGE TUTELAGE - "Frosty The Snowman"

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Tuesday, December 18, 2007 24 Of Your Sparks



TIME TO DONATE SOME RICE TODAY!
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Build your vocabulary, feed the hungry...
9,123,269,430 grains donated at this point...





FIRST...YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
18 of y'all voted
Stevie Ray Vaughn's version of "Little Wing" took the title.
We are a tad shocked that Derek & The Dominos version did not garner a vote...

OK, it is the Holiday Season...and yesterday's word for Manic Monday was CAROL

So...CHRISTMAS CAROLS TODAY!

"Frosty The Snowman" was written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson
and was originally recorded by Gene Autry in 1950...
(and I was told by a special Chicklet, Frosty has feet!)

The following are 6 adaptations of the song...each with their own sound and feel

NOW REMEMBER, Don't be a puddin' head and vote by name alone...
listen to each and vote, because...
IF YOU DO NOT VOTE, THE TUTELAGE GAME IS NOT FUN!


WILLIE NELSON


FATS DOMINO


JACKSON 5


THE VENTURES


GEORGE STRAIT


BING CROSBY


YOU GET TWO CHOICES!



The winner will be announced tomorrow
And another song and chance to play too!



Well, it is CHRISTMAS SEASON so, we had to have an elf name...so here goes...

WITH "VINNY M."

WITH "VINCE M."

WITH "YOURS BOND"

WITH "THE COUCH"

WITH "THE HOTTIE"


Get your Christmas Elf Name at JokesUnlimited.com



Tonight's BLOGTALK RADIO Notice...
Stop by and listen as the RADIO HAPPY HOUR PLAYERS recreate your favorite Holiday movies
and you could win huge, incredibly expensive, one of a kind prizes!

OK, they are cheap and crappy, but HEY...it will be FUN!

BlogTalkRadio Listen Live
Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN'S RADIO HAPPY HOUR:
(Live on
Tuesday December 18th at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)

Bonnie "Eyez" Mercado is a model/actress who is best known as "the spy" on VH1's Flavor of Love 2. She'll join Dr. B and Dangerous Lee on the internet's fastest growing radio show.

Why did Flavor Flav choose Bonnie to infiltrate the girls and sort out which ones were only out for the rapper's cash? Why did Bonnie accept this mission? What, if anything, has this done for her career? Those hard-hitting questions and several softer ones to be lobbed her way.



Also this week, Brian Nuestro will be spending New Year's Eve weekend in Las Vegas competing in the World Series of Beer Pong. We'll get a sense of his training regiment, his hopes for winning the $50,000 prize and offer him last minute tips.

All that, plus we'll play "GUESS THE CHRISTMAS MOVIE" for crappy prizes, SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE CYBERWAVES Vinny Bond drags his Big Leather Couch into the Radio Happy Hour Lounge and chats live with the listeners,
Justin the Weatherman with his forecast and your calls at 646-652-4804

Join us live every Tuesday night at 9PM ET. The Radio Happy Hour Lounge--a live chat room during show time--is a whole new reason to make sure you listen live! It’s the show within the show!

But if you can't and miss us live, we're ALWAYS ON at www.DrBlogstein.com



TUNEAGE TUTELAGE - "Little Wing"

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Monday, December 17, 2007 32 Of Your Sparks



TIME TO DONATE SOME RICE TODAY!
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Build your vocabulary, feed the hungry...

Well, we missed the announcement last Monday, but the sponsors have upped their donations and now you get 20 GRAINS of RICE for each correct word...the number of sponsors have grown and this is just exploding...by today it should be over NINE BILLION grains of rice donated in just over 70 days...absolutely incredible...

Thanks again Anndi for cluing our group into this incredible phenomenon...





Going to play Tuneage Tutelage a bit different this week...

Each day we are going to select a song and give you versions of it by different artists. We will try to find different takes on the song and then let you, our guests vote on which version you like best...

We'll give you the results the following day...

Today, the song is "Little Wing" written by JIMI HENDRIX


First...the original by JIMI



DEREK AND THE DOMINOS



STING



PEARL JAM


STEVIE RAY VAUGHN





C'MON FOLKS...IT IS NO FUN IF YOU DO NOT VOTE....


Check out the Manic Monday over at MO's...
Tomorrow we will play along on the next Tuneage Tutelage
with a CHRISTMAS CAROL!




QUICK SUNDAY UPDATE

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Sunday, December 16, 2007 13 Of Your Sparks



TIME TO DONATE SOME RICE TODAY!
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Build your vocabulary, feed the hungry...

Over at Anndi's, you will learn that over 7 BILLION grains of rice have been donated...7 BILLION folks...and we just checked the site and we are over 8 BILLION..that is since October 7th...less than three months! THAT is inspiring.



Though we never post on the weekend, we know we always get visitors...so...



TONIGHT...Turnbaby and Matt-Man together on the BlogTalk radio...Check out the left sidebar to get to TurnBaby's show


Also...do you love "It's A Wonderful Life"?

Check out the newest incarnation produced and directed by MO...You can find it HERE



Football and some chili today....

This week, we will be doing some special Tuneage each day...hope you come by to sit and enjoy...



Enjoy your day...stay warm...it is freezing here



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