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We had forgotten about this song until Jesse posted this vid over at his fine site.

Many years ago Rich D. and I passed on a chance to see Leonard Cohen mostly because his music isn't all that danceable.

I came to regret that decision if only for this one song, which as I think about it, might not have been written yet.

So in retrospect, nothing is lost.

Anyway, this is Leonard Cohen on vocals, Bob Metzger on the peddle steel, Javier Mas playing the 12 string guitar, Charlie Webb on guitar, Mattie Webb on the harp, Sharon Robinson singing back up along with the Webb Sisters, Dino Soldo playing the keyboards among other things, Rosco Beck is playing the bass guitar, that's Rafael Gayol on the drums.

Everybody Knows.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded.  Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.

Everybody knows that the war is over.  Everybody knows the good guys lost.

Everybody knows the fight was fixed.  The poor stay poor, the rich get rich.

Thats how it goes. 

Everybody knows.

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking.  Everybody knows that the captain lied.

Everybody got this broken feeling.  Like their father or their dog just died.

Everybody talking to their pockets.  Everybody wants a box of chocolates.

And a long stem rose,  

Everybody knows.

Some years ago, I was poking around looking for something when I stumbled across American Rhetoric's list of the top one hundred speeches of Twentieth Century.

I've gone back and over and over and have now sat and listened to about every one.

Since it is Martin Luther King day, it seemed a good idea to post this link to American Rhetoric's opinion on the greatest speech of the Twentieth Century.

Click on the American Rhetoric logo below for the entire list complete with mp3s and transcripts.

Way, super, double, highly recommended.

I'm down with 1 and 2.

After that, differences abound.

Fron Dan P. via Mashable.com

This would have been a much more grizzly video had the would be assassin's weapon not misfired.

Apologies for the lack of posting lately.

My excuse is that I really hate my present office and keep playing at making it more workable rather than posting.

Which is sort of true.

Mostly I'm just a little tired of the relentless stupidity that surrounds us and having completed my reading, I sigh and head upstairs to see if I can get the little wiffer to put out.

So anyway and since we were already on the subject.

Sort of.

From The Mail Online, via Leari P. first and then about a dozen more of you .

As always click on the photo for the entire piece.

Wealthy Indian spends £14,000 on a shirt made of GOLD to impress the ladies (and if nothing else it means less ironing for them!) 

Shirt took a team of 15 goldsmiths two weeks to construct 

Has matching cuffs and a set of rings crafted from left-over gold

By JILL REILLY

PUBLISHED: 11:35 EST, 4 January 2013 | UPDATED: 18:51 EST, 5 January 2013

It is often said that money can't buy love.

But trying telling that to a wealthy Indian man who splashed out £14,000 (that's about $25,000 for the conversion challenged among us) on a solid gold shirt in the hope it will attract female attention. 

Money-lender Datta Phuge 32, from Pimpri-Chinchwad, commissioned the shirt which took a team of 15 goldsmiths two weeks to make working 16 hours a day creating and weaving the gold threads.

I'm thinking her lawyer is gonna just love this shirt.

While remaining completely different.

Thanks to Don C. for the following.

Patience and wisdom.

Not necessarily in that order.

From our friend Jeff Nabors.

Click on the image below for Amazon.com's offering of the Playmobile Security Checkpoint.

Seriously.

We've included a couple of our favorite comments on this product below.

It's well worth your time reading through them at Amazon as a quiet laugh might cause you to forget your hangover.

Had this item 3 or 4 days now, and things were going fine, until some of the "passengers" began complaining of missing items from their luggage. I found the items in a Playmobil Security Manager's Office, which I hadn't realized I ordered. I'm thinking of complaining to the Playmobil Shop Steward but I'm not sure I'll get anywhere 

The playset seemed well build, but none of the other Playmobil action figures I had seemed to enjoy it very much.  In fact most of them complained, and are now being detained in an unknown location....

This toy would be a lot more realistic with about 350 people standing in line for an average of an hour.  It still makes a nice set with the interrogation room.

This is the perfect playset, I can't wait till it comes back in stock. I am also ordering the 4 additional security screeners standing around to make it 100% authentic. Thanks PlayMobil.

We have the eldest Roanboy coming home for Christmas and will be spending the week doing family stuff.

Merry Christmas, we'll see you next year.