Pluto is a Planet

I love this tune, Pluto, by 2 Skinnee Js. I believe it's about accepting those who wish to live among us:

Who do you represent? I represent the smallest planet
Attorney in this tourney against those who try to ban it
Who discriminate against the distant and disclaim this
'Cause their small minds can't see past Uranus
But my odyssey runs in 2001 ways
I can see clearly now like Hubble
shoved from the Shuttle, here's my rebuttal

It's a Planet

So lend me your ears and let me state my case
about all the types of satellites we must embrace
Cause like my parents grandparents - this planet was an immigrant

Do it for the children
Do it for the children (if not for yourself)
Pluto is a planet

2 Skinnee Js
Supermercado

What would you expect from me? One of my favorite albums is Mister Heartbreak by Laurie Anderson.

It's 4/21

I guess yesterday was the dopers' annual holiday (4/20). Oh well, so I forgot. So much the better.
How are you all? It's been since Bob's birthday that I posted.
No news has been, well, no news. Karen and I are doing well. I am just about to turn in some work under my own masthead and it feels pretty darn good. My client has even promised not to make me wait for payment. This may be a trend.
I understand that we are neighbors with Jim and Patty Van Slyke. I saw Patty drive by the other day but I don't think she saw me.
Karen's birthday is Thursday. I trying to think of something thoughtful to do. Any ideas? I'll probably fix Karen crab legs and wine (beer for me). It's her favorite meal. There's an amusing little seasonal beer out by Boulevard Brewing Co (Kansas City's favorite). It's called Single Track IPA and like everything else by Boulevard, it is excellent. I'll have some on hand this weekend, Greg. We are very much looking forward to your visit.

Kiev is the Capital of Ukraine

Here's an example of the Ukrainian language:

Kiev stolitsya Ukraininski. Tse nabilshi Ukrainske misto. There may be a few spelling errors here but how would YOU know? What I am trying to say is Kiev is the Ukrainian capital. It's Ukraine's largest city. You see? Our exchange student taught us something after all. What's even harder is transcribing it into the cyrillic alphabet.

I'll stop with the language lessons if you like.

Love,
John

Poetry Quiz

Hi everyone! No one's been around for a while. Everyone I know must be Facebooking. It's pouring outside just now (Monday, March 30, 8:10 pm). Karen and I are well. I am just completing my first two audits under my own name. I should have done this long ago.
Ok: Quiz Time
Three Questions -
1. What poet wrote the following line:
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter."
2. What poem is this from? and,
3. What grammarical error often occurs by those who cite this poem?
Answers
John Keats
Ode on a Grecian Urn and;
Many people mistakenly call this poem Ode to a Grecian Urn but you don't write an ode to an inanimate object.

My Gordon Lightfoot Photos

Here are some of the Gordon Lightfoot concert photos I took. I hope you like them.

John, Karen, and Gordon

Justin posted some of Synthia Somerhalder's Gordon Lightfoot Topeka concert pictures on Facebook, so I took the liberty to share them here. Thanks, Synthia. These are wonderful pictures! Hope it's ok that I post a few here.

When did Gordon get old? Karen and John, you're looking younger! Great photo!

Karen and John

Karen, John and Gordon


Gordon signs John's CD

Gordon Lightfoot and photographer Synthia Somerhalder. Thanks, Synthia!

Gordon Lightfoot in Concert

Tonight's the night we've been waiting for: to see Gordon Lightfoot in concert at Topeka Performing Arts Center. Karen wants to hear Early Morning Rain, Canadian Railroad Trilogy, If You Could Read My Mind, and The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. I want to hear a song from our wedding reception, Beautiful, which I dedicate to Karen, along with Old Dan's Records, Rainy Day People, Thats What You Get For Loving Me, and The Summer Side of Life.
We'll let you know how it turns out.