You're the Voice

by John Farnham



I heard this when I went on my honeymoon with my first spouse. It was the number one song in Aussie Land. I admire one of the American Idol contestants for doing this song, as it is not well known and it is an anti-war tune.

Sticker Shock of Engineering Journals

For the combined price of the Materials Science and Engineering A, B, C, & R journals,
$17,986,

You could buy a brand-new 2008 Honda Civic Coupe!

(via Cornell).
This is disgusting. I feel as though this publisher is acting like Exxon Mobil.

Tracy Russo at Take Back America Last Week

And others..including one of my other favs, Chris Bowers, and Digby.

Here...

Classic John Prine

(h/t to CrazyShirley)

This was written during the Vietnam war, but it fits this war too. I've heard this song for a very long time.

4000 US gone. For more statistics, go read Chris Bowers' post at Open Left. He reminds us of the other fatalities.

It's Raining McCain

I found this on Matt Yglesias' site:



I cannot tell if this is a snark or not.

I liked this comment from Matt Y's site:

That was kinda awesome, and I don't know why.
It's like the Plan 9 from Outer Space of viral political internet-type stuff.

You decide.

Update: it turns out it is a parody of this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwyjmSbJPs

Easter Spirit: For The Beauty of the Earth

This is a pretty good version of one of my favorite hymns I like singing in the spring. I would prefer in the Refrain "Source of all to thee we raise", but I could not locate a UU version.



Enjoy and Happy Easter. Check out my post at the EENR Blog.