The Maple Leaf Rag
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January 7, 2008
I knocked out a wall today in the basement. We purchased new laundry machines and in order to move them into the laundry room I had to remove a wall. It seemed easy and now I will rearrange the hallway a bit to add a door that wasn't there before.
Through all of this medium hard labour, I thought of the phrase 'Renaissance Man' for some reason. I guess my childhood on the farm provided me with many skills that a lot of guys don't have. Necessity is the mother of invention, right? This is how I learned to cook, sew on a button, iron my shirts, clean the house, feed the cows, milk the cows, clean up after the cows, paint, repair, plumb and carpen (these aren't words, I just made them up. Plumbers plumb don't they? Carpenters carpen, right? :)
Since I've been a home owner I have changed every door in the house, changed almost every window, put in a new bathroom, built wall to wall bookshelves in the basement for my thousands of books, and built and repaired dozens of computers. Add to the mix my various web pages and, drum roll please, we have a Renaissance Man. Ok, so I can't play the piano but I can write a mean poem!
I've been using the microphone again with some of my friends and, as always, please remember that you are better than you think you are. Virtually everyone I talk to speaks better than many of my neighbours here in Toronto. Don't give up!
January 3, 2008
Just for fun I thought I would write out some exclamations for you. Holy moly is one. Oh my gosh (OMG) is another. There are more:
1. Holy cow!
2. Holy smokes!
3. Holy Mackinaw! (Sometimes it's Holy Mackinaw Saphire!)
4. Far out!
5. Get outta town!
6. Holy sh*t!
7. No way! (sometimes answered by "Way!"
8. Golly!
9. Wow!
I will add more as I think of them. These mean all the same thing, disbelief or sounding incredulous.
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January 1, 2008
Here is a link to an Indian music video. I thought we'd have some laughs after Christmas and New Years so the video will, hopefully, cheer you up after the holiday season,
The video is fun, lots of dancing and has beautiful women in it and handsome men. The point of putting it here on Ebaby, however, is the words that the singers are singing in the video. The person who made the film used English subtitles to show what he thought they were singing but, since they are not singing in English, sometimes the English words seem pretty funny!
A friend of mine here on Ebaby showed me the video in Portuguese so I guess this particular Indian language, and maybe someone can tell me what the language is, lends itself to different interpretations.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw
Remember that I am not laughing at the video, I am pointing out that sometimes we can misinterpret what someone is saying and that sometimes all languages kind of sound the same! If you have ever seen Russell Peters do a comedy routine then you will know exactly what I mean.
What's the language and what are the real words to the song? Help!


