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Like many of my posts on this blog: I just found this.

It helped me smile. I like to share things that help me smile.

In researching the song I went to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody where I discovered two things I did not know:

(1) It reached number one again in 1991, after Freddie Mercury’s death, achieving total sales of 2,176,000 and becoming the UK’s third best selling single of all time—beaten only by Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and Elton John’s “Candle In The Wind 1997″.

(2) The single was accompanied by a promotional video; considered groundbreaking, it helped establish the visual language of the modern music video…. it wasn’t until after the success of “Bohemian Rhapsody” that it became regular practice for record companies to produce promo videos for artists’ single releases.

Here is a brief article: 
http://beatcrave.com/2009-11-25/the-muppets-perform-queens-bohemian-rhapsody/

The Muppets version is a bit different, though to truly appreciate it be sure to also watch the original.

Late last night a friend sent me a link to YouTube that made me smile. And once there I had to find more and share it them. So here it is they are.

Video #1

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Video #2

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Video #3

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Video #4

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Video #5

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These are not the only videos available but I hope you enjoy them.

If you did enjoy them, please leave me a note.

A neighbor brought mother some food using a brown paper bag from Central Market. I like the bag so I thought I’d share. This is printed on the side in large lettering.

I am a brown paper bag. More than likely, I’ll end up under your kitchen sink with a few of my  friends. I might get cut up and wrapped around an old textbook, or just stuck under something messy. It would be nice if someone made me into a kite. I’d like to be a kite. But whatever happens, I will never forget the day I carried groceries home from Central Market.

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Sunday morning. I happen to get an email from a friend pointing me to one of these videos. It was so great I went looking for the others. Now I get to share them. Here they are. Enjoy.

Floor Exercise

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Parallel Bars

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Balance Beam

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It is Saturday evening. I am in Houston visiting mother. She is struggling with a persistent lung infection. I’m here doing what little care I can. And I’ve been online again surfing the net looking for a replacement car (remember that I managed recently to roll and total mine,  http://JSH.us/blog-auto-accident.) I am narrowing it down but I hate it. 

So to ease the stress I was looking around for a distraction. Here is one that made me laugh, in part because I was raised Catholic.

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As I write this, it is Sunday morning. I’ve been online surfing the net looking for a replacement car (remember that I managed recently to roll and total mine,  http://JSH.us/blog-auto-accident.) But I am not a car person.

(I once challenged a car salesman to tell me everything great about the car without ever talking about how it looks since I intend to be inside the car, not outside looking at it. Suffice it to say he failed. But that is another huge post I need to write another day.) 

Becoming tired of surfing for cars, I explored a bit for a respite. I found this. I hope you smile as I did.

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From one of my favorite blogs, Neatorama, this YouTube video presents the Manakin … a moonwalking bird. Apparently it moonwalks as part of its maiting ritual. It is one of many featured on the Neatorama collection of Strange Animal Mating Habits. Now, I’ll give you the link, but remember, I’m not forcing you to go there. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/30/30-strangest-animal-mating-habits

For your enjoyment
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Did you know I am a presidential candidate?

Well, just because you see it on the news, doesn’t mean it is true.

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JibJab … the original. Always good. Always good to share. 

Disclosure: I support Barack Obama.