Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Wondering about my sanity
I just realized that my brand new mp3 player has no music on it!
I’ve got:
- A 10-hour lecture series on Criminal Law Audiobook
- James Burke’s “Connections” Audiobook
- Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles” Audiobook
How many others out there like that?
As promised
Today’s Independence Day Special Share comes to us via a suggestion from The Pistolero, one of our newest Loyal Readers. He also supplied the tune, so he deserves a special tip of the ol’ sombrero.
Jamie Foxx won an Oscar for playing this man, a man so talented that he can bring tears to the eyes of the most hardened of individuals. He also had a wonderful sense of humor, appearing in the original “Blues Brothers” as a pawn shop owner (who was also a crack shot).
But this is his tribute to the country that made it possible for a poor black man from Georgia (who lost his vision due to undiagnosed glaucoma at age seven) - a beautiful rendition of “America the Beautiful”.
I’m not going to list the lyrics this time, because there is no doubt what he is singing…