Sweet Dreams

I was in a conversation about the song, Sweet Dreams, that was about my age and they did not remember this song, nor the Maralyn Manson cover. I was suprised and thought I would post them to remind people how evil the Eurythmics were, and why Manson recorded this song. He did not change the words, but when you remove the happy '80's pop beat, you listen to the words. Oh my. Manson is showing another of the world's hipocracies. The Eurythmics are portrayed first below:



And now, here is the Manson vid:



For those who are interested in the progress of the Ramey book on Autism and Dating...we are continuing to move forward. It is a harder process than eith of us thought it would be, but we succeeded in putting out a good book proposal to Jessica Kingsley Publishers, which was a bout 50 pages of various shtuff: a literature review of all the Autism and Marriage books, Autism and Dating books, and books that had at least one chapter on one of those topics. We had to differentiate what we were going to talk about from what was on the market, establish a need for our controbuition and establish why we were the ones to make that controbution. We than made a case that our book would have a market, and in which countries. We submitted a sample chapter, they requested another chapter, than said we should finnish the book. We have crossed the hundred page mark of the actual manuscript (seperate from the book proposal) and we are still going. We should make our July deadlline to be done with the editing of our book if we finnish the manuscript soon, and all is well. I do not anticipate more than 150 pages, and it will probably be a little shorter, 130-140 pages. Christian folk, please keep us in your prayers.

Okay, now here is the real treat. This guy that I have links to is funny. The first one is his speach on what dance means to him, and the next one is is "dating video" They are such a contrast it is a hoot...enjoy. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ghtvYTdtJA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJGRWfJc9xw

Peace out

Jody

Happy Easter, Money and manuscript news

Well humans, happy Easter to those who celebrate, and happy Sunday to those who don't. Christians celebrate Easter commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and as a Christian, I highly encouraage this practice. However, the celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with Christianity, and it is facinating to learn about them.

Scholars, accepting the derivation proposed by the 8th-century English scholar St. Bede, believe the name Easter is thought to come from the Scandinavian "Ostra" and the Teutonic "Ostern" or "Eastre," both Goddesses of mythology signifying spring and fertility whose festival was celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox

Traditions associated with the festival survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, and in colored easter eggs, originally painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring, and used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts.

Easter is observed by the churches of the West on the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or following the spring equinox (March 2I). So Easter became a "movable" feast which can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25

As to the australian $20.00 note that Emilia brought back from her trip, for info on what it is made of, go to the entry a couple of days back that has the $50.00 note. This is also a polymer. What is interesting about the twenty is the fact that therer has been only two issuings of this note. The first issue was 14 February 1966, replacing the ten pound note which had the same red colouration, and that was made of paper, which had a gradient of yellow and red, with a distinct red background, and this polymer note which can be recognised for its distinct red colouration in 1994. Mary Reibey, a philanthopist in the late 1700's to mid 1800's appears in the bottom pic, and the Rev. John Flynn, a presbeterian minister, appears on the other side. He founded the founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance service. He died an old man in 1951. Garry Emery designed the note.

Okay, as to the Manuscript news, we neeed to get it to the published by Jusly, completly done. The contract is in the mail to us, and all is well. We should have our book out next year at the latest, depending on when the publisher decides to release it. Okay, there is the excitement for teamramey, for those who did not know.

Peace

Jody

harp

This harp is the Esabelle from Stoney End. The unique and wonderful thing about this instrument is that it has two rows of strings, that cross at the middle. One set corresponds to the white keys on the piano, and the other to the black keys. What this means is that one can play in any key, without having sharping levers on the strings. This is a beautiful harp. I have started saving to purchase a harp, and this is the one I have picked out.
I have started studying music theory, which is very interesting, and I have been reading a book called The Mozart Effect as well. It talks about the way music helps people feel better- reducing the need for painkillers, making them happier, and more relaxed. There was even a study that showed women in childbirth who had music needed to take pain meds only half as much as women who didn't have music. Interesting, huh?

7 month celebration!!!!

On Saturday, 2 September 2006 Emilia and I were married, which was 0.58241758241758241758241758241758 of a year ago, 7 months ago, 30.28571428571428571428571428571429 weeks ago, 212 days ago, 5088 hours ago, 305,280 minutes ago, or 18,316,800 seconds ago. This is of course, making use of the 10:00 A.M. mark, the time the ceremony was due to end, so this is only an approximate. I guess I am saying that so far I still am glad that my wife agreed to marry me. :-)

As to the pics above, this was a $50.00 dolar bill that Emilia brought back from Australia. This particular banknote was released on 4 October 1995, and was desingned by Brian Sadgrove. It is a polymer banknote, made from biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP). This material is used in a wide variety of applications, including food packaging, textiles, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, thermal pants and shirts made for the military, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, and automotive components.

On the front of the bill (Top photo) is David Unaipon, who was an Australian Aboriginal preacher, inventor and writer. Unaipon was awarded ten patents, including a shearing machine, but could not raise money to get his inventions into production. He was known as the Australian Leonardo for his mechanical ideas, which included anticipatory drawings for a helicopter design based on the principle of the boomerang. He was often refused accommodation and refreshment due to his race.

On the back of the note is (Bottom Pic) Edith Dircksey Cowan, who was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected as a representative in an Australian parliament. In 1894 she helped found the Karrakatta Club, a group where women "educated themselves for the kind of life they believed they ought to be able to take". In time she became the club's president. The Karrakatta Club became involved in the campaign for women's suffrage, successfully gaining the vote for women in 1899. The building of Perth's King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women in 1916 was largely a result of her efforts. In 1920 Cowan became one of the first female Justices of the Peace. Also, in 1920, Western Australia passed legislation allowing women to stand for parliament. At the age of 59 Cowan stood as the Nationalist candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of West Perth and defeated her opponent, Attorney General, Thomas Draper, who had introduced the legislation that enabled her to stand for the position.