K.E. Skedgell

Franz Liszt -- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Orchestra) Completed in 1847 In keeping with the Hungarian theme, a diddy from one of Hungary's greatest composers and pianists. And as a bonus, a link (since I can't find a full English version on YouTube) of Bugs Bunny playing Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 for the piano. Enjoy! Rhapsody Rabbit

Coat of arms of King Mátyás (center left) and Queen Beatrice (center right). T oday marks the 570 th anniversary of the birth of one the most revered kings of Hungary, King Mátyás (Hunyadi) Corvin. Born this day in Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca) on 23 February in 1443, second son to one of the greatest of Hungary's military heroes, János Hunyadi , and his wife Erzsébet Szilágyi , little did either of them know their pink, wrinkly infant boy would one day become the first native born Hungarian without royal ancestry to take the throne in centuries. The honor, if he hadn't died by the axeman of King Ladislas V Posthumous, would have went to his older brother and only sibling, László Hunyadi . On Easter of 1490, after biting into a rotten fig, spurring a fury of foul words from his lips, a sharp, searing pain struck Mátyás's brain and sensations worse than the taste of a spoiled fruit overwhelmed him, and two days later on the 6 th of April, the Hungarian Renaissance k...

Vangelis -- Antarctic Echoes Album -- Antarctica (1983 Japan, 1988 Worldwide) From my favorite album by the master Greek musician, Vangelis.

Barenaked Ladies -- If I Had A Million Dollars Album -- Gordon (1992) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you furniture for your house (Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman) And if I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) Well, I'd buy you a K-Car (A nice Reliant automobile) If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love   If I had a million dollars I'd build a tree fort in our yard If I had million dollars You could help, it wouldn't be that hard If I had million dollars Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere You know, we could just go up there and hang out Like open the fridge and stuff There would already be laid out foods for us Like little pre-wrapped sausages and things They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don't have pre-wrapped bacon Well, can you blam...

T oday is the last day I will be calling Ohio home. Tomorrow I'll be heading back to Michigan where I grew up. After seven years, my boyfriend and I decided that our relationship just wasn't working anymore. Without going into details which I don't want to share on my blog, I'll just say that him and I are two vastly different people and have little to nothing in common. Why had we stayed together so long? It was because of that difference. The things he enjoyed I got introduced to, things I normally wouldn't ever consider doing, kept me entertained for a time. The things I enjoyed? Well, he never could get into them. When two people lack common interests they just can't remain together for long, I suppose. He wanted something different from life than what I wanted, and there was no changing that from either side. We just needed to move on. It's all for the better, I tell myself. We have no children together, never married, so that makes things a bit ea...