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"Rock And Roll Music" performed by Chuck Berry.

Well, "Emabhaceni," which can be found on the "Northern Exposure" soundtrack is the Miriam Makeba song to remember. (I found this after trawling through Google! links. An ex-Desert Storm veteran mentioned buying the "Sangoma" CD in Saudi Arabia.) Emabhaceni, which means " The Land of the Amabhaca ", is the story of a young woman who was among the many who fled their homes in the great civil war. In this conflict there is a girl whose father is killed, and she vows to never return to the land of her enemies or marry one of their men, She will find a husband among the peacful Baca people.

It's as easy as doing a Google! search and clicking on the link to Amazon.com. Happy holidays.

Coffee Parfait. (A slab of Vanilla ice cream covered liberally with Kahlua coffee liqueur.) Name a dessert you've read about in a book and would like to make/create/modify.

choice Mike Roweisms

Granted. Armed turkeys gather outside your place, praising Allah for granting them a chance to avenge years on the platter. Then armed Geese show up, praising Jehovah for a chance to avenge years of Christmas dinners. Things get ugly when armed pigs show up praising Buddha for...you know what. Weapons are discharged, your place is reduced to rubble, along with the rest of the neighborhood. I wish rich kids' Christmas wishes are granted...for poorer kids to sell for their next square meal or two.

It's about time! (Were they waiting for him to join Jimi Hendrix?)

"It Don't Bring You" performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter

What is Wall Street planting in hopes of paying off the Treasury bailout and moving into the ultimate "McMansion?" Green Thumb Syndrome

Granted. Martin Luther King Jr. is summoned, and there's a famliy quarrel over mismanagement, misappropriations of funds, etc. By accident, Ronald Reagan shows up and does a road company version of "The Defiant Ones" with President Obama. Hellboy is called in to deal with the spirits, only to result in ruins where the White House was, as HB chomps on Baby Ruth candy bars. I wish that the Detroit Big Three automakers come out with "green automobiles" before Toyota starts measuring them for a hostile takeover.

Super Mustard Plaster

"Havana Bay" (Winter) "Gorky Park (Summer) Name your favorite Autumn/Winter drink/beverage.

You know it's Christmas shopping season when... 1. 2. 3. Fur-lined boots and earmuffs replace Bikinis and "spritzer" fans at Brookstone. 4. You've just managed to get out of the debt hole in time to dive in deep again . 5. it's after Labor Day ( is everybody insane? ) 6. You have deep paper cuts all over your hands from swiping all those damn credit cards. 7. Men are being dragged, kicking and screaming, into malls by their wives even when there's a game on. 8. Your auto mechanic says, "Fixing that's gonna run you about eight hundred bucks." 9. The local forest is removed and relocated to an empty parking lot. 10. Alcoholic Santa Clauses are invading the malls.

Arguing with Alfred Hitchcock about his wife's (Grace Kelly) billing at the Celestial Cinema. Ivan Dixon

"Company of Fools" performed by Great Big Sea. :guitar:

Alive and married to Elvis! ("Elvis Wade," aka Wade Cummings, an Elvis impersonator, that is.) A Jazz piano player associated with "Peanuts": Vince Guaraldi.

It's 0850 here, so it's time for breakfast. Following package directions for microwave old fashioned oatmeal, 1/2 cup of oatmeal + 1 cup of water yields a nice hot serving of same. I usually press the "Start Minute Plus" timer three times, but stop the process at 2 minutes and 30 seconds, lest the boiling mass spill over the small Corning Ware unit. (I'm sure kids wouldn't stop the reaction, leading to a nice, sticky mess on the turntable.) Then there's the slice of wheat bread with no-sugar orange marmalade and a cup of orange juice. (Dr. Shintani's lecture on staying away from fat/sugar and "eat fresh" has been interesting.)

What is the current prestige package for Nissan's corporate limousine? Crawfors, Texas

Ala Moana Beach. Name a favorite amusement park.

Kowznofski bit it

Granted. The new White House janitor with a "Obama" name tag finds the whole place is falling apart, needing Hercules to make things right. Unfortunately the only "Hercules" available is a female WWE rassler currently on national guard duty in Iraq. The janitor wisely concludes that the only thing to do is quietly "put in his twenty" and retire while Social Security and Medicare are still partially funded. With the President-Elect missing, VP-Elect Biden briefly takes the reins of government. Then he meets the janitor and opts for the blue collar life. Nancy Pelosi ascends to office, finds it disgusting/broken, and hands it off to Hillary Clinton. And that's how "Bubba Bill" becomes "the biggest breeder" in Washington D.C. I wish that the Mayan calendar is wrong about the world ending in 2012.

Gail, Max Jr.

"Company of Fools" performed by Great Big Sea.

Granted. Citing obscure Alaska national regulations, Gov. Sarah Palin is now in command of troops in Baghdad. Using Steve Jobs' celebrated "Reality Distortion Field," former big time CEOs turn in their Golden Parachutes to the U.S. Treasury, AND begin to pay taxes! However, this is not quite enough to cover the situations, so the Obama administration backs a "nuclear waste into Gold" plan at the CERN super collider. Flipping the switch creates a time warp...and it's 1953 once more! I wish everyone here a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

"Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" performed by Ray Charles.