tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528106444793810674.post9028762141289903341..comments2024-01-12T20:16:14.223-07:00Comments on Lisa Shafer: A Writer's Blog: A Moment Of The SurrealLisa Shaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08141316010311729143noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528106444793810674.post-76101572253899345182013-01-07T21:38:03.532-07:002013-01-07T21:38:03.532-07:00Thankfully, I was out of town on Christmas. At lea...Thankfully, I was out of town on Christmas. At least until school hours were over, anyway.tempppohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03554519180524682913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528106444793810674.post-27562229583109245172013-01-07T11:21:48.057-07:002013-01-07T11:21:48.057-07:00Oh yes, I know that feeling too well. I still wake...Oh yes, I know that feeling too well. I still wake up early expecting my babies to start screaming for food...they're all teenagers now.Martin Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605554706836638988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528106444793810674.post-63310212876553412712013-01-06T21:55:19.671-07:002013-01-06T21:55:19.671-07:00Yes, that Hokey Pokey version has been passed arou...Yes, that Hokey Pokey version has been passed around since the pre-internet days. It's funny, isn't it?<br /><br />So, it sounds like you really did hear the bells on Christmas day their old, familiar carols play, then, right? *smirks*Lisa Shaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141316010311729143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528106444793810674.post-82888995738436693012013-01-06T21:44:22.968-07:002013-01-06T21:44:22.968-07:00I *can* hear the bells at the high school when I a...I *can* hear the bells at the high school when I am home. Even on Sundays. And during Chritmas break. <br /><br />And now a non sequitur I had to share --- just in case you missed it while you were playing with your new toy.<br /><br /><br />The following is from the Washington Post Style Invitational contest that asked readers to submit "instructions" for something (anything), but written in the style of a famous person. The winning entry was The Hokey Pokey (as written by William Shakespeare).<br /><br />O proud left foot, that ventures quick within<br />Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.<br />Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:<br />Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.<br />Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,<br />A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.<br />To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.<br />Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.<br />The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt<br />Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.<br /> -- by "William Shakespeare"<br />tempppohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03554519180524682913noreply@blogger.com