Monthly Archives: December 2014

Thursday Open Thread | Holiday Spirit

Posted on December 18, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

“Jingle Bells“ is a song featured in the 1948 album, Christmas Songs by Sinatra. Sinatra rerecorded this song in his Capitol album, A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra. A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra is a Christmas album by American … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | Holiday Spirit

Posted on December 17, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

“Santa Baby” was originally recorded by Eartha Kitt with Henri René and his orchestra in New York City, in July, 1953. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-5502 (in the USA),[2] and by EMI on the … Continue reading →

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#Ferguson: The Smoking Gun exposes #witness40 as a fraud

Posted on December 16, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

The Smoking Gun has the goods on #witness40, Sandra McElroy,  a 45-year-old St. Louis resident. The woman is off the chain. The Darren Wilson Grand Jury wasn’t #witness40 first rodeo. She also inserted herself into the high profile case of Shawn Hornbeck.  The … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread | Holiday Spirit

Posted on December 16, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

“Silver Bells” is a classic Christmas song, composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. “Silver Bells” was first performed by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid, filmed in July–August 1950 and released in … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread | Holiday Spirit

Posted on December 15, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Sleigh Ride” is a popular light orchestral piece composed by Leroy Anderson. The composer had the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946; he finished the work in February 1948. Lyrics, about a person who … Continue reading →

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The First Family Enjoys Christmas in Washington

Posted on December 14, 2014 by rikyrah

Hat tip-The Obama Diary Our First Family is just so wonderful. Let the haters suck it. Our First Family is just dazzling!  

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Sunday Open Thread | Holiday Spirit

Posted on December 14, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

O come, O come, Emmanuel is a translation of the Latin text (“Veni, veni, Emmanuel“) by John Mason Neale and Henry Sloane Coffin in the mid-19th century. It is a metrical version of a collation of various Advent Antiphons (the … Continue reading →

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Photo Gallery: #Justice4All March

Posted on December 13, 2014 by SouthernGirl2
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Saturday Open Thread | Holiday Spirit

Posted on December 13, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), better known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. Ray was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm & … Continue reading →

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Friday Open Thread | Holiday Spirit

Posted on December 12, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Carol of the Bells” is a popular Americanized version of a Ukrainian Christmas carol. It is a choral work by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych as “Shchedryk“ and translated, or rather, adapted to English by Peter J Wilhousky who wrote and … Continue reading →

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