So, hurl your insults now. It’s been more than a month since my last blahg and no blahg in March! I know, I know!
I’ve been trying to think about a topic for a new blahg but it just hasn’t come to me. My head’s an empty vessel. There, I beat you to the insult! I couldn’t even get out an April Fool’s Day blahg. I had nothing to pull from my hat of tricks. So this blahg is going to be a mishmash of things. I don’t even know what all will be in here so let’s enjoy the ride together.
Over this past month we’ve celebrated a few things. Noah turned 19 on March 25th. Now he can legally smoke, drink, and buy lottery tickets in Ontario. Sure, all the things I don’t want him to do and he can argue it by saying he’s just following the letter of the law. We also celebrated Easter. I’ve got a cute video to show you about Easter but that’s a little later. Emily, our oldest daughter, got a full-time good paying job in Toronto. I’m happy and sad all at the same time. This means she won’t be coming back to live with us but will only be visiting when she comes here. Can she even call this home, anymore? I also discovered some long lost family videos and I thought I would post a few here.
First up is a video of Abbie singing “When Somebody Loved Me” from Toy Story 2. It was performed at a talent showcase at our local church in Demorestville in 2004. Abbie, who was 5 at the time, is accompanied by Emily, 13, on the piano.
Next up, from the same talent showcase in 2004 is my son Noah and I performing the Abbott & Costello routine, “Jonah and the Whale”. Unfortunately there’s a slight splice in the middle and our tape ran out before the entire routine could be recorded. Noah was 10 at the time and I was 41, but who’s counting? In our version, Noah realizes he’s given himself away when I reveal the punchline of the joke. He runs off the stage crying and saying he wants his mommy.
Here’s the original Abbott & Costello routine.
I wanted to try and find a video that would present Emily with some justice. There are plenty of videos when she was little and an only child…until Noah and Abbie were born. These just wouldn’t do because that’s not who Emily is now. She’s a young professional adult with a job and who will soon graduate. Yes, I know, for most students that happens the other way around. She’s matured so much in the past few years and I recall a slideshow I did a few years ago as a present to my wife. It was pictures of each of the children presented in a music video format set to different songs. I think this one of Emily is the best one suited to Emily. The pictures are of Emily and the music is “Suddenly, I See” by K T Tunstall.
Before, I leave the subject of home videos, I really like this one of all my children. It is also from the slideshow DVD I presented to my wife. The pictures are of Emily, Noah, and Abbie and the song is “Your Life Is Now” by John Mellencamp.
Moving right along, but still related to videos, recently, about last weekend, I bought a handful of records at a local thrift shop. 
One of these records was a bootleg of The Andrews Sisters. I like their singing and the album promised live versions of songs from various TV and Radio shows. I gave it a listen and was pleasantly surprised to hear The Andrews Sisters performing some of the hits of The Supremes. The Andrews Sisters is really the first important girl trio but you cannot discount the appeal of The Supremes. When I started researching these tracks, I found they were taken from a Sammy Davis Jr. TV show in 1966 and not only did The Andrews Sisters perform the hits of The Supremes but The Supremes performed the hits of The Andrews Sisters! And if that’s not enough for you, here’s a video of those performances.
I lied about getting off the subject of home videos. Here’s that cute Easter video I promised. Abbie once again and I’ll close with that..
Now isn’t that cute?