Barb J

YouTube video by Oldies Zone The Coasters - Yakety Yak

Day 9: Song with a word in the title that’s probably not in the dictionary.

YouTube video by WillieNelsonVEVO Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Official Video)

Day 8: Song for a rainy day

YouTube video by TheHumanLeagueVEVO The Human League - Don't You Want Me (Official Music Video)

Day 7: Songs with the word Do or Don’t in the title

YouTube video by Mungo Jerry Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime ORIGINAL 1970

Day 6: Song for a lazy summer afternoon.

YouTube video by TOP MUSIC I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley [Lyrics + Vietsub]

Day 5: A song with one of the five senses in the title.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" Explore the speech "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" delivered by Frederick Douglass in 1852, including full text and historical context.

Every Fourth of July, I read Frederick Douglass's important speech from that day in 1852 and ask my friends to join me. This year it hits even harder. "Your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery ... mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy." www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

YouTube video by RHINO Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y (Official Audio)

Day 4: A song with less than five letters in the title - “B-A-B-Y” by Carla Thomas

I need some beauty in my world today. Here is the sunrise in Big Bend National Park 12/24.

All love ✊

YouTube video by HeatwaveVEVO Heatwave - Always and Forever (Audio)

Day 2: Always and Forever by Heatwave

Day 1: Ball of Confusion by the Temptations

Researchers Train Mice To Choose Between Life-Saving Medications And Other Essentials

Researchers Train Mice To Choose Between Life-Saving Medications And Other Essentials theonion.com/researc...

Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

The president is hawking fragrances while the State of Florida is celebrating its first concentration camp by handing out swag.

I'm rooting for the asteroid now more than ever.

#DontStopBelieving 🤞

Good night 😴

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

Benjamin Franklin

Obviously, it’s only part of “Annabel Lee.” This app has very limited post lengths.

In honor of his 216 birthday, here is Edgar Allen Poe’s “Annabel Lee"

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
…

Newsletter Update:

Featuring my enthusiasm for the start of Halloween, more info on ONE-SHOT, and some campaigns I'm backing from Travis Gibb and @anasabdulhak.bsky.social.

Newsletter Update: Featuring my enthusiasm for the start of Halloween, more info on ONE-SHOT, and some campaigns I'm backing from Travis Gibb and @anasabdulhak.bsky.social https://delacalavera.substack.com/p/its-spooky-season