Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

There are powers that can be invoked and wielded, for a price. When the cause is important enough, you pay that price willingly.

Several hours ago, playing at a wedding reception with Three Left Feet, was such a time. The price, you wonder? I'm going to have "Si Beag, Si Mohr" stuck in my brain for the next week. (It's not as though we played it a lot -- just thrice through the melody, that's all -- but with that one it doesn't take much to get it brainstuck if you play it right, as maugorn, who was on melody for that tune, does.)

"I'm convinced that 24-hour news channels are the greatest threat to our country in terms of preventing us from [assessing rick and figuring out how to mitigate it]. The media goes for the sensation, and 24-hour media takes that and repeats it like a mad echo chamber. The result is a distortion of the truth and a destruction of the usefulness of the medium. We can't assess risk properly as a country with that as the basis which we use to do so." -- scooterbird, 2007-04-20?