Kristin Chenoweth - I'll Be Home For Christmas-Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (11-29-08) / Book Review

Second day of Chanukkah



Kristin Chenoweth is one of my favorite entertainers. She is a bright spot. I am going to get her new album tomorrow. The "boys" go in to get groomed and I get my hairscut (all of them). It doesn't always happen on the same day but this time it worked out that way.

I am rather "down" right now. Don't know why but it is probably the time of year. I don't like the cold and the snow and neither does Bailey. He goes outside to do his business and he just goes right outside the door and then heads right back in. Max, of course, loves it and he goes out and rolls around in the snow and revels in the cold (crazy dog). Cassie tries to go out in the summer but she won't have anything to do with it this time of year.

Bailey is driving me nuts tonight. He keeps wanting to go outside. Probably just for a treat when he comes back in. I have spoiled him.

I just finished reading Steve Berry's "The Charlemagne Pursuit" - It is a good book. They are now doing "trailers" for books. This tells you about it. This is the 4th Cotton Malone book and I have enjoyed all of them



He finishes his author's note with this"

Lao-tzu, the great Chinese philosopher who lived 2,700 years ago and is still regarded as one of humankind's most brilliant thinkers, may have known best when he wrote:

The Ancient Masters were subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive.
The depth of their knowledge is unfathomable.
Because it is unfathomable, all we can do is describe their appearance.
Watchful, like men crossing a winter stream. Alert, like men aware of danger.
Courteous, like visiting guests. Yielding, like ice about to melt.
Simple, like uncarved blocks of wood.

The idea that there was a civilization that preceded the civilization of Ancient Egypt and influenced primitive man and taught them things is not a new one. It was written about by Brother Christopher Knight and Alan Butler in their book Civilization One.

Civilization One holds that the historically recognized civilizations must have been based on the diffusion of ideas from a currently unknown civilization, citing similarities between units of measure across different cultures as evidence. It relies heavily on the work of Alexander Thom and his concept of the megalithic yard.

Is it based on fact? Who knows. But it is interesting and the book was a good read. I like escapism and this fills the bill.

Thanks for stopping by.. ARTYAL hugs, j