In 1493, Columbus sailed the deep blue sea

That quote was used, as was the more widely-known and correct one, in an episode of a television show that debuted in the mid-1960s, back when Indigenous Peoples Oppression Columbus Day was always observed on this day. (Free internet cookie to anyone who can identify both the show and the characters who argued about which was right.)

Another famous debut in the mid-1960s, on this very day in fact, was of a woman who grew up into one of the best of Friends one can have here.

From her family stories, to her always amazing photos, to her music collection, there's not just something for everyone there, but an awful lot I find touching.

So whichever year his quest began,
My happiest birthday wish to Nan:)

i.e., roguepuppet ::hugs::

Now there's something you don't hear every day....

....as opposed to me, who you're hearing way too much from;)

One of the musical bumpers between segments of last Sunday's Wait Wait was the final notes of PDQ Bach's Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion. (It's the segue between the Bluff the Listener and the Not My Job portions.)

As I've mentioned here before, we played that puppy in high school wind ensemble, complete with the clarinetists removing their mouthpieces and using them as duck calls and then gargling a B-flat scale.

A fuller clip set from the whole piece, not quite two minutes' worth, can be downloaded here. It's an .ogg file, which the VLC media player, at least, plays very nicely.  You may have to adjust the equalizer to get the duck calls, though.

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Oh, and as long as we're sharing music, I may as well share some of my own.

metaquotes had a running discussion about the stereotypical portrayal of Irish in the current Heroes arc (buncha gangstaghs, hangin' out in pubs, bad Irish accents, etc.). One thing led to another and I was contributing me own piece of the Old Sod (by way of Carbon Leaf and/or Great Big Sea) to the discussion:

( Beyond here begorra spoilers )