Monthly Archives: October 2020

My Home Town

This is usually the time of year where colleges have
some sort of Homecoming celebration.
Pandemic be damned, almost everything is “virtual” now.
I was just thinking of this Tom Lehrer classic and
thought how good it would be to post it.
He was so far ahead of his time it defies logic.
Recorded over sixty years ago this tune still brings a
huge smile to my face.
As usual his imagery is quite good, and the lyrics sublime…


Sick

Shel Silverstein at his finest!
An animated, lively, over the top performance
by Uncle Shelby himself.
A superb list of excuses by someone who doesn’t
feel like going to school.
By someone who doesn’t know what day it is…