OK you guys listen to this song with me now. sniff, sniff. (Yes, I confess, I LOVE Meatloaf and this is one of my favorites!)

awesome, both of you!! :) (and I'm glad SOMEBODY replied- two somebodies even! lol)

haha! Yeah! Pass the wine! I need it now!

Oh and while we're talking about sad lyrics, you know which one chokes me up every time? Billy Joel's Goodnight Saigon We met as soul mates on Parris Island We left as inmates from an asylum And we were sharp, as sharp as knives And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives We came in spastic like tameless horses We left in plastic as numbered corpses And we learned fast to travel light Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight We had no home front, we had no soft soap They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope We dug in deep and shot on sight And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might We had no cameras to shoot the landscape We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes And it was dark, so dark at night And we held on to each other like brother to brother We promised our mothers we'd write And we would all go down together We said we'd all go down together Yes we would all go down together Remember Charlie, remember Baker They left their childhood on every acre And who was wrong? And who was right? It didn't matter in the thick of the fight We held the day in the palm of our hand They ruled the nights, and the nights Seemed to last as long as six weeks... ...On Parris Island We held the coastline, they held the highlands And they were sharp, as sharp as knives They heard the hum of our motors They counted the rotors And waited for us to arrive And we would all go down together We said we'd all go down together Yes we would all go down together ....that line about "we promised our mothers we'd write" makes me cry every freakin time!

LOL you guys are killing me. I like that. Edge and distinction! KidsHappen, Can you give a link to the specific one you are listening to? There are a few on Youtube of varying lengths. I love Pink Floyd, by the way! "Wish You Were Here" is one of my favorites!

LMAO :lol:

Yeah, she's really good. I love her song "Building A Mystery."

Those of you studying the Hallelujah lyrics, did you look at Leonard Cohen's version? Some of the lyrics are different: "Hallelujah" Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you To a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Baby I have been here before I know this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah There was a time you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light In every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though It all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah (I always really liked that line, "You say I took the name in vain, I don't even know the name, but if I did, well, really, what's it to you?")

Very touching, Cyndi, especially for that purpose! The first one is not a style of song I like (I'm not into country really) but still a touching message. The Evanescence song I really like, though!

Thanks for linking to it! I saw it on AI back then of course but it was nice watching it again. I really like Jason Castro, too. And I remember seeing his brother in a subsequent season and thinking he sounded really good too but he didn't make it far into the show, unfortunately.

LOL! I sing really well when I'm alone in my car and the radio is blasting. Otherwise... not so much. :D

Hm I never watched ER! I do love me some Jon Bon Jovi! lol. Arrrgh help me, I'm stuck on Youtube and I can't get off! I just rewatched the series finale of "Six Feet Under"- the final scenes where Claire is driving and they keep showing flash forwards of how all her loved ones age and die, and finally she does, too, set to "Breathe Me" by Sia.

LOL! Thanks for sharing the video, Aubrey. I'd never seen it. He was so talented. It's so tragic that he died. Him AND Iz. Sniff sniff.

I LOVE Leonard Cohen's writing. Like it all reads like great poetry or something. But I just never could get into his singing. I do like that his version of Hallelujah has verses that other versions don't have, but the voice just doesn't do it for me!

Another song I really love is the "Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Wonderful World" by IZ!!! (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) I think I first heard it at the end of 50 First Dates (loved!) and fell in love with the song. (Jason Castro did that one on Idol too :D)

Oh me too!! How adorable was Jason?! LOL. I never heard the kd lang version! I'm going to listen to it now... ... ... .....ok I'm currently listening. Wow, very nice! I got chills! There's so much powerful emotion in that song, I just love it!

Well: 1) they're in the same local homeschool support group 2) the OP knows someone who knows the family and has not mentioned it being just a dad. It's a family. 3) He said "our house" which to me implies the whole family. It's not creepy just because it was a homeschooling dad signing off on the email looking for friends for his daughters within their local support group, instead of the mom being the one to write the email. There could be a perfectly good reason for it, or it could just be a dad being a proactive dad. Would I go to his house never having met him? No, but I already said that, regardless of whether it was a man or a woman. I would not, however, ignore or just shun them. It's hard to find homeschoolers with kids your kid's ages. It's hard to reach out to someone you don't know. It's hard to be shunned because you're not the right gender or religion or skin color or whatever the case may be. I still see nothing wrong with meeting at a park, playground, or homeschool group field trip or outing, and still think that would be the nicest thing to do. It being a man would make me more likely to only do it in public or with my spouse along until I got to know them and saw if the mom came along, too, that's all. I don't think it's right to judge him as "creepy" just because he's a dad and not a mom.

I love that book too! But... Why wouldn't it be in the same category?

The one Leonard Cohen wrote? And popularized by Shrek? I've always ADORED Jeff Buckley's version. But have you ever heard this one? Amazing!!! They take turns singing and each one's voice is more incredible than the next. I love the third guy's voice, it's really unique. And the fourth guy just sounds like an angel. Amazing! Tell me what you think!! :)

Not daily, but I'm now on Day 3 of my diet and trying to get some exercise back into my life. My usual forms of exercise tend to be: Walking (treadmill, or at a track) Walk Away The Pounds / Leslie Sansone DVD's- these are great if you are not graceful or coordinated like me haha Playing games on my Wii Fit. I am going to join a gym, though, with a friend. I've already been to look at it, need to go back next week for a free hour with a trainer and then start going more regularly from there.

Of course, some of the BOOKS I read as a teen were probably way more disturbing than any of the LYRICS I ever listened to. Flowers In The Attic by VC Andrews? The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood? :)

about weight issues... ...Even though it was nearly 8 PM and even though I was tired, I decided to go do something proactive, and I popped in one of my "Walk Away The Pounds" DVD's and I went ahead and did it just a little while ago. Yay me! I would like to challenge/encourage each of you who are trying to do something about your weight to go and do something proactive RIGHT NOW, right after you read this! And then come back and post about it and let us know what it was, so we can all give each other a little pat on the back. I don't care if it's a 30 minute exercise DVD, a walk around the block, 20 sit ups or jumping jacks... ...just go do SOMETHING. I promise, it will feel good! And then come share :) P.S. Go already!! I meant NOW! :D :D

It's been so long since I've really watched any music videos, but, yes, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was one of the most memorable ones ever.

Hm. I thought it was the mom, too. Being the dad MIGHT make me a little more nervous to just meet someone I didn't know in person, unless I was inviting them along to a homeschool group get together, or dragging my husband along too, at least at first, for a park get together. But I would not go so far as to say it is "creepy" just because it was the dad who wrote it rather than the mom.

Oh. LOL. Well, you stop that by him getting a little older. haha. I have always sworn that the "terrible twos" are just practice for three. It was such a relief when my son turned four. He seemed to become easier all the time. Even more so now that he's closer to five. I would still react similarly to what I posted. I would tell him, "You may not throw things off the balcony. If you do it, you will take a time out next to Mommy on the couch for three minutes." And then I'd sit him there, right next to me, and not allow the "what if he gets up" thing to ever become an issue to begin with.