Archive for October, 2010
Now you tell me
Friday, October 15th, 2010Dandled
Thursday, October 14th, 2010Dandled only appears once in the Scriptures, in Isa. 66:12, which says:
“For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.”
Dandle is a lovely word that means to move a baby or small child up and down on the knees or in the arms in a playful manner.
Perhaps the most famous pop-culture usage is in Queen’s 1975 album, Night at the Opera, in the song, Good Company:
Take good care of what you’ve got
My father said to me
As he puffed his pipe and baby B.
He dandled on his knee.
Here, sideways for some reason, is a cutie named Reubena (whom I don’t know) being dandled.
And here, also sideways (?), is another child.
The next time you bounce a baby on your knee, think of dandle. Tell your kids and grandkids what it means.
Names
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Raising a glass
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Fork in the Road
Monday, October 11th, 2010Here, from the late 1970s, is a home recording of Fork in the Road. (Click the play button to listen. You can download for free.)
There are a few seconds of silence at the beginning. Give it a chance. This should probably be called No Fork in the Road, but I left the No off the title back when I wrote it, so that’s how it is.
This song, like the others on this site, is copyrighted by John Governale, but may be performed, recorded, used in your video, copied, posted, linked to, etc. for noncommercial purposes.
When I work out the chords (It’s been so long, I’ve forgotten them, particularly the transition in and out of the bridge.), I’ll post a PFD. Here, at least, is the lyric.
Fork in the Road
by John Governale
For me there’s no fork in the road.
There isn’t, there isn’t,
There isn’t any other way I can go
To get to where I want to go.
The road is straight and narrow
That leads to Eternal Life, so I say
For me there’s no fork in the road,
And that’s why I’m traveling this way.
I know the Gospel is true.
I know it. I know it. I know it.
And I testify unto you,
I know it, I really do.
Joseph Smith saw
The things that he said that he saw
There’s no doubt in my mind.
I know the Gospel is true.
There’s no greater treasure to find.
There were so many people saying so many things.
I felt abused, my mind was confused by it all.
Then one day two young men came and knocked on my door.
I invited them in. Again and again they would call.
They taught me some wonderful things, but said don’t take our word.
Study and pray day after day.
Ask Heavenly Father if this is the way.
And I did. And now I can say:
For me there’s no fork in the road.
There isn’t, there isn’t,
There isn’t any other way I can go
To get to where I want to go.
The road is straight and narrow
That leads to Eternal Life, so I say:
For me there’s no fork in the road,
And that’s why I’m traveling this way.
I know the Gospel is true.
I know it. I know it. I know it.
And I testify unto you,
I know it, I really do.
Joseph Smith saw
The things that he said that he saw
There’s no doubt in my mind.
I know the Gospel is true.
There’s no greater treasure, no greater treasure.
Flat Hatting
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
A: Dont’ “flat hat”
B: Sullenberger’s Hudson River landing
C. Smudge pots in orchards
D: President Uchtdorf
Elder Uchtdorf’s talk in the opening session of the October 2010 General Conference was profound, inspiring, and amusing. He has gotten a lot of mileage, as far as talks go, out of his skill and experiences as a pilot, but he is not the only General Authority to fly and not the only one draw lessons from it.
Here, for example, is a quote from one of my favorite talks by Hartman Rector Jr., taken from the Ensign, Jan. 1973:
“In my experience, I have found that it is very, very dangerous to fly just high enough to miss the treetops. I spent twenty-six years flying the navy’s airplanes. It was very exciting to see how close I could fly to the trees. This is called “flat hatting” in the navy, and it is extremely dangerous. When you are flying just high enough to miss the trees and your engine coughs once, you are in the trees.
“Now let’s pretend that the navy had a commandment—“Thou shalt not fly thy airplane in the trees.” As a matter of fact, they did have such a commandment. In order to really be free of the commandment, it becomes necessary for me to add a commandment of my own to the navy’s commandment, such as, “Thou shalt not fly thy airplane closer than 5,000 feet to the trees.” When you do this, you make the navy’s commandment of not flying in the trees easy to live, and the safety factor is tremendously increased.”
Ambition
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Unicorn
Thursday, October 7th, 2010My wife and I have been reading the Old Testament together. She consistantly makes a few verbal edits as she reads, such as saying donkey instead of ass and acacia instead of shittim tree. And she always stops on the word unicorn, reads the footnote, and sighs, hoping that just once, instead of “wild ox,” it will say, “white, horse-like creature with a conical horn.”
Doctrine and Covenants 14:7
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010Monthly visits
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010