I *like* "Don't Worry, Be Happy"!

I don't mind that song either. But I've noticed that other people seem to have strongly negative reactions to it. A great reality show would be to lock a bunch of type-A volunteers into a house with an unlimited supply of coffee and a continuous loop of "Don't Worry, Be Happy".

Doing what I can to help the non-New Yorkers love Pat Kiernan: [link]

I am going to miss him so much!

ugh y'all. I am doing awful data entry financial code work. And I'm not convinced I am doing it right, but the person I am doing it for is not here and it was supposed to be done this week. If I have to do it all over I am not going to be thrilled.

Freaky: Woman aquires new accent after stroke

This particular case, however, is even more unusual because the English-speaking woman did not acquire an accent that sounds foreign but one that instead sounds like Maritime Canadian English.

The woman, referred to here as Rosemary, was recovering from a stroke two years ago, when her family noticed a change in her speech. They asked medical personnel at the Integrated Stroke Unit of Hamilton General Hospital why their mother was suddenly speaking with what sounded like a Newfoundland accent. It was at that point that the medical team joined forces with researchers in McMaster's Cognitive Science of Language program to study the case.

"It is a fascinating case because this woman has never visited the Maritimes, nor has she been exposed to anyone with an East Coast accent," says one of the study's authors, Alexandre Sévigny, associate professor of cognitive science in the Department of Communication Studies & Multimedia at McMaster University. "Her family lineage is Irish and Danish, and neither of her parents ever lived anywhere but in southern Ontario."

In earworm news, did you all know that Jon Voigt's brother, who goes by the name Chip Taylor, is a country-western songwriter? (I learned this in the New Yorker.) Apparently they have one other brother, who is a volcanologist.

Dude wrote Wild Thing. And Angel of the Morning. Among others.

But Wild Thing's his claim to fame, outside of the genetics bit.

Well fuck. Dog has completely ruptured her ACL. Needs to be evaluated for surgery and/or several months complete crating.

Also the AC that fixed itself has conked out again.

I so cannot deal with this right now.

ugh, brenda, I'm so sorry. Poor pup and poor you!

Oh geez, sorry that life is attacking you brenda. Poor doggy too.

Oh, Brenda. That sucks. Gah.

Brenda, I am so sorry to hear this. (((((Brenda)))))