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On this first Sunday of the New Year when the morning news programs will be featuring predictions for this political year from the usual talking dunderhead so-called pundits, we offer this bit of sage advice from a witty clever man who is long since gone on to his reward. (more…)

Firstly,  Henry G. Clark Dark, Girl6, Clark’s momma,  Lola and our crack technical staff, all of us at YouThinkWhat would like to wish everyone a very happy new year 2008! (more…)

Our tribute to the genius of the late Oscar Peterson features a recording of Peterson and Herbie Hancock as they perform a piano duet/duel of Billie’s Bounce. Listen, be amazed and enjoy!

 

Read more about Oscar Peterson a musical genius for our times.

YouThinkWhat Extends Best Wishes For A Merry Christmas To Everyone

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap, (more…)

Clement Clarke Moore is the name of an American poet whose popular poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas” is part of the Christmas tradition around the world and has helped to establish the mythology surrounding what happens on Christmas Eve during the time when Santa Claus is said to visit to deliver gifts to all the children. (more…)

We recently made posts about the deaths of some very prominent personages who died during the past 12 months. With just a few days left in this year 2007 we wish to remind you that death is a part of life. The life, that dash between the dates on the headstone marking the grave, is the thing we should celebrate. (more…)

We continue the list with David Halberstam Pulitzer Prize winning author, Boris Yeltsin, former Russian president, Kitty Carlisle Hart , she was married to playwright the late Moss Hart. Singer Don Ho and writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., along with actors Roscoe Lee Brown and Barry Nelson.

Cartoonist Johnny Hart creator of BC and the Wizard of Id. Television writer/producer of the Mary Tyler Moore Show and co-creator of the tv program Taxi Stan Daniels.

Singer/songwriter Luther Ingram best known for the 1970s R&B hit “If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don’t Want To Be Right”. Calvert De Forest who appeared as Larry “Bud” Melman on the David Letterman Late Night television show. Betty Hutton blond actress from the 1940s and 1950s. Comedian Richard Jeni. Former Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton best remembered as vice presidential running mate with George McGovern in 1972. Historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Entertainers Anna Nicole Smith, Frankie Laine and Barbara Mc Nair. Composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Writer Molly Ivins, Sidney Sheldon who also produced television shows such as I Dream of Jeanie and the Patty Duke Show. another television writer Bob Carroll, Jr co-creator of the I Love Lucy Show. Art Buchwald political satirist and Ron Carey actor /comedian. Film director Carlo Ponti, husband of actress Sophia Loren. Yvonne DeCarlo, who played Lily Munster on television.

Musician composer Dan Fogelberg died on Sunday, December 16, 2007 after a three year battle with prostate cancer. For details read here.

We’d like to remind you of those who have gone on in this year 2007. We’ll be naming more than the two most recent celebrity deaths of Evil Knievil and Ike Turner. (more…)