What is in your cup?

[Stitchawl]

He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts
Rest assured this troubadour is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits, here, has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
There is Love,
there is Love.

Well a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home
They shall travel on to where the two shall be as one.
As it was in the beginning is now and til the end
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again.
And there is Love,
there is Love.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TekkI...eature=related )


Good morning, everyone! Thursday morning with a mug of East India Company's Assam tea. That's about all I can deal with right now... I woke up with another cold! Dammit. That's twice in the past few months!

I'm still thinking about my son's wedding, and trying to figure out what to play for a wedding song for them... There are so many good guitar songs with happy themes. Of course, there is always "Hit the Road, Jack," "Close The Door Lightly When You Go," and "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," but I don't want to disillusion them so early in the game.

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I had my first heartburn/gas attack yesterday. It was awful. 16 hours of misery and my throat still feels raw.

Enceinte, perhaps? Does this mean there will soon be BabyCrash?

Originally Posted by astra

Which one did you follow up to do that?

I doubled the amount of leaves and reduced the steeping time. I really like a lot of her ideas about making tea. They are much more broadminded than most of the 'instructional' pages that insist you need to use X seconds or Y amounts.

Originally Posted by S Livingston

Irn-Bru

Inspector Rebus and you! I'd love to taste that some time.

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

have a pot of lapsang souchang on the candle warmer on my desk. cold rainy grey day after a brilliant spring day yesterday

Aww.... I think that's sweet. Anyone who would warm up a candle on a cold rainy day gets Karma in my book! Most folks just melt the damn things. Bless you, my child.

And now a refill of the Assam tea and back to the guitar. That sure is a nice combination!


Stitchawl

[poohbear_nc]

I'm still thinking about my son's wedding, and trying to figure out what to play for a wedding song for them...

Might I humbly suggest "The House at Pooh Corner"?

[ProfCrash]

Nope no baby. Just stress from work sucking and tennis problems and my not being able to let a bad day go. I would prefer being pregnant. I left work three hours early so I could take a nap. I was wiped out and wanted to be able to go to tennis lessons tonight.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Might I humbly suggest "The House at Pooh Corner"?

Hmmm.... I just listened to that on YouTube. I'd never heard it before....

That's a really nice song! It's also my main style of playing guitar, the range of scale isn't 'too' far out of my singing reach, (some people have a two-octave reach. I have an interval of a Fifth...) and it's certainly mellow enough for a wedding!

I think I'll check Chordie.com and see if I can deal with it. From the video it certainly looks easy enough to play; a simple five chord tune with nothing way out there.... Thanks for the suggestion! I'm always open to new music!

Stitchawl

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts
Rest assured this troubadour is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits, here, has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
There is Love,
there is Love.

Well a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home
They shall travel on to where the two shall be as one.
As it was in the beginning is now and til the end
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again.
And there is Love,
there is Love.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TekkI...eature=related )

Aww.... I think that's sweet. Anyone who would warm up a candle on a cold rainy day gets Karma in my book! Most folks just melt the damn things. Bless you, my child.


Stitchawl

I had that at one of my weddings... probably the first one

silly boy

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Just finished cup of coffee #3, now drinking Coke Classic on ice in an insect-proof vessel because I'm outside "borrowing" an unknown neighbor's internet connection.

one of the reasons why I prefer my old house: there are 5 hotels nearby. Which provide 5-7 WiFi connections, with 2-3 of them fast and free.

water in a bottle.

[astra]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I doubled the amount of leaves and reduced the steeping time.

So, how long did you infuse your Keemun and how long did you infuse it before?

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I had that at one of my weddings... probably the first one

How many of them did you have if you are not sure which one....


Cuppa #2
Assam Mangalam.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by astra

So, how long did you infuse your Keemun and how long did you infuse it before?

This time I was careful with the timing. I kept it to about four minutes. Usually I'm quite careless about it, often letting it sit for 8-15 minutes. (It does get bitter that way... .)

How many of them did you have if you are not sure which one....

Someone played and sang it at my second wedding too. My third wedding was just signing papers at City Hall. No music although I did whistle 'Here comes the bride' as we walked into the building. No music afterwards either. We just went to Baskin&Robbins for ice cream sundaes. That's probably why it's lasted longer than all the others!

I'm having a mug of Fortnum & Mason's Ceylon tea, steeped for three minutes and 11 seconds.

Stitchawl

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I'm still thinking about my son's wedding, and trying to figure out what to play for a wedding song for them... There are so many good guitar songs with happy themes. Of course, there is always "Hit the Road, Jack," "Close The Door Lightly When You Go," and "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," but I don't want to disillusion them so early in the game.

A few more you probably want to avoid:

Don’t Stand So Close to Me (The Police)
Go Away Little Girl (Steve Lawrence)
All Good Things come to an end (Nelly Furtado)
Promiscuous (Nelly Furtado)
Alone again, naturally (Gilbert O'Sullivan)
I want a mistress for Christmas (AC/DC)
Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley)
Love will tear us apart (Joy Division)
I Want to Break Free (Queen)
Oops I Did It Again (Britney Spears)
Song for the Dumped (Ben Folds)

[Poppaea]

How about this one?

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by orlok

A few more you probably want to avoid:

SNIP

Originally Posted by Poppaea

How about this one?

Thanks, guys, but I think I'm going to stick with the happier stuff. Let them avoid reality just a wee bit longer. After all, you only get married once, right?
Well, to each partner, anyway.


Stitchawl

[Poppaea]

Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 15. März 1964 – 26. Juni 1974
Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 10. Oktober 1975 – 29. Juli 1976

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 15. März 1964 – 26. Juni 1974
Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 10. Oktober 1975 – 29. Juli 1976

[ProfCrash]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=u9zJ3f7woq8

This is the song my Husband chose for our first dance.

Water for the moment. The good news is everything feels normal today and swallowing doesn't hurt. So tea at the office won't hurt today.

Yes, I should have switched to water but tea has healing properties right?

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Hmmm.... I just listened to that on YouTube. I'd never heard it before....

That's a really nice song! It's also my main style of playing guitar, the range of scale isn't 'too' far out of my singing reach, (some people have a two-octave reach. I have an interval of a Fifth...) and it's certainly mellow enough for a wedding!

I think I'll check Chordie.com and see if I can deal with it. From the video it certainly looks easy enough to play; a simple five chord tune with nothing way out there.... Thanks for the suggestion! I'm always open to new music!

Stitchawl

If you get really sentimental, you could substitute the names of the bride & groom into the song for some of the characters mentioned!