Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for December 08, 2014
December 04, 2014
December 11, 2014
Transcript:
cheers for the cheerless for the burned-out. c'mon, guys. i'm really tied, dispirited & uninspired. all things gold & burgundy fill me with a vast ennui. for the depressed two bits four bits six bits a dollar! curl into a fetal ball and listen to some mahler! mahler mahler symphony #6 the tragic mahler kinder-toten lieder for those who have moved on. redskins? football? i don't care! i've discovered solitaire! for those who never cared much anyway. push 'em back push 'em back sis boom bah! football is an-athema!
puddlesplatt almost 10 years ago
His 10th doesn’t do much for me…but!
ellisaana Premium Member almost 10 years ago
No, definitely the Redskins.10 losses this season and the last was a shutout.They don’t have to change their name – they could change their logo to a potato.
WaitingMan almost 10 years ago
“Kindertotenlieder” (Songs on the Death of Children) by Gustav Mahler. Yeah, there’s a real barrel of laughs.
Sisyphos almost 10 years ago
Cheers? Isn’t that what you say before drowning your sorrows in a bottle of booze?
chromosome Premium Member almost 10 years ago
If I’m depressed and listen to Mahler’s 6th symphony, I feel a lot better.
Wallaby almost 10 years ago
Thanks, Richard! These are great!
tduffy almost 10 years ago
John Adams, 2nd President of the United States