Archive for the ‘Interesting’ Category
Handel’s Messiah, Part 9 of 15
“Storm Warning” by Hunter Hayes
Here’s the video for my current country music fave:
“Bethlehemian Rhapsody” (to the tune of “Bohemian Rhapsody”)
The song is clever, but the puppets are a tad creepy…
Darth Vader conducts Christmas Choir Flash Mob–Carol of the Bells
The Empire commands you to have a very merry Christmas.
“Let It Snow” by Camden Mueller and Liz Carlson
FWIW, Camden Mueller and Liz Carlson are students at Springfield’s own Evangel University.
Happy Bill of Rights Day!
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Amendment VII
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Dear 16-Year-Old Me
Death to Pennies! (Sorry, Abe!)
My (Current) Favorite Country Song: “Home” by Dierks Bentley
Here is the video for my (current) favorite country song:
Here are the lyrics:
West, on a plane bound west
I see her stretching out below
Land, blessed mother land
The place where I was born
Scars, she’s got her scars
Sometimes it starts to worry me
Cause lose, I don’t want to lose
Sight of who we are
From the mountains high
To the wave crash coast
There’s a way to find
Better days I know
It’s been a long hard ride
Got a ways to go
This is still the place
That we all call home
[ Lyrics from http://www.songonlyrics.com/dierks-bentley-home-lyrics ]
Free, nothing feels like free
though it sometimes means we don’t get along
Cause same, no were not the same
But that’s what makes us strong
From the mountains high
To the wave crash coast
There’s a way to find
Better days I know
It’s been a long hard ride
Got a ways to go
This is still the place
That we all call home
Brave, gotta call it brave
To chase that dream across the sea
Names, then they signed their names
For something they believed
Red, how the blood ran red
And we laid our dead in sacred ground
Just think, wonder what they think
If they could see us now
It’s been a long hard ride
Got a ways to go
This is still the place
That we all call home
It’s been a long hard ride
And I won’t lose hope
This is still the place
That we all call home
Dad Life
I resent resemble this video: