Wondering about Humming and Noises

On a busy train station today in Brooklyn I encountered a little girl and her older brother and their dad. She was humming and when her dad asked her a question she responded with a rapid fire response that came with a sound track!

She explained her answer and acted out the noise of the car, the sounds of the door opening and closing and the oncoming train. It was great! I think she was about 5.

I got me to wondering - when do we stop the noises and humming and singing and skipping as we go? And isn't it sad when we do? Her "older" brother, perhaps all of 7 looked at her with great interest but a little disdain - like why can't you just use words??? I think he missed the point. The joy she had in just answering a question brightened my day.

your thoughts?

Chris Brown Admits I was Right!

see the You Tube video OR
go back and read my post from months ago when I said:
Chris Brown is an Abuser of Women! Now he says so too. Let's not let him off the hook - it's not right to hit women and children (fight guys in bars - still okay; rednecks - if it's a fair fight; commies - anytime).

Michael Jackson - the end was televised.

If you are one of the many contrarians who have asked "why all this coverage for a dead pop singer?" over the last several days and weeks today there is an answer. Given the dearth of Summer programming and the lack of interesting tv to see - they might just dig the guy up and kill him again!


(photo copyright NYPOST.com)


CNN reported that over 1 billion people watched the funeral/memorial service this week. 1 Billion people! Today's NY Times provides some details: 18 channels simulcast the service, 31 million at home viewers, CNN.com said it served 4.4 million live video streams (that's folks without cable or cheating at work), MSNBC.com counted 3.1 million, Yahoo reported 5 million streaming viewers. Compare this to the 33 million viewers to Princess Diana's funeral.

Today's New York Times also carries a great little piece by Gail Collins , "Michael, a Foreign Affair" that explains quite nicely how these things work today and have worked in the past. Turns out newspapers and media have always over reported death of celebrities, local or otherwise.

Michael Jackson 10th post

wondering now if Twitter would have worked for this.

Is anyone tweet-ing from the Staples Center.

How come no one can pronounce NOKIA correctly.

Is that Pome-aide in Jermaine's hair?

Shaheen Jafargholi singing MJ - who's Loving You. That's what I love about this country. That couldn't happen anywhere else - NOWHERE else. They ruined his nice rendition with a plug for the concert that will never be!

Time for patting ourselves on the back with the production/producer types. Now maybe I can stop watching this train wreck and get to work

Michael Jackson 9

okay not giving Sheila Jackson Lee any words/notes or press - she's in my political hall of shame for prior mis-deeds and shenanigans from 2 years ago. She doesn't get a pass because he's dead. She hides behind race!

Usher, you can sing but stay on stage - stay away from the box please.

Smokey Robinson looks great. Great suit. Looks like he's trying out for the 5 heartbeats.

Michael Jackson 8

MLKing 3 - finally got some! Where's he been hiding. His performances up to now have been lackluster somehow today he's carrying the gene pool forward. Bernice King rocks

Jermaine Jackson Still Can't Sing!

How does a brother have the strength to sing (even in a weak falsetto) at his brother's funeral? Also interesting how much the others have avoided singing. I don't have a brother but I can't imagine being able to read at a siblings funeral.

Do they get a family discount on the noses. I mean the Mother's nose is old school and hasn't changed. It just occured to me they were all trying to get her nose - not Diana Ross'.