Radicals for Happiness
Submitted by Ted Keer on Fri, 2008-10-24 22:41
 Radicals for Happiness is my blog, devoted to spreading the word about sources of joy. Below are the titles for my posts to date. Please stop by and check out the site. Comments are welcome, and anyone who wishes to make a submission can email me through SOLO.
Blog Archive thru October 24, 2008
+ Alexander the Great "Reign: the Conqueror"
+ Richard Adams "Watership Down"
+ Natalie Merchant "Kind and Generous"
+ The Fate of Aino, Finnish Maiden
+ Tuchman "The Guns of August"
+ "Yaadein" a Bollywood Treat
+ John Collier "The Essence of Femininity"
+ James Blish, "A Case of Conscience"
+ Umm Kulthum "The Ruins"
+ Dog's Best Friend — Ratchet's Reprieve
+ "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" & Klezmer
+ Johnny Guitar & Women on the Verge
+ Kallista Pappas at the Crossfit Games
+ Doctor Who "Scream of the Shalka"
+ Immortal? No. Eternal? Maybe. (Part I)
+ "Solea" from Almodóvar's "Flower of my Secret"
+ Frank Herbert "The Santaroga Barrier"
+ Walker's Marsupials of the World
+ Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
+ When Puppies Play...
+ One Foot in the Grave "Hearts of Darkness"
+ "The Religion of the Ancient Celts" J.MacCulloch
+ Ravel's "Bolero" from Allegro Non Troppo
+ Patsy Cline on the 2008 Election
+ Almodóvar "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down"
+ Calvert Watkins "Dictionary of Indo-European Roots...
+ Noels Coward's "Brief Encounter"
+ Luz Casal "Piensa en mi"
+ Posh Nosh
+ "The Mists of Avalon" Marion Zimmer Bradley
+ She Dove Off! "Leeloo" The Fifth Element
+ Niven, Pournelle, "The Mote in God's Eye"
+ The Tripods
+ Star Trek "The Animated Series"
+ Frank Herbert "The White Plague"
+ Colin Wilson "The Mind Parasites"
+ Otters Holding Hands
+ The Doctrines of Epicurus
+ Robert Heinlein "Starship Troopers" 1997
+ The Loeb Classical Library
+ NEA Funds $1.3 Billion Poem
+ Michael Crichton "State of Fear"
+ Kerr Avon, Blake's 7's anti-Anti-Hero
+ Steven Pinker "The Stuff of Thought"
+ "The Morphodite" by M. A. Foster
+ Don La Fontaine "The Voice" 1940-2008
+ Ronald Reagan "A Time for Choosing"
+ Dune 1984 (Extended Edition)
+ Hew Strachan "The First World War" DVD Set
+ Umberto Eco "The Name of the Rose"
+ Kim Novak in "Bell, Book & Candle"
+ Servalan "There are no women like me."
+ Simpsons "Citizen Kang" 1996
+ Betraying Spinoza
+ Ilya Repin "Pictures at an Exhibition"
+ Ultraman Lives!
+ Strange Maps
+ BBC Radio 4 "In Our Time" with Melvyn Bragg
+ William-Adolphe Bouguereau
+ My Soul is a Pack of Coyotes
+ "Hate Can Be a Very Exciting Emotion"
+ Barbara Stanwyck 1907-1990 the "Ball of Fire"
+ Citizen of the Galaxy
+ 25 Journeys with Christopher Hitchens
+ Enjoy Ralph Peters "In Depth" on Book TV
+ "Volver" 2006 Pedro Almodovar
+ iGoogle: Mistranslating the World One Phrase at a ...
+ Download Orson Welles' Mecury Theater for Free
+ Take Your Mama
+ Shanghai Express
+ Atheism alone is a rotting corpse. I substitute ar...
+ One More Leap!
+ The Gift of Music
+ Not by Bread Alone
+ A Canticle for Leibowitz
+ Maxine Waters Quote of the Day
+ Sunrise Earth
+ Introducing Radicals for Happiness
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Yes, thanks again, Leonid.
Yes, thanks again, Leonid. Much nicer.
Zahava Ben-Inta Omri-life performance
You probably will like this version-without drum beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
BTW, kissing is very acceptable form of greeting among Arab men.
Thanks Leonid
I think that the terrible added synthesizer drum beat is as ugly and superfluous as the veils on the women. The Arabic men, however, are so "pretty" I had to laugh when they kissed. Zehava Ben's voice is nice. I would have liked to hear her sing it without the added synthesizer beat. Thanks for posting the lyrics.
enta omri
This truly beautiful song is currently performed by Israeli singers Zahava Ben and Sarit Hadad. Here is Arabic lyric and English translation.
See video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
ENTA OMRI
Ragga’ouni einik
li ayyami elli rah’oo
aallimouni andam
aala el madi w ghirah’ou
elli shouftou
abli ma tshoufak einayya
omri daye’ea
yehsebou ezzay alayya
X3
Enta omri, Enta omri
Elli btada bnourak sabahou
Elli btada bnourak sabahou
Enta, enta, enta omri
Ya aghla men ayyami
Ya ah’la men ah’lami
Khodni li h’ananak khodni
Aan el woughoud web’aedni
Ba’eed ba’eed
Ana w’enta ah
ba’eed, ba’eed, Wah’dina
Aal houbbi tesh’a ayyamna
Aal shouk tinam layalina
YOU ARE MY LIFE
Your eyes brought me back
To my past days
They taught me how to regret
The past and its wound
What I’ve seen
Before my eyes saw you
My life was lost
How could they count it on me
You’re my life, You’re my life
Which morning starts with your light
Which morning starts with your light
You are, you are, you are my life
You’re much worth than my days
You’re lovelier than my days
Take me tenderly, take me
Far away from this presence
Far, far
You and I ah
Far, far, just us alone
Where our days wake up on love
And where our nights sleep on passion
LYRICS Ahmad Shafiq Kamel
MUSIC Mohammad Abdul Wahab
SINGER Zehava Ben
Om Kalthoum
Sarit Hadad
Words transliterated and translated by Wissam of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mbube, Vee, & A Blacksmith Courted Me
at Radicals for Happiness:
Lizards Bearing Gifts
Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds sing the biggest pop hit of the Twentieth Century.
And Eddi Reader meets Ralph Vaughan Williams
Here are the four most
A Baby Elephant excuse.
The best romantic comedy of 1980.
Revenge music (with thanks to Paul Hibbert).
And the must read novel of 2009.
You mean, if you can't answer a simple question...
try laughing it off?
If you can't say something nice...
Try laughing
New, at Radicals for Happiness.
Kludges for Keer
I kinda know what Green is kvetching about, the kvetching about Keer. Yet, I understand the kvetching that you are doing, Jameson. It's one of those Whiskey Tango Foxtrot things.
The kludge is to add a comment on Keer's blog. Another kludge would be to use this as the new Scientologist thread, and to repost the best of Kevin Owen here.
Or not.
WSS
In the absence of an answer...
... to a legitimate question, conspiracies are hatched. That's two now, William: I reckon he demurs because he'd be excommunicated by Babs if he did, but your theory is just as plausible, and equally piss-weak on his part if it's proved.
Everyone born happy
Everyone is not born happy. And what is the deal with the links? Is this a google PageRank scheme?
Wm
Okay, this is getting ridiculous...
Ted, you can't possibly come on here, directing SOLO traffic to your own blog without noticing the question being asked of you (that is, unless it is spam): why aren't you redirecting RFH traffic back to SOLO?
Merry Christmas!
Beethoven's Ode to Freedom
Marlene Dietrich is Shanghai Lily
at Radicals for Happiness
Scherk
That image is truly revolting. Enough to turn *anyone* gay.
Ted, you have a fine blog, but . . .
. . . a couple of people who also think you have a fine blog are wondering why you don't have a link back to SOLO Passion.
In other words, you use SOLO to promote your blog, but you don't use your blog to promote views of SOLO.
Seems a reasonable question. Just wondering why you don't answer it.
Maybe you don't read SOLO entries/followups to your SOLO blog posts. If so, then you will understand Jameson's query about Spam. If you are simply posting adverts for yourself, then . . . ?
Now, there have been and will be Spammers on SOLO. The lovely and talented-if-demented Scientologist Nutcase spammed and spammed and spammed. This provided a certain amount of entertainment, and he even pretended to engage with those who questioned him.
Of course, one word from Lindsay cautioning him on his Spammery caused him to rethink his strategy. Since his strategy was to post the same misspelled and simple-minded blurbs over and over again, he is still rethinking. Kinda like an endless loop.
Which is what this thread will become until you Engage With The Questions.
As for Jameson's question about why you get to post your Grandpa's mug instead of your own, I think I know the answer . . .
Jameson, if you looked like this, would you post it as your SOLO Facepic? --
WSS
Gemstones, Time Machines & Benevolent Dictators
The Big Unlove Era
Nature's Myriad Ephemeral Forms
and Sam Erica on an Epic from the East
all new at Radicals for Happiness
Leeches, a Spider and a Frog
A Flawless Film
One whose flaws make it even better
And La Musica Satanica
All new at Radicals for Happiness
Mmm...
Looks, smells and tastes like spam to me.
BTW, Lindsay, how come Ted gets a pass on his non-self avatar?
It's just you Glenn
that's Ted's blind dumb
deafimpression.A Bloom, two Ballads and Barack Better Work
an Oscar winning Cactus Flower,
The Two Dimensional President?
and two Songs of Spain,
all new at Radicals for Happiness
Is it just me...
... or is this starting to feel like spam?
Aliens, Immortality and Evil
Sci-Fi Apocalypse, Immortal Fantasy, and Welles' Film Noir:
Tilda Swinton Chooses to Live Forever,
Greg Bear's Earth Meets its Maker,
and Heston in Welles' TexMex Thriller:
All new at Radicals for Happiness.
Congratulations, Ted
11,111 clicks is certainly something to celebrate. But why exactly aren't you reciprocating traffic to SOLO in your links of interest? You clearly think we're interesting enough to warrant your patronage.
Sincerely,
Glenn
a Hero Triple Play
Celebrating 11,111 clicks:
"Heroes"
Man of the Century
and A Dog's Best Friend
all new at Radicals for Happiness
This seems to be one-way traffic, Ted
Why don't you add SOLO to your LINKS OF INTEREST?
Atlas Society
Barbara Branden
Bidinotto Blog
Book TV on CSPAN2
Camille Paglia
Christopher Hitchens
Epicurus.net
G. K. Chesterton
George Orwell
Heinlein Society
Hitchens Web
Intellectual Activist
J. R. R. Tolkien Society
Leitmotif
Mark Steyn
Mars Society
Michael Newberry
Not PC
NYC Junto
Objectivism Reference Center
Objectivism Store
Objectivist Living
Objectivity, the Journal
Rebirth of Reason
Roger Bissell
Stephen Hicks Ph.D.
Superhero Babylon
Superhero Babylon
TCM Turner Classic Movies
Tolkien Society
Ted Keer at Amazon
Ted Keer at Objectivist Living
Ted Keer at Rebirth of Reason
For your enjoyment:
Edmund Dulac
The Cult of The Berserker
and The Girl from Guantanamo
all new at Radicals for Happiness
Wilde Women, When to sue, not tip, & Tuchman too...
A Good Woman
The Guns of August
and Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
all new at Radicals for Happiness
Ne me pique pas!
High Court Bans French Pricks
at Radicals for Happiness
Tom Snyder, Beethoven & Femmes Fatales II
Heavy Metal Thunder
Rand on Tomorrow
and There's a New Sheriff in Town
all new at Radicals for Happiness
Thanks, Ted...
... but that doesn't answer the question.
Jameson,
Anyone who wants to contribute a post to Radicals for Happiness is welcome. Send me an email via SOLO and I will email you an invitation.
Hey, Ted
While you're on here promoting your excellent site, may I again ask this question: why don't you have a link to SOLO in your margin? I note you host the likes of Bidinotto, Branden, ROR and O-Living; does that have something to do with this glaring omission?
War gods, Wolves & the theme song for the Anti-Christ
Drunken Monks and Damien Thorn
Little PC Riding Hood
and The View from Olympus
all new at Radicals for Happiness
Good work, Ted...
A very thoughtful collection.
Curious though, as to why you don't have a link to SOLO in your margin, and yet you host the likes of Bidinotto, Branden, ROR and O-Living. Or is that why you've omitted us?
Graham Chapman, Jon Anderson and Visions of Eurasia
From Lovecraft to Roerich on the World Wide Web
Joe Maurone on The Music of Yes
And Four Men of Yorkshire
All this and more at Radicals for Happiness
A Spanish Painter, Hindu Maidens and a Russian Murderess
Romeo is Bleeding
and Delibes' Lesbian Love Song
at Radicals For Happiness
Flower of My Secret
Miles' "Solea" from Almodovar's La Flor de mi Secreto at Radicals for Happiness
Thanks, Greg!
With Billy, a lot has to do with my age when he was popular, the fact that I live in NYC, and so forth.
I don't find an inability to appreciate fluffy pop songs for what they are to be an advantage in life. But if a person's life is so full of great works of art that he has no time to enjoy Billy Idol or the like, I envy him.
ILYA REPIN The Grand Duke's Bride at Radicals for Happiness
Very nice Ted
I've been enjoying your site.
But hell, Billy Idol?
Still like it though.
Hamburger, Capuletti and Filet Mignon
New at Radicals for Happiness:
Vivaldi Concerto in D
Jose Manual Capuletti (Part I)
A pop tribute to New York City
Fawlty Towers, 50's Musicals, and Naked Emperors
The Germans
The Un-Napoleon
John Waters' Cry-Baby
Thanks, Michael!
Ian McKellen's Richard III
The Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show
Jodie Foster is The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane
Keep up the good work
Keep up the good work Ted.
Michael
www.michaelnewberry.com