Elvis

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Red recalls Presley’s telling him on a dozen occasions that his mother remembered three-year-old Elvis slipping off her lap at a church service and running down to the choir. There his little voice would try to follow the singing. It gave him his first contact with music and that stayed with him. “People are always talking about where he got his natural ability from,” says Red. That little sonofabitch was singing his ass off back in that church in Tupelo. And when he was about nine he would sing trios with his mother and father.

-- “Elvis: What happened?” by Steve Dunleavy

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Red also says that Vernon is a very good singer, and that Elvis got a lot of his talent from the old man, as well as a lot of his good looks. It must have been a good relationship between father and son, because after he achieved success and fame, Elvis apparently continued to keep him close and comfortable.

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Krugman on the Republicans

I almost always like it when Paul Krugman becomes indignant. It is one thing when your basic liberal rants against greed, but there is more heft in it when you get it from a leading Nobel-winning economist. This is on the farm bill, in which the House Republicans really let their Freak flag fly, showing their true colors in no uncertain terms.

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Rain

It had started to rain. It woke me from my nap. I didn't mind. I was glad that I kept the cats inside for a good reason. I was afraid this promised rain was never going to fall. It was coming down pretty hard too. We need it pretty bad. I was hoping that we would get at least a few hours of this downpour. But, no, it didn't last over ten minutes. However, it looks like we have a fair chance of getting some more. At least a good hour's worth, please!

Daily Fun

On the playground by Sami Ritoniemi

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