I called Radio 8 Ball again tonight, as the 2nd to last caller, and mentioned that when you google: radio 8 ball, I'm the 8th hit. Andras checked it on the spot but didn't see what I was talking about.

Then I asked, "How radical will the changes be at work this week?"

The song was "Figure 8" (originally from Schoolhouse Rock) by Duplex (featuring Veda Hille) from the Album "Ablum"

The divination:

Me: Wow! We were just talking about the 8th hit for Radio 8 Ball and we get this song about 8! Also, it's a Schoolhouse Rock song, and I work at a school. It's about multiplication, and we've been doing that, I even specifically went over 'two eights fell on the floor, picked 'em up and they were 64'. It's by Duplex, and I live in a duplex! Thinking about the skating and the weather, I wonder if things will freeze over and not much change will actually happen. Maybe a snow day. Maybe if I skate, I will be great.

Andras: The line that pops out for me is: "If you skate upon thin ice/ You'd be wise if you thought twice/ Before you made another single move", so be careful and graceful. Plus it was first aired in 1973. Does that have any meaning for you?

Me: I was four in 1973, so that's half of eight. [after the fact: that was when we moved west to Portland from Ann Arbor]

Andras: Some inner child stuff going on.

Cocolina's mom, Barbara, came over to pick her up for the MLK jr. weekend. They were either to say their good-byes or reconnect and figure out how to immigrate to Germany together. She seemed to be reluctant to

We would be staying in West Linn with Oma Barbara.

At my day job, we've recently had to seek the input of a district head honcho - named Barbara.

In the greater world, on the day we drove down to Oregon, a college student was abducted in Reno. She had been attending Santa Barbara City College.

In Oma Barbara's fridge was a tub of Santa Barbara Mango Peach salsa, the sister company of Chachie's. [I'm on my way to a new year's resolution of trying 12 salsas in 2008!]

All these connections led me to the wikipedia entry on Saint Barbara, the patron saint of lightning and now clearly a connection to the repetition of the word 'Electrified' in the song of the same name by Dressy Bessy I got when calling Radio 8 Ball to ask about whether we'd keep Cocolina.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeBdakicGYE&

Q: why is Saint Barbara the patron saint of lightning?

A: after her father beheaded her for converting, he was struck by lightning.

The shepherd who betrayed her location was turned to a marble statue, and his flock turned to GRASSHOPPERS!

Coco's mom called Trish and will give us the opportunity to adopt her for the price of the cage.

We'd been birdsitting, and she'd been paying US $50 a month.

Hmmm. It was a question for the Radio 8 Ball.

1.15.08 “Will we be keeping Cocolina?” – Dressy Bessy “Electrified”

electrified

evolved

pure fiction

you're putting me on

you're putting me out

'cause you're six feet tall

your diction

it's off the wall

electrified

evolved

electrified

you're six feet tall

suspicion

dont push me down

dont write me off

'cause you're six feet tall

conviction

it's awful small

electrified

evolved

electrified

hey don't talk to me, you don't have to be, i don't want to meet someone

they don't take to me, they don't have to see, i dont wanna be someone else

get on after me, you don't have to involve the one, the something

ooh ooh ooh ooh

perfection

you're putting me on

don't pick me out

'cause you're six feet tall

your diction

it's off the wall

dont put me out

On Tuesday, Dec 25th, I called the Radio 8 Ball again with the house full of family: Grampa Dave, Grama Julie, Oma Barbara, Bibi Betsy, Uncle Nick, Trish, Orion, and Jusby. I asked for a song that would have some significance for everyone in the house.

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Lyrics by Bob Dylan

Performed by Yo La Tengo

on the Soundtrack of "I'm Not There: suppositions on a film concerning Dylan"

Well, the rainman comes with his magic wand
And the judge says, "Mona can't have no bond."
And the walls collide, Mona cries,
And the rainman leaves in the wolfman's disguise.

I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man.
I wanna be your lover, baby,
I don't wanna be hers, I wanna be yours.

Well, the undertaker in his midnight suit
Says to the masked man, "Ain't you cute!"
Well, the mask man he gets up on the shelf
And he says, "You ain't so bad yourself."

I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man.
I wanna be your lover, baby,
I don't wanna be hers, I wanna be yours.

Well, jumpin' Judy can't go no higher.
She had bullets in her eyes, and they fire.
Rasputin he's so dignified,
He touched the back of her head an' he died.

I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man.
I wanna be your lover, baby,
I don't wanna be hers, I wanna be yours.

On Tues, Dec 18th, I asked the Radio 8 Ball about how to prepare for Grampa Dave's upcoming visit.

"Make a Plan"

Lyrics by Saturday Looks Good to Me

Jusby hasn't forgotten Traditions Fair Trade Café and World Folk Art!