Look Over There...

Before we get started, it's time to clear up the mystery of the album cover -- alert and valued reader Cathy is right.  What you got there is The Village People, 80's-style.  Here's the poop on that album.

A number of recent posts -- running the gamut from joyous to hilarious to frustrating to troubling to horribly tragic by people on my blogroll are worthy of your attention, so let me give you a shove in the right direction.

First off (as we love to say here in Pittsburgh), let's start with the happy stuff.  Congrats to the Woychecks on the arrival of their lovely baby girl.  Can hardly wait for her first blog entry. 

And second on the hit parade, we come to T&A and Pittsburgh: The Turkish Television Series.  These have been up for a while now, but if you haven't seen them yet, do yourself a large favor and check out Part 1, then Part 2, and finally Part 3.  Awesome stuff.

Is Tube City Almanac part of your daily reading?  It should be.  Really.  Day in and day out, it's the best blog in Pittsburgh -- even if Jason doesn't consider it to be a blog, which I think is the case.  Anyway, every entry is worth reading -- but this one really struck me, just because it's such a frustrating tale and illustrative of how ignorant we are in regards to the value of history.

Next up, a tale that a few years ago I might've read and felt some sympathy towards and then moved on.  Now, though, after 5 years of parenting I've come to a place where stories about sick kids affect me deeply.  I guess it took becoming a parent for me to truly understand a parent's pain.  This story from the lovely Cynthia at "My Brilliant Mistakes", however, is not without hope.   

And finally, if you choose to click to only one of today's links, please make it this one.  My friend and fellow Steelers lackey Amy had a personal connection to the tourists who were stabbed while attending the Olympics, and has very generously shared some memories.

Back tomorrow with what I think will be a fun little piece of fluff to take us into the weekend....

Comments

[Cathy]

Wow! I'm thrilled to have guessed it! I hope this is a good thing... in hindsight, I am wondering why my brain retained facial details of The Village People from all those years ago, yet couldn't really tell you what I had for dinner last night. heehee :-)

[Cynthia Closkey]

Thanks for linking to my post about Catie. She and her family are doing well, and all the kind wishes from friends and interested visitors to the site are much appreciated.

I'm so saddened by what's happened to Amy's friends. What a random, terrible thing.

Are you sure it's not route 66?

[amy]

Thanks for linking to me. I appreciate it! Barb has been airlifted to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., which is fabulous news. Hugh has rejoined his team in Beijing. I'm waiting a little longer to contact Wiz and wondering if I should try to make it to Minnesota if/when funeral arrangements are announced. It was quite a shock to wake up last Saturday morning to the news. The Bachmans are exceptional people, which makes what happened even more tragic.

I'm a bit behind on blog reading after a trip to Toronto that included Thursday's stinkfest. See you in two weeks!

[Little Buddy in McKeesport]

Aw shucks, skipper ...

[Woy]

Thanks, my friend!

She's in the midst of vetting blogging engines (Wordpress, Movable Type, etc.). Once she decides we'll get her site up soon.