Farewell Kisses of Fire

I find myself fascinated by this whole President Bush shoe-throwing incident. I've played the video over, a few times. That shoe was thrown with such force!

It makes you realize what dangerous situations Presidents put themselves in...what if it had been worse? I know that people get checked before they enter news conferences, particularly in volatile areas such as Iraq, but even so...

But I do think that's the worst that Bush will see, however. This is his Zapruder film. Instead of a grassy knoll, he gets a size nine. And I have to say, the whole incident puts me in mind of the first few lines of a poem by Sylvia Plath...fitting final words for the last days of a disastrous administration...

You do not do, you do not do
Any more, black shoe
In which we have lived like a foot
For eight years, poor and white,
Barely daring to breathe or Achoo.

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In other, equally as important news, Sirius has, to my delight, relaunched a week of 24/7 ABBA radio, in time for the DVD release of Mamma Mia. Since I spent much of the week-end traveling back and forth to Corb's hotel, which is about an hour away from our apartment, this came as a welcome treat. It made me realize that there are quite a few ABBA songs that you just never hear, beyond the songs found in Mamma Mia, or even in most "Greatest Hits" packages.

So, as a public service, here's my Top seven list of ABBA songs you never hear...but should, if you haven't.
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