Thank you Ruth, I appreciate your kind words!

Thanks to Alan Cross and fellow contributor Nathalia Ribiero for a reciprocating link and some great communication. Check out our plug here: http://www.exploremusic.com/home/TheMusicGeekBlog...

And check out www.exploremusic.com !

Upon writing this blog, I learned that due to copyright laws, The Ongoing History has been asked to stop streaming archived shows. These shows contain a lot of music and owned material that is okay for radio play but not for online streaming. I apologize for getting anyone excited about listening to shows, the transcripts ARE STILL AVAILABLE for reading. Check out a message from Alan on the ongoing history homepage here regarding this issues .... http://ongoinghistory.com/oghonm/ongoing_history_...

They are working to correct the issue and re-allow the availability, until then, Ongoing History still offers Past Transcripts, Daily Podcasts, and Alan's Music Geek Blog. All of which offer a wealth of information.

Good leaders are enablers. Throughout this campaign I have held fast to the idea that Barrack Obama is an inspiration to the some of the most devastated people in America, and the World over for that matter. Although I would never trivialize the importance of policy choice and Congressional interface, enabling a population to forget fear and push forward is what will bring them out of this dismal state. Bringing ourselves out of a depressed mode does not come via the act of sitting back and waiting for control to be taken, but by taking the initiative and working the problems.

I see some Napolean Hill in those suggestions...haha...good read...Happy New Year to all

check out this ted.com video about food. It touches on the concept of "locavore"-eating only locally grown food among many other food related topics :

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mark_bittman_o...