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The Strange and the Tragic
Mar. 7th, 2008 09:07 amWhy is it that immediately after reading up on the history of "Hallelujah" montages I come across this?
Leonard Cohen announces first tour in 15 years
I rather like Leonard Cohen. Oh, I know he sounds like somebody's drunken uncle crooning from the depths of a moldy basement but still. His songs are beautiful. They're at their best (usually) when someone else covers them, but songs like "Suzanne" work well in the original.
Maybe he can make kd lang join his tour and sing half the songs for him. Now *that* would be awesome.
This, on the other hand, is tragic:
Fraud leaves Guatemalan babies in limbo.
I can't imagine paying more than $30,000 for a "hassle-free adoption only to have the baby taken off you after over a year. That's just horrible.
Further evidence, I should add, that the adoption system is just lousy. The number of people I know who are still trying to adopt after more than 5 years and $30,000... you'd think with all the attention paid to anti-abortion campaigning in this country, someone would try making it easier for childless couples to adopt kids.
Leonard Cohen announces first tour in 15 years
I rather like Leonard Cohen. Oh, I know he sounds like somebody's drunken uncle crooning from the depths of a moldy basement but still. His songs are beautiful. They're at their best (usually) when someone else covers them, but songs like "Suzanne" work well in the original.
Maybe he can make kd lang join his tour and sing half the songs for him. Now *that* would be awesome.
This, on the other hand, is tragic:
Fraud leaves Guatemalan babies in limbo.
I can't imagine paying more than $30,000 for a "hassle-free adoption only to have the baby taken off you after over a year. That's just horrible.
Further evidence, I should add, that the adoption system is just lousy. The number of people I know who are still trying to adopt after more than 5 years and $30,000... you'd think with all the attention paid to anti-abortion campaigning in this country, someone would try making it easier for childless couples to adopt kids.
