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November 2014

November 15, 2014

Twelve-and-a-half Minutes of Pure Joy

Top Lindy Hop dancers from around the world compete to live music by Jonathan Stout...

November 10, 2014

Monday Pep Talk: Live Like This Guy Dances

I want to live my life with the exuberance, joy, confidence, and don't-give-a-shitness of this...

December 2012

December 18, 2012

Which Wes Anderson Character Are You?

I think I'm a hybrid of Owen Wilson in Darjeeling Limited, Frances McDormand in Moonrise...

December 17, 2012

Christmas Is Happening

Check out this clever and creative interactive Advent calendar-ish thingie courtesy of a couple of...

December 17, 2012

Food Coma Courtesy of “Portlandia”

Click on the image below to watch the latest from Portlandia.

January 2012

January 02, 2012

Even More Fabulousness: Jill and Joanna Look Back on AbFab

Bonus Patsy and Edina. A wee behind-the-scenies doc just recently done by Jill Saunders (aka...

January 02, 2012

The Return of Absolutely Fabulous: Happy New Year, Sweeties!

Edina and Patsy (and Saffy and Bubble et al) returned to BBC One on Christmas...

April 2011

April 29, 2011

The Royal Wedding Homily by Dr. Richard Chartres, Anglican Bishop of London

"'Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.'...

January 2011

January 14, 2011

Group hug

[wpvideo xuzFzNB2] Ok. That's quite enough of that, thank you. Everybody needs a hug....

November 2010

November 24, 2010

A little happy (of a different kind): Longing

[wpvideo KLRO9ABa] One of my most favorite instrumentals, here is Davy Spillane's "Equinox" from...

November 09, 2010

A Little Happy: Let It Shine On Me

For Shan-ye. [wpvideo b3WJ30jO] The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir from The Coen Bros' Ladykillers

November 09, 2010

Two Thumbs Way Up: Pre-order “Love You More” by Jennafierce Grant today on Amazon!!

This is Jen and Mimi (given name Mia Claire) her youngest daughter. They are two...

October 2010

October 04, 2010

A Little Happy: Loving the hard part(s)

We're hard. We have pointy bits and rough edges and sharp scary corners. Sometimes we're...

October 03, 2010

A Little Happy (for Sunday): Pastor, toddler jammin’ like Neil Young

[wpvideo jnG1b7xb] So happy-making. Our beloved pastor, Jeff, and his Lila jammin'. Jammin' in the...

September 2010

September 30, 2010

A Little Happy: Rufus takes us Over the Rainbow

[wpvideo l7uckn7s] Rufus Wainwright's rendition of "Over the Rainbow" is, according to the consensus at...

September 29, 2010

A Little (More) Happy: Mr. Tom Waits nominated to the R&R Hall of Fame

[wpvideo LhjMaIlC] Tom Waits is among our very favorite artists here at GGHQ. So we...

September 29, 2010

A Little Happy: The Coen Bros trailer for their remake of “True Grit”

[wpvideo Ov4l5WhJ] I smell another Oscar for the Dude. The film opens nationwide on Christmas...

September 24, 2010

Standing on the threshold: Forty.

[wpvideo JJbTtgNJ] "World of Wonders" By Bruce Cockburn Stand on a bridge before the cavern...

September 13, 2010

A Little Happy (or a Lotta in this case): David Wilcox and “Show the Way”

[wpvideo xbHURZ8q] David is on tour right now. RUN out and see him if you...

September 09, 2010

A Little Happy: Spiderbono and the Green Edge

"Spider-Man is as important to the 21st century as the story of Ulysses was to...

September 08, 2010

A Little Happy: Scientifically proven good dance moves.

[wpvideo dloQ1be6] That white-man's overbite move getting you nowhere, fellas? There's a scientific explanation for...

August 2010

August 25, 2010

A LITTLE HAPPY: Mr. Penn vs. Mr. Smith

Separated at birth?

August 24, 2010

A little happy: The Snuggarena!

Got a bad taste in your mouth from all the birther-he's-a-Muslim-or-maybe-the-antiChrist-but-certainly-not-a-REAL-Christian nonsense of the last...

August 22, 2010

A Little Happy: Skateboarding (be-cassocked) Priest

August 19, 2010

A Little Happy: Faith & Fairygodmothers

Fairy Godmothers. I have a whole team of them -- four or five back in...

August 19, 2010

A Little Happy: Jennafierce Grant and The Wheel

Jennifer Grant (I call her “Jennafierce”) is one of my dearest friends in the whole,...

August 19, 2010

A little happy: The Innocence Mission and “My Sisters Return from Ireland”

If somebody calls to me I’m hoping to not fear, not fear to answer.