Without a head? Really?

Being the fan of chickens that I am, I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to read about Mike, The Headless Chicken, who lived for 18 months after an unsucessful attempt to be eaten for dinner and then was taken on the road by his fortune-seeking owners.

Initially, this strikes me as something too impossible to be true. I mean, how did he eat? How did he survive not running into stuff? How did he know where to roost at night? How did he escape predators?

The ‘proof’ that the town of Fuita, Colorado has a link on its town website for Mike and has an annual festival? Well, that doesn’t make it true. I mean, for goodness sakes, Roswell, NM has an annual UFO festival, even though it’s not linked on the city website. I’m pretty sure we can’t equate festival = real.

Nonetheless, I was so compelled by this take that I decided to go looking researching.

Of course, there’s a Wikipedia page for Mike. Knowing that Wikipedia doesn’t accept any first hand accounts (and why not? I mean, they really ought to think about not accepting anything that doesn’t have first and second-hand resources! Look also at the bit on journalism………….) gets my hinky meter going, mostly because it’s commonly known that second-hand information is heresay, which isn’t generally admissible in court.

So, then I thought I would check Snopes. Nada. Although there was a reference on the discussion boards there, there is nothing written up about Mike. Poor Mike. Not worthy of urban legend status according to Snopes! 

I did, however, hit the jackpot when I stumbled across this article from the Denver Post where Mike had thrown his hat, er, head into the presidential ring. Using “It’s a No-Brainer” as a campaign slogan for the “Free Range Party ticket” was genius!

It’s linked to Time Magazine, which had taken several pictures, including Mike being fed by syringe. Honestly, I’m not sure how Mike managed not to aspirate. And cracked corn? 

Anyhow. While this seems fantastical, early evidence suggests it’s true.

You tell me: true or hoax?

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Anthology: Somebody I Used to Know

Seriously. I have not laughed this hard in a really long time.

I’ll write about our recent journey later, but let me begin by saying that at some point, some stations really ought to think about playing more than just the same 10 songs over and over. Thank goodness for the weekend top whatever countdown, because it gave us more than those same 10.

One of the reasons we stayed with Sirius satellite radio in the truck is because when we travel, we hate hitting the dead zones where there is nothing to listen to, and/or you have two choices. We’ve also gotten lazy in our old age, because no longer is there a thrill in putting together a gazillion mp3 discs. And there really is no fun in plugging in the Ipod, either.

So Sirius (XM) it has been for the last several years. This trip, however, kind of burnt us out on new pop music channels because of the lack of variety. On the way home, we turned it to Hair Nation (channel 39, for those that don’t already know this), which for all practical purposes, is an awesome family channel for us. It’s the complete intergenerational sing-a-long station for our family!

One song we didn’t get tired of on the other channel though, is Somebody That I Used to Know (Goyte). Freaky video though, eh?

I love to see a variety of spins on a song. You’ve been warned, so now is the time to click away. Unless you are a Star Wars fan- and then you’ll want to see the first one at least.

What Happened to the Star Wars That I Used to Know?

I confess to also having really liked the Glee version, too……….

Heh, of course, there’s nothing quite like the Gotye original………

And there you have it. A nice little education into one of my current favorite songs. If there are versions you think I should check out, leave me a comment with a link!

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Shocking! But True??

Apparently, I’ve been living under a rock. I mean, I knew that Elvis probably had left the building, despite ‘sightings’ of him lo these many years past.

But Paul McCartney?  !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Say it isn’t so!

Obviously, my rock got marginally displaced, as I stumbled across this nugget of information this morning. And I am reeling.

It appears that there is a great body of evidence to sift through, so this is where I’m going to ask for your help.

My first inkling this morning came from a comment made about the movie massacre dude whose mug shot looks completely different from all other previous pictures of him. {gasp!} Someone made a comment about Sir Paul being dead, and gave a link.

And you all know what happens when I see a link………….  Down the rabbit hole I went! (ok, to be honest, I’m still kinda in it- but I digress)

Then, I hopped over here. Hum. Some of the links there leave me scratching my head, because there is no text to explain anything. The “Undeniable Forensic Dissertation” was intriguing.

Back on the other site, there are numerous clips of the music played backwards, to reveal the messages in them. This reverse speech stuff is, um, quite interesting.

The things that make my brains rattle around intrigue me are the physical ones- the facial structure; the height difference (I’d be inclined to believe original measurements of Madame Tussaud’s, and I’m not sure how someone would grow a few inches at that age); the ears (which look different to me earlier than they do later with supposed early Faul; although not as much with later supposed Faul, I assume, due in large part to the advances in plastic surgery), and honestly, Paul looks to have aged considerably to me in a very short amount of time, in addition to seriously losing weight in the face, getting a newly shaped head and growing a few inches in those few months.

Plastic surgery can do a lot these days, but back in the mid 60′s? Hmmmmmm……….

Some have wanted to do vocal comparisons, and I’m here to say, I’m not sure there is a conclusive way to rule in or out, just because there are so many good copiers out there. (If you think I’m joking, take a listen to Arnel Pineda, the new lead singer for Journey- ya, *I* can tell the difference, because I’ve listened to both him and Steve Perry extensively, but if you listen to his old cover band, it’s pretty good- and even more so on some tracks with the actual band)

Now, one could perhaps do handwriting analysis, but I’ve heard that Paul stopped doing autographs years ago. Makes one wonder, doesn’t it?

Despite the “is he or isn’t he” bit, either way, one has to agree that the person the public knows at present as Paul McCartney, has had one heck of a career, all things being equal.

Here’s a quick picture trip: http://www.whale.to/b/mccartney_h.html- OOOO- and this one has a picture of lefty Paul playing right-handed. Fwtw.

Ok- so here’s your mission for the week:  Someone with a lot of time (read= not me) download this from the Paul-is-Dead.com website and let me know what you think. It’s only 64 minutes, but could well change your life. Or not.

Leave me a comment with your two cents after doing your research! 

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