Well, dear readers, all I can say is O Tannenbaum. Yes, Virginia, all I can say is O Tannenbaum and I, for one, am happy to be saying it, for saying it (or singing it) means that the Christmas season is in full swing, like Tarzan Of The Apes. O Tannenbaum is a Christmas staple, named, of course, after Otto Tannenbaum, who made horsehide whips and sold them in the Red Light district of Amsterdam. Otto Tannenbaum’s horsehide whips were known far and wide, especially wide, and they were used by some of the wealthiest and kinkiest Amsterdam hoi polloi. Did you know that hoi polloi spelled backwards is iollop ioh, which sounds like something the Lone Ranger said to Silver. Speaking of Silver, I have no clew as to what the HELL I’m going on about. Oh, yes, O. Tannenbaum and his world-famous horsehide whips. I believe even Judge Turpin used one of O. Tannenbaum’s horsehide whips. And, of course, there is the legendary story of The Randy Vicar and O. Tannenbaum’s Horsehide Whips. In any case, return with me now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when men were men and cattle were also men. Speaking of those thrilling days of yesteryear, yesterday was thrilling in its own non-thrilling way. For example, I woke up. That was thrilling, at least from my perspective. I then packaged up many orders (there was a press release on Playbill and I awoke to over twenty orders), had an early repast with Miss Merrill Grant (at the Cheesecake Factory), and then toddled off to the postal office, where there happily were only three people in line. I got everything shipped and then did some errands and whatnot. I then took Merrill to the airport, and then I came home and sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I finally got to watch a motion picture on DVD entitled Little Miss Sunshine. It’s one of those quirky Independent films that one sees every year, but this one has its charms and it is rather perfectly cast, so I was entertained by it. I have two other new movies to watch – The Devil Wears Prada and Lady In The Water, neither of which I’m looking forward to, but I feel I should watch. After those, it will be back to the older films and believe me, I’ve got tons to catch up on or, at the very least, to ketchup on.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because soon I must be off to purchase one of O. Tannenbaum’s horsehide whips, which is my Christmas present to myself this year.
Today, I must ship out a few more packages, then I must ready myself for tonight’s recording session for The Brain From Planet X. I’m told that MusicGuy might be stopping by – if he does, we shall sup afterwards. I’m hoping the session goes smoothly and quickly, but since none of the students have ever sung in the studio before, there’s no way of predicting what will happen.
As of tomorrow, other than a few little odds and ends to attend to, I am off until after the first of the year. Of course, I have my annual Christmas Eve Do, and my daughter will visit for Christmas Day, but other than that I intend to rest, relax, and recharge Ye Olde Batteries.
I forgot to mention that instead of our keyboard player playing the theremin for The Brain recording session, I was the soloist, and I must say I did quite a splendidly splendid job of it. It’s a difficult instrument to play, but I really enjoyed figuring it out and a couple of times I got it to sound just like you want a theremin to sound.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, jog, ship, attend a recording session, and then sup. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you get to ask me or any dear reader any old question you like and we get to give any old answer we like. So, let’s have loads of lovely questions and loads of lovely answers, shall we, whilst we sing the praises of O. Tannenbaum.