Posts Tagged With: Weird Al Yankovic

Day 3896: The Weird One

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Ann Koplow

When I was a child with a heart condition that put me in the hospital and made me different from my peers in many ways, I often felt like the weird one.

These days, when I feel like the weird one, it’s a source of happiness and pride, not shame.

As I create my last blog post for my first trip to Halifax, which image is the weird one?

On World Beard Day, I’m glad my bearded and wonderfully weird son is going to be staying in Halifax, a city which seems to embrace the weird ones.

Here’s what I find when I search for “the weird one” on YouTube.

Thanks from this weird one to all the weird and wonderful ones out there, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism, travel | Tags: 14 Bells Art Gallery, Eastern Tea Bar & Friends, Edna, Halifax, September 2 2023, The Alternative Polka, The Army Navy Store, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Weird Al Yankovic, weird and delicious chocolate mousse | 12 Comments

Day 3862: Weird

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Ann Koplow

When I asked this weird question on a weird social media site last night, somebody asked me to define “weird.”

Weird is in the eye of the beholder, isn’t it? When I was a weird child with a weird heart condition, I thought weird was a bad thing. Now I think weird is wonderful.

Here’s a definition of “weird” from Merriam-Webster:

The word “weird” is weird because the usual rule is “I after E except after C.” I don’t see any “C” in weird.

Do you see anything weird in my images for today?

There are many weird things on YouTube and here is one of them.

Is it weird that my husband Michael and I were talking about this Weird Al parody yesterday?

Thanks to all who help me create this weird daily blog, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “Smells Like Nirvana”, cats and dogs, It Socks to Be You, July 30 2023, Pet Express, South Shore Plaza, Twitter, watchmojo.com, Weird Al Yankovic, weird purchases, X | 14 Comments

In my Coping and Healing groups (which may become headline news if I ever write an article about them), I sometimes ask this question: If there were a cable news network devoted to you, what would be today’s headline?”

Do you see headline news in my images for today?

I believe that Weird Al has a song titled “Headline News.” Let’s see …

Headline news: 70-Year-Old Local Woman Correctly Remembers Name of Song.

Is it headline news that I’m very grateful to YOU?

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, coping and healing groups, gratitude, May 31 2023, memory, Swordfish dish, The Boston Celtics, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, Twitter, Weird Al Yankovic | 18 Comments

Day 3702: World Problems

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Ann Koplow

Decades ago, when I was considering changing careers, a well-renowned aptitude testing organization informed me that I had (1) messy closets and (2) the ability to solve world problems. While I haven’t solved any world problems yet, I’ve been wondering if that ability is related to my frequently waking up in the middle of the night trying to solve problems big and small.

Do you see any world problems in today’s blog post?

When I search for “world problems” on YouTube, I find this…

… and this:

Thanks to all who helped me create this “world problems” post, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “First World Problems”, chocolate souffle at 10 Tables, favorite ice cream, February 19 2023, Jamaica Plain, Johnson O’Connor, Prasoon Kumar, today's news, Twitter, Weird Al Yankovic, Why the best minds are not solving world’s biggest problems? | 18 Comments

Day 3642: Weird

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Ann Koplow

It’s weird to me that, according to Spotify, Weird Al was my top artist of the year.

I love Weird Al, saw him in concert this year, and thoroughly enjoyed the movie Weird, but I find it weird that Stephen Sondheim wasn’t my top artist for 2022.

It’s also very weird to me that Mandy Patinkin is on that list while Todd Rundgren and Pat Metheny are not.

I find many things weird these days, including applying for Social Security, getting billed for things that my health insurance should be paying for, and Elon Musk.

Do you see anything weird in my other images for today?

It’s weird how difficult it is now to do a screen capture of the National days and it’s weird how my mood always improves on the winter solstice (probably because I know the days will start getting longer).

Here’s what I find when I search YouTube for “weird.”

It’s weird (and wonderful) watching Daniel Radcliffe play Weird Al knowing I’ll be seeing him in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along very soon.

Thanks to all who accompany me on this weird journey through life, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, Daniel Radcliffe, filling out forms, Hello Wordl, luck, Spotify, Stephen Sondheim, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Twitter, Weird Al Yankovic, Yogi Tea | 9 Comments

Day 3568: Local news

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Ann Koplow

In my therapy groups, I often suggest that people share local news, defining “local news” this way:

If there were a cable news network dedicated to reporting about your life, what would the headlines be?

Do you see local news in today’s blog post?

I hope the local news doesn’t get much worse.

When I search YouTube for “local news” it’s all too scary and depressing, so here is “Weird Al“ Yankovic’s “Headline News.”

What’s the local news where you are?

Thanks to all who help me report my local news every day, including YOU.

Categories: group therapy, life in the USA, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, Halloween decorations, Headline News, National Days October 8 2022, political climate, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, Twitter, Weird Al Yankovic | 13 Comments

Day 3457: Want

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Ann Koplow

I want to share photos with you every day, including this one from our local supermarket:

People want to buy many things at a supermarket, don’t they? I want to choose foods from the healthy sections of a market (usually located along the outer edges) but sometimes I want items in the middle.

I want to share a definition of “want.”

I want to point out that “want” means desire, should, AND deficiency. I want to make a brilliant point about that, but my mind is in want of brilliance right now.

Here are some brilliant minds writing about “want.”

I want to share more images with you, which I hope you want to see.

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “want.”

Now I want to share Weird Al’s parody of “I Want it That Way.”

I want people to express whatever they want about this post in the comments section below.

Finally, I want to express my gratitude to all who help me blog every day, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: Andy Warhol, “I Want it That Way”, Donna Tartt, Neil Gaiman, quotes about want, supermarkets, The Backstreet Boys, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the January 6th hearings, the South Shore of Boston, Weird Al Yankovic | 12 Comments

Day 3404: Favorites

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Ann Koplow

Lately, I’ve been asking many questions about favorites on Twitter, including these:

A random thought about favorites: I haven’t had to worry about playing favorites with my children because I have only one child. Here’s one of my favorite photos of me and Aaron, taken years ago with Emo Philips, who was the opening act for Weird Al last night:

Do you see favorites in my other images for today?

There are so many National Days today that it’s difficult to pick a favorite. One of my favorite moments from Emo’s set last night was when he asked the crowd to help record a message wishing his friend Red, who is a jockey riding in the Kentucky Derby today, good luck. It was definitely my favorite use of a cell phone at the concert last night.

Here’s my favorite Weird Al song, in the style of Frank Zappa (who is also a favorite).

What’s your favorite part of this post? My favorite part is always the end, when I get to express my gratitude for all who help me blog every day, including YOU.

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “Genius in France”, cats, Emo Philips, Frank Zappa, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quote, National Days May 7 2022, social media, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the Greater Boston area, vegetarian stroganoff, Weird Al Yankovic | 21 Comments

Day 3403: Out on a ledge

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, I read the news about

the conservative U.S. Supreme Court’s intent to take away a woman’s right to choose (a right which a huge majority of citizens support),
how the SCOTUS decision will erode other rights,
the projected outcome of the U.S. midterm elections, with the Democrats losing the tenuous control they now have,
the war in Ukraine,
irreversible global warming,
greed,
fear,
etc…..

… and I felt very pessimistic, helpless, and hopeless. In other words, I felt like I was out on a ledge.

I decided to name those feelings on Twitter, assuming that other people might be feeling the same way. I got a lot of helpful and empathic responses, with some joining me on the ledge and others urging me to get off the ledge and fight for the rights and the future I want.

Are any of my images today out on a ledge?

The Daily Bitch often seems like she is out on a ledge.

When I’m out on a ledge, humor and music can get me off that ledge. Tonight, my son Aaron and I will be seeing “Weird Al” Yankovic in concert and yesterday this song cheered me up immeasurably:

Thanks to all those who help me whenever I’m out on a ledge, including YOU.

Categories: life in the USA, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, gratitude, Hardware Store, National Days May 6 2022, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the Supreme Court of the United States, Twitter, vegetarian meat loaf, Weird Al Yankovic | 15 Comments

Day 3067: A brief, precious moment in time

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Ann Koplow

I am going to take a brief, precious moment in time to brief my precious readers that life is brief and made up of precious moments.

I find that knowledge very precious because it helps me appreciate each brief, precious moment in time and also recognize that painful moments will, in time, give way to other brief, precious moments.

What’s your favorite brief, precious moment in time from today’s blog?

Before I became a parent late in life, for a brief, precious moment in time I was able to hit all the notes in this amazing song from Leonard Bernstein’s Candide:

And I hope you enjoy brief, precious moments in time from this live Weird Al concert from 1999:

Consider leaving a brief, precious comment below and I will respond in time.

I am grateful for all my brief precious moments in time and — of course! — for you.

Categories: life during the pandemic, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: “Glitter & Be Gay”, best bands live, Kristin Chenoweth, Leonard Bernstein's Candide, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston, Tony's Clam Shop, Twitter, Weird Al Yankovic | 14 Comments