More About Teeth

2012 will be remembered as the year that Paige started losing her baby teeth. I wrote about her first lost tooth a couple of months ago. But I just realized I had a video of Paige retelling the experience that I never posted. (I pretty much love everything about this video--especially the annoying little brothers at the end.)

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In case you missed it on Facebook, here's the letter Paige wrote to the Tooth Fairy after she lost her second tooth. 

Curtis bonked Paige with the back of his head and knocked out the third tooth (Paige was very appreciative). 

And the fourth one (non-eventfully) fell out on its own. 

What a good year. 

Song of the Day: B.o.B. feat Rivers Cuomo, Magic

I'm really enjoying B.o.B.'s "Adventures of Bobby Ray." The fact that Weezer's River Cuomo donates the chorus to this track is just an added bonus. (Paramore's Hayley Williams is the real star of the album. How can you not love her vocal on "Airplanes?")




For a live version, with Rivers flexing his emcee skillz, click here.

Song of the Day: K'Naan Wavin' Flag

I'm pretty sure that things are busier for me at work now than they've ever been. As a result, that the last thing I want to do when I come home is more writing. So I'll put my brain on autopilot for a bit and post some songs that I've been loving lately.



I was watching a re-run of K'Naan's so-good performance on Austin City Limits the other night and it reminded me just how good this song is. (And it's even better a capella.)

The song is perfect on its own, but it's made even better from me thanks to the memories it brings back of teaching Africans in The Hague and Antwerp. I became friends with a couple of great dudes that would always invite me to sing African spirituals with them. I was always touched by the simplicity of the songs and the sincerity of the delivery. All of that's here in "Waving Flag."

If you're up for it, I'd highly recommend checking out K'Naan's full ACL set:

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