What a Wonderful World: Shadow Puppets

Hey everyone!
My friend Renee sent this video to me today with shadow puppets performing “What a Wonderful World.”
I thought it was great, so sharing it here.
Enjoy!
(What a great idea to set What a Wonderful World to Shadow Puppets.)

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What colors are you?

My sister had this on her blog. So I took the quizzes, and here are my results:

You Are Olive Green

You are the most real of all the green shades. You’re always true to yourself. For you, authenticity and honesty are very important… both in others and yourself. You are grounded and secure. It takes a lot to shake you. People see you as dependable, probably the most dependable person they know.

You Are Crimson Red

Down to earth and warm-hearted, you instantly make everyone feel at ease around you. And while you have an understated passion – you lack the uncontrolled passion of most other reds. You prefer to sit back and enjoy every situation life has to offer. You put an optimistic spin on everything. And even when things are going well, you don’t get too amped up. You prefer to keep your emotions as steady as possible.

You Are Indigo

Of all the shades of blue, you are the most funky, unique, and independent. Expressing yourself and taking a leap of faith has always been easy for you.

Sound like me? What colors are you? Please comment with your results.
Jonathan’s Colors

You Are Grass Green

Down to earth and a bit of a hippie, you are very into nature and the outdoors. You accept the world and people as they are. You don’t try to change things. You are also very comfortable with yourself, flaws and all. Optimistic about the future, you feel like life is always getting better.

You Are Apple Red

You’re never one to take life too seriously, and because of it, you’re a ton of fun. And although you have a great sense of humor, you are never superficial. Deep and caring, you do like to get to the core of people – to understand them well. However, any probing you do is light hearted and fun, sometimes causing people to misjudge you.

You Are Navy Blue

You’re a true adventurer. You constantly find yourself drawn to new experiences, people, and places. Sometimes you feel quite scattered and bored. If something exciting isn’t going on, you feel a bit lost.

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What’s This Stuff?

Paul Graham wrote this in July 2007, and my brother sent it to me today. I found it to be incredibly true, and straightforward, about something a lot of people are experiencing, so I have shared it with all of you here.
I have too much stuff. Most people in America do. In fact, the poorer people are, the more stuff they seem to have. Hardly anyone is so poor that they can’t afford a front yard full of old cars.
It wasn’t always this way. Stuff used to be rare and valuable. You can still see evidence of that if you look for it. For example, in my house in Cambridge, which was built in 1876, the bedrooms don’t have closets. In those days people’s stuff fit in a chest of drawers. Even as recently as a few decades ago there was a lot less stuff. When I look back at photos from the 1970s, I’m surprised how empty houses look. As a kid I had what I thought was a huge fleet of toy cars, but they’d be dwarfed by the number of toys my nephews have. All together my Matchboxes and Corgis took up about a third of the surface of my bed. In my nephews’ rooms the bed is the only clear space.

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