To be or not not freakin' be?

Got this in an email today, and it just begs to be shared: it's Don McLean's "American Pie" as sund by Hamlet.  I think the choruses just get better as they go.

Shakespearean Pie

The link has both lyrics and the free audio file.

Whilst playing tuned chickens?

Peter Sellers on the Muppet Show, impersonating Queen Victoria and reciting Richard III.

Absolutely hilarious, and a little sad...

Needlework Finishes: East Coast Sampler - Jeannette Douglas Designs

Finally got my pictures uploaded! Yay! Take that AT&T...you tried to thwart me, but I perservered!


This is a picture of the whole sampler. I stitched it on 28-count Autumn Blush Cashel linen, which is a gorgeous mottled sort of fabric, shading from warm cream to a rosy pale brown-pink.  Threads were mostly cottons by Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Art Sampler Threads, with verigated silks by Gloriana.

I honestly think this is the nicest thing I've ever stitched. Quite proud of myself. This was intented to be a New England sampler, Connecticut specifically I think, but with very few changes it works nicely for Virginia.

( More detailed pictures and some explanation behind cut. )