Clancy had a patient that required consultation with the Poison Control Center. I asked her exactly what Poison Control was (A federal agency? A part of the CDC? State agencies?). She said she didn’t know, but that no matter where you were, you always called a single number. She remembered the number because of a song she was taught in medical school.
One of the things we do to pacify and entertain Lain is music videos. She loves the Animaniacs. In particular, she likes this song:
When I was in the fourth grade, we had a presentation that had a song that included all fifty states, in alphabetical order. Unlike Wakko’s song, it didn’t include capitals. To this day, I can recite all fifty states in under thirty seconds. It’s entirely due to that song. This is the song I memorized (though I didn’t memorize the intro):
I managed to get it down to 19 seconds
When putting Lain to sleep, I often use They Might Be Giants songs that I have the lyrics memorized to. Maybe I should throw this one into the mix.
It turns out they can
cartoon porn Disney Backpacks from The Disney Store
weight loss tipsTop London Stylist Reviews the Difference Between Clothes and Fashion
On a similar note there’s Jonathan Coulton’s song The Presidents (though its a few years old so it doesn’t include Obama), and of course Tom Lehrer’s classic The Elements.Report
Similarly, this Coulton song taught me how to deal with zombie coworkers:
Report
Like many in my generation, I can still recite the preamble to the constitution from memory thanks to Schoolhouse Rock.
One day when she was in 9th grade, my daughter came in to the family room and asked me to help her study for her science test, at a time when I just happened to be holding a guitar. So a lot of definitions for her vocab words were turned into simple tunes that both of us still belt out once in a while.Report