We'll Always Have Paris

Well, a certain Shady Dame and I are off for our sixth annual sojourn in the land of the Ignoble Frog.

As a result, posting will be fitful and oddly Gallic for the next couple of days.

In the meantime, while we endure the cramped trans-Atlantic flight and the horrible traffic on the way to our bohemian hotel, please enjoy our also annual presentation of the Denny Laine (non-cosmic) edition of The Moody Blues and their oh so sad and beautiful Parisian-themed ballad "Boulevard de La Madeleine."

It's a sad day in Paris
With no girl by my side
Got to feeling so badly
Like a part of me died
It would have been
So good to see her
I never thought
She wouldn't be there
There's no girl standing there
And there's no one who cares
And the trees are so bare
On the Boulevard de la Madeleine

Ah. What can I say after that except -- 'allo, sailor!