Live and learn!

I learned a new word yesterday (or more correctly a new expression) to describe something I have seen most days for several decades.

The word in question is Lordosis (or more correctly Lordosis behaviour)is describes the presentation response of female cats in oestrus. Also tickle a cat at the base of its tail and it raises its bottom or at least mine do

And that is Lordosis behaviour. 24 hours ago I didn't know that...

Sorry, I'll do a better post later!

Avril Lavigne – plagiarist?

I don’t know an awful lot about Avril Lavigne. From the few songs I’ve heard and videos I’ve seen, she strikes me as irritating and not over endowed with talent. Okay she’s young but compare with what Kate Bush was doing at a similar age. Now it seems that she may not only be guilty of limited talent but also http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2120813,00.html plagiarism.

70s pop band the Rubinoos have filed a lawsuit against Lavigne claiming that her recent (and extremely annoying) single Girlfriend. Is a rip off of their single “I wanna be your boyfriend”. "The lyric, the metre, the rhythm, they're identical," said Tommy Dunbar, guitarist and lead songwriter of the Rubinoos,. "We are not so naive as to chalk it up to some sort of cosmic coincidence."

The chorus of his song contains the words: "Hey, hey, you, you I wanna be your boyfriend," while Lavigne sings: "Hey, hey, you, you, I want to be your girlfriend" in a remarkably similar style. Music industry experts say the Rubinoos may have a case. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, a writer for Billboard magazine, said Lavigne's version appeared to be "a total lift" from the earlier song.

Terry McBride, Lavigne's manager, dismissed the plagiarism claim as "an unfortunate part of the business. 'OK, I can see their point'. But nothing's similar. We will try and settle for costs that will be less than defending,"

Check out this from You tube and make up our mind, then wonder why I even bothered with this crap in the first place.. Well it did seem like a good idea when I started the post!