Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,/ Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens / These are a few of my favorite things.
When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things/ And then I don't feel so bad.
-- Rodgers and Hammerstein
Good writers, those two. Poetic, brief and accurate. George Bush must have been listening and working up his own version:
Old baseball mitts and spotted plump puppies,/ Horseshoes that ring and bright smiling yuppies . . ./ These are a few of my favorite things.
When my polls are bad, I simply remember my favorite things/ And...