Beloved Children&#39;s Troubadour Raffi Is Losing It At
Journalists on TwitterS  Everyone's childhood is currently going
up in flames, as Raffi, the iconic Canadian ancestor of the
modern-day Wiggle, is sort of losing it on Twitter.  A couple
days ago, the Vancouver Aquarium reported that Kavna, a popular
beluga whale under its care had died suddenly. It had become
sick over the weekend, and died suddenly at age 46. Raffi, who
had had a brief fling with Kavna in the experimental 1970s,
tweeted his sadness to followers:  But here's the thing: for a
wordsmith who built his career on exploiting the subtle
differences beween oaples and banonos, eeples and baneenees, and
ayples and banaynays, Raffi's phrasing wasn't great.  Most
people who read the tweet assumed the singer-songwriter was
identifying Kavna as the subject of his most popular tune,
1979's Baby Beluga.  Raffi later clarified that Kavna merely
inspired him to dream up a totally different, imaginary whale
and write a song about her.  But news outlets ha