This week’s lyric was posted while we were packing, as many are, to travel “over the river and through the woods” for the Christmas holiday. Truckin, Im a goin home. whoa whoa baby, back where I belong,Back home, sit down and patch my bones,and get back truckin on. The Grateful Dead’s Truckin’ hits the some […]
Song Lyric of the Week
Thursday again, time for our Song Lyric of the Week. Surely you know the “rules” by now, Are you ready? You’re sick of hangin around and youd like to travel Get tired of travelin’ and you want to settle down. Quick, know what song that’s from? Send your guesses here. Be sure to include your […]
Non-Beta Blogger
Blogger, the service that I use to build and maintain this weblog, has finally moved their new version out of beta. Over the next few weeks or so, everyone with an (old) Blogger account will be given the opportunity to move over to the new version, with a google (gmail) login i.d. (Google bought Blogger […]
They Won’t Take Your Money?
Mike McBride asks for some experiential information from Mac users: My wife was doing a little on-line shopping today on her Mac and ran into a couple of sites that wouldn’t accept her credit card information. The transactions failed in both Firefox and Safari. I’ve never had a problem with a shopping site taking my […]
24th
I’m not sure where my friend and former neighbor Jason found this (somewhere on Fox.com, I’d suspect), but as he says, it’s “brilliant.” If you’ve ever watched an episode of (or ad for) 24, check it out.
Song Lyric of the Week Answer #5
And in our world of plentywe can spread a smile of joyThrow your arms around the worldat Christmas time. The lyric this in this week’s Song Lyric of the Week was of course from Bob Geldof’s fund-raising project, Do They Know It’s Christmas? [iTunes] sung by a whole host of musicians coming together under the […]
Song Lyric of the Week #5
Thursday, one day left in the work week and – more importantly as far as this blog is concerned – time for the Song Lyric of the Week. Surely you know the “rules” by now, Are you ready? Tonight thank God it’s them instead of you Quick, know what song that’s from? Send your guesses […]
Whimsical Winter Concert
Last night’s concert was a lot of fun, especially as the Wind Ensemble ended their portion with a fun rendition of Sleighride, complete with a quick addition to their normal black dresses and tuxes: There were plenty of other pieces played, very beautiful music. I just really dug the hats.
The Cost of Viewing
Ignoring the almost-religious-fervor format war for a moment, Sean does the math involved in buying into either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray. [Y]ou can buy the average BD player and zero movies, or get an HD DVD player and over four and a half years of NetFlix HD rentals at the same price. If I were getting […]
Song Lyric of the Week Answer #4
Two guys were quick on the lyric-trigger finger this week. Both Geren, in (Columbia?) Maryland (and best man at my wedding twenty years ago) and Tommy, from Bellview Washginton, sent in the right answer and were only minutes apart. Yesterday’s song lyric was of course from Elvis Costello’s What’s So Funny (‘Bout Peace, Love and […]