Brilliant idea

Someone over on Askville had a brilliant idea a while ago. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised that she's relatively new to the net.

Once a day, she asks "What song is stuck in your head today?". People respond by giving links to one or more songs on YouTube. I hadn't realized that almost every imaginable song is now available on YouTube. It's really amazing.

Brilliant idea

Someone over on Askville had a brilliant idea a while ago. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised that she's relatively new to the net.

Once a day, she asks "What song is stuck in your head today?". People respond by giving links to one or more songs on YouTube. I hadn't realized that almost every imaginable song is now available on YouTube. It's really amazing.

The Stoned Guest

And while I'm at it, here's PROOF that virtually anything can be found on YouTube: PDQ Bach's The Stoned Guest. It's the whole album in four parts. The only thing that's missing is the very funny "Opera Whiz" feature from the intermission.

My father used to play this a lot when I was little, and now I'm playing it for Sebastian (I have the actual album, fortunately). The funny thing is that Sebastian's favorite part is when Don Octave sings "For the first time in my life, I'm going to do something right!", slips, and accidentally stabs himself in the heart with a horrible scream. :D

The Stoned Guest

And while I'm at it, here's PROOF that virtually anything can be found on YouTube: PDQ Bach's The Stoned Guest. It's the whole album in four parts. The only thing that's missing is the very funny "Opera Whiz" feature from the intermission.

My father used to play this a lot when I was little, and now I'm playing it for Sebastian (I have the actual album, fortunately). The funny thing is that Sebastian's favorite part is when Don Octave sings "For the first time in my life, I'm going to do something right!", slips, and accidentally stabs himself in the heart with a horrible scream. :D

Political irony

According to multiple sources (including the NYT and CNN) Senator Arlen Specter is switching parties and becoming a Democrat. If Al Franken ever gets seated, that means the Dems have, in theory, a filibuster-proof majority.

Two observations:

1. Enough of those 60 seats are Blue Dogs and conservative Dems, who have already shown that they'll be quite ruthless in blocking anything progressive. And it's not as if the vast majority of Dems and Obama himself are progressive in any case; they're not. Anyone who expects there to be a meaningful change in Washington is deluding themselves.

2. I find it ironic that the Dems have in theory gotten so close to absolute power less than a week after I stopped being a Democrat...after a lifetime of supporting them. So it goes.

Political irony

According to multiple sources (including the NYT and CNN) Senator Arlen Specter is switching parties and becoming a Democrat. If Al Franken ever gets seated, that means the Dems have, in theory, a filibuster-proof majority.

Two observations:

1. Enough of those 60 seats are Blue Dogs and conservative Dems, who have already shown that they'll be quite ruthless in blocking anything progressive. And it's not as if the vast majority of Dems and Obama himself are progressive in any case; they're not. Anyone who expects there to be a meaningful change in Washington is deluding themselves.

2. I find it ironic that the Dems have in theory gotten so close to absolute power less than a week after I stopped being a Democrat...after a lifetime of supporting them. So it goes.

Grrrrr...

I swear, it's like the universe is making an all-out attempt to piss me off with little things today. Someone took my water bottle out of the freezer and left it on top of the refrigerator - with the cap off for some reason, so I had to wash the whole thing to make sure it was safe.

Someone nearly knocked me over as I was walking down the hall. I know she saw me, and I had moved over as far as I could, so I'm fucked if I know what that was about.

Then when I got to the 4th-floor kiosk...well, today is the one day this month that they have something that I actually would like for lunch. I got there at 1:30, and they were completely out of food.

Grrrrr...

I swear, it's like the universe is making an all-out attempt to piss me off with little things today. Someone took my water bottle out of the freezer and left it on top of the refrigerator - with the cap off for some reason, so I had to wash the whole thing to make sure it was safe.

Someone nearly knocked me over as I was walking down the hall. I know she saw me, and I had moved over as far as I could, so I'm fucked if I know what that was about.

Then when I got to the 4th-floor kiosk...well, today is the one day this month that they have something that I actually would like for lunch. I got there at 1:30, and they were completely out of food.