Quick Updates

Just some notes to let you know I'm still alive. I've glanced over all your blogs but alas I have little time to comment. I will soon, my droogies.

In the meantime:

* Audioscrobbler is still having issues with submissions. Bummer. I hope they get fixed soon, but at least my songs are getting cached so at some point I'll make a massive update and get some more good suggestions.

* I have a chance to get two very good running vehicle for under $1,500. One I have already made payment arrangements on as I'm buying from a friend. Just needs a brake booster to pass inspection. Easy-peesy. The other passes inspection but the couple is moving to Florida in a couple weeks and needs to get rid of it fast. Assuming we are able to borrow the cash tomorrow from Kathy's boss we'll have two good vehicles.

* How many times do people have to see nut shots, kids bonking their parents on the head, animals falling off of things and cars bumping into things before it loses it's "humor?" I was working at the laundry doing maintenance tonight and this family was watching America's Funniest Videos and laughing their asses off. That show has been on the air for somewhere around ten years now and still has the same formula. Clue: it's INANE! Watch something genuinely funny. Or read something funny. Or just spend some time gaming and make your own funny. Please. Something. Not mindless nothing!

* On the topic of laundry maintenance, in the four-and-a-half hours I worked thoroughly cleaning the dryers I found around $15 in change and even a couple bills. Sweet! I get to keep it all so it was like making an extra $3+ per hour. That change jar is filling up quick!

* I made that boiled ham dinner and it was delicious. Mmmm! Leftovers are yummy. I think I'll make a quick ham/onion/cheddar with homefries for breakfast in the morning. Gotta eat it all up before we leave for Falmouth on Wednesday.

* I've got some old track tapes kicking around with little clips of musical tidbits I had worked on at one point or another. I'm going to digitize some of these to share with you all as soon as I figure out how to either get my tape deck working or replace it.

That is all. I promise more substantive posting soon but in the meantime I must sleep and work. And I'll comment soon, too. Though I probably won't have Internet while in Falmouth. I'll live.

Some Lyrics to Read

Okay, another of those rare lyrics posts for me. Read a more personal post below this, but do read the lyrics, too.

"Keep The People Working"
by Julian Lennon (1991)

When they sell the final weapon, we can all watch it blow
Keep the people working, working
Keep the people working, working
Keep the people working, working
Gotta keep the people working

In the bed of iron they cast the final weapon
Just to keep the people working, got to keep the people working

From the mines of anatolia to the isle of mandalay
Along the coast of sullen africa, they’re queuing up to pay
No cause, I don’t discriminate, I sell to those who buy
There never was an innocent who didn’t want to die
And with demand upon the increase what could keep the cost down
If I keep the people fighting, I can really go to town
No surprise, the cash you borrow, we can close the deal tomorrow
Just swiss francs or dollars won’t cause me any borrow, boy

In a bed of iron they cast the final weapon
Just to keep the people working, got to keep the people working
In a bed of iron they cast the final weapon
Just to keep the people working, got to keep the people working

Everybody itching for someone to serve the task
I’ll arm the politician for the coup, the crew, the cast,
I have a score of different faces, I can look like a lord
Seen in high places, flying on the concorde

Well you can marvel at precision, you can dial a telephone
Call up color vision from the safety of your home
You can mount the great offensive from a button by the chair
If you arm the right system, you can ionize the air

In a bed of iron, they cast the final weapon
Just to keep the people working, got to keep the people working
In a bed or iron they cast the final weapon
Just to keep the people working, got to keep the people working
Like the wind across the frontier or the breaking light of day
I push across the mountains, all around the bay of biscay

Freeze in north america, boil in pakistan
All along the amazon, from the fire to the frying pan

Whether air, sea or battle ground, desert sand or snow
When they sell the final weapon we can all watch it blow