Friday

No telecommuting in my pajamas, no scavenger hunts across midtown Manhattan, not even a single meeting to break up the afternoon. I did get this ill-fitting and not exactly stylish hat today, when I agreed to be one of the male searchers for the floor — the folks who, in case of a fire or other emergency, make sure the conference rooms and bathrooms are emptied of people who should be evacuating. But that’s about it.

I did finally finish re-reading Watership Down, though. I’m not at all surprised to re-discover that it’s a thoroughly enjoyable and lovely book. (Not to spoil anything, but “Silflay hraka u embleer rah” may be the greatest insult I’ve ever read.)

Random 10 4-20-12

Last week. This week:

  1. “Betty and Me” by Jonathan Coulton
    I said we should give him wings and a nice prehensile tail
  2. “The Waitress” by Tori Amos, guessed by Thud
    If I did it fast, you know that’s an act of kindness
  3. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones, guessed by Clayton
    Can’t you see I’m on a losin’ streak
  4. “The Band Played Waltzing Matilda” by the Pogues
    So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun
  5. “Underneath Your Clothes” by Shakira
    But you own the place where all my thoughts go hiding
  6. “Radio Nowhere” by Bruce Springsteen
    I was spinnin’ ’round a dead dial
  7. “Crying” by Roy Orbison w/ k.d. lang, guessed by Clayton
    I could smile for a while
  8. “When I Paint My Masterpiece” by Bob Dylan
    Ancient footprints are everywhere
  9. “Movin’ Out” by Aerosmith
    Level with God and you’re in tune with the universe
  10. “Beauty and the Beast” by David Bowie
    That’s my kind of high road gone wrong

Good luck!