Month: October 2012

Random 10 10-12-12

Were last week’s lyrics just inexplicably obscure? Will this week’s prove any different? Is anybody even reading this?

  1. “Man on the Moon” by R.E.M., guessed by Kim
    Moses went walking with the staff of wood
  2. “40” by U2
    He set my feet upon a rock
  3. “Dracula Moon” by Joan Osborne
    Where are the bones on that one?
  4. “Real Love” by the Beatles, guessed by Kim
    All my little plans and schemes
  5. “Busted” by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
    Like a sacrifice for the minotaur
  6. “I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You” by Emiliana Torrini (orig. Tom WaitS)
    These old tom-cat feelings you don’t understand
  7. “Little Martian Girl” by Larry Gallagher
    The likeness is otherworldly
  8. “Velvet Underground” by Jonathan Richman
    Sounds as stark as black and white stripes
  9. “Bye Bye Love” by the Everly Brothers, guessed by Clayton
    She was my baby till he stepped in
  10. “Feel Good, Inc.” by Gorillaz
    And all I wanna hear is the message beep

Good luck!

In too Veep

A quiet day, mostly working on a little of this, a little of that, getting ready for my work trip to Maryland next week.

This evening, I watched the Vice Presidential debate, a much more spirited event than the previous presidential one. I’ve made no attempt to hide who I’ll likely be voting for next month. Some of the bloom is off the Obama rose for me, though mostly for policies like drone attacks and not the things that seem to have the Republicans all flustered. But, unlike the Republicans, I feel like Obama’s at least operating from a point of reality and that he acknowledges, as Joe Biden did this evening, that “facts matter.”

If you want more analysis than that, more political thought from me, you can always check out my Twitter feed. Right now, though, I’m going to bed. Ninety minutes of that was kind of exhausting.