Wednesday
I woke up, I went to work, I came home.
And, after that: Dinner at Outback.

Song of the Day
Big Yellow Taxi… and you can take your pick from the Counting Crows, Amy Grant or even the original (and classic) Joni Mitchell versions.

Stray Toasters

  • We’re five days into February and I haven’t said anything about Black History Month. Yet. It is now time to rectify that situation. As I said last year: This is a good time to discover people and events in American history of which you may not have previously been aware.
  • Thanks to and for pointing out the broken link in last night’s post. It has been corrected.
  • The more that I watch Cowboy Bebop, the more that I like it.
  • I was looking at a few fan sites about Cowboy Bebop and noted that there are soundtracks available for it. I started thinking about when soundtracks for television shows became en vogue. I know that TVT Records puts out the Television’s Greatest Hits CDs, but those are basically collections of various television program theme songs. There is also the Schoolhouse Rock 4-CD set, from Kid Rhino Records. But, an individual program spawning its own soundtrack (or even multiple soundtracks)…? Unglaublich! And, for the record, I a few TV soundtrack CDs: do it a cappella and Moonlighting: The Television Soundtrack Album…. along with the Schoolhouse Rock set, the do it a cappella soundtrack, and two (yes, two) Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego soundtracks.
  • I even watched tonight’s episode of Voyager: “Bliss.” It started and ended with scenes that were obviously inspired by Moby Dick. They even threw in a reference to the book in the episode. The EMH even had a line which would have even made Dr. McCoy proud: “I’m a doctor, not a dragon slayer.”
    (and any other Trek fans): Look here for a list of ‘doctorisms.’

Trivia Question of the Day
This will not necessarily be a daily feature, but for some reason this item stuck in my head tonight and I wanted to see how many other people remembered (or had even heard of) it. What is the origin of the following?

“Once upon a time, a junkman had a dream: ‘I want to build a spaceship, go to the moon, salvage all the junk that’s up there, bring it back and sell it.'”

That should keep you busy for a minute or two.

And with that, it’s almost time for bed.

Namaste.