Friday
Four down and one to go. As far as work weeks go, this one has been pretty painless. Of course, the song said that Suicide Is Painless¹, too, but I don’t think that is an option that I would like to exercise. Although, it could be said that eight hours of work is a daily form of attempted suicide. Hmm. That may be a thought to be taken up at a later time.

NPR/PRI News
The Shrub gave a press conference yesterday; it pre-empted the first hour of Talk of the Nation. No big deal. I have to admit something: Even though I am not the man’s most ardent supporter, I think that he did a decent job. He was fairly open and downright jocular with the reporters. Was there any spin in his speech? Uhh… Does James Brown sing Sex Machine? You bet your ass there was spin! But, it was a post-election press conference. Go figure. And, the overall tone of the conference/interview was good. And, he said “nucular” eight times, that I counted. Hoo-AH!

Talk of the Nation discussed the Catholic Church’s new policy on dealing with the sexual abuse scandal and the reasons why members of the clergy and the laiety like and/or dislike it, in its current form.

On Fresh Air, Terry Gross interviewed Bill Maher, the former host of Politically Incorrect. As ever, Mr. Maher is a man of strong opinions and he is not afraid to assert and defend them. I thought that it was a very well-done interview and it even evoked some rather strong opinions among some people at work.

Song of the Day: In light of the George Clinton interview on The Screen Savers yesterday, today’s SotD will be the Friday Morning Funk-for-All with a spotlight on the Funkmaster himself and the Parliament Funkadelic. That’s right. The Mothership has landed and it’s here with P-Funk for your ears: Flash Light, Up on the Down Stroke, Aqua Boogie, Dr. Funkenstein, Motherhip Connection (Star Child), Testify, and… of course: Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk).

Stray Toasters

  • I actually managed to play Halo last night! After four days of trying to get to it, I did last night.
  • From this morning’s conversation with :

    [09:29] : “At four o’clock, an evil man made his bed and lay in it, a pot called a kettle black, a stone-thrower broke the windows of his glass house. You look for this one under ‘F’ for fanatic and ‘J’ for justice – in the Twilight Zone.”
    [09:30] ShadoRunr: I just read that.
    [09:30] : isn’t that funny imagery?
    [09:30] ShadoRunr: I have never made any statements disavowing my evil nature.
    [09:30] : a pot calling a kettle black?
    [09:30] ShadoRunr: You have heard of that saying before, have you not?
    [09:30] : yeah
    [09:30] : I know what it means
    [09:30] : but really.
    [09:31] : who’s ever heard of a talking pot?
    [09:31] : it’s like Homer Simpson’s movie idea with the Talking Pie
    [09:31] ShadoRunr: Ever see Disney’s Beauty and the Beast?
    [09:31] : oh.
    [09:31] : well.
    [09:31] ShadoRunr: That had a talking pot
    [09:31] : a talking TEA pot
    [09:31] : and the teapot wasn’t black.
    [09:32] ShadoRunr: No, but it was a pot and it did talk.

  • And, from a conversation with my friend, m3lody, ‘s (whom we often refer to as “Balt,” for short) girlfriend:

    [09:38] ShadoRunr: After an overwhelming and almost unanimous vote by Gibraltarians to reject plans by London and Madrid to share sovereignty over the Rock, BBC Monitoring looks at what is being said in the media in both Gibraltar and Spain.

    [09:38] ShadoRunr: Since when did Balt get into managing wrestlers?
    [09:38] m3lodywise: bwahahahaha!
    [09:38] m3lodywise: so… since we’re friends of balt…. are we gibraltarians too?
    [09:39] ShadoRunr: Hmmm. I guess so.
    [09:39] m3lodywise: cool!

  • In talking to m3lody and some others, I mentioned The Association. They had a song called: Pandora’s Golden Heebie Jeebies. You can check out the lyrics here.

Quotes of the Day:

  • Dee: I like the environment. It doesn’t annoy me.
  • Dee: One minute, I’m just Dee… minding my own business; the next, I’m Ike Turner all over the lunch room.
  • Rick: Throwing up is just tears from my stomach.

Namaste.

¹ – Suicide Is Painless was the title of the theme from M*A*S*H, both the movie and the television show. The lyrics can be heard at the opening of the movie, but (for some reason) they used an instrumental version for the TV show. Go figure.