Capitol Shot

Took this photo while waiting for my second bus to arrive.  The Capitol is very governmental.

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Apples and Oranges, Cake and Rain

I only knew of MacArthur Park from a Weird Al song.  After I had gotten over my fits of laughter ever time I heard "Jurassic Park is scary in the dark, all the dinosaurs are running wild", I finally started to wonder what song had gotten the parody treatment.

"MacArthur Park?... Never heard of it"

So I set off downstairs to talk with my only form of the internet at that time, my mother.  She informed me of a soap star who was breaking into singing and this was his song.  She described cake and rain, baking and lost recipes, and dripping green frosting.  She also added that this was by far the worst song ever made, but that didn't stop the world from falling in love with it.  The song was apparently played everywhere.

"So MacArthur Park is a lot like Achy Breaky Heart then?" I asked.

"Exactly."

Now that the internet is so readily available, I have gotten to hear for myself what was so awful about that song.  What has been nice is that I only have to hear the song when I'm pointing out how bad it is to someone else.  It is an audible version of "YUCK!  Taste this."

I've realized that I'm a big fan of alt-country or outlaw country or americana or.... as I like to call it: Country that is not played on country music radio.  Since I'm a fairly recent convert, I'm also at a loss about who to listen to.  Since I'm a big fan of Johnny Cash, many people told me I have to listen to Waylon Jennings.  Luckily, a friend was kind enough to let me borrow the big box set, Nashville Rebel, and I've been listening to pretty much everything the man's ever recorded.  I must say that I'm really enjoying it as well.  Good stuff.

This morning on the bus ride into work, I did lose a couple of "respect" points for Mr. Jennings.  While listening to Disc #3, I got to track #7 and gasped in horror as I heard Waylon Jennings covering MacArthur Park. While it was probably the best version of the song I've ever heard, nobody can make that crap tolerable. NOBODY.  My only hope is to do some internet searches tonight and find out that Waylon was covering the song in jest.  Given the timeframe the song was recored in though, I highly doubt it.

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Twitter

"What are you doing?"

That is what Twitter asks every time I log in.  I answer and then look to see what the people I'm following are doing.  It is strangely addictive.  My problem has always been explaining it.

Person: "What is Twitter?"
Me: "You have 140 characters to say what you are doing."
Person: "Isn't that like a blog?"
Me: "Yes, but... a lot shorter."
Person: "Whatever."

Twitter.com, please don't hire me as your PR person.  Instead, place the "Twitter in Plain English" video on your front page.  The video was created by CommonCraft.com.  CommonCraft has created a bunch of "...in Plain English" videos that help explain topics that people may find hard to, well, explain.

So, for anyone who is curious about Twitter or just want to know a little more about why it is so popular.  Check out the video.

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Forum Warz

One of the guys on the 1UP Yours podcast mentioned an internet games called "Forum Warz" (NSFW). Sounds interesting and I definitly want to give it a try.

Also, the TV is the ruler of our time schedules.

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The Boys

I'm reading "The Boys".  The comic has some very disturbing imaginary mixed with dark humor.  Since I like that stuff, I'm really enjoying the book.  What shocked me last night was the motivation of one of the main characters.  It was something so horrifying and it was only "drawn" with dialog.  No a single picture what-so-ever of the scene, but the words were powerful enough... I had visualized it all.

Now I can't get that image out of my head.

Thanks Garth Ennis.

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