That was like a demented cross between \\\"The Fog,\\\" \\\"White Noise,\\\" and an especially bad episode of teletubbies.
It was also scarier than at least two of the above.

Reality is the leading cause of stress in the world today.

The auto-response email about puppies is pure comedy genius. Ah, when I think about all the ridiculous email I will be missing out on, now that I am no longer employed by a midwestern cubicle farm... it makes my morning a lot more tolerable.

What is wrong with the tracker?

So... David Gilmour is, like, some kind of country music guy?
I don't get it.

*snort* I really hope you're joking...

When he went from his classical guitar to the steel guitar on "High Hopes" it was incredible- he did one of the most amazing solos I've ever heard with that thing. But what really got me was when they did the entirety of "Echoes"- the full twentysomeodd minutes of it. Man that was amazing...

Yeah, I know who Gilmour is. Former guitarist for Pink Floyd, yadda yadda. I think I have Echoes. That's the one with St. Tropez on it, right?

I was kinda trying to raise your ire, but also just point out that David Gilmour is only about as famous as, say, Geezer Butler.
Which is to say, not very.

As an album is the latest "greatest hits" compilation, which I kind of want, but am disappointed that they've cut down on the title track (I *like* 22+ minutes of music, dammit!)

"Echoes" the song, along with "San Tropez", both appear on the album Meddle.

Just FYI.

And speaking of Gilmour (although I somewhat prefer the Roger Waters era, and loved getting to see about half their reunited set on TV for Live8), I know it's only Tuesday, but here's possibly my favorite song from The Division Bell:

Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by from my window watching
And where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say and the things you do surround me
While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun

Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted
Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous and irresistible pastime
I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life

I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the waiting had begun
And I headed straight ... into the shining sun

-There's someone in my head, but it's not me.-

He performed that one! That and "High Hopes" were the only tracks from "Division Bell", and there was (sadly) nothing from "A Momentary Lapse of Reason"... but the older Floyd stuff was reasonably represented. Hell, they did "Arnold Layne" and "Wot's... Uh The Deal", and even "Fat Old Sun". Those three I was really not expecting at all.

BTW, it's official- he's recording one of the Albert Hall concerts for DVD.

I dunno, but your comment didn't show up until page 5. The tracker's been wacky from the get-go, but lately it's verging on "completely useless."

I've decided to try out a new sig. Maybe someone will notice and take pity on us.

What's wrong with the tracker?

...After hearing it used in V for Vendetta.

Oh I do believe
In all the things you say
What comes is better than what came before

And you'd better come come, come come to me
Better come come, come come to me
Better run, run run, run run to me
Better come

Oh I do believe
In all the things you say
What comes is better that what came before

And you'd better run run, run run to me
Better run, run run, run run to me
Better come, come come, come come to me
You'd better run

-There's someone in my head, but it's not me.-

When he graduates and finds he can't get a job anywhere else, he won't be so keen to spend all his time there. I do wish he'd stuck around until formally asked to leave. After all, he paid for everything he got, right? And he wasn't harassing anybody. That makes him a good customer, to me. Of course, once his debit card was frozen, that would make living there hard; I wish the article mentioned why it was frozen, as I don't think Wal-Mart can do that. [edit: My brother explained to me that Wal-Mart stops accepting checks (and presumably also debit cards) from a particular account if too many are submitted in a short timespan; helps deter fraud, I suppose.] Oh, well. Thanks for sharing, steff. :)

--I am powerless over my addiction to parenthesis.--

So Monk - when are YOU getting married? And would that involve moving to Utah for polygamy?
It's Amino world without Chemists

considering that my current prospect just decided to venture on a course of self-discovery (which surrupticiously involved other guys)...i would say that i'm not getting married anytime soon. :)

Yes, i was gone. Good to know i was missed. A confluence of perfect storm type events kept me away...(too dramatic?) Basically, having only dial up - spending the majority of my time job hunting - and now moving again and re-starting a career....but i'm here now!

So.....it goes under the bay???

Ain't job hunting fun? I think I'd prefer to have my teeth removed without anesthesia.
It's Amino world without Chemists

roflmao....Unit - the only guy i know that when reading about a SO's affair (cheating, lying, and becoming the very definition of a choice descriptive word), instead focuses on how job hunting sucks. :)

thanks for the laugh!

So.....it goes under the bay???

Moving, job hunting, and a horrible breakup? I think that's some sort of trifecta that allows you to pass go, collect $200, and start all over again.

If it's any small consolation, I've been reading the back pages lately and remembering how much fun you are. Especially when baiting ParU. I'm glad you're back.

awwww....i missed you too. :)

last word on my cheating ex - I knew it was over when i discovered she thought monogamy meant believing in only one god.

So.....it goes under the bay???

Perhaps this will cheer you up.

What's wrong with the tracker?

I wish you were kidding about that last bit, Monk.
I, on the other hand, have somehow found myself in an LTR with a girl who lives over 3000 miles away (strike 1), is of a drastically different religion (I'm atheist) and--here's the double-edged sword--has such a high IQ, she'd get an automatic pass into MENSA.

I wish you the best of luck, big guy, and now I'm sorry about giving you crap earlier.

i had one of those, but it went through the wash.

...so your clothes ended up being brainwashed?...

Welcome back!

...Were you gone?

Took me several minutes of scrolling to figure out what you meant by ESB. The only ESB I know by that tag is... (big surprise here) a type of beer.

I know, sad. I'll be going now.

I guess it's pretty telling that the other acronym I remember for ESB is:
[The] Empire Strikes Back

- My mind is in the gutter, but it keeps out the bad weather.

Well, that's not entirely inappropriate to the discussion of long falls and suicide, either; you'd think a culture that scientifically advanced would have figured out how to put up railings somewhere along the way....

--I am powerless over my addiction to parenthesis.--

you know the other glaring exception to the tech superiority of the star wars galaxy? the wheel. they don\\\'t seem to have it.

i went to war for my country and all i got was this lousy stump.

Luke takes a long fall all the way down to avoid Vader after his hand is cut off... and I'm totally missing what this particular ESB is referring to. Although that could be because I'm still exhausted from a retreat this weekend in which I only managed to get 7 hours combined sleep over 2 nights.

-There's someone in my head, but it's not me.-

Rings at Cirque, eh? The Google ads certainly seem to approve.

Oh, and Happy Pi Day everybody!

of course, Happy Ides of March, everyone!

Down with the soulless minions of orthodoxy!

The Ides of March, the claws that catch...
:)

Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll, two tastes that go great together.

- My mind is in the gutter, but it keeps out the bad weather.

Speaking of English authors, there was a movie recently made from an 18th century English novel, Tristam Shandy. It was absolutely fabulous, and very, very funny. The novel is something like 9 volumes, so I'm not sure I could tackle it. I may try, though. But the movie is well worth seeing, if you can find it.

Down with the soulless minions of orthodoxy!

I tried to read Tristam Shandy recently. I suppose I should give it another shot. I'm generally pretty good at parsing that 18th century let's-see-how-many-words-we-can-take-to-say-something-simple language, but I don't think I even made it past the first chapter of Tristam Shandy.

[ShandyMode]
It reminded me -- and you know how irritating it is when a book unexpectedly brings to the forefront of your innocent thoughts somebody you'd rather not remember -- of this arrogant bastard of a professor I had in grad school, who, much to the chagrin of his hapless students who wanted only to distill the essence of the subject at hand, interjected into any given sentence of his lecture so many asides, parenthetical statements, by-the-bys, anectodal bits and pieces, irrelevant sentiments, self-corrections, reflections, and roundabout clauses that by the time he, nearly panting with the effort of saying everything that could possibly or impossibly be connected to the purported theme of his statement, got to the end of his overwhelmingly volumnious sentence, you, the aforementioned hapless student, had completely lost hold of the tenuous thread of thought with which the said supposedly erudite scholar had commenced to inculcate into your eager mind.[/ShandyMode]

Yeah, it was kind of like that. I tried to read it because I'd read in so many other books that it was so damned funny. So maybe it's one of those rare cases in which the movie is better than the book? I think that would be a first in my experience, but it's always possible.

To add insult to injury, this prof was attempting -- totally unsuccessfully -- to teach a somewhat specialized branch of mathematics. I think he was basically in love with the sound of his own voice.


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"Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit." -- Edward Abbey, Vox Clamantis in Deserto

Since nobody is using this thread, I thought I'd let Desert Fox know that I just finished reading Tristram Shandy. I loved it! I thought it was really funny, enjoyed the style very much, and found it easy going all the way. I think seeing the movie first might have helped let me know what I was in for.

I guess you just have to let Tristram do whatever he wants, and let go of any expectation of a coherent story, with a progression and resolution, and you'll be rewarded with a delightful experience. I also liked the way he had some interesting speculations and philosophy hiding in the comedy here and there. As an early example of an experimental novel, it's very trippy.

As they say, obviously, your mileage may vary. It generally wins in English Lit student polls as Most Hated Novel. Whatever. As a Friday song I should put in "Lillabullera" in honor of Tristram's Uncle Toby, but I don't know the words.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Down with the soulless minions of orthodoxy!

Thanks for the info; sounds like I should give it another try! Now if I can just discover which of the zillion stacks of books it's in....

Cheers!

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"Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit." -- Edward Abbey, Vox Clamantis in Deserto

That's how I talk almost all the time... I try to control it, but that's just the way my mind "works".
Fortunatly, I don't usually type that way... usually.

Lazy fingers...

Congratulations!

Many congratulations and best wishes!
It's Amino world without Chemists

Congrats! May you both be very happy.

Nice planning on that. How could she say anything else, after the emotional rush of a Cirque du Soleil performance?

For spelling obedience with an "a."

My cubicle neighbor is trying to tell me that they could get arrested "quicker 'n a bunny" for blocking up traffic. He may have a point about the car in the passing lane, since it's clearly not passing anyone, but I think the rest of them are in the clear.