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Up, Up and Away...in a silver balloon
Nice Aerosmith call. That album is amazing. I don't remember, but isn't their debut/self-titled album good? I know it had Dream on, but can't remember the rest. Anyway...yeah, I can never figure out how the authorities choose to charge. If you go mountain climbing and need a rescue, it seems to be 50/50. To me, this situation certainly warrants the parents being charged financially. No adult supervision. Building something that is dangerous for kids in the first place, etc etc.— October 15, 2009 7:20 p.m.
Music Notes (Carly Simon, Paul Anka, Michael Jackson)
Well...it has been years since court reporting, so I can't answer that. What I'm talking about though, is the mind-set I, and many other court reporting students, is that sometimes you type in court reporting mode...other times, the opposite. Often times, you'd go into the typing room to type your court reporting notes...and you'd still be in that short-hand mode. We'd all laugh about it, because it would take a few minutes to get into the normal typing swing of things. Now, for some reason that is unclear to me...that stuff still pops into my head as I'm typing fast. I'll sometimes (as you've seen), type the way a word sounds. So "wrote" might be "road". I've found often times, it's the word that was last used, or typed, by me. It's like my fingers remember that pattern of letters.— October 15, 2009 4:17 p.m.
Music Notes (Carly Simon, Paul Anka, Michael Jackson)
Anti just has a problem admitting when she's wrong (see her definition of the word "dowry") Just because you don't have a problem typing that way, doesn't mean others don't. I saw some people in court reporting school that could never type over 100 words per minute. Others that couldn't read their own short-hand notes. All people are different. We can't all be geniuses like you.— October 15, 2009 3:47 p.m.
Music Notes (Carly Simon, Paul Anka, Michael Jackson)
Hey Russ...I've mentioned this before, but always worth another mention. I type 120 words per minute. I had taken these court reporting classes, which teach you to type 225 words per minute. But you also do a form of shorthand, where you are typing words the way they sound. So, "cat" is spelled "kat". and "cesar salad" would be "szr sld". And for some reason, when I'm typing fast now, I type the way the word is sounding in my mind as I'm thinking of the point I'm trying to make. The worst part of that is...if I don't re-read my post, I sound like a complete idiot. Even more so then the people that already think I am for my take on Paul Anka. Now, regarding to arguments about which singers are better than others...here's a classic one I witnessed in my family a few months back. A relative was making fun of my mom for liking Neil Diamond. He went on and on about how horrible Diamond was and cheesy, etc. Well, after an hour of listening to this, my mom brought up the fact that he likes (among other bands) Abba and Barry Manilow. I don't think I've ever laughed as hard at a comeback my mom has had in any argument. And that proves exactly the point you state above.— October 15, 2009 11:39 a.m.
Music Notes (Carly Simon, Paul Anka, Michael Jackson)
I love how Paul Anka fans mention his hits, as examples of his "talent". Last I checked, Britney Spears had a lot of "hits". One being a song called something like "Baby Me One More Time". And to mention a Buddy Holly song that NOBODY KNOWS, is hardly indicitive of his talent. And again...songs like Puppy Love and Put Your Head on My SHoulders may have been hits, but I don't like them. If you want to talk about a songwriter that had talent, look at Carole King. Not only is her album Tapestry amazing, but she road all those early 60s hits (Locomotion, etc). Interesting story, amyliz. She recently (maybe two years ago), auctioned off a thing where she told the winner WHO the song was about. I would've asked that guy if he had an ascott that was apricot.— October 15, 2009 10:06 a.m.
No Pictures, Dude
Am I the only one that was disappointed with Get Shorty? I love Elmore Leonard novels. And Jackie Brown was such a great film adaptation of his Rum Punch. But, Get Shorty had it's moments, but I felt it tried to hard to be hip. And it just wasn't as good as so many similar films (Out of Sight, etc)— October 15, 2009 10 a.m.
Music Notes (Carly Simon, Paul Anka, Michael Jackson)
Because I'm lame, I got on Facebook. Only to read about the variety of sandwiches people are having for lunch, what animals they got on some farm, and how they took a quiz and what it tells about them. But, one person commented on this blog, that I needed to do my homework on Anka, as he has a great career as a songwriter. Yeah, I know he wrote "She's a Lady", and a few big tunes Sinatra recorded (My way, I believe, is one). But that doesn't mean he's had a hit in a while. And even he, himself, said "When Michael Jackson died, I was thinking of a way I could release these two songs." So, he was looking for a way to cash in. Regarding "You're So Vain," people speculated it was either Mick Jagger or Warren Beatty. I never heard James Taylor. And his personality doesn't fit the one of the character in the song.— October 15, 2009 2:14 a.m.
Friends Are Like Jewels
Thanks, Jan. It was great hanging out with you at the party, too. I was embarassed that I was scarfing down all those Hershey's Kisses, though. I'm a big when it comes to sweets. Anyway...I was honored to be a part of this celebration. Robert is such a nice guy.— October 15, 2009 1:24 a.m.
Music Notes (Carly Simon, Paul Anka, Michael Jackson)
And you know what? In my teen years, I always claimed bands sold out that did this. But sometimes, hearing a song in a commercial does expose people to it. I love the Cat Stevens song, after hearing it in that iphone commercial now (where the celebs hand the phone to each other). I know when some songs are used in commercials and I hadn't heard them before (this happened with Coke, using a Paul Oakenfold)...I really dug the songs. If I worked in radio though, any song on our playlist that was used in a current commercial, would get yanked. I don't need someone going thru the stations and thinking it's a commercial, and moving on to a different station.— October 14, 2009 6:39 p.m.
A Day of Overrated Things
Both are football geniuses. I just think they're also both jerks. Same with Bobby Knight. The guy knows basketball better than anyone on the planet, 'cept for maybe John Wooden. But, that doesn't mean you can be a jerk. Both the Bills are jerks in interviews. And...they pull crap like this. Bellichek didn't like the NFL policy about how coaches had to dress up on the sidelines. And that policy stated that you could wear certain things with the team logo. So he took a shirt with the logo, and ripped off the sleeves. Also, that stunt he pulled with not liking the fact that he had to turn in an injury report on his players, so he'd always right that Tom Brady (and I believe, the entire team, were "questionable.")— October 13, 2009 7:55 p.m.