Back from the Dead

I swear to you that I have fully intended to write on this blog just about everyday for the past six weeks.  I've also intended to pay off my student loans, train for a half-marathon, reduce my carbon footprint, learn how to polka, and adopt a three-legged goat.  You know what they say about good intentions.

I don't think I'm unique, and while I wouldn't say that I've got a lack of a motivation, I would have to admit that my motivation is lacking.  And so, for the past six weeks, the post that remained at the top of this page concluded with an especially crude joke that no one got except my mom.

I'm so proud of her.

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I think sometimes we just need a little prod.  Some of us need a big prod.  This morning, my cousin Dan tapped me on the shoulder from Kentucky to make a post called iPod tag.  It's a simple concept, you put your iPod or mp3 player on shuffle, and you MUST post, for the world to see, the first 15 songs it plays.  It's a neat idea.

Here we go...

La-Di-Da by Farryl Purkiss

The Fjords of Oslo by Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

Champagne Supernova by Oasis

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane

Lady Madonna by Paul McCartney

This Side by Nickel Creek

Cannonball by Damien Rice

Best of What's Around by The Dave Matthews Band

Satisfaction by Otis Redding *

Come Downstairs and Say Hello by Guster

All the way Up to Heaven by Guster

Menuett I-II by Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer

When the Saints Go Marching In by Louis Armstrong

Dream On by Kelly Sweet **

The Luckiest by Ben Folds

* He covered the Rolling Stones; I like the original better.

** She covered Aerosmith; I like her version better.

In other news, it's good to be back.*  See you soon.

* And that makes it sentimental crap.