Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Off and working...

I start at the CCCU tomorrow. Yay!
The M.A.Y.A. Years is going dark for a little bit, as I transition to a new schedule (that's on par with the majority of humanity! Yay!) and get going.
Word.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Help me Lord, I'm just trying for the sun...

My parents owned tons and tons of old records and before they got burned for being an abomination to the Lord (sadly, that's not a joke), I got my hands on Fleetwood Mac. It would be until much later in my life that I truly would come to appreciate their greatness. In particular, Lindsey Buckingham is one of the best guitarists/singers. His last album Under the Skin, which came out I think two years ago, is one of the best accoustic albums that I have ever heard. I still listen to it religiously. One of the bests, "To Try for the Sun," has been my clarion call in this march toward Washington. Here is Buckingham playing it.



And for good sure, I'm adding "Trouble." This song used to play all the time in the Clause newsroom on WOLF FM and could never figure out who it was until I got to Texas and finally figured it out and got the album from Amazon. It's a nice song that brings up fond memories. (Notice the exceptionally tall man playing drums in the front of line. That, of course, is Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame.)



Ah, remember when music videos were so bad, they were so good?

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Hopped on the lily pad...

Sorry for the delay. I have a few things I'll blog about really soon. Honoring my sister's wishes, I'll wait until tomorrow for my Top Chef commentary, but I accepted an offer for a new job and start next week. Finally!

Friday, June 06, 2008

Well, at least Senate Republicans tout literacy...

The Senate has been debating the Climate Change Bill, a robust legislation that would have instituted a cap and trade system, pushed for innovation and gotten governmental legs on the necessary and needed changes to our consumption and our energy policy.

Of course, the the bill didn't pass. Too many Republicans thought it was a tax increase and would raise gas prices and some Democrats believed that as well. But here's the funny part: As part of the stalling technique, GOP leaders made the clerk read the entire bill. All 500 pages of it that last about 9 hours. You can read about it here.

First, leaders should apologize to the clerks for making them read that thing. More so, it makes me scratch my head because I'm always wondering where people get the idea that government doesn't do anything. Hmmmm.

Not to diss the previous generation, but it's time for Boomers to step aside and leave their conflict-ridden narrative at home. We need SOLUTIONS, not CONFLICT.

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Fired up!!!!

And ready to go!!!!


Obama won the nomination, it's time to have a real discussion about the change we so, so, so, so need.

Monday, June 02, 2008

Truly Yours and my house...

To read about one of my stupidest mistakes, go check out my latest FourStory article here.