I've Got A Fever, And The Only Prescription Is More Cowbell
ITEM: The humble propreitor of this blog would like to let it be known that he is officially a Petty Officer Third Class in the United States Navy.
[set voice=Kenny Mayne]
I am the most popular information systems tech in all the land! Bring me the finest meats and cheeses for a tremendous radio shack feast!
[/voice]
ITEM: Rob-type, I already got a computer, thanks anyway. I just need more time to be on it, when it's not being messily devoured by such restaurant-quality gaming fare as F.E.A.R., Rome: Total War, and World of Warcraft.
ITEM: Funny I mention F.E.A.R., because the talented staff at Rooster Teeth Productions have added the Red vs. Blue touch to that game, creating P.A.N.I.C.S. (People Acting Normal In Crazy-Ass Situations). Jay says check it out, especially if you don't know what a Dinner Fuck is.
ITEM: And can anyone tell me where I can find the soundtrack to Rome: Total War? There was a CD being offered, but apparently it's out of print, and the label that put it out is not returning any emails.
ITEM: I'm not going to speak much on the passing of Eddy Guerrero, as more talented voices have done so already, and that news is pretty much stale. I will say that it's my frontrunner for Most Disappointing Wrestling News Item of 2K5.
(See what I miss by being underway?)
ITEM: Caught some of the WWE Holiday in Afghanistan show the other night. Big ups for Joey Styles getting mic work again, but what little I caught (I was trying to sleep at the time) left one question: Who exactly in the front office did Shelton Benjamin piss off and how bad was it to warrant the Extended Losing Streak gimmick?
ITEM: I see here Chris is going back to teach at Keesler. Way to go, Chris. I'm hoping that I won't have to teach at Great Mistakes--err, Lakes, but the way things are progressing, that shouldn't be too difficult to avoid.
And that's all I got for now.
Friday, December 23, 2005
Song of the Indeterminate Time Period, 24 December 2K5
I've been normally using this space to pimp what I feel needs pimping and more often than not, just to bitch. But I first heard this song during my first Christmas in Austin, and it rings with both truth and beauty. Track down the mp3 of this, you will not be disappointed.
Mary grows a child without the help of a man
Joseph gets upset because he doesn't understand
An angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
Says, "God did this, and you're a part of His scheme"
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
Says, "Forgive me, I thought you'd been with some other man"
She says, "What if I had been? But I wasn't anyway
And guess what? I felt the baby kick today"
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
The child was born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects to the fragile little king
Get pretty close to wrecking everything
For the governing body of the Holy Land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
When he hears that there's a baby, born of the king of Jews
Sends death squads to kill all male children under two
But that same bright angel warns the parents in a dream
And they head out for the border... and get away clean
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
And there are others who know about this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth
For it isn't to the palace that the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums
And the message is clear, if you have ears to hear
That forgiveness is given for your guilt and your fear
It's a Christmas gift that you don't have to buy
There's a future shining in a baby's eyes
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
-- Bruce Cockburn with Lou Reed, Roseanne Cash, Rob Wasserman
"Cry of a Tiny Babe"
Best of the Columbia Records Radio Hour, vol. 1 (1995)
I've been normally using this space to pimp what I feel needs pimping and more often than not, just to bitch. But I first heard this song during my first Christmas in Austin, and it rings with both truth and beauty. Track down the mp3 of this, you will not be disappointed.
Mary grows a child without the help of a man
Joseph gets upset because he doesn't understand
An angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
Says, "God did this, and you're a part of His scheme"
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
Says, "Forgive me, I thought you'd been with some other man"
She says, "What if I had been? But I wasn't anyway
And guess what? I felt the baby kick today"
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
The child was born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects to the fragile little king
Get pretty close to wrecking everything
For the governing body of the Holy Land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
When he hears that there's a baby, born of the king of Jews
Sends death squads to kill all male children under two
But that same bright angel warns the parents in a dream
And they head out for the border... and get away clean
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
And there are others who know about this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth
For it isn't to the palace that the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums
And the message is clear, if you have ears to hear
That forgiveness is given for your guilt and your fear
It's a Christmas gift that you don't have to buy
There's a future shining in a baby's eyes
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
-- Bruce Cockburn with Lou Reed, Roseanne Cash, Rob Wasserman
"Cry of a Tiny Babe"
Best of the Columbia Records Radio Hour, vol. 1 (1995)
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