Be careful what you sing for…

William Shatner just released a new album titled Has Been on October 05, 2004. He sings several cover songs on his new album, one of which is Pulp’s Common People. I must admit I really find the song very clever and humorous - but it doesn’t beat the original. I just hope Bill realizes he almost reflects the very wishful and demanding lyrics that he “sings” in his version of Common People. Well folks, I am here to say that we must put a stop to his self fulfilling sing-rock-phecy! I am in the process of ordering his album now and I hope you do too. I refuse to allow Bill to claim membership to us common people. The only way to prevent this is to propel him financially so that he continues to live a life afloat in stardom. Nanu Nanu.

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It’s actually quite funny. I read a lot of discussion board forums on the WWW. I am always amused by the lively debates that ensue over such topics as religion, gun control, abortion, computer platforms, Carrot Top, etc… Unfortunately these debates are often very heated and users become very inflamed and start to sound like children in 6th grade attempting to show how clever they can be with what they perceive as witty insults and limericks. A majority of the time they end up sounding like uneducated, uninformed, babbling fools. Even worse is when you’ve been having a heated debate over ( insert controversial issue HERE) to soon discover the “forum poster” at the other end is in fact just twelve years old. Good-day.

Yesterday, I helped the technician that works on CDX-U, Jim, investigate a problem with the power supplies that run CDX-U’s toroidal and vertical field coils. When we enable the power supplies, big switches in the basement close, connecting our field coils to the power supplies. Sometimes, the toroidal field (TF) switch starts feeling unhappy and it trips a breaker. So we have to go down stairs, hit the breaker, and watch the switch start working again.

So anyway, as we go down into the basement, which is cleaned out and well lit now that NCSX is going to be sharing the facilities with us, we pass a dead mouse in the middle of the floor. Jim tells me the mouse has been there for a good two weeks. It’s still there today, so I took some pictures of it.

It reminds me of the dead bird we found last year up on a girder in the ceiling the room where the Robicon power supplies are. That bird had been there for quite some time. He’s still there. He’s our watch bird.

My brother 
and I
bought shirts
that match,
the difference is
that his head is bare
and mine has a hat.

I’ve been trying to write some music around which to frame Mike’s poem from a little further down.

These lines in particular really got to me:

“a structure
structure-less
sought where it isn’t
mown “

“Against the grass uncut as mist falls bending light over wrappers and cans round beneath the rusted bridge where a man hangs by a cable”

” maps litter the backseat taken from the center where the man speaks a history that turns in and over itself wrapping me by”

I think there’s a song in there. A really pretty/creepy song.

Also, I need to get this whole new site thing figured out so I can post the newest recordings we’ve been working on. We’ve settled on the name Dash Eight (a nod to Piedmont/Chesapeake air and the Wico./O.C. Regional airport at which Mike and I always seem to end up…) That’s right- we have a name for real this time! Website can’t be too far behind, can it? Stay tuned. For a while.

I really hope Kerry brings up the whole pretzel issue at tonight’s debate. I think the Kerry campaign has forgotten about this wonderful incident. Even better, Kerry should bring the President a bag of pretzels to share at tonights debate.

I have been trying to fall asleep tonight but something keeps me awake. We hear a lot about the Iraq war but what about the multi-million dollar space defence system that protects us from nukes (CODE NAME = STAR WARS). Ronald Regan and his power rangers are the ones to thank for this system. This system, though classified - uses lasers, missles, hot steam, and compressed air to keep America safe. After all this system ended the cold war! I only wonder if GW has been keeping this system up and running or is he treating it like the Hubble?

The death of Superman is upon us on October 12, 2004. I write this as I am in my 37th hour of mourning. Many have asked how Superman died. While I don’t know the details - I do know the person responsible. George W. Bush. Yes, GWB played a role in the death of Superman. You see, Superman requires stem cells in order to maintain his existence on earth. I have seen Superman testify this fact to the United States Congress so I know this to be true. Unfortunately, President Bush failed to allow researchers to start new lines of stem cell research. Instead Superman and the scientific community have been forced to use only existing stem cells. This presents a horrific problem in that there are limited amount of existing stem cells and therefore limiting scientific exploration and Superman consumption is able to occur. Now Superman is dead.

What next? That is a good question. Personally I am thinking about moving to a more Super-Hero friendly country such as Canada. Stay tuned…

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, pg. 4, by Michael Chabon.