I…, so many things…, to say…, can’t write them all…

I’m sorry, but there are too many GREAT captions to go along with this photo.
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Both of these stories made me laugh. Thank god the Brits can do some decent journalism.

100 things we didn’t know this time last year.

Airbus pilot maroons drunken passenger.

caption this photo…

I have an addiction.

So, I have an addiction. I guess I need to take the first step.

“Hello, my name is Tony.”
“Hi Tony.”
“I have an addiction. I’m addicted to paper journals.”
“Oohhhhhh…that’s not bad.”

Yes, I’m addicted to journals. I do use them. But not to the extent that I buy them. I have 6 empty journals and 4 half filled journals. And I keep buying them. I love the feel of them. The smell. The empty page and all the possibilities it could hold.

My favorite are the Moleskin journals. They have the best feel, the best weight.

So, if you have an addiction, like mine, post it. At least mine is relatively cheap to quench.

it’s so hard to work…

between Christmas and New Years. My office shuts down between Christmas and New Years, but if you want to work you can. Of course, you don’t get paid if you don’t work, but that’s fine.

It’s really going to be difficult when I switch jobs and have to work the day after Christmas. I guess I should enjoy this while it lasts.

home

it’s good to be.

whitman

Wisdom is its own proof.

(edit: This was posted at 10:17 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Not sure why the server time is 4:10 a.m. Dec. 25)

RIAA

So, the RIAA wants to explain to you why CDs cost what they do.

“Then come marketing and promotion costs — perhaps the most expensive part of the music business today. They include increasingly expensive video clips, public relations, tour support, marketing campaigns, and promotion to get the songs played on the radio. For example, when you hear a song played on the radio — that didn’t just happen!”

Yes, because there is nothing I LOVE more than the same song playing on the radio 20 times a day. So, the RIAA thinks passing along the cost to shove the song down my ears is ok. That’s why CDs are so expensive. Doesn’t make sense to me. Because after I hear the song so many times I don’t want to buy the damn CD.

And most of the bands I like aren’t heavily promoted. That’s where the good music comes from. It’s music that can stand on its own, without the heavy top 40 rotation and constant DJ chatter.

Oh, and heaven forbid DJs are allowed to play what they want. I love listening to music chosen by 40-60 year old white men.

A typical music fan who buys a CD might use that CD at home, take that CD in the car, make a tape of that CD, – or using it as part of a compilation, play that CD with friends and for friends, and keep that CD for many years. That’s probably why most consumers, when asked, describe CDs as a good value.
Make a what? A tape? Are these guy serious? Who makes tapes anymore. I’m taking the CD, ripping it out into 192kpbs ACC files (and i will eventually make a lossless collection when I have the time), putting the CD in storage as backup and putting those files where ever I please. Be it on my iPod. On a mix CD (not tape here McFly) and on MULTIPLE computers.

Get with the times RIAA.

While the RIAA does not collect information on the specific costs that make up the price of a CD

Yes, a great way to run an organization. “Yes, we make those but have NO CLUE what it costs to produce them. So, basically, what we’re charging you is an arbitrarily produced figure pulled directly from our anuses.”

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Well, we arrived last night. Christmas at the homestead.

It should be a good time.

Oh, by the way This is the childhood home town.

Last night proved something…

That kids don’t need all the toys they get for Christmas. I think adults buy all the toys for their kids, and their siblings’ kids, because they are trying to fill some hole that was left when they were kids. The parents didn’t get the toys, or the amount, that they wanted when they were kids. So, they buy their kids’ toys to fill the hole.

Last night both my nephews got 5-7 toys a piece. Not sure of the actual number. But, we got them a pen that also has a small nerf dart gun on it. Guess which toy was played with the most.