You’re asking your brother who on earth sang “Shambala” (because you couldn’t spell it right in the first place to find it on iTunes) and next thing you know, you’re downloading 6 tracks from Three Dog Night. (Not that there is anything wrong with that…) The “problem” will be tomorrow morning when I get the iTunes receipt, and before I even have a chance to look at the tracks, I will be asking myself, “WTF did I download last night??!” At least the tracks are only 99 cents a pop and I’m not downloading 3 albums. (Where it gets really dangerous for me is at the holidays when I decide I MUST have the extended version of some holiday-themed symphony recording. That can get pricey.)
Despite the fact that I don’t even live in Maryland, their General Assembly is seriously annoying me. One of the big deals in front of the Assembly this session? Whether or not “Alchi-pops” should be classified as beer, wine or distilled spirits*. Actually, it’s not the need for classification that bothers me, cause it does need to be classified as something, but the fact that one of the sponsors of the classification bill talked about how this was important for the “parents of teenagers.” Guess what, it doesn’t matter WHAT it is classified as - it’s still illegal for teens to buy, possess or consume - a very weak argument in my mind.
Another FYI for the locals, but this is a good one - the Food and Wine Festival at National Harbor will be May 16th-18th. And the Water Taxi from Old Town Alexandria to the National Harbor will be (supposedly) running - so for the VA folks - if you can get to OT, you can get to the Festival and back, AND you get a couple boat rides in the deal!
In the “If I had the money I would be ALL OVER THIS” category: Land inside seven national parks in Virginia is available to the highest bidder. Seriously - if I could buy any of that land, I would be the best landowner in a national park that they could ask for. I might have a tiny cabin or something, but I wouldn’t be chasing hikers off my land the way I want to chase everyone else off the land that I do have. (Including my neighbor who I caught tramping through my front yard this afternoon rather than taking the extra 10 steps to stay on the sidewalk until he hit his driveway. GET OFF MY LAWN!! He’s lucky I didn’t have an unfortunate brake incident that would have resulted in my chasing him across said lawn with my Jeep, because he pulled this crap as I was pulling into my driveway!) Yes, I am turning into the “Get off my lawn!” lady. Even better - I am OK with that. :-D
* Yeah, I know in some places wine = distilled spirits, because in some cases wine is fermented then transferred to new casks, which in some cases is considered “distillation” because of the fact that the vessel has changed. I still consider them distinct categories.
Music of the Moment: The Pointless, Yes Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed, Dar Williams
April 9th, 2008 - 8:21 am
I love Three Dog Night. I thought I’d heard all of their good songs until someone made me a mix CD– a horrible one at that–but its only saving grace was Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain.” That song is so fantastic.