Happy Friday the 13th everyone! And you all know what that means: National Happy Campers' Day! Allow Mr. Alice Cooper to provide a delightful holiday anthem for this festive day.
Music
“These Are Nowhere Near the Best Years of Your Life”
I’m a big fan of Country music: I love it. To me it’s one of the most reliably pleasant and uplifting art forms on the market today. And one of my favorite artists is Mr. Brad Paisley. As a matter of fact, it was Mr. Paisley’s music that first made me a Country fan. Before … Continue reading “These Are Nowhere Near the Best Years of Your Life”
Pluto Day!
I've got a lot of things I want to write about, but that can wait. For right now, let's celebrate New Horizons finally reaching the late ninth planet with my favorite song about Pluto (granted, there aren't many).
Dueling Nights, Or the Internet Amateur Outdoes the Celebrity
As you know, I’m a big Minecraft fan. Now, something most non-Minecraft people don’t know is that the Minecraft community (for lack of a better word) loves to come up with songs about the game. Usually these are parodies of popular songs, but occasionally we get original ones. I’m serious; there are a lot of … Continue reading Dueling Nights, Or the Internet Amateur Outdoes the Celebrity
Heavy Metal Goes to War
My tastes in music, as I’ve mentioned before, are very eclectic. I love Country, but I also enjoy some rock and heavy metal (I’m particularly a fan of Mr. Alice Cooper, but that’s a story for another day). Sabaton is a Swedish heavy metal group that I particularly enjoy. Their shtick is songs about war … Continue reading Heavy Metal Goes to War
The Last Plane Out
So, I stumbled on this song earlier this week by a music group from the 1990s called 'Toy Matinee,' whom I've never heard of, but that's not a surprise, since I'm no expert on 1990s rock groups. Anyway, I really liked it; I thought it was a catchy tune, with actually really good lyrics and … Continue reading The Last Plane Out
Meditating on the Good
I don't know about you, but I find I have an unfortunate tendency to focus too much on evil. I read crime stories, books by criminologists and cops, blogs about self-defense and that's not even counting the fictional evil that I find so unnervingly fascinating. I know I'm not alone in this either; how often … Continue reading Meditating on the Good
Serpent's Den 