Musing

Something for My Fellow Men or Toys (and now a movie!) for Boys Remember watching and playing with Transformers when you were a kid? 20 years later, they're back. July 4th, 2007 - what a way to celebrate a day that's about big balls. Check out the official movie site and drool over the trailer.

The Traffic Never Stopped or Two Salutes First, the proud salute: I don't wax patriotic. It was dull before 9/11 and now it's just irritating. However, as you faithful readers know, I believe strongly in today's holiday. I hope each of us, in our own everyday battles with the world, can and will stand up for what we believe is the right thing to do. Compromise doesn't win wars. Guts do. Second, the not-so-proud salute (and rant): I don't understand how people can fail to be moved by some things. In all the traffic that went by our seats as Sarah and I watched the fireworks, only one car slowed to watch the sight. The rest had their eyes on the road - most of them frowning or honking their horns. Where do you need to be, people? What does it take to open your eyes? Fireworks that cover many square blocks won't do it - what will? I think these are the same people that don't stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve, or take a timeout to watch the...

The Passing of a Legend or Hail to the Chevy As a few of my closest friends have noticed, I've started looking for an automobile junkyard where I can sell off our good friend Scurf. Scurf has served me, my family, and my friends very faithfully over the past 5 years/20k miles. However, the pain of 15 mpg and various bothersome fluid leaks over the past few weeks have spelled the end of our beloved truck. This Wednesday, July 6th, Scurf will become part of a massive auto parts lot on the Westside of Indianapolis, where his parts will be used to save the lives of other vehicles just like him. On Wednesday, I'll be taking a few pictures of him here at the apartment, which I will probably add to this post. In memory of the rolling thunder machine, I invite anyone who has ever ridden in Scurf to leave some of your favorite experiences in the comment box. A few of my favorites: - Racing through the red light at the 2/20 intersection...at 40 mph. - Being heard before being seen (...

Brief Musical Interlude or There Are a Couple Books on This List, Too. Deal with it. Some new releases I'm looking forward to (maybe you too!): May 14th - Glen Phillips, "Mr. Lemons" and "Unlucky 7" June 6th - Live, "Songs from Black Mountain" July 11th - Muse, "Black Holes and Revelations"; Thom Yorke "The Eraser" July 18th - Terry Goodkind, Phantom August 29th - Terry Brooks, Armageddon's Children October 17th - Susanna Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu