Musing

What Will Happen To YOU When I Take Over The World? or Are You Too Stupid to Procreate? Don't take this if you can't handle the truth. 1.) Let's start with something you've already had a few seconds to think about. Do you really think that you are too stupid to procreate? A. No, the world is better for having my living genes in the pool. B. DON'T TAKE AWAY MY NOOKIE!! C. I'm still looking up "procreate." How do you spell that again? 2.) dO u TyPe LiKe DiS aLl Da TyMe?!? lOlZ!! A. Just seeing that makes me want to shoot you. B. I thought "tyme" had an 'i' in it... C. lOlZ!! 3.) When you graduate, which field of work would suit you best? A. Smashing subatomic particles with the new JoshBuilt (TM) Particle Accelerators B. Smashing potatoes to feed to my family C. Smashing beer cans with my forehead 4.) If you could choose a new national anthem, what would it be? A. "Columbia" ~ Oasis B....

Insomniac's Digest or A Voice Spoke From Out of the Cave Assorted tidbits of news from the sharpest mathematician to ever cut the cheese: ~ The ESA has officially warned Marian College for the number of students who are illegally downloading music, video, and gaming files on our network, prompting the Director of Technology to issue an official memorandum the minute he got off the phone asking everyone to remove all downloading software. Apparently, the Tech Department got several phone calls from students who wanted to know how to get the software off of their computers. Um, excuse me, but what kind of dumb shit are you if you put things on your computer which you don't know how to remove? Idiots. Notice, however, that I only said "several phone calls." We still believe that most people didn't remove their apps, which will mean some nice new IP tracking software will be in the budget very soon. ~ While a minor in Sociology was rumored to be in th...

The Excitement is Building or [big grin] Oasis fans, we have an unconfirmed track listing for the new album! Various sources, while not quoting an original source, seem to believe that most of it is authentic. The title of the album, "Don't Believe the Truth", was recently confirmed by one of the Gallagher brothers. Hopefully they keep it, cos I like it. I've heard a live clip of Stop the Clocks, and several of the others have been mentioned by Noel himself in various interviews. The boys recorded 66 songs for this album (!) and wanted to release a double album, but they don't want to give Sony that much goodness (this is their last contracted album with Sony). 1. Love Is Like A Bomb 2. The Meaning Of Soul 3. Stop The Clocks 4. A Bell Will Ring 5. Mucky Fingers 6. Mosquito 7. Guess God Thinks I’m Able 8. Part Of The Queue 9. Lord Don't Slow Me Down 10. I Stand Alone 11. The Importance Of Being Idle 12. I Want To Live In A Dream In My R...

The 2004 Ho's Choice Music Awards Welcome one and all to the most anticipated post of every year on Musing - the HCMAs! Without further ado, let's get it on. Discovery Artist of the Year - Dave Matthews Band In the band's own way, DMB has become my number one fav. There's no denying the unbelievable amount of creativity and skill that it takes to improvise and to jam like this jam band does. They're like the jazz musicians of the rock genre. And indeed, with a saxophonist and a violinist, they are nothing like your typical rock band. For the ability to cover the entire gamut of emotions that any one person can feel and for skill virtually unsurpassed by any others, there is really no other choice more deserving of this award than the Dave Matthews Band. Album of the Year - Get Born by Jet Start to finish, this album is 100% rock 'n' roll music at its best. The fact that they sound like an early version of Oasis or The Strokes helps t...

Happy & Optimistic [Alternate Take] - Updated or Bookmania! Having forced my musical opinions on all of you only a couples weeks ago, I decided that I may as well continue the abuse and mention (as briefly as possible) which books I am looking forward to in this year 2005. ~ Robert Jordan has taken a lot of shit for the slow pace of the last four Wheel of Time books, but for fans like myself who are willing to forgive all of his faults just so we can make it to the Last Battle, the anticipation over 2005's release ( Knife of Dreams ) is building steadily. No official month of release yet, although Tor's website promises "early 2005." Yeah, I'll believe it when I'm holding it in my two hands. ~ Just a few days ago, the official release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was announced - July 16th. Very few details have been released as of yet, other than the teaser that the opening chapter of HPatHBP has been brewing in the author...

From Nic's Big Elf or Ho Ho Ho Says... Merry Christmas! PS: Your gift is in the Annex.

What Do We Tell Them? or "He Thought Up a Lie and He Thought It Up Quick I'm a little torn on the whole Santa (1) thing. Some years from now, I'm going to have to come to a decision - do I lie to my kids for the first 8-10 years of their life or so, or do I ruin the the surprise for him/her and possibly all of my kids' friends? I expect my kids to be pretty rational thinkers, so I don't like the idea of insulting their intelligence with stories of a fat man in red who uses flying reindeer to go around the world and deliver presents. But if I just straight up get the kids gifts for no reason, what does that say about the whole season? I certainly can't abolish the whole idea of presents; I'd have my own children involved in a mutiny at age 8, and as far as I'm concerned, I'd rather that that happens when they're old enough to be legally responsible for the stupid stuff they do. So what's worse? White lies and insults or pre-ado...