Since I've Been Loving You — BBC Sessions

Yardwork. The front garden needs weeding, the backyard needs mowing, not to mention edging, and on top of that, I need to prune all the dead branches in our massive willow tree. Sounds like soooooooooo much fun, yeah?

This weather is pissing me off. We can't turn the AC on until we have the units serviced, so while it's plenty nice at night when the temperature finally drops, during the day, the upstairs feels like a sauna. It's too damn early for this shit.

You'd guess incorrectly. I just found it kind of silly that you got all worked up over a song. I don't like Stairway To Heaven, but if it were some other song of theirs I loved, like Tea For One, that was accused of having been plagiarized from someone else's song, I'd be annoyed, but my level of emotional involvement would stop there. Obviously, you're a lot different, and that's cool. The world would suck if everyone were exactly the same.

You seem a bit high strung. It's just a song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kL1uCbdf9w

Hmm. Do I want to do this? What the hell, I already know I'm an ugly lump, what do I have to lose?

This was my favorite thread back in the day....both on the original incarnation of the site I first registered at in 2004, plus this one when it moved here in 2007. I believe there was a picture that was required to be posted every 100 pages, and if memory serves, it's this one: Brings it all back. I spent many a night in college, surfing through endless pages of this thread (and its previous counterpart) instead of going to sleep when I had class at 8 a.m. the next morning.

Tuna salad and crackers with a bottle of water. Real exciting stuff, folks.

Cloudy. There's a tropical storm off the coast, accounting for the dreary looking conditions at the moment. The temperature's wonderful, however.

WKRP In Cincinatti is probably my all-time favorite TV theme song, followed by Welcome Back, Kotter, and as a pure instrumental, Hill St. Blues.

Green River — CCR

Love, love, love Chicago, and not just because we come from the same hometown. Once Peter Cetera took over full-time lead singing duties, they got a bit schmaltzy, but prior to that, when Terry Kath and Robert Lamm were doing most of the heavy lifting, they were phenomenal. I love a nice, loud horn section in a rock band. If I had to choose just one song from the pre-schmaltz period that I really, really, really love, it would have to be either Beginnings or Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is.

Not much, as it doesn't appear the weather will be cooperating with us today. There's no yard work to be done, and all the interior cleaning was taken care of a couple of days ago (windows, vacuuming, laundry, etc.). So, looks like it'll be a lazy Saturday, which is fine by me.

I'd much rather read a book on paper than read one on the Internet. I can understand and even appreciate the functionality and ease of a Kindle or Nook, but at the end of the day, I like having a tangible piece of paper in my hand that I can turn and hold and put on a shelf. I love browsing bookstores for hours, I love spending an equal amount of time just sitting in a library. I've had a library card since I was old enough to read, which is what....28, 29 years now? In the summer, we get pretty horrific thunderstorms and the power frequently goes out. I turn on a flashlight, grab a book, and busy myself until Duke Energy gets everything sorted.

Jay-Z f/Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8

Happy Birthday! I hope today is as great as last year's was!

That "stuff" during Abide With Me was the London Bombings memorial performance. It was very moving. Too bad people watching in the States didn't get to see it since NBC decided to cut to an interview with Michael Phelps.

I'm watching the Opening Ceremonies as well, though a live feed online. NBC is airing a tape delay at 7:30. Just watched Rowan Atkinson being Rowan Atkinson.

Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys. Released 23 years ago today. What a fantastic, fantastic record.

Sara Bareilles' version of Otis Redding's "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" live at the Fillmore in San Francisco. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLHB-LqvvxY

You're a damn good photographer. Do you do it professionally or as a hobby? I say that because you could make some decent money taking pictures for magazines/newspapers that are published in your area.

Matisyahu live on YouTube --> http://www.youtube.com/presents

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