Earworm of the day

My earworms usually turn out to be songs I hate. One hypothesis I read concerning why a song I hate would insist upon looping through my brain like a skipping LP is that while I may not like that particular piece of music, my brain does. Maybe this ties in with why these things are usually bits of songs that were pretty popular. They flipped a vast number of switches and wormed into people's brains, and most of those people didn't mind.

Yet another earworm began looping yesterday, but for a nice of pace, it's a song I actually like. Tapestry, the title cut of Carole King's album. It was, iirc, one of the first albums I ever bought, and the first popular album as well. I played it over and over, to the point that I could sing the whole thing by heart. I still remember some of the songs in their entirety. Sang Tapestry all the way through while standing at the kitchen sink yesterday, just to see if I could, and I could, save for the odd word. And as I did, I really listened to the words for the first time, and my, but that's an unpleasant song. Eerie.

In times of deepest darkness...I've seen him dressed in black---now my tapestry's unraveling...he's come to take me back...he's come to take me back.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I wouldn't go with that man. The singer, however, apparently does.

Earworm of the day

My earworms usually turn out to be songs I hate. One hypothesis I read concerning why a song I hate would insist upon looping through my brain like a skipping LP is that while I may not like that particular piece of music, my brain does. Maybe this ties in with why these things are usually bits of songs that were pretty popular. They flipped a vast number of switches and wormed into people's brains, and most of those people didn't mind.

Yet another earworm began looping yesterday, but for a nice of pace, it's a song I actually like. Tapestry, the title cut of Carole King's album. It was, iirc, one of the first albums I ever bought, and the first popular album as well. I played it over and over, to the point that I could sing the whole thing by heart. I still remember some of the songs in their entirety. Sang Tapestry all the way through while standing at the kitchen sink yesterday, just to see if I could, and I could, save for the odd word. And as I did, I really listened to the words for the first time, and my, but that's an unpleasant song. Eerie.

In times of deepest darkness...I've seen him dressed in black---now my tapestry's unraveling...he's come to take me back...he's come to take me back.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I wouldn't go with that man. The singer, however, apparently does.

Decluttering

Everyone seems to be doing it. I was a lemming in this case--over the past week, I have tossed magazines and catalogs, cleaned the kitchen and bedroom. Found some nice expandable bamboo cutlery trays and a tray with knife notches at Sears.com, and have now organized the cutlery and utensil drawers. Received another box today, which I think contains a recycling tower, a vertical set of bins with doors to keep out curious puppies.

But you know what has me absolutely giddy? My company will be holding a one-day recycling drive in a couple weeks during which they will accept old computers and other electronic items from employees. I have two desktops with monitors, a laptop, at least one printer, a CD player, an old turntable. Lots of stuff, iow. A good chunka junk. This weekend, I will pop the cases and remove the hard drives, put the shells in a pile, and hope for no blizzards on the day in question.

Now I need to find a place that takes household solvent/chemical waste...

Decluttering

Everyone seems to be doing it. I was a lemming in this case--over the past week, I have tossed magazines and catalogs, cleaned the kitchen and bedroom. Found some nice expandable bamboo cutlery trays and a tray with knife notches at Sears.com, and have now organized the cutlery and utensil drawers. Received another box today, which I think contains a recycling tower, a vertical set of bins with doors to keep out curious puppies.

But you know what has me absolutely giddy? My company will be holding a one-day recycling drive in a couple weeks during which they will accept old computers and other electronic items from employees. I have two desktops with monitors, a laptop, at least one printer, a CD player, an old turntable. Lots of stuff, iow. A good chunka junk. This weekend, I will pop the cases and remove the hard drives, put the shells in a pile, and hope for no blizzards on the day in question.

Now I need to find a place that takes household solvent/chemical waste...

So much for that streak

Hawks getting pounded by the 'wings, 0-4.

Hoping for a better result on Thursday.

So much for that streak

Hawks getting pounded by the 'wings, 0-4.

Hoping for a better result on Thursday.