Month: May 2008

Is it Friday again already?

You know how this works. Thankfully I don’t have to again until Monday:

  1. “Surgery” by Christine Fellows
    These clumsy fingers, these road-mapped thumbs
  2. “Misguided Angel” by Cowboy Junkies
    There comes a time when you have to break away
  3. “Congratulations” by the Traveling Wilburys, guessed by Kim
    I guess that I must have loved you more than I ever knew
  4. “Good Evening, Mr. Waldheim” by Lou Reed
    Oh Jesse, you must watch the sounds you make
  5. “Where Do We Go from Here?” from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, guessed by Betty
    The battle’s done and we kind of won
  6. “World of Two” by Cake
    There’s only room for you
  7. “Because We’re Dead” by Slow Club
    I might not have the power of telepathy
  8. “Wings of a Dove” by Madness
    Blue train taking me from you
  9. “It’s All About the Pentiums” by Weird Al Yankovic, guessed by Rob
    You’re just about as useless as jpegs to Hellen Keller
  10. “Asking Too Much” by Ani DiFranco
    I’m tired of being the interesting one

Last week’s answers are here (or you could just scroll down a couple of posts). As always, good luck.

Never could get the hang of Thursdays…

On the one hand, it feels a little like Monday, but it’s actually Thursday. Which should make for a nice short work week.

On the other hand, it feels more like I’ve been working for the past eleven days straight, since last Monday. Because, oh yeah, I have been.

Seriously, I’m not complaining. The conference was just a three-hour train ride away from home, the hours were entirely reasonable (10-5 most days), and it was an interesting experience. This was the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting, so the convention center was full of drug companies, whose massive booths and presentations put our own small bookstore to shame.

I just really want a day off.

Mr. Coppersmith Goes to Washington

So I’m headed to Washington, D.C., for the next few days, for this work thing, which is why I’m posting this, the Random Friday Guess 10, a little early. I’m going to be taking my laptop with me, but I have no guarantee of an internet connection or the opportunity to use it while I’m there — so it’s not impossible that you won’t hear from me until next Wednesday, when I return. (Or maybe Thursday. My train gets in kind of late.)

Anyway, have fun while I’m gone. The answers to last week’s lyrics are posted here. And, as always, good luck!

  1. “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel, guessed by Eric B.
    This amusement never ends
  2. “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” by Led Zeppelin, guessed by Eric B.
    Devil he told me to roll
  3. “Crossroads” by Don McLean, guessed by Occupant
    You know I’ve heard about people like me
  4. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Eva Cassidy, guessed by Eric B.
    Someday I’ll wish upon a star
  5. “Hollow of Your Hand” by Jeff Black, guessed by Occupant
    I cut a little closer to the ground
  6. “Squeeze Box” by the Who, guessed by Eric B.
    She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
  7. “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO, guessed by Eric B.
    Now his hand is on your shoulder
  8. “Dark Stranger” by Kristy Krüger
    I feel like we have met before
  9. “Please Call Me Baby” by Tom Waits, guessed by Eric B.
    We do crazy things when we’re wounded
  10. “Whole Heap of Little Horses” by the Chieftains
    Black and bay, sorrel and gray