Summer’s shuffled songs

Today’s the summer solstice, apparently, and the weather couldn’t have been nicer. It’s also Friday. So here, then, are some random lyrics. See if you can guess them:

  1. “Old Fashioned Lover Boy” by Queen, guessed by Kim
    I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things
  2. “Lady Writer” by Dire Straits, guessed by Clayton
    Plus your mother was a jazz singer
  3. “Lemon Tree” by Peter, Paul and Mary, guessed by Occupant
    The music of her laughter hid my father’s words from me
  4. “Faster Faster” by Bree Sharp
    I’m the star in this disaster movie
  5. “The Christians and the Pagans” by Dar Williams
    I think magic’s in the learning
  6. “Sick of You” by Lou Reed
    Now he’s on Morton Downey and he’s glowing and shining
  7. “My Baby’s Got the Strangest Ways” by Southern Culture on the Skids
    Serve it up with a side of me
  8. “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, guessed by Betty
    Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale
  9. “I Can Get Us Out of Here” by Lucero
    Jenny lights her cigarette
  10. “Wild Mountain Honey” by the Steve Miller Band, guessed by Kim
    Grow the tree of wholeness in this desert land

Here’s how it played out last week, if you’re interested. As always, good luck!

Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo…

I do believe it. I do believe it’s true.

Today was my company’s summer outing. (I’d say “annual” summer outing, but I don’t think we’ve had one before this, in the three and a half years that I’ve worked there.) We went to the Bronx Zoo and had a thoroughly good time. I haven’t been there — or, I think, to any zoo — in decades. It definitely beat a day sitting at my desk — especially since sitting at my desk tends to hurt a lot lately. I had a lot of fun.