Is it Friday again already?

By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to California. Unless, of course, something goes wrong with the timestamping and I don’t have internet access while I’m away. In which case, you’ll be reading this next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Anyway, for a refresher, here are last week’s answers. And here are this week’s lyrics:

  1. “Button Up Your Overcoat” by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, guessed by Occupant
    You’ll get a pain and ruin your bank vault
  2. “All I Really Want to Do” by Bob Dylan, guessed by Occupant
    I ain’t lookin’ to compete with you
  3. “I Grieve” by Peter Gabriel
    It was only one hour ago
  4. “Shanty for Arethusa” by the Decemberists
    Tell your daughters do not walk the streets alone tonight
  5. “Baby What You Want Me to Do” by Van Morrison
    You got me up, down, down, up, anyway you want and I’ll roll
  6. “Kick Him When He’s Down” by the Offspring
    Little men try but don’t get a lot done
  7. “Everest” by Ani DiFranco
    And still the world is smoother than a shiny ball-bearing
  8. “Hold Me Down” by Gin Blossoms
    Then I think the music is too loud
  9. “Me and Little Andy” by Dolly Parton
    My daddy’s drunk again in town
  10. “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” by Roy Acuff (also Willie Nelson), guessed by Occupant
    Love is like a dying ember
  11. “Float on” by Modest Mouse
    A fake Jamaican took every last dime with a scam

If I’m unable to post while I’m gone, see you all when I get back from LA. Have a good weekend, and good luck!

Counting Veeps

You know, at this point, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if John McCain went with Dick Cheney as his running mate. Update: Okay, I didn’t see this coming — I don’t know that anybody did — but in retrospect, it seems like the obvious — if most pathetically calculated, cynical and desperate — move that McCain could make at this juncture.