Month: June 2011

Random 10 6-17-11

Last week. This week:

  1. “Listening Man” by the Bees
    Let love be the reason between me and you
  2. “Ships With Holes Will Sink” by We Were Promised Jetpacks
    I think I’ve lost my math
  3. “War” by Edwin Starr, guessed by Occupant
    Friend only to the undertaker
  4. “The Boys of Summer” by Don Henley, guessed by Occupant
    Remember how I made you scream?
  5. “Sorrow” by Pink Floyd, guessed by Kim
    A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers
  6. “Lay Lady Lay” by Magnet (orig. Bob Dylan), guessed by Occupant
    I’ll show them to you and you’ll see them shine
  7. “Party” by El Perro Del Mar
    I just want to be a part of you
  8. “Hearing Aid” by They Might Be Giants, guessed by Betty
    Don’t say the electric chair’s not good enough
  9. “Oh My Love” by John Lennon, guessed by Occupant
    Everything is clear in our world
  10. “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” by Paul Simon, guessed by Occupant
    I’m gonna stick him in the house of detention

It’s like this thing. Good luck!

I need unique New York

Not much to say about today. A hot Thursday. I bought some groceries. I read a little. That kind of day.

I’m afraid I couldn’t help but glance at my work e-mail, however. Our office is apparently having a contest for New York-themed photographs, to hang on the walls. I’m thinking maybe about submitting this one. Or this one. Or maybe even this one. What do you think? Do I have a shot at that gift card prize?

Dreamt of in your philosophy

A lot more of the same at work, trying to get a few things off my plate (or as close as possible) before leaving for a four-day weekend.

I took a short break for one of our semi-regular “brown bag lunches” at work, where they give us pizza or sandwiches and invite somebody in to speak. Today’s speaker was Simon Critchley, chair of the department of philosophy of New School and moderator of the New York Times philosophy blog The Stone. It was reasonably interesting, although maybe more about publishing (and his history as author with our company), and less about philosophy proper, than I had expected. Still, not at all uninteresting, and free pizza.

Meanwhile, I’m taking the four-day weekend in no small part because my parents are away, traveling to Ireland for vacation on a group tour. I didn’t get a chance to see them off this afternoon, but I spoke with them, and expect I probably will again tomorrow after they’ve landed and settled in. The dog stared wistfully towards the door all evening, and maybe whimpered and sighed a little more than usual, but I think he’ll manage.

And that was pretty much my…what was this, Wednesday? Yeah, that was pretty much it.