Having said that, I came across this latest print by Obey Giant, the artist that purports to be a propaganda machine, urging people to go out and vote. The image is sold as a limited edition, high quality print, for $50.
The image, to me, is a perfect blend of retro-activism design and modern sensibility. If anyone feels like buying me one, well...
Anyway. Make sure you're registered, and make sure you vote.
What have you changed your mind about?
Submitted by chitoes.
It's not that there is really any one thing I can say I have done a complete flip flop on; rather, as I get older, and more concerned with real life (i.e. taxes, bills, mortgages, marriage, kids) I have begun to realize that my dad was not wrong.
When I was a teenager, I was more than a little sure that I had my dad outclassed. Sure, he is a good businessman and a good father and a pretty good guy, but I was reading deep, thought provoking literature and could speak with (what I thought was) good authority on philosophy and religion and politics. Turns out though, the older I get, the more experience I get to contrast with all that book learnin', my dad was not wrong.
There are things he said, advice he gave me about people and the way the world works that I think about a lot these days; things that were not in the books I valued so highly, things that were not at first obvious nor intuitive. And now, whenever I encounter new situations, when I have to deal with people, when I struggle through being an independent, rational, and tuned-in adult, I keep thinking about what my dad would say. Sometimes I even remember to ask him what he thinks about things, and now, I try to actually listen instead of correcting him.
Because if I had done that back in the day, some parts of my life might, possibly, have been just a little bit less of a struggle.
Great post on Uke Hunt today; they have re-written some of the chording for the Ukulele version of Dream a Little Dream of Me. Well worth checking out.
Our local import store has just undergone a remodeling and has brought in a whole slew of new candies and chocolates to help in their re-opening, and just in time for Valentine's Day.
Yamaya (the import store) is stocking three varieties of liquor filled chocolates made by Turin of Mexico: Jack Daniel's Whiskey, Kahlua Coffee Liquor, and Bailey's Irish Cream. We picked up a small bag of the Jack Daniel's as well as a small bag of Kahlua although we have not opened the later yet.
As I said, the candies are manufactured by Turin Chocolates of Mexico, although the website seems to be down at the moment. (www.turin.com.mx according to the bag.) The chocolate is good but not exceptional, and semisweet. The liquor is allowed to fully saturate the candies, making a sweet burn in one's throat, almost as if you did a (very small) shot immediately after eating a chocolate.
I found them to be good, but an unusual combination. And although stronger than other liquor filled chocolates I have had in the past, they had no aftertaste of liquor. For anyone (like me) who seems to have trouble stopping after only a single piece, I had no difficulties in saying one is enough due to the strong liquor content.
We're looking forward to trying the Kahlua filled chocolates this weekend.
Here's a video from YouTube of a very talented guy performing the Eagles' Desperado on a ukulele.
Show us a brand to which you're loyal.
Nintendo just seems to be a company done right. Their products are always worth the money, and they treat their customers like people and do their best to make things a good user experience. I am a happy owner of both a Wii and a DS and they, like the GameCube and GameBoy before them, are excellent products.
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And I've been hearing you saying some things that you don't mean.
Everyone needs a sunday some days, everyone needs to take some time away.
So come on home from the front lines, baby,
You know you've done more than your time there was supposed to have been.
A little time out could turn your head 'round,
A little time out could lift us our of the mess we're in.
And down by the beach there's a small cafe,
Where we'll hang on for Joan and drink Bonet all day.
So come on over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there.
You know that waking up to the daily blues from
Waking up to the daily news ain't nothing strange.
Everyone gets to feeling weak,
But if everyone gets to take a week and change their pace...
You travel west 'til you hit Girona, I'll travel east out of Barcelona,
And I'll meet you halfway.
One day and night on La Costa Brava, we'll forget the fright,
And remember why we want to be brave,
(and that there's something to save)
Like down by the beach there's a veg cafe,
Where we'll meet Lolo and Pablo and drink Moritz all day.
So come on over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there.
We'll meet Berta, and Daniel, and Remy, Celine, and Mike, Adriana, Padi, and Aziz,
And Maurix, Maria, and Laura, Tule,
And Sherry and Pau, Jodie, and Paul,
I hope Neil is OK...
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Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Do you remember Hullabaloo,
Upbeat, Shinding and Ed Sullivan too?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?
Do you remember Murray the K,
Alan Freed, and high energy?
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century
Do you remember lying in bed
With your covers pulled up over your head?
Radio playin' so no one can see
We need change, we need it fast
Before rock's just part of the past
'Cause lately it all sounds the same to me
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh
Will you remember Jerry Lee,
John Lennon, T. Rex and OI Moulty?
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century
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