Man-crush?

So I've been listening to Sting's "Brand New Day" a bit on the way to work (esp. track 8: "Fill 'Er Up"), and I just want to restate, via blog now and by affidavit later, that you just don't get any awesome-er than Vinnie Colaiuta. He makes me cry, but in that good, teeny-bopper sort of way (c.f., old Beatlemania videos for examples of this).

The tears are tinged with pain these days because my wrist doesn't seem to be getting much better, so I've started an indefinite drumming fast in the hopes of allowing my overworked joints and tendons to heal.

(N.B., the title is a blatant rip-off of Danny's term, which he used last night during a Bible study. The referent? NT scholar Gordon Fee.)

Ecclesiastes 6:11

Television? Irredeemable poison? Most definitely. Still, for the purposes of this post, I say pish-posh! If you watch a good show with a dictionary handy, you can discover some great words. To wit, I give you...

Top 10 Cool Words I've Learned From Television
(And by "Television" I mean "Seinfeld and the Simpsons")

10. Superfluous: Moment of discovery? Lisa comments on Krusty the Clown's ___ third nipple.
9. Volition: Moment of discovery? Jerry remarks to George that a conversation should resolve itself by its own ___.
8. Dageurrotype: Moment of discovery? Mr. Burns predicts that the internet's popularity will take off, not unlike the ___.
7. Au Pair: Moment of discovery? Given Bart's bad behavior, Homer recommends to a judge that Bart be assigned an ___.
6. Shixa: Moment of discovery? George tells Elaine that Mr. Lipman's attraction to her is due only to the fact that she's a ___.
5. Nexus: Moment of discovery? Krammer is lost in Manhattan and thinks he might be at the ___ of the universe.
4. Perspicacity: Moment of discovery? With school cancelled, Lisa laments that she's losing her ___.
3. Intransigence: Moment of discovery? Lisa cannot properly spell ___ during the spelling bee finals.
2. Phrenology: Moment of discovery? Mr. Smithers reminds Mr. Burns that ___ is no longer en vogue.
1. Minutiae: Moment of discovery? Elaine can no longer stand to pour over the ___ of Jerry's day.

Blog from August 5, 2007

Remember when the Sox were up 13 games over the Yankees and that's all we could talk about? Every sports report kept saying how we have the best record in baseball? Youk had a major hit-streak going? Some obscure blogger posted something about Dice-K's future looking bright? Remember those days?

Well, the all-star break has come and gone, and now the Yanks are 6 games over the Sox, Wake is injured, Dice-K can't find the plate, and Youk pulled his left achilles in the All-Star game. We're trying to stay ahead of the D-Rays.

We all saw it coming, but we hoped against hope that our hearts wouldn't be broken again. 2004 gave us a reason to believe, but like mutual funds, past performance is no guarantee of future gains.