Music…

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

20 #1’s: Classic Rock

Steam
and Words

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Hey hey hey, goodbye

He’ll never love you the way that I love you
‘Cause if he did, no no, he wouldn’t make you cry
He might be thrillin’ baby, but a-my love (my love, my love)
So dog-gone willin’, so kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him)
Go on and kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him) goodbye, na-na

Lyric excerpts from Musixmatch.


A little over a year ago, my friend read though a number of my posts on Facebook; he noted the length of each post and the subject matter, which centered around social issues.  He suggested that I start a blog.  This was a great idea.  While you can certainly mark each post as publicly visible, there are limitations to posts on Facebook.  There are many limitations for formatting your posts; you can’t emphasize words (with different sized fonts, italics or boldface), you have limited ways to embed images, among other restrictions.  Finally, one of the biggest motivating factors was that the content would be strictly mine.  If I should happen to close my Facebook account, it doesn’t simply go into the ether.

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Music…

I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Sunshine on Leith

The Proclaimers
and Words

When I wake up, well I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out, yeah I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who goes along with you

If I get drunk, well I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver, hey I know I’m gonna be
I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you

Lyric excerpts from Musixmatch.


It is the holiday season in 2011, and we shopped at the Microsoft Store.  We glanced at tech and there was a small device off at the corner of the store.  This particular device is an activity tracker called a Fitbit.  This model, the Ultra (their second model), came in two colors: cyan and plum.  We got one of each color, thinking that we would like some motivation to stay active.

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