A post for music spelunkers!

Ok folks, here's a link to my constantly updated new music offerings for you to exercise your ears. Some of these songs are brand spanking new and you probably haven't heard anything about them, some of them are familiar, and some are just oldies you may have forgotten about, but shouldn't have. There is a ranking system. I'd tell you how it worked if I knew how. It's loosely based on the premise that if it jumps off the page more than one of the others, I think more highly of it...maybe. You see it all depends subjectively on my moods and those can be tricky animals to corner. I may have LOVED a song one day and made it Red with Italics and Bold, but it may have only been marked with a normal black "bold" any other day. I try not to do that, but it will happen. Italics = good, 1 step above just making it onto the page; Bold = better; Bold Italics = best; Red Bold Italics = just buy the damn thing without even listening to it, and if you don't like it - your taste sucks(j/k)(sort of). Sometimes, I will listen to a song and appreciate that artist, but not necessarily the song. I have put some of those "songless" artists on there, but I probably haven't inspected them any further.
Enjoy the music, it will be updated with great frequency.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AjvDFHRHYv1PdFFrMlNxdGF2NS1mcTJGc0JHTmhjZ1E&hl=en&output=html

Oops!

Segway's inaugural flight deemed unsuccessful...

http://news.discovery.com/tech/segway-owner-accident.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Grand idea!

No room in orbit for more space junk? Here's a great solution, start the upper atmosphere junk program!

http://news.discovery.com/tech/solar-plane-boeing.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Rolling over in his grave

In an ironic twist, Senator John Rockefeller intoned in reference to Toyota - "it was clear that somewhere along the way public safety took a back seat and corporate profits drove the company's decisions." Conveniently, he must have forgotten on who's backs HIS family's fortune was made...

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6210JB20100302

No sympathy

Sad as it may seem to those who follow celebrities as if they were related to them, I couldn't care less about the fate of people who take their lives into their own hands. Case in point the "tragedy" of Natasha Richardson. Now don't get me wrong aesthetically the world is much worse off without her, however sympathy for her impending demise is something I'm unable to muster. Much like skydiving, sports like skiing have a certain calculated risk about them. People who engage in such behavior accept this risk either expressly or tacitly. Now I'm not advocating we mandate squishy no-one-can-hurt-me-suits, but don't plaster it all over the media about a "tragic" occurrence. Tragedy should by definition elicit pity due to the unforeseen nature of the events that have transpired. An accident from known dangerous activity is an eventuality, albeit a rarity. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

The New "Twin Cities"

It was rudely brought to my attention that the Sears Tower is going to be renamed, "The Willis Tower". This would be bad enough, except for the fact it is probably going to garner a new affectionate moniker like...Big Willie. That in conjunction with the Calatrava Spire, or shall we say "Giant Marital Aid by the Lake", and we will be the World's first Diphallic city.

Cephalopods

This is a departure from my normal political rambling. I was asked the other day why I'm so interested in these magnificent creatures. Well, I was hooked after watching a show about cuttlefish on PBS when I was a little kid. I don't think I could ever have imagined anything so breathtakingly alien and intriguing when I was that age. The studies I've read about them from that point on have only cemented my love for all things cephalopod. My wife, friends and family all poke fun at me because I won't eat cephalopods - "Oh, my husband won't eat calamari, they're his friends."(said w/ much sarcasm) Unfortunately for those who press further, a flurry of factoids about the depth and breadth of the cephalopods intelligence and general coolness are about to be tossed in their direction. Conversation is then awkwardly steered away from the cephalopod fan-boy like one would steer a conversation away from a Trekkie.