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Confessions of a Closet Singer
I can, sort of, sing. By “sort of”, I mean that I can hit notes with some accuracy within a fairly limited range. I can, sort of, do falsetto. I can add vibrato, if it’s in my very limited range. Basically, I can sing anything baritone as long as it doesn’t require, yah know, strength.
I have surprising power in the mid ranges. Ok, surprising to someone who doesn’t or can’t sing; not so surprising if you nailed lead on your high school Into The Woods audition. In a different vein, I have Open Mic Power; I can belt out that pop hit from the 90’s like no one’s business.
The unfortunate consequence of this is: I think I can sing. And I can’t. I mean, I enjoy singing and nothing will really stop me from doing so. Well, accept an audience. I sing in the car, the den, when I think no one’s listening. But I don’t seek out venues to sing anymore.
To top it off, I’m a friggen prude about it too. I won’t sing karaoke, I won’t belt out in a public event with religious music (funerals or weddings), I don’t even attempt anything atonal. I’m not A Singer, but I like to sing. I’m the singer in the closet, the shower crooner, a Pocket Elvis. (OK, maybe not Elvis… I can’t dance.)
But I want to sing. It’s seriously a bad thing. I think I can, I’ve heard that I can. I actually know that I can, in limited capacities (Kalamazoo ’98 Open Mic!) But that was a decade and a lifetime ago.
Does that make me old, sad… both?
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Em, come back
Guy Adams from The Independent tracks down Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers). A classic rise and fall story, but one that needs one more chapter. Come back, Slim, if not for yourself, then for Detroit. Lord knows that city needs a voice again.
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And we're back
Site is slowly coming back up; broken links and images are very likely so if you find something, let me know.
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Site Downtime
I’m fed up with 1&1 as my host and am in the process of transferring hosts. There will likely be a lot of downtime this week as I work out the transfer (never done it before) and get the site back up and running.
I know the 3 of you who read this will be incredibly disappointed, but thems the breaks.
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Finally
No, you will not solve all of our problems. But you make us want to try and say that you’ll support us and… well, that’s more than we’ve been able to say in a long time.
Welcome Mr. President, we’ve been waiting. Enjoy your day today, because tomorrow this country will forget it’s good will and turn back to its bitter, divisive ways. Be the better person this country needs.
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links for 2009-01-18
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Conway's Law is sometimes reported as a different adage: In every organization there is one person who knows exactly what is going on at all times. This person must be fired.
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Enough
This is only one of thousands, thousands, of Palestinians who have suffered at the hands of the IDF. (Click the triangle at the bottom right, then choose “turn on subtitles” option.)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLUJ4fF2HN4&w=425&h=344]
As Americans, we should be ashamed that we have enabled this kind of suffering and destruction. This action by the Israelis has gone too far and needs to end.
