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Posted on January 23, 2012 with 0 comments
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Welcome to the first edition of TWFMB written in an airport terminal. I am very, very ready to be home. I don't like travelling too much, and even on business trips the incidental costs of food and... well actually just food, since that's all I bought, are tremendously expensive. Oh yeah, and my share of taxi fares and the rental car.
Truth be told, I probably spent less on this entire trip than most people do in half a day, because I'm poor and also a have a tightwad streak in me (thanks dad! :) ). But for me, it's a lot of money to just be displaced in a different city for a few days like this. One day I will make more money at this job, dagnabbit. It would be nice to have more for my kids.
by Thomas Bensberg, Weather Blognosticator
High today of 54 and an overnight low of 34. Also a strong chance of a choking sound coming from the east and west coast today. Don't be alarmed if you hear it.
We have been having a lot of really deep business discussions in SSG. It seems like we've all got the right mindset, and now the real objective will be to map a path to our lofty goals and have the chutzpah to execute on them. Because it's not going to be just a matter of rigid, mathematical actions. We're gonna have to be ballsy and take some pretty big risks to make these things happen.
That being said, none of us seem to have any sort of Plan B (see previous blog) and so it's like we have no choice; we've got to make this happen. So stay tuned to that project, because I have a feeling we could actually pull this off.
From an individual professional standpoint, I'm gonna have to make a lot of tough choices, re-evaluate my goals and objectives as a musician and make sure that my efforts are focused on that. Truthfully, I have felt very unfocused the last couple of months, adjusting to a major lifestyle change, a dip in business due mostly to the economy, trying to resuscitate both Mokracy and River Savage as live performance and songwriting projects, respectively.
So Dave, while I never posted my January goals, and it's kinda pointless to this late in the game, I should have a pretty good entry for February (whenever you get around to posting it, of course. Ya slacker...)
There's about an hour left until our flight departs to Louisville. I have decided that blogging in a terminal really SUCKS and these chairs are pretty uncomfortable. Maybe if I sneak a few more puffs off my electronic cigarette (it's harmless and technically there's no rule that says I can't use it here, but the TSA has never been particularly rational with permission or forgiving, so I've decided to avoid testing them if I can) then I might feel better. I think I broke some rule of etiquette in the length of parentheses content there, but... ah well.
Ahhh... such a nice, clean, cheap and unobtrusive way to deal with my nicotine addiction. It's boggling to me that anyone would object to it, but it certainly has been banned on the airplane itself (I checked.) It's no different from someone using an inhaler, if you ask me, but there's such a stigma against it that I guess- no. I really don't get it.
Anyway, I think I'm gonna find the people I'm traveling with and walk around. My butt's gone numb.
RULE #1: You can pretty much accurately judge people by the way they treat their pets.
RULE #2: People who don't have pets are not to be trusted.
RULE #3: There's absolutely no good reason to call that beanbag game "cornhole."
RULE #4: It turns out, blondes actually DO have more fun.
RULE #5: You always have the rest of your life.
RULE #6: Lettuce is basically a big waste of time.
RULE #7: Everyone over the age of 30 has had his or her life turned upside-down at least once.
RULE #8: The best music has the worst distribution, but it also has the most sophisticated fans.
RULE #9: Listening to fat, sweaty potty-mouths laughing obnoxiously at their own stupid jokes on the radio is no way to start your day.
RULE #10: Nobody in Europe has ever heard of Grey Poupon. Dijon is just a city in France to them.
RULE #11: Sales forecasts are a funny little blend of optimism, desperation, and fiction.
RULE #12: When you get really pissed off, go ahead and write the email, but then delete it.
RULE #13: There's nothing unlucky about the number 13. Get over it.
RULE #14: In the end, we all have the same amount of luck.
RULE #15: No sane person ever admits to being a bigot. That's why bigotry exists.
RULE #16: The odds of any given event occurring are exactly 50%. Either it'll happen, or it won't.
RULE #17: The path to anyone's heart is through your own.
RULE #18: American Idol is the single most compelling example of why the electoral college is important.
RULE #19: Too few people understand the difference between an automatic and semi-automatic weapon.
RULE #20: Polls serve no purpose other than to fraudulently skew election results.
RULE #21: You don't have to give up your own beliefs in order to tolerate someone else's.
RULE #22: It turns out that pretty much everything can give you cancer, and also prevent you from getting it. The studies prove it.
RULE #23: It turns out that most "studies" are crap.
RULE #24: Believe it or not, the acceleration lane is for accelerating.
RULE #25: AC/DC saved us from disco.
RULE #26: Nirvana saved us from hair metal.
RULE #27: No-one who mocks Buddhism understands Buddhism.
RULE #28: Learn art history.
RULE #29: Find out why your "check engine" light is on and get it fixed. It's cheaper than a car.
RULE #30: No-one's cruise control is getting enough use these days. It's a surprisingly good stress reliever.
RULE #31: The Golden Rule is the most important rule in heavy traffic.
RULE #32: Harvey Keitel's only real objectives in his movies are to cry, and show us his penis.
RULE #33: The death penalty is the most perfect example of irony.
RULE #34: Punk rock brings needed balance.
RULE #35: What happens in Vegas, stays on the Internet.
RULE #36: Trusting your government to take care of you is like trusting your car to drive for you. Remember who's really calling the shots and suffers the consequences.
RULE #37: "Clerks," "Mallrats," and "Chasing Amy," right now, in that order. Go.
RULE #38: When roommates/coworkers/family members appear to have reached their maximum tolerance, give it one more push. You win. Submitted by Anonymous
RULE #39: Girls are scared of bugs. Boys like to kill things. Humanity reigns.
RULE #40: A cat can get his head stepped on 50 times, and still fail to grasp that stairs are a dumb place for a nap.
RULE #41: We should be able to fire the U.S. President as easily as NFL teams can fire a head coach.
RULE #42: Never challenge David McLean to anything. You will lose.
RULE #43: Rule #44 will be a true statement.
RULE #44: Rule #43 was a false statement. Take your time.
RULE #45: Musicians all need to help and look out for each other. Because no one else really will.
RULE #46: You can't really live each days as if it's your last. But you can live each day as if it matters.
RULE #47: Anything that isn't impossible has to happen eventually. Million-to-one shots are hit every day.
RULE #48: Always looking at the bright side is like looking at the sun. It's tempting, hard to do, and eventually you realize you're blind.
RULE #49: If you can't say something at all, don't brush with your mouth full of dirty looks when I'm talking to you.
RULE #50: Murphy's Law is no joke. That shit is real.
RULE #51: Billy Corgan. Willie Nelson. Bob Dylan. Janice Joplin. Kurt Cobain. You don't have to be a great singer to sing great. Sing away.
RULE #52: Sleep is the most important stupid thing in the world.
RULE #53: If two or more people are deciding where to eat, and all parties say "it doesn't matter to me," the first person to reject any suggestion is 1) a liar, and 2) now responsible for making the decision.
RULE #54: Decide who you are, and be that person. It really is that simple.
RULE #55: If you're part of the majority, you're probably part of the problem. Solutions are rarely popular.
RULE #56: People make decisions based on incentive. Figure out what someone's incentive really is, and you can predict his behavior.
RULE #57: If you elect a career politician, expect his or her politics to be focused on his or her career.
RULE #58: Just because something is inevitable or true, doesn't mean yo have to like it.
RULE #59: Self-worth, like any valuation, is always relative.
RULE #60: We need more pirate radio stations.
RULE #61: Be you.
RULE #62: It's okay to share a bed with a man of you are a) female, b) gay, or c) in a hotel room with the rest of your rock band.
RULE #63: In the end, you are your own best coach.
RULE #64: Take the shot.
Heh heh heh... "stupid truck frosty..."
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