I found notes from the other day. Here is an overheard in haiku form:

dynamic
now jeff wears the pants
I so used to wear the pants
but now he wears them

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Here’s USA Today on the Bush administration’s latest missive on global warming:

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is worried about missing out on a bonanza of oil and other resources in the Arctic unless Congress approves a treaty that helps determine who has rights to the area’s wealth.

Arctic sea ice has decreased nearly 20% in the last two decades as the Earth’s climate warms, making access to the area easier. The eight countries bordering the region, including the USA, are now staking competing claims.

Oh, wait. That’s not their take on global warming — it’s their take on how to get more oil thanks to the ice that is melting because the globe is getting warmer (unrelated to global warming). Funny, because I just saw a movie in which the villains kind of think like this (until they mend their ways due to an inspiring penguin dance routine).

Point is, this story has helped me to develop a theory.

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Sneaky music thoughts, vol. 2.

I’m headed out tonight for food and drink on a non-swimmable beach in Long Island City where the turntables will be manned by Grandmaster Flash. In honor of that, here’s “The Message:”

Hey folks. The second round of voting has opened up on the Sketchies. We’ve entered a sketch called “Groundhog Day” in which I stand outside with ukulele sensation Ballard C. Boyd and we are both cold and frequently surprised. Please go vote for us! And also be sure to catch my favorites in this round, I Caught You (You’re Racist)!, Mad-Lib Answering Machine, and Google Earth.

Also, here’s an NYC haiku from Morningside, 1 a.m., a few days ago:

Open the door, please
Welcome to the world, fucker
Thanks man — anytime

And just to make this post even more full of stuff, I’m hereby starting a feature wherein I sometimes say something about music because I feel like it. It will be neither educated nor timely. We all sat around my apartment last night and agreed that the Polyphonic Spree’s cover of “Lithium” is great.

Dave out.