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For Guitar and my voice. Capo on third fret, slow. Verse 1 ( Em .. G  |  D .. A ) : All around me are familiar faces.   Worn out places.  Worn out faces. Bright and early for their daily races.   Going nowhere.  Going nowhere. And their tears are filling up their glasses.   No expression.  No expression. Hide my head; I want to drown my sorrow.   No tomorrow.  No tomorrow. Chorus ( Em .. A ) : And I find it kinda funny.   but I find it kinda sad. The dreams in which I'm dying   Are the best I've ever had. I find it hard to tell you   Cuz I find it hard to take. When people run in circles it's a very, very (Em .. G .. A)    Mad world.    Mad world.    Mad world.    Mad world. Verse 2  ( Em .. G  |  D .. A ) : Children waiting for the day they feel good.   How I l...

There is this something about love, about friendship - this something which I've identified as vulnerability. When we are insecure (or/if because) we've been hurt before by friends, family, lovers...there is a tendency to hide ourselves. We hide who we are so that we don't get hurt...because when we are rejected for living as we know, it is easier to hide so that the rebukes stop. I've experienced this and it hurts now to talk about it. I've felt my trust and confidence betrayed. Sometimes the worst betrayal, is when the deceiver is in my past. Or in my heart, still there. Deceiving with fantasy. Then, if that fantasy is projected onto a real person and they reject you...or reject who you pretend to be, in your fantasy, the pain doubles. To have true relationships we must feel comfortable with who we are, at least comfortable enough to show who we really are - to be vulnerable to criticism, to rejection. Otherwise we always feel like they don't know us,...

The others are dumbfounded...someone should have asked them for their tickets after that play.

Do not run from the Lion, take your stand. Someone else is behind you when you do.

Wired has a really neat blog article from last year, give yourself a treat and take the 5 minutes to read it...fascinating how our brains work.  Here's the video from the article :

Insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Einstein

This is incredible!

I bet this Bentall guy is fun to hang around...he submitted that: Happiness should " be classified as a psychiatric disorder " Read his logic at the government's web page .

Very interesting and short video on how a coffee maker's pump works.  Worth 2 minutes.

Very interesting archived video from a BBC documentary called the Century of Self . [ LINK ] The video talks of Edward Bernays , the Irrational mind, Sigmund Freud , " Public Relations " (a term that was coined after World War I to replace Propoganda since it had been used to smear Eurpoean enemies in WWI), Adolf Hitler's control of the masses, the Nazi's war on Democracy following the Great Depression, Joseph Goebbels , George Gallup ... Some interesting paraphrased quotes: Sigmund believed that: 'Civilzation has been created to control humans, and that Democratic freedom is impossible.  People must always be controlled and must always be discontent' Bernay's invented the idea that Democracy is inextricably linked with Capitalism with the World's Fair... If you enjoy history, then you'll enjoy this presentation, for whatever it's worth to you. Dillon

There's a service I had never heard of, sounds like a fun evening.  Essentially, Rifftrax records an MP3 that you sync with a movie you already have...and then they mock it all the way through - just like the old MST3K. Rifftrax has been around for years, but I tried it for the first time last weekend with my kids. We rented “High School Musical” and played the MP3 file on an iPhone plugged into a speaker dock. Man, it was hilarious. I think I'm going to try this with the High School Musical...I've still never seen it personally. Dillon

Perhaps empty and sad are the words...

From Walt Mossberg at the Wall Street Journal on the Windows Phone 7 "But I couldn’t find a killer innovation that would be likely to make iPhone or Android users envious, except possibly for dedicated Xbox users. Even the built-in Office can be replicated with third-party Office-compatible apps on competing platforms; and the iPhone and Android phones also can interoperate with Microsoft’s corporate Exchange email, calendar and contact system. "So for now, I see Windows Phone 7 as mostly getting Microsoft into the game, and replacing the stale, complicated Windows Mobile system that preceded it." Amen.  These WM7 won't take off now, and if they are a repeat of the Zune line which is in its multi-generation phase, they will flounder at the bottom of the market with their Bing, MSN, blah blah blah, products.

"Every man builds his world in his own image," he  ...  said. "He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. If he abdicates his power, he abdicates the status of man, and the grinding chaos of the irrational is what he achieves as his sphere of existence – by his own choice."

 "In the night he awoke and held her tight as though she were all of life and it was being taken away from him." - Ernest Hemingway

Really good lyrics from Coldplay...just a highlight: "Get lost and then get found and you'll come back to me, not swallowed in the sea Oh what good is it to live, with nothing left to give Forget but not forgive, not loving all you see... The streets you're walking on, a thousand houses long. Well, that's where I belong, and you belong with me...not swallowed in the sea ...yeah, you belong with me, not swallowed in the sea."

Short Film: I'm Here Radio Show: This American Life: Unconditional Love 

We're no strangers to love, you know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of, you wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling, gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you We've know each other for so long, Your heart's been aching But you're too shy to say it, Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it And if you ask me how I'm feeling, Don't tell me you're too blind to see

"No two living things on earth are completely alike, so we can reasonably conclude that Jehovah has blessed each one of his millions of angels with uniqueness. (Dan. 7:10) Yet, they can serve Jehovah in unity because they all listen to him and do his will. (Read Psalm 103:20, 21.) While faithful angels have diverse attributes,Christians in addition have various defects. This canmake unity more challenging." w10 09/15 17

"Not knowing when the Dawn will come, I open every Door, Or has it Feathers, like a Bird, Or Billows, like a Shore." -Emily Dickinson

Music Video Chords Standard tuning:  Capo 2 chords: C -     332010 Em -    022000 Am7 -   002010 F -     133211 (bar chord) G - 320033 Gsus4- 330033 G~  320003 Intro : C, Em, Am7, G~   x2   Note: Mimic piano, hit sting 2 on C, Am7, and sting 1 on Em, G~ Verse 1:                C                                Em       Am7           G~        When you try your best, but you don't succeed                C                                 Em           Am7           G~  When you get what you want, but not what you need          ...

The new MacBook Air is gorgeous and lite.  I love these little tid-bits from a review by NYT's Pogue : "It can sit that way for 30 days—and when you open the lid, the whole thing is fired up and ready to go in about one second." "The 11-incher will delight you with its practical nonexistence, but disappoint you if you think of it as your main machine. But if you think of it as a satellite for a full-blown computer, you’ll be very happy with it. It’s sort of like an iPad with a keyboard." I can definitely see me using this more than an iPad.  I see the perfect mobile worker (that has lots o' money) with: (1) a 3.5" mobile phone, like the iPhone or Samsung Fascinate (something easy to tuck away) (2) a 7" tablet for quick calendaring, emailing, reading (it's one handed and truly portable) (2) a highend netbook, like the MacBook Air (keyboard for content production) (3) a powerful desktop with beautiful large screens and easy access to...

Great little song by an artist named Jeremy Massersmith...really liking it.  Here are some of the resources for it...enjoy. Video MP3 Chords: Tatooine by Jeremy Messersmith capo 2 Twin suns of Tatooine      C  Taught me everything I know                       Am Twin suns of Tatooine     C Taught me everything I know                       Am There's room up there for second chances     F                      C         Am Singles are fine but doubles are fantastic     F                 C              Am I'd like to think that there's a star for me and you    F                   ...