42 Dreams of Arizona Bay

Searching for the question to the answer of 42.

iRemorse …

… or iRegret
The feeling you get the morning after you download 19 songs from iTunes at 1 in the morning while in a freezing cold stupor because you haven’t turned on the heat.
It’s a little fuzzy why you bought Van Halen “Jump” (memories of jumping in a neighbor’s tool shed to this song), and now [...]

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I love the smell of procrastination in the morning

I wake up at 5:30. There are no cats in bed. I think that’s a problem. I entice Data to come sleep with me. Instead he purrs for a few minutes, lulls me into the thought that he might just settle down and sleep for once.
Wrong.
Bite. Bite. Scratch. Fight with other cats. Scratch. Bite [...]

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Sound

A strong, free, funky voice accompanied by guitar fills a posh old theater. A tiny little folksinger jumps to her music, holding tight to her guitar almost like a dance partner. She’s got so much energy, has so much to say about voices, feminism, choices, politics, love and freedom.
I went to see Ani DiFranco, again, [...]

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Growling in peace

A tragic thing happened to me the other night.
No, not tragic. I hate the use of tragic when referring to the tragic death of someone’s family member. No matter how tragic it was to you personally, it is not a tragedy unless several people died. Preferably with flames or other horrible accidental means. No snakes, [...]

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Sign of the apocalypse

Hope I die before I get old… Talking ’bout my generation.
20. Roger Daltrey has no shame. Saw him hawking a music compilation on an infomercial the other night. How can someone responsible for some of the best music of his time devolve to that level?
21. On the topic of music infomercials… Vanessa Williams also has [...]

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Ani DiFranco Knuckledown

Ani’s newest album, Knuckledown, feels like a long-lost friend. Someone you haven’t seen in a long time, but you soon recall mannerisms, jokes, memories.

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She blinded me with science

Now listening to She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby while on hold trying to get a human being on the phone with my car financing company.
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