I think I'm going to start a word of the moment thing...

I find myself running into words that are new to me as I read online so I thought I might start a word of the day post.

Today's word:

Fugue:

• dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the ...
• a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
• a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement

- source

I'm trying a new comment tool...

I've added Disqus to my blog. Here's a description of Disqus:

Disqus, pronounced "discuss", is a service and tool for web comments and discussions. The Disqus comment system can be plugged into any website, blog, or application. Disqus makes commenting easier and more interactive, while connecting websites and commenters across a thriving discussion community.

Disqus is a free service to the general public with absolutely no inline advertisements.

I think I like the idea of what they're going for but we'll see what the reality is... if it lives up to my expectations it should be pretty neat. I almost like this as much as the reblog feature on tumblr. I learned about that one in a lifehacker.com article.

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PMS sucks

Women think they have it bad when it comes to PMS... try being a husband when your wife's world is imploding every 28-32 days. :o

Marie did an extreme act today in response to how she's feeling... she committed facebook suicide by deleting her facebook account. She said she was getting sick of all the BS that she had to wade through every time she logged on. She also muttered something about it being a full of self-absorbed people, many of whom were no longer relevant in her life... she continued "if they really cared about me, they would call me to talk". She said she didn't even think that anyone would notice she was gone off facebook... I think her words were "I've been gone from facebook for 2 hours now and NO ONE has called me yet!"

I suggested that she may want to give it a little more time... just a little.

It was at that point that the cordless phone died... well, at least that's what I think happened 'cause line went dead and all I heard was dial tone.

Anyway, I've gotta get going, I need to to leave early and stop by the flower shop on the way home. I think I'll get a big ol' load of chocolate too. For no reason really... only self preservation. :)

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My musical taste is very eclectic

I had seen a documentary on TV about the Buena Vista Social Club in Cuba and it had performances by some of the artists that performed there in its golden years (I think it was the 1940's-1950's) and this one is one that I really liked... again, thanks to yootoob you can find almost any music you want. This one is called Chan Chan and I really love it... I hope you do too.



Let me know what you think of it.

The documentary made me want to visit Cuba... maybe one day I'll get there.

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I love my Sirius satellite radio

I get to hear artists that I may not come across when I listen to local radio. Here's one that I like called Shine On by the Kooks... first heard it while listening to BBC Radio One, specifically The Chris Moyles Show which is the morning drive show that is time shifted to be on during the morning drive here... cool eh?

Anyways, here's the song on youtube:




Another one that had grown on me is Shut up and Let Me Go by the Ting Tings. They won't allow embedding so here's the link.

Let me know what you think.

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