Listening. . .

I like to observe things.  And I have been told that I have a knack for seeing things in life that no one else would ever notice.  I guess it's just part of my peculiar personality that I take for granted.  I also like to listen and today I heard the following and even though I missed the context of the conversation, it just struck me in an unforgettable way.

Man #1:  I'm tellin' ya buddy, he ain't got nairn.  I done called him yisterdiy 'n asked!

Man #2:  Naw, he's got 'em.  I see'd 'em last week.  They all up in there in the back right up longside them bigger yella'uns.

Man #1:  Boy, he ain't got nairn.  I done asked.

Man #2:  He does.

Man #1:  I'm gonna call 'im.

Man #2:  Call 'im then.

Man #1:  A'ight then, I am.

Man #2:  He's got 'em, I'm tellin' ya!

Man #1: He done told me he don't got none.

Man #2:  I done see'd em, ain't you hearin' me?

Man #1:  Yeah, I hear'd.

Man #2: Call 'im.

Man #1: Can I burry your cell phone?  I ain't paid my bill and they done cut me off and all.

Man #2:  I reckon.

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Pick Me Up. . .

Hour fourteen of work on four hours of sleep and I'm feeling it. Tried to leave for lunch earlier and had to make no more than three return trips to the desk. Keys. Wallet. Brain. Uh, uh. . .sunglasses.

Did you see that?? I think Obama is rubbing off on me!

I know you friendly friends get tired of my constant musical selections of Steely Dan and Rush. And not in that particular order. Sometimes I put Rush before Steely Dan just to shake things up. And every now and then a King's X video. Or some Maynard.

My musical tastes actually vary wildly, from classical to French rap, which is genuinely more inventive and palatable than it's American cousin. At a minimum, it's in French, so they could be saying stuff like "slap you ho down" and whatnot, but would we understand?

Heck, you can say anything in French and people immediately begin to fall victim to their amorous instincts. It's simply that seductive. Just look at this example from a menu perhaps:

Goujonettes de Sole, Julienne de Carotte et Nouilles Chinoises

. . .means fish sticks of sole with Chinese noodles and julienned carrots.

Or another........

Cervelas de Brochet de Choucroute au Genievre

. . .means Pike Sausage with Juniper flavored Sauerkraut.

I'd almost eat that if someone put it in front of me and said it in French.

Anyway, I've totally lost point here.

Oh, Nils, what was the name of that French rapper we used to listen to? My memory has faded. Probably all that time we spent on the roof of 438 38th.

While I wait for his response, I'll jump in the wayback machine and travel all the way to 1993. A fine year! Here is Terrance Trent D'Arby (as if his name wasn't odd enough then, it's now Sananda Maitreya) performing She Kissed Me from his album Symphony or Damn.

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Check this out. . .

I found this really interesting blog about Science and Space. And what really makes it interesting are phrases like this:

On possible lakes on Saturn's moon Titan:

In a paper he published in the application the nature of the newspaper, of Thursday the data these scientists of the projection of image of the radar gathered during flyby of the moon by Cassini of the NASA that the spaceship demonstrated in 2006 July that the considered dark characteristics near the North Pole of the moon are explained more more good possible by them than they are lakes.

And this delightful tidbit about "The Nasa" and work on the ISS:

The NASA has decided to cause that a pair of astronauts examines a solar panel balky in the ISS during his spacewalk the following last Saturday.

Also, something about monkeys and perfume:

What can be the most natural Colony of the world was discovered recently in a Mexican forest. The ingredients? Spit of the chewed monkey and upon the leaves.

I don't know who the author(s) of this website is/are, but bonus points to he/her/them for trying. No write can you comedy this than better.

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