The Prince CD that I bought used at Exclusive Company has only the cleaned-up version of "Sexy Motherfucker". Bleeped over the offensive part of the lyrics is one of Prince's characteristic squealie-yowls. I've tried enjoying it, but it is endlessly distracting, especially since it is so frequently repeated throughout the entire track. Why ( Read more... )

I love my days like I like my women. Sometimes I fall for the cloudy, brooding but warm type.
But today I love the gorgeous, but cold and gleaming.

Today, the 'A' line in Downer placed a decorative basket of bananas next to the Hot Chocolate dispenser. The bananas were at their peak; they were deeply colored, and had developed a pattern of dark brown spots. A sweet heavy banana aroma hovered over the entire area. Next to the basket: a sign extolling the virtues of spotted bananas, assuring ( Read more... )

Does anyone know what the pig says in Spanish? In German? How about the cow? I'm intrigued. Yesterday, my Fairy Tales instructor told us that for him, the rooster says {spelling arbitrary} "kikka-rikki". He cannot hear the cock-a-doodle doo in the voice of the morning sentinel ( Read more... )

Outside it is cold and concise; it is mathematical, factual. If you poke your head out there, the whizzing of neutrinos shuttling through the ether will clip your ears. It won't hurt--maybe startle you at least--rather it might tickle. Something just shy of an electric shock, but pleasant like a kiss. To breathe the air here is uncomfortable, ( Read more... )