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I want to live I want to give I've been a miner for a heart of gold It's these expressions I never give That keep me searching for a heart of gold

Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head Tuesday afternoon is never ending Wednesday morning papers didn't come Thursday night your stockings needed mending See how they run

Floodlit in the hazy distance The star of this unearthly show Venting vapors, like the breath Of a sleeping white dragon Crackling speakers, voices tense Resume the final count All systems check, T minus nine As the sun and the drama start to mount

Thanks for the times that you've given me The memories are all in my mind And now that we've come to the end of our rainbow There's something I must say out loud You're once, twice, three times a lady And I love you

Offensive Version: Good -> first two drives and last two drives Bad -> everything in between Defensive Version: Good-> Everything!... Bad -> ...but one 4th down play

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation We have assumed control. We have assumed control. We have assumed control. (RIP NP...2 years today)

I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that's real

Just watched the first episode of Station Eleven on HBO Max. I had read the book years ago and really liked it, but never saw it translating well to the screen. That fear aside, episode 1 grabbed my attention and am looking forward to watching more. If you're not familiar, Station Eleven is essentially the story of a post-apocolyptic America after a highly contagious and extremely deadly flu wipes out most of the population. Yes, it's hard to watch without viewing it through the lens of COVID, but the book was written in 2015 and other than that premise/setup, the flu is not the story. The main story (barely touched upon in episode 1) takes place years later and follows a group of traveling performers wandering across a decimated America staging plays for the small communities they encounter along the way.

Sprawling on the fringes of the city In geometric order An insulated border In-between the bright lights And the far, unlit unknown

Well the Illinois Central And the Southern Central Freight Got to keep on pushin' mama You know they're running late Without love, where would you be now-now-now-now? Without love

smh...f'ing Tampa Bay and Carolina here in Chicagoland. Welp, guess I'll be turning to some less above-board ways of watching the game.

I'm coming home I'm coming home Tell the world I'm coming home Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday I know my kingdom awaits and they've forgiven my mistakes

"Sometimes when I wipe, I'll wipe, and I'll wipe, and I'll wipe, and I'll wipe... and I'll wipe. A hundred times. Still poop. It's like I'm wiping a marker or something." --Andy Dwyer

You know I'm a dreamer But my heart's of gold I had to run away high So I wouldn't come home low Just when things went right It doesn't mean they were always wrong Just take this song And you'll never feel left all alone

Young enough not to care too much About the way things used to be I'm young enough to remember the future The past has no claim on me I'm old enough not to care too much About what you think of me But I'm young enough to remember the future The way things ought to be

Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress, Devil with the blue dress on

And baby, you're all that I want When you're lyin' here in my arms I'm findin' it hard to believe We're in heaven Yeah, love is all that I need And I found it there in your heart It isn't too hard to see We're in heaven, yeah

Baby, why don't we just turn that TV off? Three hundred and fifteen channels of nothing but bad news on, Well it might be me But the way I see it, The whole wide world has gone crazy. So baby, why don't we just dance?

Good call on Chris Cornell & Robert Plant. They're on my list too. My other two (as of 1:05 PM Central on 12/29) are: Freddie Mercury Ann Wilson

wait...what?? When was this NOT cool?

I wear my sunglasses at night So I can, so I can Watch you weave then breathe your story lines

Tiptoe through the window By the window, that is where I'll be Come tiptoe through the tulips with me

For the first time since 1974, a 47 year dry spell, I was finally able to attend a Bills game in Orchard Park. It was a quick trip, but loved every minute of it. The fact that I was able to enjoy it with my daughter made it that much better. I live in the Chicago area, and my daughter is in Columbus OH. I drove to her on Friday and we drove from Columbus to Buffalo on Saturday in the rain. Our first stop was the Bills Store, where we grabbed warm winter hats and a few other items. The store was pretty packed, and former Bill's player Pete Metzellars was in there walking around buying stuff. Friendly guy and graciously posed for pics with some fans who recognized him. From there we drove to our hotel in Amherst...still raining but now mixed with some ice/snow pellets. I lived in East Amherst as a kid in the early 70s (hence the 1974 last game), so we took a drive past the old house. Not sure my daughter got as much out of it as I did, but she was impressed when I pointed out the house where Rick Martin lived for a short time around the corner from us. Had a great dinner at 12 Gates brewery. Had a hard time finding it, but worth the effort. Ordered a Pancho's Legacy lager, in honor or Pancho Billa. Highly recommend the Barbacoa Rice Bowl. Since neither the Sabres nor Bandits were in town, we caught a Buffalo Beauts game (womens professional hockey). Rink was right next to the hotel, so no need to drive around in the icy snowy weather. Game day was awesome! Cold, but we were prepared for that. Picked up some tailgating supplies, were parked in lot 7 by 9:45, walked all around the lots soaking in the atmosphere (even found Pinto Ron's setup in the Hammer lot), and went into the stadium shortly after the gates opened. Great seats in the 100s on the Bills side near the goal line on the tunnel end of the stadium. Great group of loud enthusiastic fans around us, only a few obnoxious drunks, and a Bill's win! Stayed until the very end and hung out near the end zone by the field as long as possible. Traffic getting out of the lot was as expected, but we were back in Columbus before 10PM. Awesome weekend, and we both said it will become an annual tradition from here on out. Go Bills!

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky?

Oh, when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof And your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were fire proof Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, yeah On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be