I Have Run Through The Fields

For lack of anything better to write about I'll post some random musings, stories, links, music, and whatever else happens to catch my eye.

As of 1995, every president of the twentieth century had been portrayed on-screen - except one. Warren G. Harding, who succeeded Woodrow Wilson and preceded Calvin Coolidge, spent two undistinguished years in office between 1921 and his death in 1923. Nothing he did was of sufficient moment to warrant his depiction in a theatrical movie.

In honor of the first day of summer here is a list of songs with "summer" in the title. Feel free to make your own mix tape...
"Boys of Summer" - Don Henley
"Cruel Summer" - Bananarama
"Endless Summer Nights" - Richard Marx
"Hot Fun In The Summertime" - Sly & The Family Stone
"In The Summertime" - Mungo Jerry
"Sausalito Summer Night" - Diesel
"Suddenly Last Summer" - Motels
"Summer" - War
"Summer Breeze" - Seals & Crofts
"Summer In The City" - Lovin' Spoonful
"Summer Nights" - Van Halen
"Summer of '69" - Bryan Adams
"Summertime" - Booker T. & The M.G.'s, D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
"Summertime Blues" - Blue Cheer, The Who
"Things We Did Last Summer" - The Beach Boys

This Saturday Julie and I will be participating in a mock tri at Lake Nokomis with a majority of the Life Time team. We'll be doing about a 1/2 mile swim, a 21-mile bike, and a 6-mile run. This will be a good test to see where we are at this point. Saturday will be three weeks before the bid day, and the nerves are starting to get a little mixed up. My shin splints have reared their ugly head again (I shouldn't have stopped going to see the Doc) so I have an appointment for Friday morning to start getting treatment again. Hopefully he can work some miracles over the next 3 weeks.

Here is a picture of Julie on our wedding day...

You ever see yourself on video and think "Man, you are such a dork!"?

Julie took this great shot of me.

Notice how when most people say, or especially sing, certain words or phrases they tend to get lazy in their pronunciations? For example, if you look at (or listen to) U2's song "With or Without You" the pronounce it as "With or withou-choo" instead of "With or withouT you". Or the Romantic's "What I Like About You" is usually sang as "What I like abou-choo". Annoying, but I find myself doing it as well. Let's all make a conscious effort to not do that anymore. Dealio?

Sweet.