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Last night I was driving home and Tomorrow Never Knows (That’s the Beatles, by the way.) came on the radio. Because this wasn’t one of the nine official Beatles songs that they play on the radio, I turned it up. I was all ready to sing along with John Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream…, but instead it was John (or someone who sounds like John) singing Jingle bells/Jingle bells/Jingle all the way… What the hell? Someone made a Christmas carol out of Tomorrow Never Knows. Got ham! Two funny parts: the guitar solo was recorded backwards and right after laughing all the way came the little tape loop sounds from the beginning of the song. It somehow worked.

I stayed at work late tonight creating a Frankenstein technical presentation from a bunch of other presentations I found on the public drive. Now I have 10 slides that go in depth on 10 topics that I get asked about the most. I feel much better knowing that I can do a little impromptu training if necessary. I can’t wait to try it out on the room full of techies that I’m meeting with tomorrow.

When it comes to getting into the Christmas spirit, you can’t beat a toddler. That’s because the cops will come and take her away if you do. No, silly. I mean that toddlers are lots of fun and get everyone into the Christmas spirit. D. took our Xmas picture, so get ready for your holiday card. Leave your address in the comments if you want to get one.

Fig 1. Five seconds later S. said, “Ok, you got your damn picture. Gimme my Altoid.”

Oh, I almost forgot to mention the nine official Beatles songs that they play on the radio: Let It Be, Something, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Saw Her Standing There, She Loves You, Can’t Buy Me Love, Yesterday, If I Fell, Revolution I, and Here, There, and Everywhere.

Two nights ago I was driving home and three (3) of my radio presets were stations that were playing that damn Dixie Chicks cover of Landslide by Fleetwood Mac. (If I were a stand up comedian, this is the part where I would shout, “I MEAN, HEY!” before launching into a series of witty or shocking observations. But since I’m me, I’ll probably just start a sentence with “But really, …”) But really, why are radio stations playing this song so much? Does this song have CROSSOVER stamped all over it or what? Today we are being force fed the Dixie Chicks; tomorrow it will be hip to eat clay just like they do in West Virginia. Mark my words.

I think that the Dixie Chicks changed the lyrics in their version so that it makes even less sense than Stevie Nicks lyrics normally do. I’m not absolutely sure thought, because I have to admit that I’m only familiar with the Smashing Pumpkins version. When I was growing up, it was not cool to like Fleetwood Mac, except for that Don’t ask me what I think of you/I might not give the answer that you want me to song that WIOT (The Rock of Toledo) played all the time growing up.