Average Jane Finds Amusement

Yesterday I ran across this short film on Ze Frank’s blog about Bob, the singing greeter at Newark Airport.   Bob may very well be the happiest worker in the world and it’s obvious how much he loves his job.

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Now that the weather’s getting warmer, I’ve cracked out my summer driving CDs.  My car has horrible speakers so that diminishes the enjoyment somewhat, but I’m still having a good time listening to such gems from my collection as:

• Scatterbrain – Here Comes Trouble (metal with humor!)
• David Lee Roth – Eat ‘Em and Smile (classic DLR with the best backup band money can buy)
• Joe Satriani – Surfing With the Alien (my favorite all-instrumental rock album)
• Mortal Kombat Annihilation Soundtrack (liable to induce speeding)
• Wayne’s World Soundtrack (too dated?  not!)
• 24-7 Spyz – This is…24-7 Spyz (awesome, grungy funk-metal)
• White Zombie – Astro-Creep 2000 (music to bang your head by)

That’s not to say I don’t have lots of other types of music in my collection, but there’s something about driving around in nice weather that calls for late 80s/early 90s hard rock.

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I’ve been running across a lot of great blogs lately, but most of them are going into my Del.icio.us list rather than the blogroll.  Here are some that I find myself reading often:

• Tomato Nation – Frequent humorous essays (the one about the Roomba is a big favorite of mine) and a daily advice column, The Vine.
• Snarkywood – Mean, catty and hilarious discussions of over-hyped celebrities.
• Design*Sponge – Daily posts of beautiful housewares and accessories from a wide variety of shops and designers.
• PostSecret – Fascinating and often disturbing secrets shared anonymously via postcard by anyone who wishes to participate.

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Wow, I think that was way more than 35% better than yesterday’s post!  Let’s hope I can keep that "underpromise and overdeliver" thing going throughout the week.