o/` "Grainy days and city ways make me want to hide
someplace cool and green and shady.

"Find yourself a piece of grassy ground,
Lay down close your eyes.
Find yourself and maybe lose yourself
While your free spirit flies."

-- "Cool an' Green an' Shady" performed by John Denver ( Read more... )

o/` "Now I'm just rolling home
Into my lover's arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.' o/`

-- "Bless the Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts ( Read more... )

o/` "Paper back writer (paperback writer)
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer." o/`

-- Paperback Writer performed by The Beatles ( Read more... )

o/` "I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you" o/`

-- "Bless the Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts ( Read more... )

Want to read something unique this week? diagenou's entry for SCI this week is about his work process, how he gets a feel for the criminals he eventually has to assemble a case for in order for them to be prosecuted. While it's rather tempting to handle the entry as a tantalizing mystery, one should also realize that it's a difficult and harrowing ( Read more... )

Gonna poke my head up out of my barf bucket here long enough to tell you folks that you ought to read diagenou's entry for Second Chance Idol and vote if you're so inclined. The entry can be found HERE and the poll can be found HERE. A lot of you have asked repeatedly about his side of things; this is your chance to find out. It took a lot of courage ( Read more... )

o/` "He took a vow and made a stand
Started swaying with the hand
Sudden motion made me skip
Now we're into a brand new trip" o/`

-- "Kung Fu Fightin'" performed by Foo Fighters

*tick*

I glanced up at the clock with its rustically painted rooster face and wanted to punch it. Two minutes until ten. I'd wait one more minute and then....

*tock* ( Read more... )

o/` "Ladies and gentlemen, attention please
Come in close so everyone can see
I got a tale to tell
A listen don't cost a dime
And if you believe that we're gonna get along just fine" o/`

-- "Snake Oil" performed by Steve Earle ( Read more... )

o/` "Yes, and the ocean parts when I walk through, and the clouds dissolve and the sky turns blue
I'm held in very great value by everyone I meet but you
'cause I've used my talents as I could, I've done some bad, I've done some good
I did a whole lot better than they thought I would so, c'mon and treat me like you should!" o/`

-- "Everybody Loves ( Read more... )

o/` "We're playing those mind games together ( Read more... )