The Muse has been a truly cranky sort ever since Saturday night. She's really not a fan of the whole Spring Ahead, Fall Behind Daylight Savings Time thing. So as I watched the clocks turn from 1:59am to 3am, then decided to stay up til 5:30 because screw it I'm enjoying conversations with friends and it's not like any sleep I get is going to make a difference at 7:30am, she fixated on Time as my topic for tonite. I learned long ago not to challenge the Muse on topics, so fire up the music engines and follow me below the swirling orange sands of time after a word from our sponsor...
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Songs about time, clocks, and all that stuff:
- Time, by Pink Floyd - And then the one day you find ten years have got behind you...
- Clocks, by Cold Play - Closing walls and ticking clocks gonna come back and take you home...
- It's Time, by Imagine Dragons - It's time to begin, isn't it?
- Let It Be, by Beatles (covered by Alicia Keys & John Legend) - When I find myself in times of trouble...I wake up to the sound of music...
- Time After Time, by Cyndi Lauper - If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting time after time..
- Fly Like An Eagle, by Steve Miller Band - Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future...
- Looks Like We Made It, by Barry Manilow - And if I hold you for the sake of all those times love made us lose our minds... could I ever let you go?
- Older, by They Might Be Giants - You're older than you've ever been and now you're even older...
- Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life), by Green Day - It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life.
- Closing Time, by Semisonic - Closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
What's keeping Time for you tonite?
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Some comment 'flags:'
These two flagged comments came from News Corpse's diary on Fox News, GWB and the Selma ceremony.
Flagged by murrayewv, this comment by News Corpse accurately analyzes how Republicans view marching for civil rights. Their presence lacks conviction and SOUL. For 'show' only.
Flagged by pegasi, this comment by icbo highlights at least one of the unconscionable FauxNews double standards about the march.
Flagged by Lepanto, yesterday, (thus, sadly out of recommendability), this comment by CwV deserves a virtual recommendation for its concise, simple truth.
Flagged by mojo11, this comment by Mopshell is highlighted as an example of Obama 'skewering' (mojo11's word) Republicans on Iran.
From Village Vet:
On my article Nebr. Courts: We're Too Busy to Hold Marriage Ceremonies", Daily Kos member Thanatokephaloides posted this video comment about my town's crime problem (hehehehe).
From leu2500:
Choco8's comment in dougdilg's diary nails Hillary's candidacy IMHO.
From Yours Truly, brillig:
Every week I think "I really need to pick Serious Intellectual Noms". And then stuff like FogCityJohn's trueism and TDDVandy's gem cross my path. From librarisingnsf's Updated: University Of Texas Frat Bans Mexicans, Interracial Dating, And 'Fagetry'.
Top Mojo for Monday, March 9, 2015, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you
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FAQing Top Mojo.
1) It's embarrassingly ironic that leaders in Iran... by markthshark — 397
2) Numerous Iranian Government Officials by tmservo433 — 353
3) According to Harry Reid, the force behind the by Susan Grigsby — 277
4) He hasn't served either the senate, nor by askyron — 180
5) Ooooh this should sting: by CwV — 151
6) This is two years after... by integrate — 135
7) A cogent... by RichM — 135
8) Too bad that Republicans can't be embarressed. by drmah — 128
9) Traitors! by MartyM — 127
10) Ooo....can't wait for the GOP outrage... by Gwennedd — 123
11) Dr Zarif's response by Quabbin — 117
12) The reference to lynching... by richardak — 106
13) Short and sweet. by dsb — 104
14) I don't interpret our cheering the words of the by SeaTurtle — 95
15) Too many take great joy in causing pain by radical simplicity — 94
16) And you can bet that they call themselves by nocynicism — 94
17) Especially if somebody reads it to them by xxdr zombiexx — 94
18) Same with others...like NC's Typhoid Tillis by ExpatGirl — 91
19) Re: condescending Senators by lartwielder — 90
20) Yes. How can this not be considered seditious? by StellaRay — 90
21) Iran's leader just wrecked by Game Guru — 89
22) The SCOTUS decision couldn't be plainer. by Bob Love — 87
23) Great response by Demi Moaned — 86
24) They want war in the worst way by looseleaf — 85
25) Electing a black president didn't make the by Lily O Lady — 84
26) Treason, just without the bullets. by White Buffalo — 82
27) They're seditionists. by psnyder — 81
28) Iran's response should be headline news by PorridgeGun — 81
29) That letter was an amateurish blunder. by Mark Lippman — 79
30) You cant expel students just for being assholes by DrTerwilliker — 78
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