Stole My Shoes

Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 - 12:27 a.m.

Va Room

I watch two car races a year. Indy and Day.

Yesterday's Daytona 500 was one of the most electrifying races I have seen in many years. At the very end, there were way too many love pats between the drivers and they crashed twice in four laps during which about a dozen cars met their fate.

I'm reminded of something I saw on Usenet a while back that bears reprinting:

>What is the attraction of
>watching NASCAR on TV?
>
>These days, they keep drivers point
>of view cameras in the cars
>looking out on the track, so it feels
>like you the viewer, are the driver.
>Its like playing a video game almost.

A video game in demo mode, when you haven't put in any quarters.

>You could call the Blues a 12 bar
>form that is generally three
>chords, with the first lyric line
>repeated, then closed with a
>different line, and describe quite
>a bit of the Blues out there. But
>adherence to that form, like cars
>driving in a circle, is not what
>makes it interesting, it is the
>variations and surprises from the
>expected that draws the fans.

Oh that woman is the devil,
She done stole my shoes
Oh that woman is the devil,
She done stole my shoes
I gotta leave that woman -- *SCREECH*
*CRASHH* *FA-TOOOOOSH*

"Oh no, ladies and gentlmen, Coughing Orange Jefferson has gone off his chair and burst into flames! They're spraying him with foam but I don't think this looks good! This is terrible, what a loss for the Delta blues and blues in general!"

I thought it summed things up rather nicely.

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Kind of a short post today. Have a good Monday, if there is such a thing.

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