and if I still had eyes, then I would surely cry

Enjoy a music video for Hallowe'en:

Wait a minute, Chester

I am reminded of a friend from high school who, as a fan of music and Christianity, was inclined to rate songs based on what he called their "Righteousness." While this might sound dismal, his combination of an excellent musical ear, and a willingness to consider that a secularly focused song might have an inherent spiritual component made for some very excellent and surprising choices.

(The song that he first explained his theory of Musical Righteousness to me was "Lay Your Hands on Me" by Thompson Twins. I'm still not certain if he ruined that song for me or gave it more meaning, but every time I can hear it I can still see him taking a big slug from a bottle of Canadian Whisky and yelling "This song is so Righteous!" over and over.)

This is a selection of cover versions of "The Weight." I've never known that The Staple Singers did a cover of "The Weight," and even before listening to it I could feel the Righteous Meter zooming up into the red.

Listening to the World - Antigua and Barbuda

I notice that the list of countries on Wikipedia has been reduced by one. It seems that Wales is not a country.

Sorry, Wales.

And to Antigua and Barbuda.

This is my second Caribbean radio station in a row, so I'm in a very Caribbean mood. I've never been a big fan of the Caribbean, but now I think it might be nice to go someplace with a beach and dial up this sort of radio.

So I've been listening to Liberty Radio ZDK.


The first thing that I heard when I clicked into Liberty Radio was a delightfully groovy Caribbean version of "You Were Always on my Mind" - which became even more groovy and delightful when the DJ broke into the middle of the song to read birthday greetings. The next tune up was apparently about Jesus. I could tell this because the Chorus went "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus."

Further attempts to log in have been thwarted - there seems to be more people who want to listen to the radio than the servers can handle. That is a good thing -- in its own way.

I'd like a "none" pizza with left beef

Steven from The Sneeze tries out the Dominos Pizza online order form.

by Nathan Coley

Buying the New Yorker 1976 - page 54

The Ritz-Carlton that is being advertised here is now the Taj Boston. Around the corner from the Taj Boston is the Ritz-Carlton Boston Common. When I Google "Ritz-Carlton Boston" I get four addresses.

1. 15 Arlington St. This is the old Ritz-Carlton/current Taj Boston. (This is where Boston Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramierez lives/lived depending on how happy he is at any given time.)
2. 2 Avery St. This is the address of the Ritz-Carlton Boston Common.
3. 172 Tremont St. I had to go to the satellite to figure this out. This is the back entrance to the Ritz-Carlton Boston Common. But this is an important address, as it is, unlike the main entrance/address, actually on the Common.
4. 6 Newbury St. This is/was the car wash in the parking garage of the original Ritz-Carlton. I don't know which is more swank: getting your rental car washed while you are on vacation, or driving downtown to get your car washed at the Ritz.

I think you need to get a suite to have a fireplace in the Ritz-Carlton Boston Common and the Boston Taj.


In 1976 the Dominican Republic was coming to the close of the presidency of Joaquín Balaguer. As a means of holding the Communist influences of Cuba in check, Balaguer's tenure was marked by "a repression of civil liberties."

On the plus side, folks who responded to this as in January would have had the chance to get themselves to the Dominican Winter Baseball League title series. There's always a trade off.

Finally something makes me want to consider signing up for Second Life

From the Dilbert newsletter we learn that Scott Adams will be doing a virtual book signing on Second Life on October 30th. His avatar will be passing out free Dilbert posters and the Second Life system has been programmed so that other avatars can kick his in the groin.