if I believed in "time" I'd argue it could not be "wasted," but it's still a great song

"I like rock," to quote Paul Gilbert.

I love rock, to take it another step.

I was born a rocker, have made it way past the expiration-date of rocking whilst still rocking, & I assume my last years will be ensconced in the rock.

I am raising my kids to rock.

They love Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Slayer, Megadeth, Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium, Anthrax, Kiss, Judas Priest, Pantera, & 50 other bands I'm not gonna list here.

At the house, we rock.

My wife, as you know, rocks.

& today's music was . . .



country?!?!?!

I got a Guitar Player a few years ago, & Brad Paisley was on the cover.

I was not amused.

Later, I decided to give the article a try, & the word "shred" appeared.

The editors defended their choice, I took their argument & trusted their opinion, & I bought the album shown above.

I absolutely love it, especially for 5 reasons.

1. Look at the neck of his guitar--bendy-clock, Dali-style. big, BIG points there.
(1a. the guitar--like all of his--is a "paisley" Telecaster--how cool that he incorporated his name as such)
2. dude flat-out shreds in places, but it's always tasteful
3. lyrics: ya should laugh, ya might cry, but it ain't the usual
4. he named his kid "Huck"
5. the title track--if you never heard it, go check it out. I'll wait. I don't believe in "life-changing" songs or anything like that. but this is one of those songs that hits me in the soul

BONUS "LOVE-IT" ITEM RELATED TO ANOTHER ALBUM
6. as a dad, I can't get enough of the song "Anything Like Me," from the album American Saturday Night . . . it's almost up there with the moment in The Pursuit of Happpyness when Will Smith's (man-crush #1) character tells his son, "Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me." Is it getting dusty in here? I think I got something in my eye . . .

So, I own everything Brad Paisley has recorded, & I don't think I have one more album in my 1500+ that would qualify as country. (only ones really close: Eagles, Izzy Stradlin, maybe some Black Crowes & Stones . . . oh, & that one Dixie Chicks album, just because it made everybody soooo mad)

Brad Paisley rocks!!!


Juniors:
We have completed the novel, & we have seen Lemuel Gulliver's descent into misanthropy.

Dude be talking to horses for 4 hours a day.

Finally let his wife back at the dinner table . . . 5 years later.

This is some seriously funny stuff.

You got a start on your seminar prep, due Thursday.

You got the official 10-days notice that we will next read The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot, & you will need to procure a copy, by next Wednesday


Sophomores:
MLA.

More MLA.

Most MLA.

Ever.

OWL.

Paper due tomorrow, & remember to get those "easy" 70 points by bringing the preliminaries.

Wednesday: unit 3 completing sentences.

Thursday: unit 3 QUIZ!!!

Friday--tell ya what . . . take the day off.

But . . . you must promise to

be cool