The other song I liked a lot was Almost<\/i> by Bowling for Soup<\/a>. This from their FAQ page: “Why not Bowling for Stew<\/i>? Because that would suck.”<\/p>\n
In case it’s not obvious, this is one of those, “Yes, I’m still here,” posts.<\/p>\n
I spent most of the last week or so driving around between Kansas City and south central Iowa, and I haven’t posted in, like, forever.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, I’m still out here thinkin’ and writin’.<\/p>\n
While I was driving my Hyundai Accent around on “Clean Burning Iowa Ethanol,” I heard a few good songs on the local alternative station out of St. Joseph’s MO, which I believe was called KJO. (Speaking of ethanol, it was amazing — the 89.5 octane unleaded with ethanol was 6 cents cheaper than the 87 octane without.) But the really nice thing about driving a Hyundai rental is how good my old ’89 Honda Accord feels when I get home.<\/p>\n
The first good song was Breathe<\/i>, by Anna Nalick<\/a>. If you go to her website, and I think you should, I’d encourage you to listen to the sample for Wreck of the Day<\/i>. Breathe<\/i> has a cool lyric, though: “Life’s like an hourglass glued to the table.” Check it out.<\/p>\n The other song I liked a lot was Almost<\/i> by Bowling for Soup<\/a>. This from their FAQ page: “Why not Bowling for Stew<\/i>? Because that would suck.”<\/p>\n
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I was visiting with my good friend Bob the other day, and he showed me this model for evaluating projects. The idea is that everyone wants things to be Good, Fast and<\/em> Cheap, but in real life, you only get two. So if you want to remodel your kitchen, you can go cheap and good and do it all yourself, but it won’t be fast, or you can hire it done and get it done well as quickly as possible, but it won’t be cheap. Or you can hire it done by a bunch of unlicensed people with little experience, and it may be fast, and it may be cheap, but it won’t<\/em> be good.<\/p>\n