An Eighties One-Hit Wonder Band

This Video Was a Programmers' Favorite on V-32, the over-the-air music video station I was addicted to as a teenager. Since Universal won't let me embed it I have to link it.

And since I don't have the usual cut to hide this behind, it's "Whatever Happened to Fun?" by Candy.

More Insanity I Can't Afford

The company that I left my resume with at the job fair overday is Mahle. Chances are you've never heard of them. Chances are just as likely that some of the parts they make are in the engine of the car you drive now. They're headquartered in Germany but they have plants and facilities scattered all over the world. They have a plant in Morristown, which I intend to look up in the coming days.

The fellow at the job fair booth gave me a poster they have that charts all the engines currently in production for passenger cars and light trucks for the sixteen major manufacturers.

The List, for Posterity:
* GM * Ford * Chrysler * BMW * Daimler * Fuji * Honda * Hyundai * Kia * Mazda * Mitsubishi * Nissan * Porsche * Suzuki * Toyota * Volkswagen

The chart details the size and general specifics of each engine, where they're made, and in what vehicles they would be available. I can geek out on this thing for weeks!

Meanwhile, a motorsports factory in Georgia is having a "clearance sale" that I would participate in if I won the lottery tomorrow. You see, they build race cars, and every so often components become obsolete for competition. In this case, we're talking very specific models of Ford V-8 engines! Useless for on the track, but perfect for hot rodding! One of those, a nice Mustang or T-Bird, some very good mechanics, and a dream machine is possible.

But faithful Moonshine is going to keep her job for a good long time if I can help it. Got no beef with her.

FP

FreeWill Astrology

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of September 11, 2008

Once a year I hike into the hills above San Anselmo, CA and perform a concert for the trees, birds, insects, and sun. If clouds happen to show up that day, I include them as part of my audience. The show typically consists of 80-minutes' worth of a cappella songs and ecstatic poems, along with my "Dionysian sermons" and "primordial gossip." None of my listeners ever express anything resembling applause, but that's fine. For me, it's an exercise in giving without strings attached. I provide the gift simply because it makes me feel good to be generous, not because I have expectations about how the gift will be used. I recommend that you find an equivalent approach to bestowing blessings in the coming week.

Blogging is like that, isn't it? I mean, you never know if your audience is 1 or 1,000.

FP

Writer's Block: The X-Files Birthday

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I never saw the show. I was too loyal to an older show from NBC with the same theme titled Project UFO. I had my fill of pseudoscience in the late 1970s with everybody else then.

FP

Let's Make This a Clean Sweep!

( Another Treap.net Collage, 'Cause They Make Me Happy )