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I was planning on a post, but, again, my day didn’t allow time to get my notes together. And, though I don’t plan to make it a habit, there is the possibility that it’ll be more memes next Friday. We’ll see.
Stay safe out there, and drive off the top half of your tank.
So, very late getting home. I’m writing this about five hours after I’d normally finish writing a post. Enjoy.
Meme
I had a plan on the post, but forgot it when it was time to write it, but then remembered too late. The bonus? You get these memes instead. Some of these (the longer text one on the crows, for example) are old favorites of mine.
Feeling a bit tired tonight, so here are some memes in place of a proper post.
This one is for Vivek.
Behind the Music:
We’re getting pretty close to having the songs out into the world for purchase and streaming. Accounts are being set up, et cetera. I need to generate the final cuts, and generate the final artwork and upload. Until then, you can listen to them all here at this link. Note that songs with an asterisk won’t be available on streaming.
Paperwork American
By John Wilder (with apologies to The Beatles)
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Dear Harley Davidson, will you sponsor an H 1-B
I’m from Mumbai wonderful India, you see
I know that the needful you will do
Because I worship a monkey god that is blue
Paperwork American
My application says I know I.T.
But I bribed an Indian University for a degree
I don’t know a thing about tech that will last
But I want to get a job and hire my own caste
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
I’ve got a thousand relatives, give or take a few
They’ll be making more in a week or two
I can grovel to you if you like the style
And hate you behind your back all the while
Paperwork American
If you really like me get me a green card
And we’ll immigrate a million into your backyard
If you must return us, please not back to India
Because I need a break and I want to be a paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
No podcast until January. Enjoy the memes!
No podcast tonight, The Mrs. is working long hours and is a bit fatigued. All is well, just tired. More music in the A.M.
Latest effort. This was an attempt to use a battle from the Franco-Prussian War as an allegory that humanity has only one shot to succeed.
Fortunately, I have more than one song. Hope you enjoy.
I’ll see if I can figure out a way to distribute these easily.
One Shot
By John Wilder
Ninety-one days from Sedan…
The Prussian lines stood silent in the mist
One order rang out: “Charge!”
One heartbeat… one charge… one shot at glory.
From cave to plow, from fire to steel
We clawed our way up history’s wheel
The coal is thin, the oil runs dry
The easy age has bled us dry
There is no second dawn, no second spring
The clock strikes once, then silence rings
All we built, all we bled
Hangs on the moment straight ahead
Chorus
One shot at glory – fire or fall!
One heartbeat roaring – answer the call!
Coiled like a spring, now is the spark
Live like a king or die in the dark
One shot! One shot!
Glory or the grave!
We are the sons of a billion years
Forged in the dust of vanquished fears
The stars don’t wait, the void won’t bend
This is the charge – this is the end
No retreat, no slow decay
The guns are loaded, the skies are gray
Fix bayonets, bare your teeth
Immortal or dead in the smoke beneath
Chorus
One shot at glory – fire or fall!
One heartbeat roaring – answer the call!
Coiled like a spring, now is the spark
Live like a king or die in the dark
One shot! One shot!
Glory or the grave!
Hear the drums of Mars ascending
Iron boots on iron ground
Every empire, every life
Comes down to this single sound
Forward!
No tomorrow if we fail tonight
Forward!
Into the breach, into the light!
One shot at glory – seize or be slain!
One war-cry thundering through every vein!
The moment is here, the die is cast
Take control of the sky or be dust of the past
One shot! One shot!
Glory or the grave!
One shot! One shot!
This is the day we break the chains!
Charge… for glory… and the universe
Will be ours . . .
No podcast, The Mrs. has an appointment. Instead, enjoy these hand-picked memes. Maybe a song tomorrow morning. We’ll see.
We start with five memes of Franklin, the beloved character from books meant for little kids. I used to watch the Franklin cartoon with my eldest son. It was a simple cartoon where Franklin kept getting into moral dilemmas fit for a five-year-old to digest, like waterboarding.
The opening lyrics were something like:
Hey, it’s Franklin,
Comin’ to your house
Being me, I couldn’t stop thinking that it would have sounded better if it was:
Hey, it’s Franklin,
Comin’ to kill you
So, the Secretary of War X’d out this, which led to a backlash from the creator, which led to . . . a meme explosion. Maybe he heard the opening theme the same way I did?
Here’s a page with all the meme’s I’ve collected:
Now back to the usual memes:
Enjoy these memes instead. A proper post no later than next Monday, not sure about Friday, since I might just relax on Thanksgiving.
To you and yours, please have a very happy Thanksgiving!
