As I listened to the radio last night after driving home from school I decided to list my top ten songs of all time. It was more difficult that I originally thought so I had to make it 12 with one special award for understandability. Some of these will come as no surprise to my family since I will play them on the guitar all the time.
Obviously, this is just a sampling of my favorites and there many more that could have made the list but for the passage of time, dimming of memory and the influx of a lot of really lame songs and singers (as apparent each week on American Idol) that tend to obscure the really good songs.
13. Eddie Money – Take me home tonight (award for being the catchiest song that I have a hard time understanding, Aha gets a close second here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbhXmSBlS_U
12. Huey Lewis and the News – Power of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFaXTcR4dtE
11. Ricky Nelson – Mary Lou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLkCWT2neuI
10. John Denver- Wild Montana Skies (and many other John Denver songs go here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqeDLFYzN2Y&feature=related
9. Bon Jovi – Dead or Alive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99h5aikc4g
8. Blues Traveler – Runaround
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pCDs_0zbNo&feature=related
7. Aha – Take on me (This video is classic)
http://www.videocodezone.com/videos/a/a_ha/take_on_me.html
6. Wham – Freedom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMCnqyhdEUw&feature=related
5. Jack Johnson - Upside down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFjnit1wyus
4. Hamilton, Joe, Frank and Reynolds – Don’t pull your love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM0UK6DR5Zc (and for all you MST3K fans here they discuss H,J,F&R = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmF7lEKwAfQ)
3. Frank Sinatra – That’s why the lady is a tramp
2. Toby Keith – I should’a been a cowboy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyA2n6b6WiU
1. Whitesnake – Here I go again on my own
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKTiwCez6Zs
I hope you enjoyed my list. These links will take to videos of each of the songs on youtube.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Hannah is funny
While we were eating dinner the other day, Hannah passed some gas and exclaimed "My bum burped." I also registered Abigail for kindergarten this fall. It makes me feel like I'm approaching 30 or something.
My answer to the economic crisis
Not that I'm biased or anything but I think this would be a GREAT fix.
Dear Senator,
As our economic situation has been deteriorating over the last few months I have been reflecting on how to best solve this crisis. I have come up with an idea that would help both the economy, increase the number of individuals seeking higher education and give the loaning industry a substantial bailout they currently need.
If the Federal Government were to take the money proposed as part of the economic stimulus package and pay off outstanding student loans for higher education this would free up an exponential amount of money to be spent in the economy. If the stimulus package as proposed passes the only result will be the government's direct pumping of millions and trillions of dollars directly into the economy. This means that once the money is spent there is no more for the people at large to spend. If the government were to give money to the very rich, they do not need it, if they give it to the very poor once it is spent it will be gone. Instead they should give the bailout to students of higher education.
Students are a large population and student debt is a heavy burden that will accompany graduates for years and limit the amount of disposable income they have to spend. Graduates are more likely to have a better paying job but probably cannot afford to buy a house, car or furniture...Their current loans would probably keep them from making these substantial purchases for years to come.
Without substantial monthly loan payments students would be able to divert thousands of dollars that would be going to creditors already floundering because of poor economic decisions and restore faith in the stock market and economy at large. It would also help the housing market and create a large population of new home buyers eager to purchase one of the many vacant, brand new or foreclosed homes currently on the market.
I think this idea has merit and would appreciate your thoughts on the matter. Obviously, the indigent would not like this sort of spending; however, perhaps there could be a portion of the stimulus money set aside to fund education for the next few years and provide a greater incentive to get people out to school and get an education.
Thank you for all you do. I appreciate the work you do for us.
Sincerely,
Powell
(I'm waiting with baited breath to hear back from my Senator about her thoughts on this subject)
Dear Senator,
As our economic situation has been deteriorating over the last few months I have been reflecting on how to best solve this crisis. I have come up with an idea that would help both the economy, increase the number of individuals seeking higher education and give the loaning industry a substantial bailout they currently need.
If the Federal Government were to take the money proposed as part of the economic stimulus package and pay off outstanding student loans for higher education this would free up an exponential amount of money to be spent in the economy. If the stimulus package as proposed passes the only result will be the government's direct pumping of millions and trillions of dollars directly into the economy. This means that once the money is spent there is no more for the people at large to spend. If the government were to give money to the very rich, they do not need it, if they give it to the very poor once it is spent it will be gone. Instead they should give the bailout to students of higher education.
Students are a large population and student debt is a heavy burden that will accompany graduates for years and limit the amount of disposable income they have to spend. Graduates are more likely to have a better paying job but probably cannot afford to buy a house, car or furniture...Their current loans would probably keep them from making these substantial purchases for years to come.
Without substantial monthly loan payments students would be able to divert thousands of dollars that would be going to creditors already floundering because of poor economic decisions and restore faith in the stock market and economy at large. It would also help the housing market and create a large population of new home buyers eager to purchase one of the many vacant, brand new or foreclosed homes currently on the market.
I think this idea has merit and would appreciate your thoughts on the matter. Obviously, the indigent would not like this sort of spending; however, perhaps there could be a portion of the stimulus money set aside to fund education for the next few years and provide a greater incentive to get people out to school and get an education.
Thank you for all you do. I appreciate the work you do for us.
Sincerely,
Powell
(I'm waiting with baited breath to hear back from my Senator about her thoughts on this subject)
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