So, Lee, you going to be home tonight then?

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I saw (on a VH1 special or something) Colin Hay playing that song solo, just sitting in his studio. It was just him and a guitar, and he was playing it kind of slow and sad, and it blew my socks off.

I think Overkill was my favorite.

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I recently heard that played live by one of the band members, and I fell in love all over again. The hidden Men At Work fan came out, and came out hard.

Colin Hay did a beautiful acoustic version of Overkill on an episode of Scrubs, and gave me a whole new appreciation for it.

Speaking of the centrist surge, as I heard the election returns I kept thinking, "The real winner in this is Cindy and the Moderates." Which would make a pretty good girl group. Maybe Cindy and the Moderations.

Heh. You must write books about our music. Seriously though, with Rummy resigning right after? I think the real winner is everyone.

Although I think I called myself one here lately, I'm really only moderate in comparison to b.org. If you tally up my 21 years of voting history, for all elections (state, local, federal), I think I can count the non-Dems I've voted for on one hand, and have enough fingers left over to give you the peace sign (or possibly just the bird).

I am pretty much a textbook tax-n-spend Dem (my dh is moderate, and we only agree about politics, about half of the time). I'm in favor of all the typical liberal causes, particularly universal healthcare, as well as freedom of choice, environmental protection, energy conservation and reform, gun control, protecting Social Security, minimum wage increases, marriage rights (actually, I'd make marriage a non-state affair and have people get householder status [with the benefits and rights traditionally bestowed upon het marriages, but a sexual relationship wouldn't be the basis; chosen-family would]), stem-cell research, civil rights, and ending corporate welfare.

There are only a couple of places I think I'm at odds with the well worn planks in the Democratic party platform. I wonder if I seem (and feel) more moderate here, because I'm not a secularist. I'm not a theocrat, either, for what that's worth. I think both approaches are intolerant. I'm a pluralist.

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Teppy, did you go to St. Ursula's? I found out my friend is teaching latin there now.

I did! And my mom works there, as the Alumnae Director.

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Colin Hay did a beautiful acoustic version of Overkill on an episode of Scrubs, and gave me a whole new appreciation for it.

Must. Go. Watch. Scrubs. Now.

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::googles::

Yeah, it was Colin Hay I saw live. He was marvellous. I hadn't realised I liked those songs anywhere near as much as I did when he played them.

Shared an elevator with him too. Didn't have anything useful to say, so kept my mout shut.

Speaking of versions, CSI last night had a great version of "Word Up" that I'd really like to know more about. Let me see what the iTunes store knows...

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So what happened on House and Bones while I was gone?

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Sean, I think the name of the episode was My Overkill.

Hay appears on screen, right at the beginning (in the teaser, I think).

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I'd never seen Extreme Makeover: People Edition until today. It's kinda creepy, no?

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Totally creepy.

We've taken your somewhat mousy, yet not unattractive wife/sister/mom and replaced her with Pamela Anderson. Let's see if anyone notices.

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