Tim at Where Worlds Collide leaps to the defense of prog rock's innate boogie-ness with But you can't dance to it! - It seems to be 'conventional wisdom' that prog-rock is crap 'because you can't dance to it'. Clearly nobody has told my seven-year old niece, who spontaniously danced very elegantly to King Crimson's "Epitaph" and the title track on the classic "In the Court of the Crimson King".
I resolve to listen to more progrock in 2003. Since you can dance to it...

He also shows off a couple of cool model trains in The Old Workhorse - This picture of class 37 No 37058 at Crewe was posted on the ModMod mailing list, as a comparison with the poorly-received (by the rivet-counters on the list, at least) new Bachmann model. It's a fine detail shot for modellers, showing a lot of bogie and front end detail. But it struck me as a good character shot as well; of a old and battered locomotive nearing the end of it's working life.
I resolve to find out what the hell "bogie" is in 2003.

BLOGGING ADVICE

Lynn at Reflections in D Minor warns us of what happens to those who offend the mighty Google Empire in Banned By Google - Jorggy has shut down the Argentina Diary because it has been banned by Google. Jorggy, if you are reading this please don't give up. Being banned by Google is not the end of the world.
I resolve to be nice to Google (the greatest search engine in the world) in 2003.

DAMNED GOOD ADVICE

Loretta at Observations of a Misfit picked up a booklet called Deadly Distractions, reminding us that we should not drink and bake, er, drive - 4. Driving with children. They are the most distracting, especially when they yell at me to "Look, Mom!!" and I have to remind them that I can't look right now because I'm driving. They drop things on the floor and expect me to reach back with my GUMBY arms and retrieve them while still steering and looking out the windshield. If they escape their car seats, I just slow down, slam on the brakes, and watch them fly through the air and hit the seat backs. That usually scares them into getting back in a seat belt!
I resolve to stop playing Civilization III on my laptop while driving in 2003.

Well, that about wraps up the promisizin' for this year. Do I plan on keeping any of these resolutions? You betcha! I'll just leave it to you to figure out which...

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[ This entry also seen at Solonor's Groovy Grove of Mystical Wonders ]