A HOUSE WHERE NOBODY LIVES

Thanks for this one Tom.

There's a house on my block that's abandoned and cold.  The folks moved out of it a long time ago.  And they took all their things, and they never came back.  Looks like it's haunted with the windows all cracked.  And everyone calls it the house, the house where nobody lives.

Once it held laughter.  Once it held dreams.  Did they throw it away?  Did they know what it means?  Did someone's heart break or did someone do somebody wrong?

Well the paint is all cracked.  It was peeled off of the wood.  The papers were stacked on the porch where I stood.  The weeds had grown up just as high as the door.  There were birds in the chimney and an old chest of drawers.  Looks like no one will ever come back to the house were nobody lives.

Once it held laughter. Once it held dreams.  Did they throw it away.  Did they know what it means?  Did someone's heart break or did someone do somebody wrong?

So if you find someone, someone to have, someone to hold, don't trade it for silver.  Don't trade it for gold.  I have all of life's treasures and they are fine and they are good.  They remind me that houses are just made of wood.  What makes a house grand, oh it ain't the roof or the doors.  If there's love in a house.  It's a palace for sure

Without love, it ain't nothing but a house, a house where nobody lives.  Without love it ain't nothing but a house, a house where nobody lives.

-Tom Waits

My Top 20 Photos of 2010

 

In chronological order…

Photos here

_Alexander

A BING AND BOWIE CHRISTMAS

It's that time of year again.  Here's a look at the greatest Christmas duet you're likely to find on the 'ol information superhighway.

 

UPDATE!  Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly step up as contenders for this greatest duo title.  Good stuff.

Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy with Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly from Will Ferrell

_Alexander

Norm’s Darwinian Beer Wisdom

Based on this alone, no longer will I skip past reruns of Cheers.

Via 175proof.com

_Alexander

RIP VAN SNAIL MAIL

I got a letter in the mail last week, a single letter sitting on my desk at work. No return address was listed. It appeared to be a greeting card of some kind. On the inside was an unexpected message.

Wishing you the best in 2008 - Nike USA Brand Connections.

The last bit was written in pen, so it was actually signed by someone from Nike. Strange, I haven’t worked with them in years. But wait, did that just say 2008? I looked back at the envelope where the post mark date clearly read December 19, 2007. Running down to the mail room, I asked if this letter was found hidden behind a file cabinet or slipped underneath a bookshelf. There had to be some kind of explanation.  Nope.  Matt confirmed that this gem of a letter arrived today and he dropped it off himself.

So that means this little slip of paper has been out in the wild world for nearly 3 years! That’s when I began to wonder. Did it just sit on the bottom of an abandoned mail cart for all but one week of its life? Maybe it was the calculated by product of a mail man who hated his job and intentionally lost one letter each day. Or did it go from city to city, hitchhiking across America’s mail rooms in some Brave Little Toaster meets Jack Kerouac postal journey. If only this letter could talk. Hell, it’s been ‘alive’ for as long as I’ve lived in Colorado. But it can’t, so I’ll give him the best tribute a single piece of paper can get, the crowning achievement of legible print…placement on the home refrigerator. Front and center. Well done sir.

_Alexander

THOUGHTS ON THE WEATHER

CROWD REACTIONS – USA VS ALGERIA

It was a hell of a game on Wednesday and there have been a good number of crowd reaction videos.  It so great to see people filling the bars and cheering for this sport.  Here are some of my favorites.

But first, the goal…

Lincoln, Nebraska – My pick for best reaction

Davis, California

Las Vegas, NA

San Diego, CA

Springfield, MO

_Alexander