Wolf Hungry But Not So Well Hung.

I'm in my 40's.

That means that I am a child of new new wave movement.

Yes, I liked Duran Duran.

One of their more popular songs was "Hungry like the Wolf". This was not such a great song, but it did break new ground because it actually had sound clips of a woman moaning with pleasure near the end of the tune.

Trouble is, now that all the late baby boomers are possibly consuming CDs and MP3's of all the music they remember fondly, it has to be sanitized because many of these former "wild childs" have kids now and GOD FORBID your teenager get a earful of a woman having an orgasm. Certainly, it wouldn't past Walmart muster. And that is who is responsible for neutering our music - Thank Walmart, because they sell most of the CDs now and if they object to your content you don't get onto the shelf regardless of your generation, culture or art.

I'm sure the Band didn't care for this but what can they do. They don't control their music.

And after attenuating the orgasm track down to practically nothing, they still have the gall to put a parental advisory on the label.

How lame.

Another reason why I will never step into a Walmart as long as I live.

Update:

I did a bit of digging and discovered that Walmart, the largest retailer of CD's, states that they will not sell any CDs with parental guidance stickers. Fact is, they offer it on their music downloads site. While Walmart apparently DOES censor music, but it begs the question - why didn't Duran Duran just leave the songs in tact when they have a sticker anyhow? I heard the cut off of Pandora. Is it Pandora doing the cutting? Mystery continues.

More at: Walmart censorship

Stovy Irony

It is time for me to attack the kitchen. I have been planning this campaign for years. Like a Neocon, I have been drawing up careful plans and collecting materials and artifacts for the fateful day when I unleash shock and awe upon a food preparation facility that in 93 years has seen only one poor attempt at an upgrade in the 70's. Preliminary incursions began shortly after I moved in. I tore out the breakfast nook, knocked down the wall to the adjoining closet, ripped out the rusty sink. From a palace in Minneapolis, I confiscated a treasure trove of maple cabinetry. The invasion was well underway as I began to patch up holes and install electrical systems.

So now that the heyday of destruction and temporary support is waning and a cold field lies before us, it is quite fitting that the showpiece of the new kitchen will be an depression era stove that I purchased equitably from some good folks in southern Wisconsin.

My Detroit Jewel will be a warm reminder of days gone by heading into a chilly and uncertain future.

Go Mules, Go!

Go Mules

Go Mules! Fight to win for the team we love the best
Go Mules! Don't give in, put our name above the rest.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Go Mules! We're for you and we let the whole world know
That at U-C-M, it's go, Mules go!

This is the fight song of the University of Central Missouri formerly known as Warrensburg Teachers College. In the early years, the institution manufactured mainly Gym Teachers.

This the school Dale Carnegie (aka. Carnagey) attended while milking cows on his poor family farmstead. Dale was a good talker and had a talent for sales and, initially he was very successful selling soap, bacon and lard for Armour & Company. An aspiring lecturer, he went into acting. Failing that, and nearly broke he began to teach public speaking at the YMCA he where he was staying. He stumbled upon techniques that were effective in making people feel more confident and went on to write many books including one of the best selling self improvement titles: "How to win friends and influence people".

Dale pioneered the art of modern corporate artifice - as in you can change a persons behavior by changing your reaction to them. This provides the basis for saying whatever you need to say in order to manipulate others for your personal gain instead of being, say, genuine and cultivating personal integrity. From this perspective is derived phrases like "Believe you will succeed and you will" and "The glass is always half full", "We are behind you 110%".

Carnegie is responsible for the plague of motivational speakers that turn forlorn premadonnas into Pollyanna automatons. This is why you can't get a straight answer from an executive and why you end up buying products from sales people who have conveniently neglected to assume a moderate philosophy when it comes to shaping expectations.