*sigh*

First Ethan falls in love with soccer… and now Gabe brings home this from Kindergarten…

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Mc Cain were flying to a debate.

Barack looked at Hillary, Chuckled and said, “You know I could throw a $1,000 bill out of the window right now and make somebody very happy.”

Hillary shrugged her shoulders and replied, “I could throw ten $100 bills out of the window and make ten people very happy.”

John added, “That being the case, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out of the window and make a hundred people very happy.”

Hearing their exchange, the pilot rolled his eyes and said to his copilot, “Such big-shots back there. I could throw all three of them out of the window and make 156 million people very happy.”

Just bought the Josh Wilson CD on iTunes. So far I love it. He has the same kind of pop-rock sound as Dave Barnes, and the same great songwriting, plus great musicianship too. Josh plays every instrument on the songs “3 Minute Song” and “Savior Please” except for drums. He fiddles with acoustic, baritone and electric guitars as well as banjo, mandolin, piano, and keys (which provide the orchestral sounds present on the album). While guitar and piano are his primary instruments, Josh also enjoys the banjitar, which is a banjo with guitar styling, “It’s a neat instrument and it’s kind of a cheat on the banjo.” Sweet!

I’ve been enjoying “3 Minute Song” which compares singing about God’s greatness to “Trying To Fit The Ocean In A Cup” and the rest of the CD doesn’t disappoint. Now I’m trying to restrain from tracking down his two independent projects—a full-length album, Dragonfly (2004), and an EP, Shake the Shadow (2006).

I tried to write a song 
And keep it 3 minutes long 
Get in, get out, nobody gets hurt 
And I tried a thousand times 
To fit God between the lines 
But I’m finding out that doesn’t really work

I just don’t have the words to say 
Cause words only get in my way

I must apologize, I have the hardest time 
Finding something to define a God that I can’t define 
And even if I could, it would take way too long 
If all I’ve got is a 3 minute song

I’ve got a hundred metaphors 
And if I had a million more 
I could never ever seem to sum this up 
Besides, how can some melody 
Communicate eternity 
It’s like trying to fit the ocean in a cup

I’ll never find the words to say 
Cause words only get in my way

I would like to dumb this down to 3 chords or maybe 4 
But I’ve tried and I can’t and I won’t cause there will always be more

So I apologize 
I can’t seem to get it right

I also like the humorous tune “Dear Money,” which talks about a love/hate relationship with cash.

Check out this video of him playing “Amazing Grace”

but it still sucks! I’m sure New York will be one of the first in line!

Lawmakers eying taxation on digital downloads

It’s getting a bit out of hand…

MEATWATER / High Efficiency Survival Beverage

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Plan on waiting for it to load, that will have to be fixed before it launches!

I’d be in big trouble when October rolls around… (found via Kottke)

iTunes Music Store!

Incredible… in less than 5 years.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/04/03itunes.html

Daring Fireball on an article about the new iPhone ads.

I love how they continue to advertise the iPhone simply by showing how it actually works. You almost never see any product, especially in consumer electronics, advertised this way.

Great point! Advertising is easy when your product sells itself! I’ve had my iPhone a whopping 2 weeks and I can’t imagine being without it already!