Pins and Needles

  Lots to do today- first of all, there's a lot of good music out there at the moment, so I have to expand to the rare Top 20.  Don't act like you don't care.

 1. You Are A Runner And I am My Father's Son- Wolf Parade 

2. Soul Meets Body- Death Cab For Cutie- Music Archive Videos: 1 of 6: Death Cab for Cutie: 'Soul Meets Body'

3. Nth Degree- Morningwood

4. We Both Go Down Together- The Decemberists

5. Silver Sparkler- The Jim Yoshii Pile-up

6. Do You Want To- Franz Ferdinand- Music Archive Videos: 1 of 9: Franz Ferdinand: 'Do You Want To'

7. Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo- Bloodhound Gang- Music Archive Videos: Bloodhound Gang: 'Foxtrot'

8. Forget Myself- Elbow

9. Twin Cinema- The New Pornographers

10. Four Kicks- Kings of Leon- Music Archive Videos: 1 of 7: Kings of Leon: 'Four Kicks'   [Boo!!! AOL for editing this video!  They show all the violent images but edit out the words "blade" and "guns".  In fact, don't even watch this video unless you know the words- "You with your switchblade posse, I'll get my guns from the south, we'll take to the yard like a cockfight, four kicks- who's struttin' now?"  There, my public service for the day :-) ]

11. Tear You Apart- She Wants Revenge

12. Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)- The White Stripes

13. Fistful of Love- Antony and the Johnsons

14. I Never- Rilo Kiley

15. Over My Head (Cable Car)- The Fray- Music Archive Videos: 1 of 2: The Fray: 'Over My Head (Cable Car)'

16. God Is My Girlfriend- The Brian Jonestown Massacre

17. Empty Room- Marjorie Fair

18. Bang Theory- World Leader Pretend- Music Archive Videos: World Leader Pretend: 'Bang Theory'

19. Swing Life Away- Rise Against- Music Archive Videos

20. Dear Scene, I Wish I Were Deaf- Nightmare of You

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  I've been experiencing a lot of numbness, tingling and pain in my hands the last couple of weeks and so I decided, for a laugh, to look up carpal tunnel on WebMD and I pretty sure I have it.  I'm no doctor, but having every symptom- it doesn't take a degree in medicine to figure this out.

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My hand is really telling me it doesn't want to use the mouse anymore, so I'll just run through the football really quick.  I finally stunk.  I knew it was going to happen eventually, but it still stings worse than trying to carry two bags of apples while walking through an orchard with carpal tunnel syndrome.  I was 4-9-1 for the week, dragging my record down to a still somewhat respectable 40-32.  Fortunately, no one else in the family did amazingly well, so I held onto first place.

The standings look like this:

1. CH 40-32             -

2. Wife 38-34          2

3. Daughter 37-35    3

4. Brother 35-37       5

5. Sister-in-law 34-38    6

6. Sister  30-42          10

7. Dad  27-45             13

8. Mom 27-45            13

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  I'm super excited about The Office tonight.  A fire in the kitchen sends everyone outside to the parking lot where they'll spend the entire episode learning too much about each other.  Sounds like comic gold.  My Name is Earl is also hilarious.  I can't remember the last time NBC had a show in my Top 5 favorites and now it's got two.  Way to go, NBC.  Sorry I badmouthed you a couple of weeks ago.  If Arrested Development didn't exist, The Office would be right up there.  It's my Scottie Pippen of comedy.  Oh wait, Scottie was overrated because of playing with MJ.  Help, I need a better analogy!  Submit your entry...now.  I'm looking for an analogy that describes something or someone that is so great, but is overshadowed by the once in a liftetime something or someone that was even greater at the same time.  Got one?  Submit your entry...now!  Winner will get an autographed copy of my last gas station receipt.  That could be worth something.

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Okay, well I'm done for now.  I'm off to count the days on the calendar until my wife gets medical insurance.  Doctors, yay!  Ohh, my fingers are all tingly just thinking about it!