I’ve got one hand in my pocket and the other one is doing something that doesn’t rhyme

I’ve got one hand in my pocket and the other one is doing something that doesn’t rhyme April 12, 2016

• Yesterday, for reasons I don’t fully understand, I found myself trying to remember the hand motions to accompany the song “The Joy of the Lord Is My Strength.” But, nope, those were just gone — childhood memories no longer supported by my current 40-something OS. Happily, this proved to be yet another thing Google can remember for me. A good third of my long-term memory is now stored on the Cloud.

WARNING: If you did not grow up in a white evangelical subculture, then feel free to click that link for a glimpse into our strange world. But if you did grow up evangelical, DO NOT CLICK that link unless you want to expose yourself to a persistent earworm that may prove to be anything but joyful.

• RealClimate on “The Volcano Gambit,” a popular dodge and “an infallible sign that indicates the author is clueless about climate science.”

• Gordon Klingenschmitt is the kind of far-right fringe nutjob who causes other far-right fringe nutjobs to slowly back away in fear and astonishment. Most religious right figures distance themselves from the former chaplain turned Colorado legislator, insisting — correctly — that it would be unfair to associate them with the gibbering nonsense that comes out of his mouth.

But Gordon Klingenschmitt is not too extreme for Ted Cruz.

• I don’t know where the credit for this belongs. The oldest version I could find was at Tor.com. If you know the creator, please let me know so I can say a proper Thank You.

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• “No, Nothing Pat McCrory Says in Defense of North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Is True.” Gov. McCreepy lies a lot. Because morality.

• For the first time in a very long time, Marmaduke is actually funny. (via)

• So the pope wrote a thing. I let Mary Hunt read it for me. “This document can gather dust without much danger to anyone.” OK, then.

• 1995 was pretty good year for music too. Let’s do 1995 for a bit. Jagged Little Pill may have gotten overplayed, and lives on mainly in “Ironic” jokes, but I’m still impressed with this one for the way its refusal to resolve its rhyme-scheme underscores its theme of being unsettled, but still hopeful.

Yeah, I like an Alanis Morissette song. Feel free to discount all of my future musical opinions accordingly.


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