Just so I can keep a reference to this lovely song by the musically amazing Alanis Morissette
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Saturday, 15 Nov 2014
Friday, 14 Nov 2014
It is my view that there is a deeply melancholic and emotionally ambivalent vein running through Nik Kershaw's songs.
Here is one that is - musically at least - a real relaxer; yet if you examine the lyrics the result is profound and convoluted. Happy and sad, content yet despairing, satisfied yet yearning, mundane but complex... All at the same time. Or to put it more succinctly: Wistful. Poignant. Yet Hopeful.
At least I think it is.
This song stirs me up. What does it do for you?
Already by Nik Kershaw on Spotify
YouTube link:-
Here is one that is - musically at least - a real relaxer; yet if you examine the lyrics the result is profound and convoluted. Happy and sad, content yet despairing, satisfied yet yearning, mundane but complex... All at the same time. Or to put it more succinctly: Wistful. Poignant. Yet Hopeful.
At least I think it is.
This song stirs me up. What does it do for you?
Already by Nik Kershaw on Spotify
YouTube link:-
Nik Kershaw - Already - Lyrics
There ain't no stopping this thing he's chasing
There ain't no stopping this runaway train he's on
He's wishing his wishes and missing his station
It's there one minute and the next
It's gone, gone, gone
Keeps on betting on winning this race
Don't see it looking him in his face
He's already there
He's already made it
He's already stolen the show
He just don't know
There ain't no stopping this rollercoaster
There ain't no jumping this merry-go-round she rides
You won't see this girl smelling these roses
You won't catch this girl showing this thorn she hides
A love bound mother and a dutiful wife
Well it's too much living and not enough life
She's already there
She's already made it
She's already stolen the show
She just don't know
And it'll never be right unless one of them sees
The proverbial wood from the proverbial trees
They're already there
They've already made it
They've already stolen the show
They just don't know
It's on the tip of my tongue
It's there and then it's gone
It's coming around again
It's just around this bend
It's over the horizon
It's right before my eyes
It's right beneath my feet, my feet
There ain't no stopping this thing we're chasing
There ain't no stopping this runaway train we're on
There ain't no stopping this thing he's chasing
There ain't no stopping this runaway train he's on
He's wishing his wishes and missing his station
It's there one minute and the next
It's gone, gone, gone
Keeps on betting on winning this race
Don't see it looking him in his face
He's already there
He's already made it
He's already stolen the show
He just don't know
There ain't no stopping this rollercoaster
There ain't no jumping this merry-go-round she rides
You won't see this girl smelling these roses
You won't catch this girl showing this thorn she hides
A love bound mother and a dutiful wife
Well it's too much living and not enough life
She's already there
She's already made it
She's already stolen the show
She just don't know
And it'll never be right unless one of them sees
The proverbial wood from the proverbial trees
They're already there
They've already made it
They've already stolen the show
They just don't know
It's on the tip of my tongue
It's there and then it's gone
It's coming around again
It's just around this bend
It's over the horizon
It's right before my eyes
It's right beneath my feet, my feet
There ain't no stopping this thing we're chasing
There ain't no stopping this runaway train we're on
10:26 PM
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Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014
Do Microsoft want to succeed in the smartphone market? I think not.
There's an error code, reports of which are ubiquitous in web forums. Folks are unable to download and instal apps after upgrading from WP 8 to WP 8.1. The error code is 80073cf6, and it forms part of a loop of download despair, whereby a download gets so far ("finalising") then it hangs and there is a message suggesting you tap a link, after which you get the option to "try again". Rinse, lather, repeat.
This error has been reported for months on the various forums and I have found only goofy suggestions for a fix.
Some reports say that this is a problem just with Microsft apps, adding hilarity to the issue. In my case it's the Facebook app, practically the only app I use with any conviction. My phone has been draining the battery really fast of late. I though the battery was at its end of life. The man in the EE store said my Facebook app could be to blame and suggested I uninstall it for a day or two and compare the performance.
I'm not convinced much changed with the battery, so I decided to instal the Facebook app afresh. And I am locked out. Boom.
The Lumia phone is a Microsoft-badged device. The Windows Phone 8.1. is a Microsoft-badged OS. The Facebook app is a Microsoft badged app. Is it too much to expect them to would work together?
There's an error code, reports of which are ubiquitous in web forums. Folks are unable to download and instal apps after upgrading from WP 8 to WP 8.1. The error code is 80073cf6, and it forms part of a loop of download despair, whereby a download gets so far ("finalising") then it hangs and there is a message suggesting you tap a link, after which you get the option to "try again". Rinse, lather, repeat.
This error has been reported for months on the various forums and I have found only goofy suggestions for a fix.
Some reports say that this is a problem just with Microsft apps, adding hilarity to the issue. In my case it's the Facebook app, practically the only app I use with any conviction. My phone has been draining the battery really fast of late. I though the battery was at its end of life. The man in the EE store said my Facebook app could be to blame and suggested I uninstall it for a day or two and compare the performance.
I'm not convinced much changed with the battery, so I decided to instal the Facebook app afresh. And I am locked out. Boom.
The Lumia phone is a Microsoft-badged device. The Windows Phone 8.1. is a Microsoft-badged OS. The Facebook app is a Microsoft badged app. Is it too much to expect them to would work together?
Sunday, 9 Nov 2014
Apparently it's Carl Sagan's birthday. He would have been 80 years old today.
Sagan was a prodigious producer of scientific papers but was also a novelist and communicator of science to the general public. He is possibly best remembered for television programme Cosmos, which I grew up on. Cosmos was, as the name suggests, about astronomy - but lots else too, including observations about anthropology and technology.
Here is a link to a Wikipedia page about Carl Sagan. It's worth looking up this significant contributor to our civilisation.
I'd wish him a happy birthday, but he's gone. So I'll say instead: So long Carl, and thanks for all the science.
Sagan was a prodigious producer of scientific papers but was also a novelist and communicator of science to the general public. He is possibly best remembered for television programme Cosmos, which I grew up on. Cosmos was, as the name suggests, about astronomy - but lots else too, including observations about anthropology and technology.
Here is a link to a Wikipedia page about Carl Sagan. It's worth looking up this significant contributor to our civilisation.
I'd wish him a happy birthday, but he's gone. So I'll say instead: So long Carl, and thanks for all the science.
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