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Dust Down Your Wings Again

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Drive Home icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 02 from The Raven that Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) LP by Steven Wilson icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

Cold windowpane—a car upturned in the rain
Wait on in vain—don’t try to bear the blame
Deal with the pain—dust down your wings again

You need to clear away all the jetsam in your brain and face the truth
Love can make amends while the darkness always ends
You’re still alone so drive home

Pause without end—a moment in time suspends
How could she leave?—release all your guilt and breathe
Give up your pain—hold up your head again

You need to clear away all the jetsam in your brain and face the truth
Love can make amends while the darkness always ends
You’re still alone so drive home

Repetitive Redundancies

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On Facebook, it is possible to have a dedicated page for a baseball team. It is also possible to have a private group for the players of said team. These exist as two separate entities until the dedicated page is made to be an administrator of the private group—at this point they become linked together.

Confusing? Yes. Apparently it is confusing to Facebook as well. When the page and the group share the same name, goofy things like this start to happen:

"Redding Ringtails Baseball Club made Redding Ringtails Baseball Club an admin of the group Redding Ringtails Baseball Club," brought to you by Redding Ringtails Baseball Club.

To translate, this is Facebook sending out an announcement to all members of the group Redding Ringtails Baseball Club that Redding Ringtails Baseball Club the group made Redding Ringtails Baseball Club the site an administrator of Redding Ringtails Baseball Club the group.

If one our players hadn’t “liked” the posting then I never would have noticed that Facebook was capable of such silliness. (Having a keen sense of humor is an unspoken requirement in becoming an official member of this team.)

I’m a Dirt Torpedo

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High Speed Dirt icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 08 from the Countdown to Extinction LP by Megadeth icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

Album cover for Megadeth's "Countdown to Extinction" [Formatted]

Do it if you dare:
Leaping from the sky
Hurling through the air
Exhilarating high

See the earth below
Soon to make a crater
Blue sky, black death
I’m off to meet my maker

Energy of the gods
Adrenaline surge
I won’t stop till I hit the ground
I’m on my way for sure
Up here in the air, this will never hurt
I’m on my way to impact
Taste the high speed dirt

Paralyzed with fear
Feel velocity gain
Entering a near catatonic state

Pressure of the sound roaring through my head
Crash into the ground
I’m damned if I’ll be dead

Energy of the gods
Adrenaline surge
I won’t stop till I hit the ground
I’m on my way for sure
Up here in the air, this will never hurt
I’m on my way to impact
Taste the high speed dirt

Jump or die!

Dropping all my weight
Going down full throttle
The pale horse awaits like a genie in a bottle

Fire in my veins, faster as I go
I forgot my name
I’m a dirt torpedo

High speed dirt

Going Bananas for MIDI Soundscapes

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Aquatic Ambience icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track from Donkey Kong Country icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 by David Wise icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 and Rare icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )

Donkey Kong Country logo and picture of Donkey and Diddy Kong holding the Rareware logo

Island Swing icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track from Donkey Kong Country icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )
Cave Dweller Concert icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track from Donkey Kong Country icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )