Turning Off The Radio Now

"Dad, what's alien sex?"

Yeah, that's what my daughter asked me from the backseat of the car a few months ago.

Here are some of the lyrics:

Boy, you're an alien
Your touch so foreign
It's supernatural
Extraterrestrial

Your so supersonic
Wanna feel your powers
Stun me with your lasers
Your kiss is cosmic
Every move is magic

Your from a whole other world
A different dimension
You open my eyes
And I'm ready to go
Lead me into the light

Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me
Infect me with your love and
Fill me with your poison

Take me, ta-ta-take me
Wanna be a victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you're an alien
Your touch so foreign
It's supernatural
Extraterrestrial

[Kanye West]
I know a bar out in Mars
Where they driving spaceships instead of cars
Cop a Prada spacesuit about the stars
Getting stupid ass straight out the jar
Pockets on Shrek, Rockets on deck
Tell me what's next, alien sex
I'ma disrobe you, than I'mma probe you
See I abducted you, so I tell ya what to do
I tell ya what to do, what to do, what to do

[Katy Perry]
Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me
Infect me with your love and
Fill me with your poison

Take me, ta-ta-take me
Wanna be a victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you're an alien
Your touch so foreign
It's supernatural
Extraterrestrial

There's no doubt that skanky broad - Katy Perry - can sing and perform...

But her *content* is a little over-the-top, don't ya think?

I mean she explicitly tells young girls to put on skin-tight jeans, let boys touch them, and to *go all the way*. Freakin' five year-old girls listen to Katy Perry!

In some screwed up way it'd be pure justice one day for Katy to catch her 11 year old daughter servicing some dude...

Of course it's all trash on the radio these days - so I've just about removed it completely from our family car riding.

Classical music elicits complaints (plus it puts me to sleep at the wheel!) so pretty much all we listen to is a lone Christian music radio station. Though generally I keep it low and the kids do their *work* in the backseat. For all intents and purposes those car-seats are their DESKS.

I do wish I could figure out a better system for listening to audio books in the car.

They come in too many disks; we'll stop in-between tracks; and then my kids want to listen to the rest in the house. It quite frankly is a real pain in the butt moving disks back and forth. It's a shame I can't download reasonably-priced audio books straight to the AM/FM car stereo!

Modified Bible Study

Since I finished reading the entire Bible this past June....I've had to take some time off from studying it, directly anyway. Remember, it took me a full twelve months!

Instead, I've been seeking out Christian blogs, reading some spiritual books, and listening to a couple of Christian radio stations.

In Naples this January, I discovered Praise FM; and I enjoyed listening to that so much that I continue to do so now, over the internet.

And I was happy to discover that Boston does have *one* Christian radio station - 590 AM that I've found to be pretty good on Sundays anyway.

I've also committed myself to memorizing elements of the Bible - not just verses, but also authorship, chronology, motifs, history, etc.

Admittedly, I haven't put near the time into this last part as I should have.

As I've mentioned before, I have all sorts of *Google docs* saved; I have one for recently read books which contain my notes and transcribed passages; I have several docs teeming with *quotes*; I have *words* files full of their definitions; I have one full of my original witticisms like *bird blender* (redefining 'wind turbine'); and I also have a document listing the titles of all of the books I've read.

So, obviously, I needed to create a *Bible* file....and I did. This is how it starts off:

Biblical Quotes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction. - Proverbs 1:7

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. - Proverbs 4:4-5

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. - 1 Timothy 6:17

A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth. And does not know that want will come upon him. - Proverbs 28:22

He who hates disguises it with his lips, but he lays up deceit in his heart. Proverbs 26:24

Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, that you not have it in excess and vomit it. - Proverbs 25:16

And do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. - Zechariah 7:10

As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. - Job 19:25

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. - Proverbs 23:12

Do not hold back discipline from the child. Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. - Proverbs 23:13

Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death. - Proverbs 23:14

He who witholds his rod hates his son. But he who loves him disciplines him diligently. - Proverbs 13:24

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad. - Proverbs 23:15

Forsake your folly and live. Proceed in the way of understanding - Proverbs 9:6

At the moment I have no formal study plan - I'm just sort of jumping around. I found this one site that has the entire Bible on it (there are plenty of such sites) and I'm just sort of cruising through it, grabbing verses that grab me, and typing them out in my Google doc (NO COPYING AND PASTING!). This site gives *cross references* so I may end up jumping, e.g. from Proverbs to Timothy...but usually end up back in Proverbs since it's such a deep well of profundity.

If I can spend 30 minutes each day doing yoga, i.e. working on my ravishing body...

Then I ought to be able to at least SPEND 10 minutes a day on my modified Bible study, i.e. working on my incipient morality, right?

As for doing *charity*....I'm still unfortunately batting .000 - unless pointing out the stupidity of others is countable.

The Expressway To Cultural Irrelevance!

Story here - though there's no need read it.

Hmmmm.

Didn't Howard Stern just perform a similar maneuver - when he leapt from terrestrial radio to satellite?

And his audience is now down from 12 million to what, 1 million daily listeners?

One might interject, "Yeah, but Howard got paid..." alluding to his centi-million dollar contract from Sirius/XM.

But these celebrities don't care so much about money; more than anything, they and their plus-sized egos want to stay high atop the public consciousness.



But did Howard even really *get paid*? Much of his take was in stock if memory serves me.

I can only hope that Oprah makes a rapid switch to cable, and that she's fares just as well as Howard Stern!

I Had To Google Her - Delilah

Delilah After Dark, that is.

I don't know how many years I've heard her on the radio. At first I assumed she was a local DJ. Later on I realized she was broadcasting nationwide. Apparently she makes at least $6 million annually spinning *sappy love songs* for the broken-hearted.

What an easy gig she's got! I could do that. My voice is so much sexier and would be far more pleasing to the ears of weary, lonely wage slaves.

AND, I would do it for only $4.2 million (plus benefits).