Overthunk

Not too long ago, James Stafford, master blogger of the stellar Why It Matters , invited me to do a guest post . I've reprinted it here for your enjoyment or amusement or mere curiosity. Please do visit his halls of memoir and chronicles of music, as every minute not spent there is one you would have enjoyed! "Greetings from the briny depths of the internets, where I inflict my octo-schtick. Here are eight tunes my suckered arms embrace, reflecting eight life obsessions. INFORMATION The Cars, “Double Life”     “Lift me from the wondermaze, alienation is the craze.” Programming streams of foul language in Basic as a kid on a Commodore 64 only paved the way for my taking up residency on the internet round about ’95. When it was pay by the hour AOL, I signed on for a volunteer position to earn time, because I couldn’t finance my habit any other way. These days, I’m awash in social media and virtual worlds, and it draws a line, forms a language I ...

You say this fat is laziness, I say it's dedication to pleasure. Perseverance of sensuality, Disregard of the magazine-cover worldview, Elevation of the self against the onslaught of conformity, Punk rebellion in adiposity. This fat isn't mere sloth. It's passion. The road of excess, mapped out for all to see. The palace of voluptuousness leads to me. ----------------------- "You say you want a..." - Len/McC