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“It’s In The Way That You Use It” - Eric Clapton

Nice guitar riffs (of course, this is Eric Clapton we’re talking about) and a good drumline.

“Bleed It Out” - Linkin Park

I wasn’t so impressed by the iTunes clips of the other songs on the “Minutes To Midnight” album (except “What I’ve Done”), but this is a good screamer; even though it’s only about 2 minutes long.

“Tarantula” – Smashing Pumpkins

Another good screamer, reminds me of some of the tracks off “Siamese Dream”.

“You’re Not Alone” (Airplay Mix) – ATB

This is a song for driving down the West Side highway in New York City at 1am. It’s been a while since I’ve done that, but this is what I would have on the stereo.

“Werewolves of London” – Warren Zevon

This is a Chuck’s song. If you went to Syracuse in the early 90’s, you know what I mean. Long live Hungry Charley!

This is a test posting from Word 2007. I’ll go ahead and admit it from the start, I’m a Microsoft fan (quick, get the flame-retardant trousers). How can I not be? For more than a decade I’ve been writing software for Windows using all kinds of Microsoft technologies. Say what you want about Microsoft being the evil empire, but they help me keep a roof over my head and food on my table.

I’m sure there are other tools out there to do the same thing, but one feature that I like about Microsoft Word 2007 is the fact that I can write my blog posts from it, and post them right to my site. Nice integration folks, seems to work like a treat. While I’m at it; a comment on the RibbonBar. I read an article in the Wall Street Journal before the release of Office 2007 about Microsoft’s gamble on the RibbonBar, being a major UI change to such a widely-used piece of software. I like it. Very much so. Took maybe a day to get used to, and mainly because it changes where you find things. Now I’m used to it, and I actually find it tough to go back to a regular menu.