Compulsively Aimless

    I recently read Arthur Guy Empey's WWI account of serving in the British Army published in 1917.  At the back of the book is a glossary of slang terms used by the soldiers. Of course I had to select a few and repurpose as potential band names. It never ends...   Tommy‘s Cocker   Time X   Star Shell   Reinforcements   Minnenwerfer   Lonely Stab   Mass Formation   Covering Party   Mad Minute    Mentioned in Dispatches   Twelve in One    Waiting Man   Wiring Party

Another installment in a series of never-ending, pointless exercise to generate band names (and maybe microbrews). This installments theme is repurposing business jargon. Best Practice  Key Takeaways Moving Goal Posts Straw Man and the Game Changers Mission Critical Core Values Brain Dump Action Items Ducks in a Row Executive Summaries Timebox 80/20s 

  A Man of Contradictions He burned down the Library  but kept all the knowledge. He hated the artist but loved the art.  Miracles Seeing the glow of full moon for the first time must feel as if a miracle has occurred. But waking up on a random Tuesday at 63  and seeing the light of the early morning  push through the bedroom shades can also feel like such a miracle   It Made Sense at 11:30 at night Poetry is ancient. It’s always been that way. How else would Homer think of it when he recited the Iliad or the Odyssey before the invention of writing. I can’t imagine poetry being a fad in those pre-writing days even the old ones  couldn't remember when it started.    Meteorological Message The wind shifts without anyone noticing but the first to sense a change  in nature’s mood will be the sailors and farmers among us like animals that know when a storm is coming stick close to them when you feel a breeze.    The Past is Happenin...