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It’s been two days since Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift made their engagement known to the world. Here are 13 fun reactions from businesses and people on X…
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This is turning into rabbit hole, folks. I wrote a while back about two new songs in Christian music that are so matchy matchy that somehow in some way they must be connected behind-the-scenes. The title of both songs is “God Did It,” one by Micah Tyler and the other by TobyMac. It’s not just the title that the songs share. Listen to both here and notice the similar sound of the chorus on both tracks. But the mystery doesn’t end there. Listen to a new song from Anne Wilson and see if you pick up on anything interesting…
Am I just hearing things or does the cadence in that chorus sound a lot like both God Did Its? ‘GOOOOD did-it’ can be heard in the Anne Wilson chorus as ‘GOOOOD sto-ry’. On top of that, the call has a response from a synthesized choir– “God did it… God did it” and “God story… God story.” If they’re not carbon copies of each other, they’re at least fraternal triplets. Or, if the first two songs are avocado and guacamole (a comparison I used in this blog about those songs), then Anne’s song must be… avocado toast? Yummy! But who’s the chef behind these taste creations? Well, obviously God is behind such good and uplifting songs but when it comes to human input, there’s a link between Micah Tyler’s song and Anne Wilson’s. A guy by the name of Jeff Pardo is a co-writer on both songs and his influence can be heard.
It’s like a painter who has a particular style throughout a series of paintings or a clothing designer’s collection having a theme running through multiple wardrobes. That’s the lens I’m using with the two tracks co-written by Jeff Pardo. He’s a great writer with lots of song credits to his name, check him out Instagram and while you’re at it, I guess you should follow the rest, too…
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Tornadoes bring wind. Blizzards bring snow. And haboobs bring dust. Everyone knows that! Wait, you didn’t know that? OK, I didn’t either. I’ve heard of tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, typhoons, but where the heck did haboob come from!? Don’t worry, we’re not alone in our ignorance. For one thing, every time I type haboob it changes to kabob so clearly autocorrect is racist. Why does it have single out Middle Eastern dinner dishes, hmm? Dictionary.com says these storms are usually in Africa, anyway. So does that make the one in Arizona an African-American storm? It’s causing destruction and damage (but it’s mostly peaceful!) so somewhere Democrats are leaving pallets of bricks and hoping the storm will vote for them next election season.
“If you don’t know if you’re voting for me or Donald Trump, you ain’t a haboob.”
-Joe Biden (2020)
At the time of this posting, “haboob” is the second most searched Google term, ahead of things like the “2028 Olympics” and “Love Island.” Take that, Ariana. The top search is “North West”–the daughter of Kim and Kanye, not the direction–that is, until news spreads that Taylor Swift is engaged to Travis Kelce. Google might actually burst into flames with how many searches are going to come in for that.
But back to haboobs… the pictures in Phoenix today look like something from a Mad Max movie. Crazy stuff. I guess I can add haboob to things I never want to see, right beside another bad hurricane, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez in the White House, any episode of “Love Island,” and the amount of coverage dedicated to the Taylor and Travis engagement during this entire upcoming football season.
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It’s a hot summer afternoon in Nashville so what’s something fun to do indoors? The skating rink, of course! Except technically the most well-known Nashville skate center is in Brentwood, if we’re being nitpicky. It’s just off I-65 and it’s the location of the new music video from Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton. Take a look then scroll down for more…
Rollin’. Inquiring minds want to know… did they use blades or quads? Well, that’s a trick question. The video is set in the 1970s and rollerblades didn’t become popular until the 80s and 90s. So “Lamberton” as their called in the video (Lambert and Stapleton mashed together) take to the floor in quads, as pictured below.
It’s Fun You Can Feel. I went to a local Florida skate center last week and let me tell ya, there are some very talented skaters out there. It’s like a subculture I know nothing about and it’s mesmerizing. I left feeling two things simultaneously: 1) they’re so awesomely coordinated, and 2) what the heck is wrong with me?
All jokes aside, I was super impressed with skaters who were fast, agile, flexible, just plain ol’ good. They were skating forwards, backwards, standing up, kneeling down, sideways, singles, couples, all kinds of styles and one guy in the group I was with, I had no idea he was good on wheels. He had blades and at one point he went up on his tippy toes (the front two wheels) like it was just another Tuesday night. 👀
It’s comforting to see Miranda and Chris lace up a pair of skates and be mediocre on the floor, isn’t it? But just check out this woman with roller skates in the Brentwood rink. One example of how talented people can be on 8 wheels.
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I’m pretty sure how old I feel is directly proportional to the ration of how far I bend down vs. how high I lift my foot when I’m putting my shoes on. If I start looking for shoe horns, it’s over. I know I’m getting old, though. There are certain things that shouldn’t make me sore. Here’s an example.
What my body thinks I did this morning:
What I actually did this morning:
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