Songs From Our Childhood

Thinking about songs I learned as a child, and recently discovered they weren’t universally known! I remember a few, below are some lyrics of each. Sound familiar to anyone else?

“Germs, Germs, the invisible dog! I hide him in my pocket ‘cause he’s very very small.”

“Lulabel had legs like toothpicks, and a neck like a giraffe, giraffe, giraffee!”

“We like sheep. We like sheep. We like sheep ‘cause sheep is what we are.”

“…and the green grass grows all around, all around. And the green grass grows all around.”

“Alright stop, collaborate and listen. Ice is back with a brand new invention.”

random girl singing “Germs”:

Jonathan Jackson on Boy Meets World

Every once in a while I come across some information that shakes me to my core. Here’s what it was recently… I watch the show Nashville, 1. Because I’m a good Nashvillian and 2. it’s a good show. I learned early in season 1 that Deacon Claybourne is played by Charles Esten. Might not ring a bell yet, but he was actually a regular on Whose Line Is It Anyway? back in the late 90s/early 2000s. It’s very strange to see clips of him performing as an improv comedian compared to his serious role as Deacon on Nashville. He’s great at both!

But I just put 2 and 2 together on another actor from Nashville, Jonathan Jackson. He plays Avery Barkley on the show. He’s been in soap opera’s and starred in few movies but a picture I saw of him online recently struck a chord. It reminded me of this girlfriend stealer from the best show ever, Boy Meets World!!!!
jonathanjacksonboymeetsworldI was right, Jonathan Jackson was the heartthrob that took Topanga out for a date after Cory kissed another girl at the ski lodge on their senior trip. It wasn’t the kiss that Topanga couldn’t forgive, it was that Cory lied about it. Oh man, that show will forever be awesome. And Mr. Feeny being the voice of Kitt in Knight Rider is just simply BA, am I right?

Anyway, that’s how the show Nashville is connected to David Hasselhoff, I guess.

-Out of the Wilderness
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Justin Bieber and Kanye West

So just being totally honest, I don’t know anyone who likes Justin Bieber or Kanye West. I mean, ANY. ONE. It’s something that’s got me curious. How and/or why are they so popular? Maybe it’s the same reason I’ll watch a Green Bay Packers game when my fantasy team is going up against Aaron Rogers. I want to see him throw a few interceptions. Justin and Kanye are two guys we want to dislike. So the more we hear about their idiotic behavior, the more satisfaction we feel. Well, when Jeopardy states, “The artist who spiraled out of control before fathering 5 kids by 6 different women and is now working at UPS part time” we’ll at least have a 50/50 shot at the right answer.

Follow Up: My Dogs Don’t Smoke

Following up on the news that my dogs aren’t actually addicted to nicotine, just food my neighbor’s been feeding them, I knew a conversation needed to happen. The how and when were still unknown, as were the words I would use to start the showdown. Something like “hey…” or “so anyway…” or “this might sound weird but…” is so much better than how I predicted it would go, “Listen you jerk” or “Hey neighbor bully” or “Your cat’s fat.”

The day came where I was able to bring up my concern and of course, the neighbor was totally fine with it. Since then, I haven’t seen much loitering which is awesome. I feel like I have my dogs again because there for a second, they wouldn’t even come inside when I called them. The power of food, I guess. I’m sure my dogs are wondering what happened. I reassure them that the food is going to needy dogs in third world countries like Kentucky.

Company Self-Appraisals

A friend of mine told me recently she’s been getting emails that it’s time for self-appraisals at her place of work. She said that no one likes doing them and then she brought up a fantastic point. Why don’t companies give employees a chance to appraise the company’s work? I told her that’ll never happen because they don’t want to hear what people doing the grunt work have to say. Is it too radical for feedback to go upstream? Probably. And anyway, that’s what anonymous Twitter accounts are for.

Happy tweeting!
-Out of the Wilderness

Anonymous guys about to send an anonymous tweet:
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