Poo Poo Heads and Weasels

Hair Challenged

I was listening to China Grove by the Doobie Brothers, and realized the song is completely non-Politically Correct, especially the line, "... the ways of an Oriental view ... "     Same with the song One Night in Bangkok, where it starts off,  'Bangkok, Oriental setting."    You can't say that anymore.   What's that you ask?    Oriental.    You have to say, 'Asian,' unless you're talking about the rug, but that may change too if the rugs feel compelled to complain. But rugs usually take

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Remember that song?     According to Iron Butterfly's drummer, their vocalist wrote the lyrics one night while inebriated, and what should have been 'In the Garden of Eden" came out 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.'    Well, that's me for most songs.     I used to know lyrics, pay more attention to what singers were saying.  Back when I first started appreciating music, we used to buy things called 'record albums.' A huge plastic disc onto which they somehow engraved the music. You could also play it

Thief's Shopping List

"Did you order $500 in shoes from Adidas?" my wife asked, a hint of panic in her voice.    This might have been the weirdest Saturday morning question I'd ever received.    "Huh?"    She showed me her phone, "I just got a text alert from our credit card."    Before I answered her, a couple thoughts flickered through my mind. The first was a bit of surprise that she considered me ordering tennis shoes to be a possibility. She'd be way less surprised if I ordered a bunch of swim gear or maybe