Author: Tim Morgan

They say the pun is the lowest form of humor, you know.

I watched Casablanca again last night for the ten millionth time (Tivoed off of Turner Classic Movies, God love ’em) and I had a realization: I don’t know what the lyrics are to “La Marseillaise”, the French National Anthem. You know the scene, Victor Lazlo leads Rick’s Cafe Americain in a rousing chorus to counter the Nazi rabble singing “Die Wacht Am Rhein”.

A bit of googling lead me to this website, where my I found the English translation and the answer to my query:

Arise children of the fatherland

The day of glory has arrived

Against us tyranny’s

Bloody standard is raised

Listen to the sound in the fields

The howling of these fearsome soldiers

They are coming into our midst

To cut the throats of your sons and consorts

To arms citizens Form your battalions

March, march

Let impure blood

Water our furrows

LET IMPURE BLOOD WATER OUR FURROWS? Le Yikes. And people talk about the Star-Spangled Banner being militaristic.

Got up this morning and on my way to work I decided that I had to have food scattered, smothered and covered, so I headed to my friendly Waffle House.

After bellying up to the bar and placing my order, I noticed some commotion after a couple walked out the door.

“Do you know who that was?” Maude asked.

“Yeah, I saw him on TV the other day,” Flo interjected.

“That guy owns the Pancake Pantry,” Dusty replied, cracking a egg on the side of his bowl.

For those who don’t know, Pancake Pantry is a Nashville breakfast institution, on any given morning there’s a line out the door and down the street as people wait to experience the cornucopia of breakfast delights.

I can only assume Mr. Pantry just wasn’t in the mood to wait this morning.

Rather than make the icy trek home this Christmas, I made the decision to spend the holiday alone with my dog. My biggest accomplishment was watching the follwing thirteen movies, catching me up on most of the movies that I missed this year:

Elf

The Terminal

Intolerable Cruelty

The Ladykillers

Luther

Garfield

Super Size Me

Hidalgo

I, Robot

Napoleon Dynamite

Dodgeball

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Ocean’s Twelve

A friend of mine hinted to me that I should go out an purchase one of Nashville Humane Association’s 2005 scrapbook calendars because my dog Abby (Adopted from NHA in May) is Miss November.

I wondered what else she did all day while I am at work.

I’ve been waiting for this little toy for quite some time now, it’s been out forever but only on MacOS X. I’m talking about Konfabulator, screen candy from the fine folks over at Pixoria.

At any rate, I’ve modified this widget to show the Abbycam instead of Mt. Saint Helens.

Download here and enjoy the Abbycam in transparent desktop goodness.