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Jesse IMd me to say that we've attacked.

I replied "LA LA LA, wrestling is real"

Jesse declared that the BEST RESPONSE EVER.

I said it's not original, it's from vesparider.

Jesse says it's still the BEST RESPONSE EVER. So anarinda, you might want to pass this along.

Music

Shortly after we attacked Iraq, I thought of how Bruce introduced Badlands the night after Reagan was elected by saying he didn't think Reagan's election was a good thing. A king ain't satisfied till he rules everything... Yeah, I decide, I should listen to Badlands.

Before I alt-tab, up comes Empty Sky. I expect there will be many folks in Iraq in the coming weeks who can relate to that song.

-o-

Since then I've watched Angel and did some picking up in the guest room. Turn on media player and...Worlds Apart. A love song, yes, about two people ... one from the Middle East, the other Western.

I seek faith in your kiss and comfort in your heart
I taste the seed upon your lips, lay my tongue upon your scars
But when I look into your eyes we stand worlds apart [...]
Sometimes the truth just ain't enough
Or it's too much in times like this
Let's throw the truth away, we'll find it in this kiss
In your skin upon my skin, in the beating of our hearts
May the living let us in, before the dead tear us apart [...]
We've got this moment now to live, then it's all just dust and dark
Let love give what it gives
Let's let love give what it gives

Bruce has been putting 'Badlands' after 'Worlds Apart' in the setlists. A song about how differences and others - including the dead - keep us separate. A song about the drive to succeed, to live, even at the expense of others. Life in a nutshell.