I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT: BLUFFING MY WAY ONTO THE OBAMA BUS

I am getting on a bus with Barack Obama. It’s part of a press tour of some kind, though I don’t remember why.

As we get on the bus, we have to present photo ID badges issued to us by the tour organizer. I pull mine out and I see for the first time that while the photo is of me, the name, company and job title are completely false – apparently it’s meant to be a cover identity. Which is fine, but no one told me in advance, and I didn’t look closely at the badge when they handed it to me earlier.

The security guy looks over my badge suspiciously, and asks me what I do. The badge says I’m head of OPCD, so I tell him that. He asks me what OPCD means, and I have no idea, so I improvise.

“Office of Procurement Services Division,” I say.

He gives me a look. “In that case, shouldn’t it be OPSD?”

I’m stuck for an answer, but we’ve got a schedule to keep, so the security guy waves me onto the bus. Obama is already on the bus, and has been shaking hands with everyone on it, but now we’re all seated and ready to go, so he doesn’t get around to shaking mine.

“Figures,” I think, but I’m not all that worried about it.

And then I woke up.

FUN FACT: This is probably my first dream ever featuring a POTUS.

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YOUTUBE SURVIVOR SERIES #135: AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

For no reason except it popped up on my iPod, and it’s pure ear candy.

Li’l darlin’,

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LISTEN TO IT #53: I BREAK MY FACE, I BREAK MY LIFE

A colleague at work turned me on to A Place To Bury Strangers sometime last year, and while Jesus & Mary Chain or My Bloody Valentine are easy reference points, APBS manages to craft their own version of feedback-drenched rock with just the right amount of menace.

On the downside, their weakness is that the tunes sound great when you listen to them, but don’t stick right away.

Such is the case with their third album, Worship, which is out now. I liked listening to it, but it may take a few repeat listens for me to really get into it. Which isn’t always a good sign, but it’s not a dealbreaker, either.

Anyway, the hit single is about a guy who crashes his motorbike and thinks about the girl he left behind and realizes at that instant that she was his true love.

How rock’n’roll is that?

Here it is – complete with creepy (and NSFW) video done up as a B-movie.

Speed kills,

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