What is Going On? (Rules of Construction)

It has come to iClipse's notice that some people think I am (or should that be "we are" -- I am always confused when talking in the third person) using the word "woefully" too often. This raises a point of order.

This blog has several idiosyncratic rules of construction:

(A) The word "woefully" is used in every posting. The rationale is simple and compelling. Once, an incompetent intern where I work resigned in a huff and sent an all-hands email to her division announcing that "woefully" people were not worth working with and so she was leaving. She, hopefully, will learn to look up the correct meaning of words before mis-using them in the future. Her email, forwarded to me by a colleague, cracked me up. I decided the word needed to be a permanent, recurring part of The Bloguscript. Maybe I will exchange it for another in a year. Maybe I won't. Woefully, you'll have to live with it until then.

(B) Every post ends with a PS. This is why the Post Labels include both "PS" and "P.S." It is my vain hope that one day if you Google "PS" you'll get this blog as the top search result.

(C) The phrase "Oh, and X song by Y band is Complimentary Adjective; now playing on iTunes" is used to end each entry. As a service to the nation, I am compiling my musical recommendations in the right nav.

PS - There may be other commonalities among entries, but you'll have to ferret them out for yourself. Oh, and "The Story" by Brandi Carlile is a great song; now playing on iTunes.

What is Going On? (New Functionality)

Housekeeping alert: Gots some new functionality designed to help, people:

You can get your feed burned and not miss one gripping, seat-of-your-pants, J J Abrams-like post -- new to the top of the right nav.

Also, as a service to the nation, I am posting a chron list of all musicians/songs mentioned in the posts -- Lynn, woefully this does not excuse you from actually reading the posts themselves.

PS -- Perhaps the awesome streaming iGup music service will periodically suggest some new and worthy music. Oh, and -- thanks to that limited-access online radio -- "Dry River" by The Knitters is in my ken; now playing on the iTunes.

What is Going On? (Program Schedule)

Goals are important. Not the kind of freaky, pointless goals that cause anorexic freaks to require endless Excel spreadsheets and the tracking of ROI minutiae. But the kind that help you decide whether you are going to sleep in or get your butt up and post that next blog entry.

So here’s the goal:

Two entries a week for one year. Then reassess.

And here’s the programming schedule:

SAT-THU -- Post some entry about something (woefully flexible, non?)
FRI -- Post a “5-4-Fri” entry (see supra)
Lather, Rinse, Repeat

PS - One night after, in short order, getting engaged, enrolling in business school, moving to a new city, and starting a new job, my brother--while still sound asleep--sat straight up in bed in the middle of the night and said, “What is going on!?” Oh, and “Staring at the Sun” by TV on the Radio rules; now playing on iTunes. (A great video and best opening band ever.)