“To write something you have to risk making a fool of yourself.”
Anne Rice, successful author
Author: Derek
Friday Quote – Calvin Coolidge
“The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond a reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny.”
Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States
Friday Quote – Christopher Hitchens
“Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.”
Christopher Hitchens
Metal Tuesday – Cans – Red Light
New band, decent sound, solid metal. What more could you ask for?
Lyrics:
When shadows fall in the twilight zone
The spirits will arise
The lord of darkness, descends my soul
With slander, tainted lies
Walking on water, visions fading to black
As the flames start to clobber my back
In this fiery blaze I am feeling no pain
I will arise and walk the earth again
Running through the red light
Running for your life
Alone in the dark night
Running through the red light
Running for your life
The lion roar in the darkest hour
Redeem his tortured soul
You had your eyes on eternity
Now death will take its toll
You dangle in agony, you fight for your breath
As the spectre is wrenching your neck
When the whole world awakens from its sombre sleep
You will be gone and your soul’s mine to keep
Running through the red light
Running for your life
The cause of your magic
Running through the red light
Running for your life
Through the red light
Friday Quote – April Fools
This one’s a pic.
Friday Quote- P. J. O’Rourke
“It’s not an endlessly expanding list of rights – the ‘right’ to education, the ‘right’ to healthcare, the ‘right’ to food and housing. That’s not freedom. That’s dependency. Those aren’t rights, those are the rations of slavery – hay and barn for human cattle.”
P.J. O’Rourke
Metal Tuesday – Nightwish- The Escapist
Oh wow. I’ve only done one Nightwish song? Well, let’s remedy that.
Lyrics in the YouTube video.
Friday Quote- Bertrand Russell
“A fundamental treachery to intellectual integrity is to hold a belief true because you think it useful and not because you believe it to be true.”
Bertrand Russell
Metal Tuesday – Garth Brooks – Ireland
I know what you’re thinking. What in the hell is Derek thinking putting a Garth Brooks song for Metal Tuesday? Well, because this is the St. Patrick’s Day edition, and this song fucking rocks.
I’m putting up two versions. The first is Garth’s version. The second is more traditional by a man named Brian Sheehan. You can choose which you like the best.
Lyrics:
They say mother earth is breathing
With each wave that finds the shore
Her soul rises in the evening
For to open twilights door
Her eyes are the stars in heaven
Watching o’er us all the while
And her heart it is in Ireland
Deep within the Emerald Isle
We are forty against hundreds
In someone else’s bloody war
We know not why were fighting
Or what we’re dying for
They will storm us in the morning
When the sunlight turns to sky
Death is waiting for its dance now
Fate has sentenced us to die
Ireland I am coming home
I can see your rolling fields of green
And fences made of stone
I am reaching out won’t you take my hand
I’m coming home Ireland
Oh the captain he lay bleeding
I can hear him calling me
These men are yours now for the leading
Show them to their destiny
As I look up all around me
I see the ragged tired and torn
I tell them to make ready
‘Cause we’re not waiting for the morn
Ireland I am coming home
I can see your rolling fields of green
And fences made of stone
I am reaching out won’t you take my hand
I’m coming home Ireland
Now the fog is deep and heavy
As we forge the dark and fear
We can hear their horses breathing
As in silence we draw near
There are no words to be spoken
Just a look to say good-bye I draw a breath and night is broken
As I scream our battle cry
Ireland I am coming home
I can see your rolling fields of green
And fences made of stone
I am reaching out won’t you take my hand
I’m coming home Ireland
Yes I am home Ireland
We were forty against hundreds