Read these lyrics with my interpretations in parentheses, while listening to this song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5tF_-AkU6U

It was a beautiful day (clearly not in Seattle), the sun beat down (again, not Seattle)
I had the radio on (‘till I went through a tunnel), I was drivin’ (well, stuck in traffic)
trees flew by (so windy), me and Del were singin’ (Seattle) little Runaway
I was flyin’ (off a bridge)

Chorus

Yeah runnin’ down a dream (in Seattle)
that never would come to me (thanks Seattle)
workin’ on a mystery (a new chapter in life), goin’ wherever it leads (who knows)
runnin’ down a dream

I felt so good (with 90 days of sun) like anything was possible (hiking, exploring the outdoors)
I hit cruise control (in the HOV lane) and rubbed my eyes (crap theres a cop)
the last three days the rain was un-stoppable (welcome to Seattle)
it was always cold, no sunshine (good old Seattle)

(Repeat Chorus)

I rolled on (home from work) as the sky grew dark (at like 5pm)
I put the pedal down (on the brake) to make some time (sitting in traffic)
there’s something good (home) waitin’ down this road (27 hours away)
I’m pickin’ up (not much) whatever’s mine (small studio apartment)

(Chorus Out)

Amy Krouse had a question, what would people do if they walked by a tree full of money? With the help of her friends Ben and Brian she loaded up a tree in Chicago with 100 $1 bills, waited and watched. Here is the video of her experience.

Fun video from Nina Paley: “Copying is not theft”. Interesting theory, but where is the equal medium between sharing ideas freely and encouraging new ideas financially? If all music was free who would invest in a new artist to record high quality music? Would we have multimillion dollar movies?

Video made for http://www.questioncopyright.org

From Mashable

An oldie, but goodie. Sometimes it’s good to watch these things over again.

I love this article about the Empire State Building turning its lights off for the birds. It has an interesting topic but an even better end.

The birds are better off for it, but we have yet to hear how directionally challenged humans stumbling home at night fare without the Empire State Building as their north star. Hopefully our own species will adjust accordingly.

YouTube Flowchart by Karen Kavett

Inspired by the So You Need A Typeface poster, Karen Kavett designed this YouTube flowchart based her subscriptions and popular YouTube vidoes. Take a look around it, I like the “Get out of my flowchart” end-point.

I’m extremely jealous at not only the adventure across America, but also the amazing filming technique used.