{"id":400,"date":"2009-01-25T11:48:26","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T19:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=400"},"modified":"2009-01-25T11:49:51","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T19:49:51","slug":"ramblings-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/ramblings-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramblings II"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Got a text message from my cousin Adam at around 7pm PT on Wednesday that said &#8220;Are you in time travel heaven right now?&#8221; He was referring to the season premiere of LOST, but forgot that I was 3 hours behind and thus hadn&#8217;t watched it yet.\u00c2\u00a0 Note to self: Ignore text messages after 6pm on Wednesdays.\u00c2\u00a0 (And yes, I was in time travel heaven.)<\/li>\n<li>Are The Beatles referencing James Brown with the &#8220;When I hold you in my arms&#8221; spoken bit at the end of &#8220;Happiness Is A Warm Gun&#8221; from the White Album?\u00c2\u00a0 And did I really just notice this yesterday?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;I Feel Good&#8221;<\/strong> &#8212; James Brown, 1966<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I hold you in my arms<br \/>\nI know that I can&#8217;t do no wrong<br \/>\nand when I hold you in my arms<br \/>\nMy love can&#8217;t do me no harm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Happiness Is A Warm Gun&#8221;<\/strong> &#8212; The Beatles, 1968<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I hold you in my arms<br \/>\nAnd I feel my finger on your trigger<br \/>\nI know nobody can do me no harm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401\" style=\"width: 162px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/timecrimes.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-401\" title=\"Timecrimes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/timecrimes-225x300.jpg?resize=162%2C216\" alt=\"My Timecrimes sketch.  Crayon on Butcher Paper, 2008\" width=\"162\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/timecrimes.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/timecrimes.jpg?w=453&amp;ssl=1 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Timecrimes sketch.  Crayon on Butcher Paper, 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Really enjoyed <em>Timecrimes<\/em> (aka <em>Los Cronocr\u00c3\u00admenes<\/em>), the Spanish language time travel movie.\u00c2\u00a0 Well constructed and a lot of fun.\u00c2\u00a0 I was inspired enough to try my hand at some artwork on the table of the restaurant we ate at afterwards.\u00c2\u00a0 (I&#8217;m no Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Roberto, but I think this is pretty decent all things considered.)\u00c2\u00a0 I may write a more detailed review once the <a title=\"Amazon.com - Timecrimes DVD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001FOPOD8?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=timelpersu-20\" target=\"_self\">DVD<\/a> comes out and I watch it again.\u00c2\u00a0 In the meantime, <a title=\"Roger Ebert - Timecrimes Review\" href=\"http:\/\/rogerebert.suntimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20090107\/REVIEWS\/901079996\" target=\"_self\">Ebert&#8217;s review<\/a> is amusing without giving too much away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got a text message from my cousin Adam at around 7pm PT on Wednesday that said &#8220;Are you in time travel heaven right now?&#8221; He was referring to the season premiere of LOST, but forgot that I was 3 hours behind and thus hadn&#8217;t watched it yet.\u00c2\u00a0 Note to self: Ignore text messages after 6pm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,16,4],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc-debris","category-music","category-time-travel","tag-timecrimes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3pfx3-6s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1960,"url":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/2020-hindsight-commentary-five-seconds-to-hold-you-6ix-tram-7-to-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":400,"position":0},"title":"2020 Hindsight Commentary: Five Seconds to Hold You, 6ix, Tram #7 to Heaven","author":"LBDG","date":"May 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm revisiting Timely Persuasion 12 years after releasing it \/ 17 years after writing it \/ 6000+ days since I jokingly told Jon Mack \"maybe I'll write a book\"\u009d with a new round of fresh eyed commentary. 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