Well hello there! As you read this, I likely am soaking in a warm bath after spending the day moving K1 into her off-campus apartment for the upcoming school year. I drove the 400 miles from Casa Brillig to Rochester, NY yesterday, and today was move-in day. Tomorrow will be Get All The Things We Need To Buy day, and then in the evening I get to give advice and answer questions parents of first-years have at a Parent Orientation panel. Key bit of advice? Let THEM figure things out, and it’s OK if they don’t choose the same things you would have chosen. Then it’s back home either Thursday or Friday, depending on (a) what else if anything needs doing, and (b) whether or not I decide to stop somewhere and be a tourist.
Even though I’m on a road trip, I didn’t want to leave you in the lurch for your Top Comments diary fix tonight, so grab whatever beverage seems appropriate and after refreshing yourself about how you can contribute to Top Comments, come and consider music...
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The Road Trip genre is immense and varied, and no two persons like the same music to drive by. So while I’d love to know what’s YOUR personal driving music, my playlist tonight features music involving cars and driving. Enjoy, and please share your own favorites!
General songs:
- Cars — Gary Numan The quintessential song about cars
- Drive My Car — The Beatles You knew I’d have a Beatles song in here
A few specific models:
- Pink Cadillac — Bruce Springsteen
- Little Red Corvette — Prince
- Mercedes Benz — Janis Joplin
- Red Barchetta — Rush
I must (try) to drive (close to) 55 (or whatever the speed limit is:
- Fast Car — Tracy Chapman
- I Can’t Drive 55 — Sammy Hagar
- Drive — The Cars Meta song about cars by Cars!!
- Life Is A Highway — Tom Cochrane Because it is!
Thank you for riding with me tonight! Now we’re on to our nightly offering of Top Comments, Mojo and Pictures!
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From ZenTrainer:
In a Prism diary by Carolyn Copeland, asking if voting should be mandatory or not, this comment by argusx2002 made me laugh!
From BeninSC:
Is this (sadly!) funny text posted in comment by CaptBLI! (I suspect it is an old thing in that community, but I had never heard it before.)
Highlighted by Tamar:
Is this comment by irishwitch, on (of all things!) dress codes!
Highlighted by niftywriter:
Is this comment by Lilyshine with some more info on the catastrophically poorly attended town hall of Steve King. Surely a reflection on his miserable representation!
Highlighted by KiB:
Is this fine comment by Hunter Huxley on conservative double-standards and that insidious electability bs hung on female Democratic candidates.
Highlighted by The Marti:
Is this surprising video comment posted by samanthab.
TOP MOJO
Top Mojo for yesterday, August 19th, 2019, with first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo.
TOP PICTURES
Top Pictures for August 20, 2019! Thanks so much, jotter!