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by Mike Power

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  • Through My Head

    I’ve always had trouble getting some things through my head (I’m looking at you trigonometry) but nothing has given me more trouble than people. I like people, and they generally seem to like me, but liking something isn’t the same as understanding it. And simply acknowledging that something exists in reality isn’t the same as… Read more

  • Puzzling

    “He puzzled and puzzedTill his puzzler was soreThen the Grinch thought of somethingHe hadn’t before.” – Dr. Seuss OK, I finished the puzzle. Now I really do have to get a job. Read more

  • Ain’t No Good To Me

    I’m starting of 2015 with a song I wrote in January of 2013 but never recorded. It’s a bit of a tribute to Oscar Wilde, and unrequited love. Or is it lust? It’s so hard to tell sometimes. Oscar Wilde said it bestGet your love off your chestDonovan said it tooWear your love all over… Read more

  • Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions for 2015 [Unredacted version]

    10.    Say goodbye to people who use, abuse, ignore, waterboard, or otherwise break your heart. 09.    Say hello to my little friend. No, littler. And friendlier. 08.    Don’t post, tweet, or text in anger, lust, drunkenness, or any of the other deadly sins.                             a. gluttony … Read more

  • Goodbye 2014

      2014 was a strange, sad year, full of goodbyes. Here’s one last one, to the year itself. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out, 2014. Next! Bring it on 2015! https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/q27u5YvgEdU&source=uds This farewell song was written by Paul McCartney in 1969 and performed by Mary Hopkin as a… Read more

  • Mike’s Musical Monday: Unemployment Edition

    This is a prime example of why people need gainful employment. Otherwise they might do something like this: Read more