Lunch Time Blog

I don't usually blog from work, because I'm supposed to, uh, work during work. But it's soooo quiet here. I am definitely bored without cube-neighbors B eth & J ess to keep me company. So I'm taking my late lunch to blog.

What is keeping me company? Certainly not the outdoor lights that I'm supposed to be rewriting copy of.

So, the thing that's keeping me busy is Pandora.
It's like a radio station you make for yourself. My current mix is:

• Miles Davis
• Edith Piaf
• Nick Drake
• Joni Mitchell
• Mary J Blige
• Amy Winehouse
• Gillian Welch
• Sebadoh
• Jolie Holland
• Ben Harper
• Feist
• Otis Redding

Those are you "stations" and Pandora - whose trade mark is "the Music Genome Project"- play songs that go along with the favorites you list. Currently there's a Lauryn Hill song playing as part of my "Ben Harper" radio mix. I vote whether I like it or not and they play more like it or steer away from it, depending on my vote. It's pretty neat. The only thing is they sometimes play songs too often once you say you like it. Then you have to vote it down so they stop playing it.

Oooh, Etta James is on now. Very good call Pandora. Thank you. Now, should these things be called patio, garden, porch, walkway, or just plain outdoor lights? Solar charged, solar or solar powered? See why I'm looking for a bit of a brain break?