{"id":7875,"date":"2010-01-25T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=7875"},"modified":"2010-07-07T20:05:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T01:05:31","slug":"around-the-mob-crazy-but-able","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=7875","title":{"rendered":"Around The MOB: Crazy But Able"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the minor bummers of the hectic slam-bang that this last few years have been is that my blog-reading has fallen way off.\u00a0 I keep a few of the day-to-day essentials on my Google RSS Reader, but there’s just no time, usually, to randomly surf through blogs at the moment.<\/p>\n

Which is, of course, one of the reasons I’m doing this series.\u00a0 Because I know that the Minnesota Organization of Bloggers has a slew <\/em>of fascinating productions that I want to reconnect with – and, more importantly, connect to new audiences.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, the next stop on our trip around the MOB:\u00a0\u00a0Crazy But Able<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

CbA <\/em>has turned into a bit of a group blog<\/a> – but it’s always been John Wilson’s blog.\u00a0 And John (and crew) has been plugging away for quite some time now.\u00a0 John and his wife Peggy are also neighbors of mine (more or less; I run into them periodically around the Midway).<\/p>\n

And if there’s a blogger that’s almost eclectic enough to give our own Bogus Doug a run for his money, it’d be Wilson.\u00a0 Music?\u00a0 Electronics?\u00a0 Language?<\/p>\n

I liked this post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We won a turkey in a random drawing in our apartment complex. All residents were entered. Makes me wonder how many random drawings and contests we\u2019ve lost.<\/p>\n

Also of note: What English sounds like to foreigners:<\/p>\n

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See more funny videos<\/a> and Music Videos<\/a> at Today’s Big Thing<\/a>.<\/div>\n

From the original website<\/a>: \u201cAn Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you\u2019ve ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next step: getting Bob Dylan to make a cover of this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’d love to see a Bob Dylan\/Michael Stipe duet.<\/p>\n

Anyway – that’s Crazy But Able. <\/em>Read ’em!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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