Waking Ear

Goodie Mob/"Free" -- This is the rousing gospel opening of Soul Food, Goodie Mob's 1995 classic. Not sure how it popped into my head this morning, but I'll definitely be pulling Soul Food out of the CD book tonight -- still puts most Dirty South rap to shame, a humid, sleepy album about Jesus, hard work, weed and Atlanta, Jawja.

The hard drive went out on my home computer last weekend, so I've spent the entire week without Internet access at home. It's been strange. I don't watch much TV, and I always attributed that to the fact that we don't have cable and the fact that the 'Net is more interesting. But without the computer, I didn't go back to the tube, like I thought I would. Instead, I got stuff done -- laundry, dishes, you name it. It's kind of refreshing. When I do get my little cutie baby iMac back, I'm going to try setting some surfing limits on myself. OK, music-downloading limits too.

Because of the computer issues, I'll refrain from posting until Tuesday, since we have Memorial Day on Monday here in the 'States. One light note to send you on the way to your weekend: The New York Times does its best to explain what a cameltoe is without making itself giggle.