A moment of lyrical genius

I don't really pay attention to ads. I will usually see an ad 5-6 times before I know what product it's selling and it's sales pitch (if there is one). But, for some reason the Fergie Dr. Pepper commercial caught my attention. The jingle was actually kind of catchy. But it was the lyrics that had me enthralled. She starts of her rapping:

"Ain't nobody rockin' like this
Ain't nobody out there swift like this
Everywhere all I hear is this"

Yes, she rhymed the word this three times es in a row. Three times. Maybe she really liked the first line but could only come up with "this soda tastes like piss" so she decided to rhyme it with itself. And the last line? Everywhere all I hear is this?!?! Could you get more vague. Why on earth did you need to include that line in your rap!

Regardless of how she pawned the lyric off, I hope Dr. Pepper didn't pay much for those lyrics. Stay tuned, I have another music in adverts post on the way.

Another nerdy dream

I have lots of nerdy dreams. About a month ago, I dreamed about trying to speak Spanish but only Chinese would come out. Last night I dreamed about discussing whether or not to put two spaces or one after a period, with a Mormon blogger. Yup, that's how exciting my subconscious is.

Bachmann considering running in 2012

As a liberal, I'm not sure how I feel about this. Unlike Sarah Palin, Bachmann won't win likely the GOP nomination. I don't think she has national support like Sarah Barracuda. But if she runs, and Sarah doesn't, then she will probably draw the loony votes in the primaries so the delegates can nominate a sane choice.

Is that good or bad? One one hand the nominee would probably be more appealing to moderates and thus more likely to beat Obama. On the other, if she/he did win hopefully this whole Tea Party thing will fade into irrelevance like Lou Bega.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national