That’s great, it starts with an earthquake
Birds and snakes, an aeroplane, and Lenny Bruce is not afraid

Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
World serves its own needs, don’t misserve your own needs

… Feeling pretty psyched

… It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

Growing up I was told that REM’s It’s the End of the World as We Know It was inspired by Michael Stipe’s brother, who was a debater at the University of Georgia and partners with Ralph Reed who would go on to become a prominent political activist and Christian Coservative. The song involves a “plan-counterplan debate.”

The lyrics include,

A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline

That story may be apocryphal. But it has truthiness.

But some things have changed on this blog administratively. I hope it’s as smooth a transition as possible. The burden should be 99.5% on me, and hopefully not more than 0.5% on you as a reader.

1. You may have experienced some technical issues reaching the blog this week, or commenting. Those appear to be solved. Thank you for your patience.
   
2. The website address for this blog remains www.ViewFromTheWing.com however that redirects to a slightly different place … viewfromthewing.com
   
3. Redirects should be in place properly, everything should have been moved over, I apologize if that’s not the case. But emails, RSS feed, everything I’m aware of appears to be working.
   
4. I’m also experiencing major problems with the email address associated with the blog. My old Yahoo email address has given me major issues. I apologize if you’ve sent me a recent email that has gone unresponded to. That is just not my way. I make a point of trying to respond to every question I get. If you’ve emailed me, I think things got stuck in the Yahoo account.
   
5. So I now have gary -at- viewfromthewing.com and that seems to be working much better! Please update your email address books and reach out to me at that address going forward. I will update the blog elsewhere to show that e-mail. I should be able to reply to you much more quickly that way.

Again, thank you for your patience.

Six o’clock, TV hour, don’t get caught in foreign tower
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn

..It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

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