Happy Valentine’s Day

Now with super-awesome music, courtesy of Grooveshark.

Any song suggestions? Comment and add them to this post

Song suggestion credits:

Sean — Adam Sandler – Love Stinks
AJ — ABC – The Look of Love
John — Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage

At least it was ridiculously easy!

Feel free to send lewd and/or interesting messages to me in your free time, internets.

This is going to be stuck in my head longer than Spree Wilson and Ultimate Muscle Roller Legend combined.

AJ was happy to point me in the right direction after learning of my plight:

Arliss Coates: Why did you shoot Rosemary?
Travis Coates: She was sick.
Arliss Coates: Well, you were sick. How come we didn’t shoot you?
AJ Scrotes: i just saw picayune!
AJ Scrotes: on something awful
AJ Scrotes: in a sentence
AJ Scrotes: here’s a fragment
AJ Scrotes: “navigating vast realms and completing picayune tasks”
Travis Coates: That was different.

Er.. sorry, I was recalling events while thinking about Old Yeller. You know how that goes. Here’s the SA link, sent to me from the heavens, to set me on the correct path.

So, basically, this the correct spelling of “picayune.” Answers.com filled in the rest:

Dictionary: pic·a·yune (pĭk’ə-yūn’)

adj.

1. Of little value or importance; paltry. See synonims at trivial.
2. Petty; mean.

n.

1. A Spanish-American half-real piece formerly used in parts of the southern United States.
2. A five-cent piece.
3. Something of very little value; a trifle: not worth a picayune.

[Louisiana French picaillon, small coin, from French, from Provençal picaioun, from picaio, money, perhaps from Old Provençal piquar, to jingle, clink, from Vulgar Latin *piccāre, to pierce. See pique.]
picayunish pic’a·yun’ish adj.

In fact, I’ve heard the term picayune before (and of Picayune, MS!), though never the adjective picayunish. I can see how either the noun or adjective could easily become mispronounced as picky-uni … Although, the meaning associated with the word, as I have come to know it from context — overly choosy or picky — isn’t really the true meaning.

I have to assume, those that have misheard or mispronounced this word, assuming it’s root was picky, invented a new almost-not-exactly-related meaning. Imagine a phrase like “being choosy about picayune details” restructured as “being picky-uni about details.” Weird, but plausible.

I can now sleep soundly once again. Thanks AJ.

(9:30:04 PM) Insipid Anodyne: zweep
(9:30:25 PM) Insipid Anodyne: hey could you update gonad.org more often
(9:30:42 PM) gonadgoat: perhaps.
(9:30:54 PM) Insipid Anodyne: cool, it would mean a lot to me
(9:30:56 PM) Insipid Anodyne: borsch!

At that moment, I began reflecting on this post from last year. Then, suddenly..

(9:34:39 PM) Jim: zwooop
(9:34:47 PM) Justin: wtf
(9:34:54 PM) Justin: someone just messaged me
(9:34:55 PM) Justin: zweeep
(9:34:59 PM) Justin: and then a zwoop?
(9:35:00 PM) Jim: hahaha
(9:35:00 PM) Justin: what is this.
(9:35:06 PM) Jim: i typed zwiiip actually
(9:35:08 PM) Jim: but i changed it.

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

It’s unfortunate that many people only remember Bobby McFerrin as the “Don’t Worry Be Happy” guy. Don’t get me wrong, that is one hell of a catchy tune, but there’s a lot more to Bobby than that.

Here’s a few of my personal favorites:

Improvisation with Richard Bona
Drive
Montreux Jazz Festival with Chick Corea

There are very few mentions of it on the internet, and I can’t seem to find any clues as to where the uny/uni/yuni comes from.

From context, it means overly choosy or picky, but I need more than that!

This is a bunch of Spokker Jones! HALP!

UPDATE, HOLY CRAP!

Peter Bjorn and John – “Lay It Down”

Personally, I like “Nothing To Worry About” more… though I don’t find rockabilly Asians quite as mind-warping (even the giant haired ones).

http://www.billymaysshirt.com/

Such a mightily groomed beard and such refined salesmanship. You will be missed, Billy.

I sort of wish they had used this image, though:

SOAP