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Those lyrics didn't seem quite right, don't you agree?  I'm pretty sure he said "proud man" not "bronze man".  Or was he referring to a suntanned bodybuilder or something?  Then I think he gave up on the lyrics at some point.  I remember when I was a kid, I screwed up the lyrics on David Bowie's "China Girl"....  "I stumble into town just like a sacred clown..."  And the rest of the band laughed at me.  That was my first band too.  I was fresh out of high school (no one would play with me in high school).  We didn't have a name.  I wanted to play "Karma Chameleon", but no one else did.  No one wanted to play the tune I wrote either, called "Let's Drop Dead".  Instead we played "Rio", "Nightbirds", "China Girl", and I forget what else.  Badly.  Probably only those 3 songs.  My lungs are clearing up slowly.  I still have poor control over my pitch but otherwise I feel fine.  Oh, that cough syrup makes me want to pass out.  Right now I'm watching "Wall Street".  Again.  How are you feeling, my darling?  Oh. you're so beautiful.  I love you so much.

Natty, aren't you going to share photos of your beautiful new apartment with us?  I'm getting a picture in my head of a mattress and some pillows on the floor, and nothing else.  Hey, don't copy me.  That's what I do.  Sans the mattress.  Well no, that's not exactly true.  I'm surrounded by equipment and computers, after all, I do sleep where I work.  You know something, even if I had all the money in the world, I would still keep a room like my bedroom, and sleep on the floor.  I like sleeping on the floor.

Oh, that's not it either Pina?  You're just bored?  But you get bored so easily.  Not me.  I have too much to do.  I don't get bored.

Qur'an 20170716

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

49.  No, here are Signs self-evident in the hearts of those endowed with knowledge, and none but the unjust reject Our Signs.

50.  Yet they say, "Why are not Signs sent down to him from his Lord?"  Say: "The Signs are indeed with Allah, and I am indeed a clear warner."

51.  And is it not enough for them that We sent down to you the Book which is rehearsed to them?  Verily, in it is Mercy and a Reminder to those who believe.

52.  Say: "Enough is Allah for a Witness between me and you: God knows what is in the heavens and on earth, and it is those who believe in vanities and reject Allah, that will perish."

53.  They ask you to hasten on the Punishment: had it not been for a term appointed, the Punishment would certainly have come to them, and it will certainly reach them- of a sudden, while they perceive not!

54.  They ask you to hasten on the Punishment: but of a surety, hell will encompass the rejecters of Faith!

55.  On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above them and from below them, and shall say: "Taste you of your deeds!"

56.  O My servants who believe!  Truly spacious is My Earth, therefore serve you Me!

57.  Every soul shall have a taste of death: in the end to Us shall you be brought back.

58.  But those who believe, and work deeds of righteousness- to them shall We give a Home in Heaven: lofty mansions which flow rivers, to dwell therein for aye- an excellent reward for those who do!

59.  Those who persevere in patience, and put their trust in their Lord and Cherisher.

60.  How many are the creatures that carry not their own sustenance?  It is Allah who feeds them and you, for God hears and knows.

61.  If indeed you ask them who has created the heavens and the earth, and subjected the sun and the moon, they will certainly reply, "Allah".  How are they then deluded away?

62.  Allah enlarges the sustenance to whichever of God's servants God pleases: and God grants by measure, for Allah has full knowledge of all things.

63.  And if indeed you ask them who it is that sends down rain from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death, they will certainly reply, "Allah!"  Say: "Praise be to Allah!" but most of them understand not.

The Spider 29:49-63
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