You might be wondering what radio station I was listening to that would play Star Wars music.  It would be a good thing if all radio stations occasionally branched beyond their “top 40″ policy and played all-around cool songs like the Star Wars theme.  There are a few stations now that play a wide variety, which is refreshing, but most are stuck in a deep rut.

Anyway, I was listening to KLRE 90.5 FM, which is the classical music station in Little Rock.  I know, some of you probably just tuned out (no pun intended) when I said classical music.  It’s normal these days.  Many people think they don’t like classical music, although I suspect a lot of people do but don’t realize it.  I won’t get into a long discussion on that (maybe another day), but consider this next one point.

John Williams composed all the Star Wars music (which is over 14 hours of orchestral music), along with the music for Superman, Jaws, the Indiana Jones films, E.T., Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Home Alone, and the first three Harry Potter films, along with many others (including most movies by Steven Spielberg).  He also composed the theme music for four Olympic Games and NBC Sunday Night Football.  The next time you watch any of these movies, listen to the music and realize most of it is classical music.

I realize the emotions of the movie make the music more memorable, but also consider that the music makes the movie more emotional.  It works both ways.  As George Lucas said, “Sound is fifty percent of the motion picture experience.”  Many of the songs from the movies referenced above can stand on their own as good music.

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I've actually been looking at baby strollers of late, but I'm fairly certain my wife wouldn't go for one like this. She doesn't seem to understand that sometimes you need to go off-road. I realize that's not normal for baby strollers, but if they had tires like this, maybe people would more often...

Here's another neat baby stroller / carriage, but I'm not even gonna bother showing this to my wife. How many guys would appreciate a baby stroller that looks like an AT-AT from Star Wars? But this is one of those areas in life where a man's definition of cool usually doesn't factor into the vote.

I've also been looking at colors to paint the baby room. I knew there were (supposedly) millions of colors, but we didn't see any of these at the paint store. Maybe they only show them upon request...

I don't have a baby yet, so there's a lot I still have to learn, but I'm pretty sure using the toy like this would be a bad idea, not to mention illegal.

Again, I'm no expert on children, but I bet I can guess what happens next...

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I figure that’s how Rurouni Kenneth will celebrate if he ever beats me in tennis.  I’m willing to give him his props if he can ever pull off the upset, but once the clothes start coming off, I’m leaving. 

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