Thanks, Google!....I'm impressed.

So, I have had this song in my head for a couple of days and thought there would be no way to identify it since mainly what I keep hearing is the strong beat and a specific style of whoop that occurs at the end of the chorus. As for words, the only fragments I could recall were "hands up" and "party all night."

Not a lot to go on, but once I have a song in my head it doesn't usually go away until I listen to the whole thing, so this morning I gave Google search a go.

Searching "hands up party all night" brought a variety of results, most of them to song lyrics, but they didn't look familiar (or sound right when I checked them out on YouTube). So I went out on a limb and typed the distinctive shreiky sound as well, searching for "hands up party all night oheoheohe."

Would you believe that only two results came up, and I realized immediately that one of them was the song in question?

Me = impressed/relieved.

You = get to have the song in your head now.

p.s. Having now listened to the song in entirety, I am even more amazed Google was able to correctly identify it from my search terms, none of which is prominently featured in the lyrics.

Zappos!

I'm going on a cruise in a few days and started ordering swimsuit pieces from Zappos about a week ago. I've just placed my third--and necessarily, final--order, bringing my current expense to roughly eight hundred dollars.

Eight hundred dollars is a shitload lot of money! When I got my credit card bill I was shocked until I remembered most of what I have ordered will be returned. I don't actually want to spend more than $120, $150 tops. I'd just like a couple of swimsuits. The options on Zappos are more upscale than I prefer, but there are still sales and there is a convenience factor to the free overnight shipping and 365-day return policy. Except, now I'm closing in on a grand of debt and I still don't have a suitable option for my vacation.

I can't fairly blame Zappos for the fact that out of fourteen tops and bottoms nothing is a good match. They sent me what I ordered and I suppose they can't control how various designers size their clothing. A large should be a large should be a large, but what can you do--at least it's no skin off your back if you order three pairs in different sizes; you can always return the other two.

In the meantime, however, your credit card bill may be unfriendly.

Lazy Day

So I just researched the history of Labor Day to make sure I wasn't missing something, but, nope, this holiday is indeed intended to commemorate labor. Well, really to commemorate the working man and woman; celebrating our collective labor by taking a break from it.

Given that Americans take shockingly little vacation and still manage to be less efficient workers than our European counterparts, I doubt a day off makes much difference.

But I'm still glad to have it.