Dave Matthews Band – Snow Outside lyrics

Today iTunes allowed users to stream the new Dave Matthews Band album due out on 9.11.12. My favorite song so far is a track titled Snow Outside. I’d hate to ruin it by trying to describe it so just listen (jump to the 38:00 minute mark). Also, to compliment your listening pleasure, below are the lyrics. Only one word–perfect.

Oh you are like a secret garden;

as i shuffle through this broken town

think of you and you are all around me

like the sky when the sun’s going down

I wanna tell the whole wide world

see how love can light your soul

but you are like my secret garden

and I wanna be with you alone.

Oh hold me, hold me tight

cause the world can be a crazy ride

and i know its gonna be alright cause you are here with me

oh the woman is so right

and even if the oceans divide us

I will be here right by your side for the rest of our days

yea, for the rest of our days

If you are tired I will bear your burden

if you are dreaming I will not disturb you

whatever your heart desires my love, love I’ll clear the way for you

come winter I will build you a fire from the bones of who I used to be

before you came and washed the weary away, before you came here for me

oh it is so right, every day and every night

by the fire with the snow outside and the two of us

hold tight, if it gets to be a crazy ride

I’ll be here right by your side for the rest of our days

yea, for the rest of our days.

Oh yes, so right

holding on to this crazy ride

hold on we’ll be alright

me and you and you and me

ah here you come here bring me real love

from the ground beneath to the stars above

was going down and now i’m going up, you in my blood

oh yea this is real love, sent down by the stars above

arms out and i’m going up with you in my blood

oh you know that its so right

it feels bigger than the whole world wide

and you know come the morning light that I am yours

oh that i am yours

oh that i am yours.

9/4/2012

1) On Thursday night Barack Obama will accept the Democratic nomination for a second term as President. The Party has released the 2012 Democratic National Platform, and below is a link so you can read it for yourself. The paper details the party’s official stance on all the issues, ranging from how they plan to revive with the languid economy, how they’ll maintain the country’s security, and how they view the pressing social issues of the day. For good measure, you will also find below the link to the Republican National Platform.

DNP: http://assets.dstatic.org/dnc-platform/2012-National-Platform.pdf

RNP: http://www.gop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2008platform.pdf

2) A new study performed by Stanford scientists casts doubt on the nutritional benefits of organic vs. non-organic fruits, vegetables and meats. The meta-analysis conducted using nearly four decades of data showed that organic foods have negligible nutritional benefits over their non-organic counterparts. The study did find, however, that organic foods have a statistically significant less amount of trace pesticides and hormones. From the view of an organic food buyer, I can say that this is precisely why I pay the premium. I am not paying for my organic zucchini to have more folate that the non-organic zucchini–I’m paying for it to have no pesticides that cause cancer. I’m not paying for my organic chicken breast to have more useful proteins than the non-organic chicken–I’m paying for it to have no hormones that cause cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/science/earth/study-questions-advantages-of-organic-meat-and-produce.html?_r=3&hp

Side note: The study identified pregnant women exposed to higher amounts of pesticides in their diets and noted that their children ended up having lower I.Q.’s than their elementary school peers. My future pregnant wife will hopefully be down with the whole organic thing too.

9/3/2012

1) I look at this often so I wanted to share this electoral map compiled by the New York Times. It shows which states are solidly for Obama or Romney, those which are leaning toward Obama or Romney, and the toss-ups. Based on the projection, President Obama currently leads Romney 237 to 206 in the electoral count. If Obama can hold on to those leaning states and shore up Florida, it seems like he will get another term. Easier said than done of course, so spread the word. http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map

2) Until recently, reports told us what would happen if Greece exited the Euro. Yesterday I found myself reading an article about what will happen when Greece exists the Euro. To be sure, it’s hard to say what exactly will happen, but preparations are underway–Greek firms are stockpiling cash to pay employees and companies are upgrading their systems to recognize a new currency.  Here in the US it is hard to concluded on the consequences as well.  But the reverberations are sure to be felt from across the sea and into our living rooms. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/business/economy/us-companies-prepare-in-case-greece-exits-euro.html?_r=1&ref=business

9/1/2012

Some local news today. http://tinyurl.com/9djjcrm

Last night there was a shooting at a bar just down the street from where a bunch of friends and I were drinking. The shooter, Gregory J. Burns, 50, was asked to leave after getting into a scuffle with another patron. On his way out, Burns got into it with a bouncer and ending up shooting him in the left side of the stomach. Burns was immediately taken away by police (at night the beach is swarming with cops) and the bouncer was taken to a nearby hospital where he’s listed as in “critical but stable condition.”

Crazy things go down on the beach during a full moon!