It’s Easter Sunday and I’m staying in Sacramento at the beautiful Hampton Inn. Actually, it is quite an excellent hotel. Jani and I are here in support of her Uncle Terry, who was being baptized and confirmed into the Catholic Church. What’s this got to do with shuffle play, you ask? Well, hold on. I’m getting to that. Jeez! Anyway, we went to Easter Vigil mass Saturday night, to see Terry get baptized and confirmed. After a seven hour mass, or as I like to call it, Church calisthenics (stand, sit, kneel, stand, sit, kneel), Terry had become one of the newest members of the Catholic Church. Hooray for Terry. I’m still up in the air when it comes to the subject of religion, but my hat is off to anyone who makes a commitment to follow their beliefs; especially, when one does so later in life.




The next day, today, Easter Sunday, Terry and his family were hosting a brunch. As Jani and I were driving to his house, I had my iPod on shuffle play. As we exited the freeway a new song came on. The song has about a thirty second instrumental introduction, before the lyrics begin. I recognized the song right away and started to chuckle. Jani said to me, “what’s so funny.” I told Jani, “just listen to the lyrics.” A few seconds later, an angry man named Rotten began to screech in a British accent, “I am an Anti-Christ! I am an Anarchist….” The group was the Sex Pistols and the song, “Anarchy in the UK.” I looked at Jani and said, “effing shuffle play…. all knowing shuffle play.” Later on that day I had to drive Jani to the airport, as she was flying to LA for business. As we neared the airport Ray Charles came on singing “Hit the Road Jack.” I thought to myself, “now you’re just being mean, shuffle play.”

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