The Boys' New Favorite Song

We got our copy of Beukemix 2008, and after just two days the boys have a clear favorite: MIA's "Paper Planes". Because who doesn't like a little Sri Lankan reggae/hip hop, er, thing? (There must be a special name for this. Everything has a special name these days). It's the chorus of sound effects that sells it for them:

And to think not so long ago they would beg me to stop singing her earlier song, "Bucky Done Gun". London, quieten down! I need to make a sound...

Speaking of gettin crackin', the holiday season is always a time of work, work, work and no time for writing or blogging, but I'm still hoping to get at least books and movies posted at some point. Due to circumstances far outside of my range of control, this is going to be a particularly brutal year, though. Still, beats being unemployed by a long shot.