/etc
This is where I put all of the stuff that doesn't fit
into any
of the other categories on the site, stuff like technical articles on
random stuff, song lyrics, rants, and whatever else I can think of.
General MIDI's Jukebox
Technical Articles
Complete with instructions on how to tamper with a
tamper
resistant carburetor while furiously voiding your warranty.
How I fixed a chainsaw I found buried in a ditch.
Includes
lots of great tips on how to fix chainsaws and other two cycle power
equipment in general.
If you like the way this site is laid out, good. Here's
how to
make a page just like this one. If you don't like the way this site is
laid out, well, I really don't care.
Rants
Paroles pour Chansons: Song Lyrics I Translated From
French
I am a strange person with strange taste in music. I
don't
speak French very well, and I've never been to France, but I love
French music. It started when I got my first Vanessa Paradis record
something like 20 years ago. It baffles me that, even though American
music, in English is popular
all around the world, music from other countries very, very rarely
makes it big here. Sure, there are a few exceptions. Shakira and
Mari-Mai both charted recently, although only their songs in English
made it big: 'Wherever, Whenever' and 'Do You', respectively, even
though those were hardly their best songs.
In an effort to promote world music I'm going to
translate
some of my favorite French songs to English for you. Please keep it in
mind that my French isn't perfect, and these are not word-for-word
translations. It doesn't help that there are a lot of words in French
that don't have an English counterpart that means exactly the same thing. If you want
word-for-word, try Babel Fish, because god knows
that always works out well.
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