Happiness and Theory of a Dead Man

A guest post by Steve Payne

As a totally awesome spouse I downloaded a new album from iTunes the other day. Before going any further; downloading music is one of those things in life I appreciate. No more going to stores, trying to find an album, discovering it’s sold out and doing it all over again. Just press a couple of keys and poof you got it. So as I said one of things in life I appreciate.

The album, Scars and Souvenirs, is by a Canadian band called Theory of a Deadman. And it is quite a good listen. But as you can probably guess by the name it is a bit of a downer. You know the hard luck, bad wife angst that is so typical these days. It is good music though.

There is a song on the disc called “I Hate My Life” and it is a great tune but the lyrics will bring down even the most insane optimist. OK he hates his life, but if you get the chance listen to the lyrics. It is not his fault. It’s the street person, his wife, his boss, the bad driver. All this is why he hates his life. Of course it can’t be him; it has to be someone else.

And isn’t that the problem.

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Lessons from watching Dollhouse

I am a Joss Whedon fan and love his new series, Dollhouse, starring Eliza Dushku as Echo. If you are not familiar with the series, the premise is that people, the “dolls”, are essentially like computers. You can wipe the slate, er… brain, clean, and then re-program it with whatever personality you want. Others “hire” the dolls for their particular requirements – everything from companionship to bank vault-cracking explosives experts.

What I realized though was that people really can do this!

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