In 1994, I was sent to Switzerland to collect and bring back some technical drawings. For 5 weeks, they put up in a house in a quiet little kampung called Langenthal. In between the sound of cow bells and the fresh smell of cow dung every time the window is opened, the only entertainment there was from a small TV in the basement.
It had limited channels and all of the were in German. My favorite channel was one music channel, which I could not remember the name, that played lots of German and French songs and once in a blue moon, would play an English song. During my 5 weeks there, the only English song that was aired over and over again was Runaway Train by the rock band Soul Asylum…
Enjoy the music from the past
By the way, this song won Grammy Award for the best rock song in 1994.
Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a blowtorch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning
So tired that I couldn’t even sleep
So many secrets I couldn’t keep
Promised myself I wouldn’t weep
One more promise I couldn’t keep
It seems no one can help me now
I’m in too deep there’s no way out
This time I have really led myself astray
Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I’m neither here nor there
Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life’s mystery seems so faded
I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just a-drownin’ in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
And everything seems cut and dried
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don’t believe it
Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I’m neither here nor there
Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughing at the rain
A little out of touch, a little insane
It’s just easier than dealing with the pain
Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I’m neither here nor there
Runaway train, never coming back
Runaway train, tearing up the track
Runaway train, burning in my veins
I run away but it always seems the same
This entry applies to those who are using Twitter as a tool to do whatever it is that you do. If you are not using Twitter, you can skip the entry and go straight to the comment form and tell me that you do not use Twitter… … And if you are a celebrity using Twitter, this entry does not apply to you too…
Assuming that you are using Twitter to promote something, you would need to have lots of followers. In order to have many followers, you have to have something that attracts people to follow you or you can start following as many people as you can and hopefully some would then follow you back in return. The latter since to be a workable method to build up your followers despite that it is a time consuming effort.
But then, there is a problem to that method. Twitter impose a limit to the number of people that you can follow based on some caculated ratio that is only known to them. That means, if you only have 1 or 10 or 100 followers, you could only follow up to 2000 people. After that, the ratio kicks in and you must have some number of followers before you can follow 2001 people. This is mainly put in place to get rid of spammers and other undesirable people.
So, from time to time you would get people following you and some people, such as I, would then follow them back in the intention of having mutual benefits of following each other. Like anything else in this world, there would be some bad people who would follow you just to get you to follow them back so that they can increase their followers. Once you have followed them, they would them un-follow you so that they can start following someone else and increase their follower again. You would end up with less followers thus you are unable to add more people to follow… Bad eh!
What can you do? I think that there are many tools out there to help you manage this. My favorite is FriendorFollow. This is a site where you can check/do 3 things.
People that you are following but they are not following you back
People that are following you but you are not following them
People that you are following and they are following you back
I make use of no. 1 and 2 a lot. No.1 is for me to remove those who have stopped following me. You don’t follow me, why should I follow you unless you have something that I really like.
No. 2 is used when I want to return the favor to those who take the trouble to follow me. But when they misbehaved, I would then use no.1 on them…
By using this, I can weed out any bad followers as easy as 1 2 3…
The service is Free! No registration required. Just key in your Twitter ID on the front page and then use the Following, Fans, and Friends Tabs accordingly. You must log on to your Twitter if you need to follow or unfollow someone. FriendorFollow is at http://friendorfollow.com/
Another blast from the past. The Flame was one of the songs that I played a lot in 1988 when I was living in the US. 1988 was my first year in the US and I was longing for home, family, friends, people and pets… I was stranded by myself in Beaumont while all my friends were having a great time in Houston… duh… They are both cities in Texas and only about 1 hour drive away, in case you are wondering…
Anyway, here is a live clip of that song, which was first released on July 25, 1988.
Enjoy listening… Layan… And here is the lyric for those who wish to sing along or wondering what were said in the song…
Another night slowly closes in, and I feel so lonely
Touching heat freezing on my skin, I pretend you still hold me
I’m going crazy, I’m losing sleep, I’m in too far, I’m in way too deep
Over you, I can’t believe you’re gone
You were the first, you’ll be the last
Wherever you go, I’ll be with you, whatever you want, I’ll give it to you
Whenever you need someone, to lay your heart and head upon
Remember, after the fire, after all the rain
I will be the flame, I will be the flame
Watching shadows move across the wall, I feel so frightened
I wanna run to you, I wanna call, but I’ve been hit by lightning
Just can’t stand up for falling apart
Can’t see through this veil across my heart
Over you, you’ll always be the one, you were the first, you’ll be the last
Wherever you go, I’ll be with you, whatever you want, I’ll give it to you
Whenever you need someone, to lay your heart and head upon
Remember, after the fire, after all the rain
I will be the flame, I will be the flame
I’m going crazy, I’m losing sleep, I’m in too far, I’m in way too deep
Over you, you’ll always be the one, you were the first, you’ll be the last
Wherever you go, I’ll be with you, whatever you want, I’ll give it to you
Whenever you need someone, to lay your heart and head upon
Remember, after the fire, after all the rain
I will be the flame, I will be the flame
Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you
Wherever you go, I’ll be with you, & whatever you want, I’ll give it to you
Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you
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