Look out, Walter Payton

At the Pearly Gates, St. Peter is wondering what hit him. The gates themselves are bent, as if some elemental force has smashed into them. In the distance, a massive form can be seen racing for the Final Game.

Dick "Night Train" Lane, dead at 73.

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Serendipity

While working on the final outline for TR, I have WinAmp playing random selections from my .mp3 file, which at this point is mostly Bob Dylan and Metallica.

First I get Dylan's Masters of War, as good a song as Mr. Dylan has ever penned.. then up comes Metallica's One, which is based on the book/film Johnny got His Gun.

Two great anti-war songs from two acts that couldn't be more different, and they worked together! The Reese's Peanut Butter Cup effect in music! "You got your folk on my metal! You got your metal in my folk!"