I Found the 80s!!

Who knew that they were alive and well? They currently reside on the radio in northeastern Pennsylvania. Seriously, I did not have to change the radio station once on my drive up and down the Pennsylvania Turnpike (which, I found out, does have an end to it...in Scranton of all places. Yes, Scranton.)

BTW, I'm not knocking Scranton at all - I've only been once (last night) and it was much bigger than I expected. And something you may not know about Scranton, my sister* who lives and works there told me that there has been a lot of natural gas discovered in the area. People are being paid upwards of $2000 per acre for the right to drill on the land which is elevating people from abject poverty to incredible wealth almost instantaneously. It will be interesting to see how that affects the economy in this area.

* Some of you may be thinking, "wait, what sister? I don't remember you having a sister." It's a story I'll tell at a later date on the blog.

How's this for a play list:
Modern Love by David Bowie
Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen
Broken Wings by Mr. Mister
Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper

And yes, these were played back-to-back. What, were they too good for Martika and Toy Soldiers? (And don't worry, I won't Rick Roll y'all). And it wasn't just that one station, there were quite a bit of 80s and 70s stations and then a few other stations that seemed to only play Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Train, and Ke$ha (who is so incredibly trashy).

On a related note, has anyone listened to the lyrics to Paparazzi by Lady Gaga? Here's the chorus:
I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa, paparazzi
Baby, there's no other superstar, you know that I'll be
Your papa, paparazzi
Promise I'll be kind
But I won't stop until that boy is mine
Baby, you'll be famous, chase you down until you love me
Papa, paparazzi

With lyrics like this, it should be an 80s song. When else could you get away with crazy stalker lyrics but yet have it be happy and upbeat? The 80s. That's where.

In closing...dude, east coast, you've got so many ridiculous tolls to pay while driving. In my drive from DC to Philly, I paid $2 for a tunnel toll, followed by $5 for a bridge toll and a $4 toll for leaving Delaware. From Philly to Scranton, there was the turnpike toll ($5.80) plus two other road usage $.70 tolls. I don't mind paying to use the roads, but I didn't think that there would be so many different places and amounts to pay. Hey, if you work for Google maps (or know someone who does), here's a cool new feature that they should add - tell us in advance how much the standard tolls are per car on the roads when giving us a driving route. It shouldn't be that difficult to collect that information - it doesn't change often.

OK, signing off, back to California tonight! Unless... Or even worse...