Time and Memories

Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn - A time to cast away stones, A time to gather stones together

Boyz II Men - It's so Hard to Say Goodbye - And I'll take with me the memories, To be my sunshine after the rain

Everything but the Girl - And I Miss You - And the years have proved to offer, nothing since you've moved. You're long gone, but I can't move on.

Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Bittersweet memories, that is all I'm taking with me.

Guns N Roses - November Rain - But if you could heal a broken heart, Wouldn't time be out to charm you?

Third Eye Blind - Jumper - Maybe today we can put the past away

Aaliyah - Once Upon a December - Far away, long ago, Glowing dim as an ember, Things my heart used to know, Things it yearns to remember.

Cake - The Distance - She's hoping in time that her memories will fade.

Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - I just want to stay with you in this moment forever, Forever and ever

Surface - The First Time - Memories we've shared will live forever Deep inside my heart

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime - Sitting with your friends as y'all reminisce, About the days growing up and the first person you kissed

Indigo Girls - We'll amuse ourselves one day with these memories we'll trace.

Alanis Morissette - Unsent - The truth is whenever I think of the early 90's, your face comes up with a vengeance like it was yesterday.

Patti Smyth - No Mistakes - Why do only the cold and lonely times seem to last?

Matchbox 20 - Disease - You left a stain, On every one of my good days.

No Doubt - Sunday Morning - You sure have changed since yesterday

Did you know...

"If you ask for lemonade in a British pub or restaurant, you'll most likely get a can of 7-UP ... or Sprite"
via Metafilter

and

"While root beer is so popular in the US & Canada ... it is relatively unknown in the UK"?
via Root Beer in the UK

Malapropism

I'm reading some reviews of hotels in London and someone mentions "seasonal effective disorder", which sounds to me like the exact opposite of the condition where you get depressed from lack of sunlight.

Across the pond

I booked my flights this morning! In May I am flying to London (laying over in Chicago) and then on to Rome, and I am also going to Florence and Naples while I am in Italy. I am spending 2 nights each in Florence and Naples, 3 nights in London and 8 in Rome. I may be going to Florence just to see David, and Naples just to have pizza and see the Mediterranean. Of course, I will do more than that in each city, but that's why I am going.

Kayak.com is invaluable for airfare.

You can't get There from Here

There are several places in America where, if using public roads, you must go through Canada to access the rest of America. There are also a few places in Canada where you must go through the US to access the rest of Canada. Ask Metafilter explains.

• Northwest Angle, Minnesota
• Alburgh, Vermont
• Point Roberts, Washington
• Estcourt, Maine - where there are private roads into Maine leading through the woods, buildings straddling the border and only four houses completely in the US
• Part of the St Regis Mohawk Reservation is in Quebec, but is only connected by road to the rest of the reservation in New York, not to anywhere within Quebec
• Campobello Island is Canadian, but is only connected by bridge to the eastern most point of the US: Lubec, Maine.