When I got to work I forgot about it, checked e-mail, etc. Twenty minutes later I tried to turn it on and it didn’t turn on – and it was blazing hot. And so, somehow, my poor Zen is fried. The IT guy at work took it apart and disconnected the battery, which was running hot without stopping. He thinks it is a circuity failure and not a battery failure. I don’t suppose it matters much.

Anyone have suggestions on a replacement?
I tossed this idea out on Twitter and got various replies.

High in the list are the new Zens and the Zen X-fi. Also high in the list is the Zune.
I have around $300 to blow prayerfully consider spending, and would like at least 30G space on the thing.

No, starting with the letter Z is not a prerequisite.

Um.

How about those Cleveland Browns?

Continuing blithely, I sure wish I could fly!
Certainly it can be a metaphor for all sorts of things that I admire, like creativity and imagination and freedom. I am not even above (ha) giving it a spiritual application, since Christians are compared to sparrows and eagles many times in the Bible, and can “mount up on wings as eagles” when we wait upon the Lord to renew our strength.

But also… it’d just be really awesome.

Which reminds me of Christiana’s Shallow Thoughts #114 which actually brought me to tears, go listen NOW.

So if you are flying with me, here are some good songs for the journey, selected from my library of actual physical compact discs, none of this mp3 music download stuff*:

*incidentally, you look much less ridiculous flying while carrying a iPod Nano etc. than while carrying a huge 80′s style boom box, so rip your CDs to mp3 for the sake of dignity.

Only If… – Enya
I Gotta Crow – Mary Martin (Peter Pan)
Fly Away – FFH
Requiem in the Air – Last Exile OST
Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
I’ll Fly Away – (Traditional hymn)
I’m Flying – Mary Martin (Peter Pan)
Weightless – Mike Oldfield
Weightless – Brian Eno
Celestial Sodapop – Ray Lynch
Oh! Of Pleasure – Ray Lynch
Lighten Up! – A Positive Life
Bird’s Eye View – Uman
Superman (main theme) – John Williams
Ascension – Mike Oldfield
Ascension – Amethystium
I am the Wind – Castlevania Symphony of the Night soundtrack
Winds over Neo-Tokyo – Akira soundtrack
His Eye is on the Sparrow – (Traditional Hymn)
Wind and Spirit – Chris Rice
Sky’s Beyond – Nightingale
True Spirit of Mom and Dad – Ray Lynch
Tiny Geometries – Ray Lynch
Japanese Spring – Nightengale
Night Wind – David Arkenstone
Pacific Wind – Ryan Farish
Solar Wind – David Cohen
The Sense – Luttrell ”A Sense of Impending Levitation” CD
Wind at Dawn – Deuter
Wind on Sea – Anuna
Wind Source – Uman
Euphoria (Firefly) – Delerium
I Believe I can Fly – R. Kelly
Signal in the Sky – Apples in Stereo
Jupiter – Holst’s The Planets
Five Miles Out – Mike Oldfield
Cloud Age Symphony – Last Exile OST
A Morning in Norkia – Last Exile OST
Over the Sky – Last Exile OST – Actually, any song from last Exile OST

This is NOT exhaustive. If you have more good suggestions for songs, please leave them in Comments!

Just get out there and defy gravity to any song you like.