iPod stutter

Never knew iPods could be stuck... stuttering and stumbling over Barenaked Ladies:

Thanks, that was fun
Don't forget no regrets
Except maybe one
Made a deal not to feel
God that was dumb
-- BNL

considered backtracking but decided against it. What if it stutters again? What if it doesn't? Reading too much into too little, sensitivities see allegory where there may only be coincidence.
Followed by Coldplay:

All you ever wanted was love
But you never looked hard enough
It's never gonna give itself up
-- Coldplay, Low

I really need to install the old HD with the music library into the G5, so I can load all the new music I have onto the iPod. If it still works. Time for new music. The old has too many memories. What is it with music that it takes you back?

Then again. The old also has good memories.

Bussed to work today, a very pleasant experience, so much freer than the claustrophobic car. When you drive, you feel like you have control over and responsibility for the arrival time, and you stress about the traffic.
When you're on the bus, you know you are along for the ride. In my case, wherever that may lead, as I had very little idea of where I was or where I was heading. And i liked it. I liked not knowing the destination, not knowing what the next moment will bring.
What this bus ride brought was meeting someone who, it turns out, works here, lives in my complex (his place overlooks the pool), and rides a motor cycle that is now in the shop. We talked about his hikes to Elfin lakes and the Pemberton area. In the cocoon of a car you would never have the unexpected conversation.

Happy now, Kev? This is not a quote :-)