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If you’ve never checked out KissThisGuy.com, you really must. It’s an archive of misheard lyrics where people share their own mistakes.

Listening to Bob FM this morning on the way to work, I was reminded of a song I used to sing the wrong lyrics to. I used to think that “The One that I Want” from the soundtrack to Grease was “The Wizard of O’s.” Don’t ask me what I thought that meant. I was only 13 so I couldn’t have thought anything too inappropriate! Here’s a misheard lyric submitted by someone else for the same song:

Real Lyric: I got chills they’re multiplying
Misheard Lyric: I got shoes made of plywood

If you want a quick laugh, check out the website. Below I’ve embedded the funniest misheard lyric of the week.

Recently, a few people have asked me if it’s worth it to get an iPhone. It’s a personal decision for sure, but here’s an idea of how I use my iPhone in any given day. See if you can tell what the answer is for ME! I’ve listed in parentheses the iPhone applications I use.

5:30am - I awake to the sound of soft harps. (Clock)

5:35am – I do a quick check of my personal email (Mail), work email (iNotes), news (USA Today), and check the weather to see what I should wear and if I should bring an umbrella ella ella (WeatherBug).

6:15am - I listen to podcasts on the way to work. If it’s a Monday, you can be sure I’m listening to This American Life with Ira Glass (iPod).

7:00am - Once I get to work, I listen to a personalized music selection online while I get set up and plan my workday. (Pandora)

10:00am – During a meeting I might hear about a new technology so I check out the latest tech news. (CNET)

11:00am – While in the break room, someone asks a question I don’t know the answer to. While others sit and speculate, I pop out my iPhone and find the answer lickity-split. (Google)

11:30am – I might get a new client on my Meals on Wheels route, so I plug in their address and have my iPhone give me turn by turn directions to their house. (Maps)

12:30pm – Upon return to the office, I notice something weird that I must take a picture of. (Camera)

12:32pm – I upload said picture to twitpic via my iPhone Twitter client. (TwitterFon)

1:00pm – I receive a message via the Facebook iPhone app that my colleague/friend finally gets to bring her baby home from the hospital after being in ICU for several weeks! (Facebook)

2:00pm - I connect with several former colleagues who are looking for jobs. (LinkedIn)

5:00pm - As I leave the office parking lot, I hear a song on the stereo, and I can’t for the life of me remember the artist. I let my iPhone listen to the song and after 10 seconds of listening, it tells me who the artist is, what album, etc. (Shazam)

5:30pm – I call my husband to see if he needs me to pick up anything on the way home from work. (Phone) Yes, it’s true. The iPhone can actually be used as a telephone.

5:45pm - I get home and pull out the fixins’ for dinner. I follow the recipe using my iPhone. (BigOven)

7:00pm – I decide to practice my flute for a few minutes, and I make sure I’m in tune. (StayInTune)

7:30pm – I get totally grossed out by my flute cleaning rag which is dirty, so I pull out my iPhone and purchase a new one online. (Amazon)

7:45pm – I help my kids with their homework, and rather than look stupid by admitting I don’t know the answer to their questions, I discreetly look up answers on my iPhone. (Wikipanion)

8:00pm – I go on a walk around the neighborhood, and since it’s dark (and we can’t seem to keep a working flashlight in the house), I use my iPhone. (myLite)

8:45pm - I check to see if tonight’s episode of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” is a repeat. (i.TV)

10:30pm - I read a chapter of the latest book I’ve downloaded from Amazon.com. (Kindle)

11:00pm – I listen to “Rain with Thunder” as I drift off to sleep and dream about how I will use my iPhone tomorrow. (Ambiance)

I inherited a piano when my parents down-sized about 20 years ago. It is a beautiful walnut Fischer upright which my grandparents had given my mom in the 1950s. I have wonderful memories of my mom playing Debussy’s Clair de Lune as well as her self-composed Awakening of Spring. My grandmother (the one who turned 100 in July) hand-stitched the needlepoint cover on the piano bench, and I remember sitting on that bench with my grandpa while he played Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.

Try as I might, I just couldn’t catch on to playing piano as a kid or young adult. I do better with one note at a time, so being a flutist is perfect for me. The thought of getting rid of the piano always made me sad, but I knew it was a shame for it to go unplayed for so long. Alas, I decided recently that I should let it go and benefit from the added space in my home office. I posted a free-to-good-home ad on craigslist.org and within 15 minutes I had 5 “takers.” The first person who called was a lovely woman who has played piano her whole life but hasn’t been able to get one while her husband finishes grad school. She says she cried with happiness when she told her husband about the piano. Well, I also cried after I got off the phone with her and had to call my mom to cheer me up. My mom assured me that Grandpa would be happy that the piano was being given to someone who would make beautiful music with it. Afterall, I can’t bring it to heaven…nevermind the fact that the pianos up there are much nicer! (That is EXACTLY what my grandpa would have said!)

So, today I said “goodbye” to my piano, but my new friend has promised to send me recordings of her playing music on it, so that is wonderful consolation. Below are pictures I took to document the “goodbye.” Sniff, sniff….

This morning my flute choir led the music for Central Presbyterian’s Easter sunrise service. This was our 15th year anniversary! Today was a bit chilly and windy, but we’ve experienced much worse. All-in-all it was a fun and moving experience as always. What luck to have such special friends to share such an important holiday. I’ve embedded below a short remix I created using online features of Photobucket. Enjoy!