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Alanis Morissette on cultural nonprofit finance structure
Posted: July 21, 2005
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There's too much fun to be had with the Alanis Morissette Lyric Generator, a virtual 'Mad Libs' for the adult-contemporary crowd. Here's just one generated lyric from my suggested nouns and names:
"Will to Live"
I feel miserable
STRUCTURAL DEFICITS make me ill
I feel miserable
GRANT GUIDELINES tear at my foundations
I feel miserable
INFLUENTIAL DONORS are dragging me down to the depths of misery
I want to die
Is it because of FIXED OVERHEAD EXPENSES that I feel this way?
With the GOLDENROD rays of misery pounding on my brain?
Or am I lost in tale of BECKETT, adrift far from home
I don't think so, I don't think so.
THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Broke My Will to Live
THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Broke My Will to Live
THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Broke My Will to Live
I was getting better but then
THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Broke My Will to Live
I feel miserable
OPERATING GRANT APPLICATIONS rot the flesh from my bones
I feel miserable
OUTCOME EVALUATIONS defeat my purpose
I feel miserable
AVERSIONS TO RISK are doing their best to impale my soul
I want to die
Is it because of FIXED OVERHEAD EXPENSES that I feel this way?
With the GOLDENROD rays of misery pounding on my brain?
Am I lost in tale of BECKETT, adrift far from home
I don't think so, I don't think so.
THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Broke My Will to Live
THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Broke My Will to Live
Oh God, THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Broke My Will to Live
I was getting better but then
THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Broke My Will to Live
Now, if only someone would come up with an automatic grant application generator, we'd be getting somewhere.
UPDATE OF 7/22/05: A commenter to this post referenced a research-paper generator that had created a controversy when one of its fake papers was accepted for a conference presentation. This may be the generator and the results she was talking about. Fairly funny stuff if you watch the videos or read the computer-generated research papers.