Tuesday, January 19, 2010
DOLLY PARTON-1946
JANIS JOPLIN-1943
EDGAR ALLEN POE-1809
ROBERT E. LEE -1807
Dia de los Botas
Sunday, January 10, 2010
I met a gal with these snappy boots and she let me take a picture of them. Cool, huh? I was on a photo shoot for a class. I was trying out a funky style jens called a Lensbaby. You can turn it to point up or down right or left, Cuz it's on a weird swivelly hinge system. If you turn it left it blurs out stuff on the right while keeping in focus stuff on the left. I pointed it down slightly that is why the toes are out of focus and the tops aren't. Look @ the banjo player to see what I mean. Also I shot these two guys who sat directly across the table fom each other with the lens turned to a hard right. It's a tricky little gadget that I will never buy. I'm all for depth of field and focal point but I won't have much use for the Lensbaby.
I met Santa.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Somehow I thought Santa would be taller. But then there's only so much room in a chimney. Check out my Mesmer stare. Send me your PIN #'s, send me your PIN #'s.
New Years Revolution
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Another year has gotten behind me and I'm fairly certin that this is how people get old and decrepatated. I, like many people am taking stock in what I've done and what I haven't in the past year. I don't fret the past much cuz "woulda' has died of shoulda and coulda". But moving forward here is a list of what I aim to do better in the upcoming year.
1. I need to be kinder and less contentious. I claim to be a follower of Christ but too much of the time I ain't walkin' like I'm talkin' and that is what most people dislike about religion, and I sure don't wanna be that guy. In other words I want to improve my personal worthiness.
2. I plan to attend the Temple more. I want to get back to where me & the DW were a couple years, having a regular night that was OUR Temple night.
3. I'm gonna study more about my job. I've done way better than I ever thought I would @ this salez stuff, but there is a lot more I can do to improve my knowledge of the job and I intend to do just that.
4. I want to get more active. Not just be content with 45 minutes @ the gym. This also includes severing ties with the "Gut Truck" that comes to my work. I love the little deep fried burritoz they sell. I know the're a cardio bomb but I think they put morphine in them or something cuz that's a Jonez that's hard to jump.
5. I want to spend less money, which may necessitate a trip to the Betty Ford clinic to beat my wicked I- tunes addiction.
6. I want to drop a line to people on my E mail list instead of just sending forwards on and thinking I'm staying "in touch" with friends who've moved away. That's kinda lame.
7. And lastly I need to see to our food storage and over all emergency preparations.
Well those are my goals, feel free to ask me how I'm doing on them during the coming year. I wish to express my love and gratitude to all of my family and friends where ever you am iz. And in the words of some anonymous and perhaps drunken Irishman "May those who love us, love us. And for those who don't, may the Lord turn their hearts. And if he can't turn their hearts may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limpin'."
Today in life and Death
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Today is the birthday of Mary Tyler Moore and Jon Voight and the deathday of Tim Hardin, an American singer/songwriter who's most recognizable songs were "If I were a Carpenter" and "Reason to Believe" which was covered by Rod Stewart and Glen Campbell. He died in 1980 of the needle and the spoon.
Tuesday Tunez
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West were Alt country legends long before there was such a term. They were shunned by the mainstream C&W crowd and forced out of Nashville. So they told the Grand Ole Opry to ram it up there collective snouts and went out to LA to make the music they wanted to. Jimmy Bryant is the man who put the Fender Telecaster on the map. He is most known for his awesome fleet riffs which are so clean and fast that people thought he sped up his tapes. I hope you enjoy this little video and the quirky 1962 sound of Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West.
Tuesday Tunes -- Buckethead
Monday, November 30, 2009
I like Buckethead. The album I have is Colma. It's very mellow. I even gave a copy to my massage therapist. Some of his other music is full shred mayhem. Most of you wouldn't like it (except for Dr. Liau who would love it). This is a more subdued song for my kinder, gentler audience. Happy listening.
Scanner Mad
Monday, November 23, 2009
That's me in the middle @ the Bicentennial the Western Washington state fair 1976. I was plenty mad that they made me wear the stinkin' flippin' limey uniform. But orders are orders.
Birthday Post or Aging Less Than Gracefully
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Someone's aging Lord, Koom bah yah. I wasn't supposed to live this long, had I known I would, I'd have taken better care of myself. 53??????????? How in the Helsinki Finland did this happen??
TO HONOR BREASTS
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
I found this cool sweatshirt. I'm gonna get one for the next 5K breast cancer run. Actually we end up walking as much as we run. It's for a good cause and I love thinking of myself as a "Knocker Walker".
HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
At one point or another in my life these pictures have been very scary to me. Yeah, I know the artichoke heart with claws which is not the actual monster from the movie but a fair representation, (Zontar, Thing from Venus), doesn't seem too frightening but as a kid it was EE-PEE-CRAY. Happy Halloween to you all, and don't eat too much candy or you'll get a visit from the "Cavity Creeps.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Thursday, October 22, 2009
In "Mere Christianity," C.S. Lewis describes meeting a humble person. "Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call humble nowadays; he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is a nobody. Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him. If you dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all."
Peer Preasure
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
OK already, I've posted again. Are you creeped out??? I know you are, ya big chicken liver.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Friday, October 02, 2009
BIRTHDAYZ: Mahatma Ghandi (1869), Groucho Marx (1898), Don McLean (1945), Michael Rutherford of Genesis (1950), Sting AKA Gordon Sumner of The Police (1951)
Today in History
Friday, September 25, 2009
BIRTHDAYS:JOHNNYAPPLESEED (1774), T.S. ELIOT (1888), GEORGE GERSHWIN (1889), MARTY ROBBINS (1925) JOE BAUER THE YOUNGBLOODS, BRIAN FERRY ROXY MUSIC, OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
DIED: BESSIE SMITH 1937
EVENTS: First gramaphone patent is given to Emilie Berliner (1887)
Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds wed (1955)
The first of four Kennedy-Nixon debates is held (1960)
First episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" airs on CBS-TV (1962)
"You Really Got Me", The Kinks' first hit, charts (1964)
Billy Joel's "52nd Street" tour opens in New Haven (1978)
The Eagles "The Long Run" is released (1979)
DEATH OF A DRUMMER
Today marks the 29th anniversery of the death of John Bonham. The man who brought the power triplet and maniac slam bashing to Rock-N-Roll lovers around the world. He used the longest and thickest drum sticks available, he refered to them as his "Trees". He drank himself to death one night with enough booze to stun 3 rhinos. John Bonham, dead and gone, but his musical contribution livez on. Rock-N-Roll is here to stay.
This Day In History
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Birthdayz: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Gerry Marsden, Gerry and the Pacemakers (1942), Linda McCartney (1942)
Events: The Warren Commission ruled that Lee Harvey Oswald "acted alone" in the assassination of John F Kennedy.
