For the superstitious among you...Spinning Coin - John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers ~*~ This song perfectly replicates the sound big trucks make when they pass you on the freeway, going really fast. Amazing song, that is equally as hypnotic as interstate-driving at night. Moby Octopad - Yo La Tengo ~*~ One of these Days - Pink Floyd Full lyrics are "One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces"......
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
During my unofficial blog break, I pondered these Puzzling Questions of the week:Why did Jeff Goldblum decide to sleepwalk through his season on LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT? Is Ron Paul going belly-up for Mitt? (his followers certainly are not)Is Charles Murray for real?That last one is a result of reading his latest sordid volume: Coming Apart: The State of White America. At first, you think, huh? WHITE America? And then he explains that...
Friday, May 18, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
At left: Artisphere mural, more photos here. Once again, the celebrity golfers have invaded the neighborhood, as they do every year. I have complained about this before (notably here and here) and so I will spare you any extended howling. But damn, I wish they'd set up their Golf Network tents somewheres else. Got links! Lots of interesting and timely reading around the intertubes:[] The main reason capital punishment is wrong is human error....
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
.... is the name of our new PRODUCTION COMPANY, yeah! This is a reference to the Grateful Dead song (below) as well as a covert 12-Step reference. It used to be said, in 12-Step circles, that whenever you 'worked' a particular step of the 12 Steps in a half-hearted or otherwise incomplete, namby-pamby fashion, you were taking a "half-step." I don't know if this slang is still in use. I always liked the term because of the song, even if it was considered a put-down; I figured a half-step is better than none at all. (Humorous aside: "13th...
Monday, May 14, 2012
Recent John Edwards photo from the Los Angeles Times.Hey you scandal-mongering folks out there... who among you is currently following the entertaining John Edwards follies? Here and here are some fairly decent summations of the corruption trial so far. But I have to say, the hands-down BEST commentary came from a proud Men's Rights Marine over at the GendErratic blog, named Dungone -- who explains to us dumb wimmenz that John Edwards is NOT being...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I knew the horribly homophobic and bigoted Amendment One (in North Carolina) would pass, because nothing gets the fundies stirred up like getting a chance to shit all over the gays. In fact, that and slut-shaming seem to be their favorite activities, that I can see. (Feeding the poor and all that other boring stuff Jesus instructed them to do? Not so much.)The right-wing can fire up their base during primaries with direct-hatred opportunities...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Today I helped still another cool person move away from the upstate. :( I have written before of how we lose all the cool people to places like Oregon, California, even Asheville. I am hopeful that someday, progressive, forward-thinking folks might make this area a real destination, rather than a pit stop. I helped my Occupier-friend move back to California, and in turn, she blessed me with a bunch of amazingly wonderful old stuff she could...
Sunday, May 6, 2012
WSPA-TV photo of airplane banner: Its time for transparency--Do Right BJU.Notably, WSPA is in Spartanburg. There has been no local coverage of this event in Greenville, as can be expected.I missed the cool banner, which flew around Greenville for two whole hours on Friday, May 4th. Here is the accompanying press release from the formidable folks at Do Right BJU:May 4, 2012, Greenville, SC -- Over the past four years, a growing group of Bob Jones...
Saturday, May 5, 2012
It's been a tough week for blogging. But at least I saw another antique Chevy when I went out to grab a bite earlier in the week! I am grateful I woke up this morning without any notifications of direct threats, as I did last Saturday. It is not a day I am likely to forget. Five people sent me messages as soon as I signed on, several making sure I TOOK THE SCREEN SHOTS. I obediently did as they told me to do, but I did not visit the hate-page...
Friday, May 4, 2012
Kent State student John Filo's Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of Mary Ann Vecchio discovering the slain Jeffrey Miller. Originally posted here on May 4, 2008. 41 years ago on April 30, 1970, Richard Nixon announced that military operations would be expanding into the neutral, peaceful country of Cambodia, which had the bad fortune to share a border with Vietnam. Viet Cong insurgents were said to be hiding in the mountains of Cambodia. (In fact,...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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