Mercury Retrograde, running on empty While clearing over six miles on the trail Wednesday afternoon, I paused long enough to watch a hilarious scene from nature. One blackbird [boy grackle] was being hounded by three girl grackles. He hopped away, spread his wings, and them three girl bird kept after him. All I could think … Mercury Retrograde, running on empty
Late night web adjustments From the traffic logs, I figure either Saturday night or Tuesday night is about the slowest time for traffic on my website. Which translates, to me, as the best time to do a little routine maintenance. I finally found an ace web guy who could do just what I wanted, understand … Late night web adjustments
Monday night sushi Walking along under a [relatively] cool, clear spring sky, for just one moment, Monday afternoon, all the troubles in the world slipped away. I was more observant of folks on the hike and bike trail, and I was noting how I was more of a median average with my long hair, except … Monday night sushi
Wrestling, fishing TV shows and politics I’d started an entry, based on national political intrigue and what I was watching on TV in the hotel, Saturday night. That entry got bumped, then I read fredlet’s journal entry about the very same topic, and I thought I could try and work through this stuff again. Midland … Wrestling, fishing TV shows and politics
Sutton Steak House The opening lines to Hunter Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” kept coming to mind…. We were rolling out of Midland, TX no later than 6:20 PM, and we were all hoping to make that place in Sonora by dinnertime. We didn’t make it before the place closed. There had been … Sutton Steak House
“It’s a crazy circuit/But still you work it” [\\Cadillac Cowboy\\ by Chris LeDoux] It was a long ride out to West Texas. First sign we were out of Austin? “Welcome Hunters!” Looking on a map, Midland is almost at the little SE corner of NM. It may be named because it’s halfway between Ft. Worth … Crazy circuit
\\Cross Dressing\\ by Bill Fitzhugh I’ve loved the author’s other work, only books I’ve read so far, but there’s that zany combination of elements and just bizarre stuff, a little Left Coast, a little southern, mixed all together. But what’s even more fun? Imagine my traveling companions’ reaction to me pulling out a book with … Radio thoughts and the road
So weird It’s not even 11 AM yet. I’ve been up, walked up to the radio station, talked for two hours, one song came on, and I started to dance to it [in the studio], I looked, and suddenly everyone cleared out. Guess I can’t dance. I’m not offended in the least; it’s just my … So weird
Mark Twain [Mercury Retrograde] Some people collect stamps. Others collect coins, pinks slips, traffic citations. I built a database, years ago, of my favorite quotes. So, one time Mark Twain wrote: “The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” I couldn’t think of any better … Mark Twain [Mercury Retrograde]
