as i sit here listening to the lost dogs most recent album, "island dreams", a nice little bit of island dream-y intrumental bliss, i realize that around this time every year, i yearn to move to the islands.....several days into spring, and no sign of a warming trend....infact, it is colder now than last week. it has been cold for long enough. i need spring.....summer would be nice in fact.
so who's in for moving to the islands with me? here's my thought: where do people always wish they could go on vacation, if they only had the money? the islands, the beach, somewhere warm. so if we lived at the beach, we could make do with much less money, since we would have no need to go to there.
sounds good to me.
so if you need me, i will be strumming my guita, running a little t-shirt stand somewhere in the carribbean. i will give you a discount.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006
kids are funny....
the following conversation took place before school the other day..
promise : daddy, i need a $20 bill
me: for what?
promise : i want a pop-tart with my breakfast at school
me: promise....pop-tarts do not cost 20 dollars
promise: noooooo daddy..they're not 20 dollars, they are a 20 dollar bill
apparently the lunch lady told her she needed to bring a $20 bill to get extra food after her breakfast at school......now i don't know how much they charge for pop-tarts at school, and i'm sure it's high....but $20? i must be missing something somewhere....
speaking of kids.....people without kids don't seem to understand how the whole "having kids" thing affects your life. my musician friends apparently thing i can just get a sitter with 5 minutes notice, and come hang out. of course, they also think it odd that i go to bed at around 10 during the week.....they have all quit their jobs to play music full time....they don't have paying shows lined up, they just play all day....must be nice...
that's it for right now...just some random thoughts i had this weekend..
so let it be written, so let it be done.
promise : daddy, i need a $20 bill
me: for what?
promise : i want a pop-tart with my breakfast at school
me: promise....pop-tarts do not cost 20 dollars
promise: noooooo daddy..they're not 20 dollars, they are a 20 dollar bill
apparently the lunch lady told her she needed to bring a $20 bill to get extra food after her breakfast at school......now i don't know how much they charge for pop-tarts at school, and i'm sure it's high....but $20? i must be missing something somewhere....
speaking of kids.....people without kids don't seem to understand how the whole "having kids" thing affects your life. my musician friends apparently thing i can just get a sitter with 5 minutes notice, and come hang out. of course, they also think it odd that i go to bed at around 10 during the week.....they have all quit their jobs to play music full time....they don't have paying shows lined up, they just play all day....must be nice...
that's it for right now...just some random thoughts i had this weekend..
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
drivers ed
so i have a long commute to work now, meaning i see lot's of things on the road. i have come up with a few things that should be taught to anyone wishing to drive.
1. if you are in a lane that ends, please merge as soon as possible. turn on your blinker, look for someone to let you in, and get the heck over. DO NOT drive in that lane until it is tapering off, and force your way in......
which brings me to point 2...
2. if you are in the lane that doesn't end, and you see someone trying to merge ahead of time, let them. it's polite. it encourages their good driving. HOWEVER.....if they have driven right to the end, and are trying to force their way in, tailgate the car ahead of you, and DO NOT, under any circumstances, let them in.
3. on a multi-lane, divided highway, there are very few reasons to ever slow down. i will list a few for you.
a. there is a wreck ahead. obviously you should slow down.
b. someone/thing runs out in front of you. please do not hit the animal/moron pedestrian.
c. weather demands it.
that's about it......but here are some things that do NOT require you to slow down
a. a wreck on the other side. this is none of your business. go home and watch it on the news.
b. getting close to your exit....most exit ramps are long enough to slow down. that is why they are so long.
c. someone is trying to merge, in normal traffic. do NOT slow down. they are speeding up to merge. if you slow down, you mess up the entire process, and confuse them.
d. you are talking on your cell phone. if you can't drive and talk, stop talking. or pull over. don't slow down.
another thing........why, WHY i say, does a 6 lane, divided highway EVER come to a complete stop? and why, when you get to the point where it moves again, there is no apparent reason for the slow down? if anyone can answer this, i will send you an autographed copy of a tape i played on many years ago.
that is all.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
1. if you are in a lane that ends, please merge as soon as possible. turn on your blinker, look for someone to let you in, and get the heck over. DO NOT drive in that lane until it is tapering off, and force your way in......
which brings me to point 2...
2. if you are in the lane that doesn't end, and you see someone trying to merge ahead of time, let them. it's polite. it encourages their good driving. HOWEVER.....if they have driven right to the end, and are trying to force their way in, tailgate the car ahead of you, and DO NOT, under any circumstances, let them in.
3. on a multi-lane, divided highway, there are very few reasons to ever slow down. i will list a few for you.
a. there is a wreck ahead. obviously you should slow down.
b. someone/thing runs out in front of you. please do not hit the animal/moron pedestrian.
c. weather demands it.
that's about it......but here are some things that do NOT require you to slow down
a. a wreck on the other side. this is none of your business. go home and watch it on the news.
b. getting close to your exit....most exit ramps are long enough to slow down. that is why they are so long.
c. someone is trying to merge, in normal traffic. do NOT slow down. they are speeding up to merge. if you slow down, you mess up the entire process, and confuse them.
d. you are talking on your cell phone. if you can't drive and talk, stop talking. or pull over. don't slow down.
another thing........why, WHY i say, does a 6 lane, divided highway EVER come to a complete stop? and why, when you get to the point where it moves again, there is no apparent reason for the slow down? if anyone can answer this, i will send you an autographed copy of a tape i played on many years ago.
that is all.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Friday, March 03, 2006
parenting 101
begin rant.......
i am sick of hearing people talk about changing things to protect children. they say myspace shoould be shut down, kids are getting hurt. chat rooms are dangerous. the simpsons are corrupting our kids. too much sex and violence on TV. too much sex and violence in music.
i have a novel concept : how about you take responsibility for your kids? how about you monitor what they watch? what they listen to? what web-sites they visit? how about there is no good reason for a 14 yr old to have a web-cam on their computer in their bedroom. be involved. be a part of their life.
a friend of mine's 10 yr old daughter had a myspace page. he saw special on the news about myspace, and kids being approached by pedophiles. they mentioned you have to be 14 to even be on myspace. "how is she on there?" he asked. well.......her profile said she was 26. not too hard, huh? she sits beside him on the sofa, playing on myspace, but he never took the time to look at what she was doing. her page is now gone. good for him. he quickly told her the dangers, and she and all of her friends shut their pages down. that's what a parent does. he didn't e-mail myspace and complain. he didn't call the news to raise a fuss. he dealt with the issue with his daughter. how amazing, huh?
it is not the job of the schools, the government, the internet, or anyone else to raise and teach your children. it is your's. stop blaming everything else, and be a parent. don't change the world because some things can be used for evil purposes. change yourself. change your kids.
end rant.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
i am sick of hearing people talk about changing things to protect children. they say myspace shoould be shut down, kids are getting hurt. chat rooms are dangerous. the simpsons are corrupting our kids. too much sex and violence on TV. too much sex and violence in music.
i have a novel concept : how about you take responsibility for your kids? how about you monitor what they watch? what they listen to? what web-sites they visit? how about there is no good reason for a 14 yr old to have a web-cam on their computer in their bedroom. be involved. be a part of their life.
a friend of mine's 10 yr old daughter had a myspace page. he saw special on the news about myspace, and kids being approached by pedophiles. they mentioned you have to be 14 to even be on myspace. "how is she on there?" he asked. well.......her profile said she was 26. not too hard, huh? she sits beside him on the sofa, playing on myspace, but he never took the time to look at what she was doing. her page is now gone. good for him. he quickly told her the dangers, and she and all of her friends shut their pages down. that's what a parent does. he didn't e-mail myspace and complain. he didn't call the news to raise a fuss. he dealt with the issue with his daughter. how amazing, huh?
it is not the job of the schools, the government, the internet, or anyone else to raise and teach your children. it is your's. stop blaming everything else, and be a parent. don't change the world because some things can be used for evil purposes. change yourself. change your kids.
end rant.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Monday, February 20, 2006
i'm too old....life is too short
so i have come to a realization.
i just don't get most new rock music. indie rock. you know. the stuff all the "cool kids" listen to. i buy CD's, i listen to them, because people "in the know" tell me they are great. i try to like them, i really do....but i don't. i think they suck. but i keep listening, hoping i will see what all the fuss is about. usually, i never do.
so i have come to this......i just don't care. i don't give a crap what the "cool kids" think is good music. i don't want to hear some melodramatic middle-class kid from the 'burbs sing off-pitch about his sad life, over a poorly strummed guitar. i don't want to try to decipher some inane lyrics that turn out to be about basically nothing. i am not interested in 50 albums, one for each state. i don't want to listen to music i have to try to like.
maybe i am just getting old, but life is too short to not have music around you that you enjoy. so if you are one of those cool kids, and you get near my desk, or car, you will probably hear something that sounds like it came from from before you were born. it might have. or it may be some newer artist who makes music i like. i won't try to convert you to listening to waylon, or son volt, or ben harper, or cross canadian ragweed (though you really should check them out). so don't bother me with the white stripes, killers, gorillaz, or that uber-annoying sufjan stevens. i don't want to hear them.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
i just don't get most new rock music. indie rock. you know. the stuff all the "cool kids" listen to. i buy CD's, i listen to them, because people "in the know" tell me they are great. i try to like them, i really do....but i don't. i think they suck. but i keep listening, hoping i will see what all the fuss is about. usually, i never do.
so i have come to this......i just don't care. i don't give a crap what the "cool kids" think is good music. i don't want to hear some melodramatic middle-class kid from the 'burbs sing off-pitch about his sad life, over a poorly strummed guitar. i don't want to try to decipher some inane lyrics that turn out to be about basically nothing. i am not interested in 50 albums, one for each state. i don't want to listen to music i have to try to like.
maybe i am just getting old, but life is too short to not have music around you that you enjoy. so if you are one of those cool kids, and you get near my desk, or car, you will probably hear something that sounds like it came from from before you were born. it might have. or it may be some newer artist who makes music i like. i won't try to convert you to listening to waylon, or son volt, or ben harper, or cross canadian ragweed (though you really should check them out). so don't bother me with the white stripes, killers, gorillaz, or that uber-annoying sufjan stevens. i don't want to hear them.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Sunday, February 19, 2006
where have i been????
wow...it's been a whole month. maybe i should come here more often, yes?
in all honesty, it HAS been a busy month...i moved, i now have a 45 minute commute to work. this means i get up at 530am, meaning also, that i am very tired at night. also, i have been preparing for the arrival of my daughter.....she is here now, bringing mirth and merriment to my house. maybe i will have funny stories like Kelly again, soon.
it snowed here this weekend, meaning everything is closed, the grocery stores are sold out of bread, milk, water, and soup, and people everywhere are driving like morons. i love the south, that is well known, but people here do not have a clue how to drive.
my friend rob has a date this weekend with a girl he met through one of those online dating things...e-harmony i think is the one he used. i am just not so sure about that method. not that my current method is working real well......anyone have a suggestion? comment? snide remark?
ahh that's it for now. i may even come back later today......we will see.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
in all honesty, it HAS been a busy month...i moved, i now have a 45 minute commute to work. this means i get up at 530am, meaning also, that i am very tired at night. also, i have been preparing for the arrival of my daughter.....she is here now, bringing mirth and merriment to my house. maybe i will have funny stories like Kelly again, soon.
it snowed here this weekend, meaning everything is closed, the grocery stores are sold out of bread, milk, water, and soup, and people everywhere are driving like morons. i love the south, that is well known, but people here do not have a clue how to drive.
my friend rob has a date this weekend with a girl he met through one of those online dating things...e-harmony i think is the one he used. i am just not so sure about that method. not that my current method is working real well......anyone have a suggestion? comment? snide remark?
ahh that's it for now. i may even come back later today......we will see.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Saturday, January 21, 2006
what have i started?
that's the most comments ever seen in this place. wow. what fun!! i am still not sure exactly how i feel about it all, but it IS fun. please continue. noone has yet convinced me marriage is any better than wal-mart at noon on the friday after thanksgiving(which is how i imagine hell), but they are welcome to present their arguments.
so an update on the housing situation.....we are moving around the end of this month....probably late next week. my roommate has purchased a very nice house in beautiful hendersonville, tn...about 150 yards from the lake, in a great school disctrict, and about 4 miles from the former house of johnny cash (now owned by barry gibb; which i think bothers me). i am quite happy to be getting out of this apartment. when we pulled in the yard last week to look at some stuff, 4 deer ran out of the yard. i will feel right at home!
just a short update, since you have all been so kind as to visit, i felt i should leave you something.
more later.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
so an update on the housing situation.....we are moving around the end of this month....probably late next week. my roommate has purchased a very nice house in beautiful hendersonville, tn...about 150 yards from the lake, in a great school disctrict, and about 4 miles from the former house of johnny cash (now owned by barry gibb; which i think bothers me). i am quite happy to be getting out of this apartment. when we pulled in the yard last week to look at some stuff, 4 deer ran out of the yard. i will feel right at home!
just a short update, since you have all been so kind as to visit, i felt i should leave you something.
more later.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
it's 2006......
how the heck did that happen? wow.......
so i don't really make resolutions, since they seem pointless, but here are a few things i plan to accomplish this year. feel free to ask me how i am doing with them, throughout the year.
spend at least one hour per day with my guitar or mandolin (which i should be doing now, instead of typing here)
become more active in church
sleep more
watch less tv
record this freaking CD i keep promising everyone.....
o yea.....and find out who that anonymous person is wanting to convince me marriage is better than shopping the day after t-giving (i'd rather have an ingrown toe-nail cut out than do either..but shopping is less painful, and costs less)
yes..i have a mandolin now. maybe i will figure out how to put a picture here, and show you all my fine collection of musical instruments.
so there it is, an actual post of some substance, enjoy.
maybe i should resolve to post here more often. but it would not help. see you all later.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
so i don't really make resolutions, since they seem pointless, but here are a few things i plan to accomplish this year. feel free to ask me how i am doing with them, throughout the year.
spend at least one hour per day with my guitar or mandolin (which i should be doing now, instead of typing here)
become more active in church
sleep more
watch less tv
record this freaking CD i keep promising everyone.....
o yea.....and find out who that anonymous person is wanting to convince me marriage is better than shopping the day after t-giving (i'd rather have an ingrown toe-nail cut out than do either..but shopping is less painful, and costs less)
yes..i have a mandolin now. maybe i will figure out how to put a picture here, and show you all my fine collection of musical instruments.
so there it is, an actual post of some substance, enjoy.
maybe i should resolve to post here more often. but it would not help. see you all later.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Friday, December 23, 2005
myspace
myspace.com is one crazy place......i joined to see some pics of a band i am a fan of, and have now discovered people i never thought i would run into on the goofy ol' internet.....something i suspect started as a dating site, has turned into a place to connect with new folks who share common interests, and find one's you have lost contact with......i now get to chat with people i haven't talked to in years, and it's really cool.......good stuff.
you can find me there at www.myspace.com/larryl
christmas is here........for the first time ever, i will spend it without my beautiful daughter....she will be with her mom for the entire weekend, which will be quite weird for me. but it does give me an extra day to buy gifts for her, which is good, since i haven't done much of that yet....
christmas also means a week at home with my parents.......man i hope that goes well......those of you who know me, and my relationship with my dad know what i mean by that....
but at least i get a week off work....that will be nice, though not too relaxing.....i'd rather be home, resting on my sofa, sipping a nice rum drink, watching law and order re-runs.....o well....
i hope you all have a merry christmas, festivus, hanukkah, feast of the nativity, or whatever you celebrate. i personally hope to be able to focus on why I celebrate....the birth of my savior....and i hope i can use it as i time to redirect some of my attention in a direction it is too seldom directed.....may you all do the same.....with all the hub-bub about holiday trees, happy holidays, and such, let's let it go........celebrate however we see fit....i will celebrate christmas....not the actual birthday of Jesus, neccesarily, but the day we choose to celebrate it.
so....merry christmas.
and if need be......festivus for the rest of us......
so let it be written, so let it be done.
you can find me there at www.myspace.com/larryl
christmas is here........for the first time ever, i will spend it without my beautiful daughter....she will be with her mom for the entire weekend, which will be quite weird for me. but it does give me an extra day to buy gifts for her, which is good, since i haven't done much of that yet....
christmas also means a week at home with my parents.......man i hope that goes well......those of you who know me, and my relationship with my dad know what i mean by that....
but at least i get a week off work....that will be nice, though not too relaxing.....i'd rather be home, resting on my sofa, sipping a nice rum drink, watching law and order re-runs.....o well....
i hope you all have a merry christmas, festivus, hanukkah, feast of the nativity, or whatever you celebrate. i personally hope to be able to focus on why I celebrate....the birth of my savior....and i hope i can use it as i time to redirect some of my attention in a direction it is too seldom directed.....may you all do the same.....with all the hub-bub about holiday trees, happy holidays, and such, let's let it go........celebrate however we see fit....i will celebrate christmas....not the actual birthday of Jesus, neccesarily, but the day we choose to celebrate it.
so....merry christmas.
and if need be......festivus for the rest of us......
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
and so it goes....
so i haven't been here in a while...here is the brief version.
my roommate and i are moving into a house at the first of the year. this means my wonderful daughter will be coming back to live with me. i have never been away from her this long, and i don't think either of us are taking it very well. i am quite excited for her to be here. it will mean a more normal routine, as mandated by having a school age child in the house.....and the house.....i can't freaking wait to be in a house again. i hate apartments. hate them.
i am inundating myself in some great music, determined to start work on the album i have promised several people. i am playing daily again, and learning some stuff, remembering some stuff, and in general having fun, which is what music is all about for me.
christmas is upon us, and i think i have all my gift buying done, what little i must do. online shopping is a godsend to someone who is as terrified of crowds as i am. seriously..i have been known to leave a full cart of groceries and walk out of a store, not being able to deal with the crowd. perhaps i need therapy. what would hank hill say about that? probably that i should have a wife to do that.... i think i would rather go to the mall the day after thanksgiving......
well i think that is all. i promise i shall try to be more witty, or at least have something to say next time i am here.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
my roommate and i are moving into a house at the first of the year. this means my wonderful daughter will be coming back to live with me. i have never been away from her this long, and i don't think either of us are taking it very well. i am quite excited for her to be here. it will mean a more normal routine, as mandated by having a school age child in the house.....and the house.....i can't freaking wait to be in a house again. i hate apartments. hate them.
i am inundating myself in some great music, determined to start work on the album i have promised several people. i am playing daily again, and learning some stuff, remembering some stuff, and in general having fun, which is what music is all about for me.
christmas is upon us, and i think i have all my gift buying done, what little i must do. online shopping is a godsend to someone who is as terrified of crowds as i am. seriously..i have been known to leave a full cart of groceries and walk out of a store, not being able to deal with the crowd. perhaps i need therapy. what would hank hill say about that? probably that i should have a wife to do that.... i think i would rather go to the mall the day after thanksgiving......
well i think that is all. i promise i shall try to be more witty, or at least have something to say next time i am here.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Friday, December 02, 2005
even more random than usual
i wouldn't write anything today, because i have no anecdotes about my life to share, and i am too tired to get into any deep subjects....but i know some of you become concerned for my well being when i don't post often enough....
i will say that my brother-in-law is currently supposedly in the departure phase of his tour in iraq. that is good news. why do they call it a tour anyway? aren't tours supposed to be fun? and from what i hear, he stayed in the same place almost the whole time. i don't get it......but either way, he will be home soon.
it is cold as crap here, and i am very unhappy about it. 20's at night.....my doors were frozen shut yesterday morning.....and they are predicting snow next week....rain this weekend....which means we will probably have a blizzard this weekend, and 70's next week, but i digress......i HATE cold. hate it. see no point to it. it's one of those pressing questions i want to ask God someday....why did we need cold? i am sure someone will give me a biological/ecological answer, but i won't buy it......God could have created the whole thing to work a different way; one which would not have not required cold. i live in the south partially because i hate cold. but we still get it......i suppose it's better than the hurricanes i would have if i lived in those wonderful places where it doesn't get cold...not sure.....may have to think on that.....
that's all for today.
yes, carrie, i feel fine.
i see we have a new reader. welcome rob.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
i will say that my brother-in-law is currently supposedly in the departure phase of his tour in iraq. that is good news. why do they call it a tour anyway? aren't tours supposed to be fun? and from what i hear, he stayed in the same place almost the whole time. i don't get it......but either way, he will be home soon.
it is cold as crap here, and i am very unhappy about it. 20's at night.....my doors were frozen shut yesterday morning.....and they are predicting snow next week....rain this weekend....which means we will probably have a blizzard this weekend, and 70's next week, but i digress......i HATE cold. hate it. see no point to it. it's one of those pressing questions i want to ask God someday....why did we need cold? i am sure someone will give me a biological/ecological answer, but i won't buy it......God could have created the whole thing to work a different way; one which would not have not required cold. i live in the south partially because i hate cold. but we still get it......i suppose it's better than the hurricanes i would have if i lived in those wonderful places where it doesn't get cold...not sure.....may have to think on that.....
that's all for today.
yes, carrie, i feel fine.
i see we have a new reader. welcome rob.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
chri$tma$
so here we are......thanksgiving is upon us, when we will eat too much, without really being thankful that we have so much to eat.....we will fellowship with family....without really being thankful that they are here to fellowship with....at least this is the usual way.....maybe this will remind us all to be thankful.......
which brings us to christmas......happy times, right? then why is there that statistic about more suicides at christmas than any other time of the year? maybe it's the $1000's spent on it? the maxed out credit cards? the pain of NOT being able to get something someone wants? i don't know, but it seems awfully screwed up to me.....my sister is about to go spend $150 (on sale) for a plastic tree....people are spending $2500 on ebay for the new xbox.... does anyone else see something wrong here?
don't get me wrong....i am not AGAINST trees, or gifts, or eating (lord knows), what i am against is that that is all it is about now. look at the name......christmas....literally, christ mass, or mass for christ.....a time to celebrate the birth of christ......even for those to whom, that is not as important (not many of my readers, i know) i wish it could be a time of being with, and loving our friends and family... i am just sick of it all.....
on a slightly different note, while i am still pretty much pro- the war in iraq, i am very anti- my brother-in-law being there. i know that's weird, coming from me....he is doing his duty, and i love him for doing it (and would if he hadn't)....but i am ready for him to be home with my sister and their beautiful children.....that's all i want for christmas this year......
so let it be written, so let it be done
which brings us to christmas......happy times, right? then why is there that statistic about more suicides at christmas than any other time of the year? maybe it's the $1000's spent on it? the maxed out credit cards? the pain of NOT being able to get something someone wants? i don't know, but it seems awfully screwed up to me.....my sister is about to go spend $150 (on sale) for a plastic tree....people are spending $2500 on ebay for the new xbox.... does anyone else see something wrong here?
don't get me wrong....i am not AGAINST trees, or gifts, or eating (lord knows), what i am against is that that is all it is about now. look at the name......christmas....literally, christ mass, or mass for christ.....a time to celebrate the birth of christ......even for those to whom, that is not as important (not many of my readers, i know) i wish it could be a time of being with, and loving our friends and family... i am just sick of it all.....
on a slightly different note, while i am still pretty much pro- the war in iraq, i am very anti- my brother-in-law being there. i know that's weird, coming from me....he is doing his duty, and i love him for doing it (and would if he hadn't)....but i am ready for him to be home with my sister and their beautiful children.....that's all i want for christmas this year......
so let it be written, so let it be done
Thursday, November 17, 2005
random rambling.......
ok.......here we go..........
i am addicted to coffee. i don't care what some lady allegedly found in her folgers. i drink at least 5 cups per day, 2 of which ore 20 ouncers from work....what?!? you don't think that makes me an addict? i have 2 pounds of fresh roasted coffee delivered to my house monthly. still not convinced? i have a freakin' $200 coffee pot with a timer, and built in grinder. ......starbucks, by the way, is mediocre at best.
while we are speaking of addictions.....limes. they are wonderful, and make almost everything better.....here is a simple test to see if something can be improved with lime: ask yourself "would chocolate syrup make this better?" if the answer is no, then lime will work, and help. (some breakfast foods are an exception).
o yea...chocolate. let me explain something to you cooks out there. desert means chocolate. if it claims to be desert, and does not either contain chocolate, or offer it as a topping, it is simply an after dinner snack.
i am NOT addicted to alcohol....i prove this, because i spend far more on coffee each week than i do alcohol.
christmas is upon us. please do not buy me a gift. i am not buying you one. feel free to buy yourself something, and pretend it is from me. i will likely buy myself something, and if you would like, i will pretend it is from you (yes...i stole this from my sister, but i think we agreed mutually on it several years ago). better yet, give something to someone who actually needs it. i know most of the folks who read this, and we need very little. my children needs no toys. do not buy them any. anyone who thinks my children needs toys, especially noisy ones, will be rewarded with drums and/or bb guns for their son. carrie....you will have kids some day.....the exception is my dear son, who i think might need both drums AND a bb gun for mommy's house.
football....well....the mighty have all fallen in the SEC.
that is all.
(the spell check had several strange suggestions for me tonight...... "freakin'" , it felt should be "foreskin" this is very disconcerting. "mommy's" should be changed to "mummy's", it informed me.....very odd)
so let it be written, so let it be done.
i am addicted to coffee. i don't care what some lady allegedly found in her folgers. i drink at least 5 cups per day, 2 of which ore 20 ouncers from work....what?!? you don't think that makes me an addict? i have 2 pounds of fresh roasted coffee delivered to my house monthly. still not convinced? i have a freakin' $200 coffee pot with a timer, and built in grinder. ......starbucks, by the way, is mediocre at best.
while we are speaking of addictions.....limes. they are wonderful, and make almost everything better.....here is a simple test to see if something can be improved with lime: ask yourself "would chocolate syrup make this better?" if the answer is no, then lime will work, and help. (some breakfast foods are an exception).
o yea...chocolate. let me explain something to you cooks out there. desert means chocolate. if it claims to be desert, and does not either contain chocolate, or offer it as a topping, it is simply an after dinner snack.
i am NOT addicted to alcohol....i prove this, because i spend far more on coffee each week than i do alcohol.
christmas is upon us. please do not buy me a gift. i am not buying you one. feel free to buy yourself something, and pretend it is from me. i will likely buy myself something, and if you would like, i will pretend it is from you (yes...i stole this from my sister, but i think we agreed mutually on it several years ago). better yet, give something to someone who actually needs it. i know most of the folks who read this, and we need very little. my children needs no toys. do not buy them any. anyone who thinks my children needs toys, especially noisy ones, will be rewarded with drums and/or bb guns for their son. carrie....you will have kids some day.....the exception is my dear son, who i think might need both drums AND a bb gun for mommy's house.
football....well....the mighty have all fallen in the SEC.
that is all.
(the spell check had several strange suggestions for me tonight...... "freakin'" , it felt should be "foreskin" this is very disconcerting. "mommy's" should be changed to "mummy's", it informed me.....very odd)
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
my name is earl.....
i suggest you all check out this show. 30 minutes of highly entertaining, redneck humour. ok...so it's a stupid show; but i love it. and it has jaime pressley in it, which is worth 30 minutes of my time any day. so yes....watch this show....what else do you have to do on tuesday night? turn your brain off, and sit back and relax. ......
so this rant i promised....it is going to have to wait. i know you were all waiting anxiously for my thoughts on christianity, the modern evangelical church, televangelists, mega-churches, rock music, pastors, and how they all make people want nothing to do with God. well....you will have to wait. i just don't feel like it tonight.
as to my post about the bulldogs, let me make it clear, i am not, nor have i ever been, since the time i actually gave a crap about football, a georgia bulldog fan. i have been a loyal fan of the university of tennesee volunteers for 10 years. my comments about rooting for bama were related to the fact that while i would love to see UT undefeated, but it doesn't seem to be in the cards, so i need to pick someone to root for in the championship picture (at least the SEC title, since the devil BCS doesn't think being undefeated in the toughest conference in the NCAA is good enough to get you to the nat'l title game). that could have been georgia for me.....but not anymore. there are two things that us tennessee fans hate.....the university of florida, and steve spurrier. georgia lost to florida. that is unacceptable to me. roll tide. (they already beat us, and i am over that.) whatever it takes to put an SEC team at the top is all good by me. some day the sweet strains of "rocky top" will be heard between the hedges, again.
for those of you who might be interested, i drug my trusty telecaster guitar out this weekend, plugged it in, and discovered to my amazement that i still know how to play. i promise i will work on this album i have been talking about for almost 2 years.......there are songs, there will be a record. well, probably a CD, but you get the idea. no robi, you will probably not really dig it. yes, michael, there will be mandolin on it. no, kelly, there will be no beatles covers. yes, if anyone famous is reading, you may submit your demo for consideration to play on my project.
that is all.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
so this rant i promised....it is going to have to wait. i know you were all waiting anxiously for my thoughts on christianity, the modern evangelical church, televangelists, mega-churches, rock music, pastors, and how they all make people want nothing to do with God. well....you will have to wait. i just don't feel like it tonight.
as to my post about the bulldogs, let me make it clear, i am not, nor have i ever been, since the time i actually gave a crap about football, a georgia bulldog fan. i have been a loyal fan of the university of tennesee volunteers for 10 years. my comments about rooting for bama were related to the fact that while i would love to see UT undefeated, but it doesn't seem to be in the cards, so i need to pick someone to root for in the championship picture (at least the SEC title, since the devil BCS doesn't think being undefeated in the toughest conference in the NCAA is good enough to get you to the nat'l title game). that could have been georgia for me.....but not anymore. there are two things that us tennessee fans hate.....the university of florida, and steve spurrier. georgia lost to florida. that is unacceptable to me. roll tide. (they already beat us, and i am over that.) whatever it takes to put an SEC team at the top is all good by me. some day the sweet strains of "rocky top" will be heard between the hedges, again.
for those of you who might be interested, i drug my trusty telecaster guitar out this weekend, plugged it in, and discovered to my amazement that i still know how to play. i promise i will work on this album i have been talking about for almost 2 years.......there are songs, there will be a record. well, probably a CD, but you get the idea. no robi, you will probably not really dig it. yes, michael, there will be mandolin on it. no, kelly, there will be no beatles covers. yes, if anyone famous is reading, you may submit your demo for consideration to play on my project.
that is all.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
monday? already?
this weekend was definitely not long enough..... i missed a planned outing with some friends saturday, due to a late afternoon nap, then couldn't sleep, was up half the night...and today was my first day on my new schedule....
"new schedule?" you may be asking...indeed. the changes at work were good. i no longer work 1230-9pm; i now work 8-5pm. much better. except that i now have to readjust my sleeping habits. again. getting up at 545 this morning was no fun at all. the change also involved a slightly different position at work, which they tried very hard to make sound like a promotion, but without a pay raise.....boy, they sure made it sound good though.
so halloween is over. we had no trick-or-treaters here, which was good, since we had no candy. since my lovely daughter is staying with grandma until the end of the semester, it went mostly un-noticed by me....with two exceptions.....this guy at work came in today as that scary burger king guy......had the mask, the outfit, and a burger king sack...and he would stand still and just stare, it was creepy and funny all at once. i couldn't stop laughing....he stood in front of this one girl's desk for close to twenty minutes, without moving......good stuff (yes...we are productive at work)....the second thing was hearing some radio guy call the holiday "beg-o-ween".. great description....i'm just glad it's over.....make sure you all go see my sister's blog (link to your left) and see the great pic's of her kids. they are adorable, and are my favorite kids on earth, outside my two angels. (she calls her kids demon spawn, and comments that that would make her a demon....i shall refrain from commenting)
hopefully i have answered all questions about the earlier-mentioned-date. i was told today by a fine man that i should carefully consider not ever dating again, since i am divorced, and getting married again would be a sin (apparently divorce is ok though)......i can't imagine why more people don't want to be christians.....i think i shall write on this very topic tomorrow, since i am tired now. please ignore my above cynicism until i have time to say more.
oh, and i almost forgot. those bulldogs i mentioned? they lost. this really pisses me off. even though i am not a fan, i liked the SEC having two undefeated teams. of course, my beloved UT vols lost, too. first time we have lost to SC in 14 years....dang steve spurrier......my battle cry for the rest of the season? roll tide. at least we still have someone to help us bitch about the injustices of the BCS system.
(on a VERY funny note.....as i ran the spell check on this entry, it informed me that "blog" is not a word it recognizes. )
so let it be written, so let it be done.
"new schedule?" you may be asking...indeed. the changes at work were good. i no longer work 1230-9pm; i now work 8-5pm. much better. except that i now have to readjust my sleeping habits. again. getting up at 545 this morning was no fun at all. the change also involved a slightly different position at work, which they tried very hard to make sound like a promotion, but without a pay raise.....boy, they sure made it sound good though.
so halloween is over. we had no trick-or-treaters here, which was good, since we had no candy. since my lovely daughter is staying with grandma until the end of the semester, it went mostly un-noticed by me....with two exceptions.....this guy at work came in today as that scary burger king guy......had the mask, the outfit, and a burger king sack...and he would stand still and just stare, it was creepy and funny all at once. i couldn't stop laughing....he stood in front of this one girl's desk for close to twenty minutes, without moving......good stuff (yes...we are productive at work)....the second thing was hearing some radio guy call the holiday "beg-o-ween".. great description....i'm just glad it's over.....make sure you all go see my sister's blog (link to your left) and see the great pic's of her kids. they are adorable, and are my favorite kids on earth, outside my two angels. (she calls her kids demon spawn, and comments that that would make her a demon....i shall refrain from commenting)
hopefully i have answered all questions about the earlier-mentioned-date. i was told today by a fine man that i should carefully consider not ever dating again, since i am divorced, and getting married again would be a sin (apparently divorce is ok though)......i can't imagine why more people don't want to be christians.....i think i shall write on this very topic tomorrow, since i am tired now. please ignore my above cynicism until i have time to say more.
oh, and i almost forgot. those bulldogs i mentioned? they lost. this really pisses me off. even though i am not a fan, i liked the SEC having two undefeated teams. of course, my beloved UT vols lost, too. first time we have lost to SC in 14 years....dang steve spurrier......my battle cry for the rest of the season? roll tide. at least we still have someone to help us bitch about the injustices of the BCS system.
(on a VERY funny note.....as i ran the spell check on this entry, it informed me that "blog" is not a word it recognizes. )
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Friday, October 28, 2005
and things improve....
so baseball is over. 'nuf said.
i have been been requested to talk about the football team from that fine town in my home state, the University of Georgia Bulldogs. i am not sure why i would receive such a request, since i am not a fan of said team, but since i know out of the 3 or 4 people who read this, on is a rabid fan, i shall do so. oh, yea....i also have a grad student/ professor from there, who has always claimed to hate "american football" but who seems to have given in to it......so here goes....
the bulldogs are un-defeated, and will likely remain so....most likely playing in the SEC championship, probably winning it. (although i must confess i'd like to see alabama win....i love an underdog, which alabama certainly was, after a number of years on probation). the bad thing is, even after that, barring something insane happening, they will still not play in the national championship game, even after winning the toughest conference in the NCAA. travesty. abolish the BCS, put in a playoff of some sorts.
om a side note, my beloved UT vols will be lucky to even make the peach bowl....after being picked pre-season to win the national championship......dang it.
toady, i am told they are making some "changes" at work. o goodie. i do so love that. it won't mean the loss of anyone's job or anything....it probably means they are going to fiddle with our bonus structure, and what things we get bonuses for......they usually bonus us for performance in areas where the company is struggling....fun, fun, fun......and i will get another manager today, since mine is changing departments.....anyone seen the movie "office space"? that's where i work. seriously.
and one last note...i went on a pseudo date last night. the first one in a long time...she basically asked me out. it was interesting to say the least. and no, there will not be a second date, though she might hope for one.....anyone requiring more information than that can see me after class.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
i have been been requested to talk about the football team from that fine town in my home state, the University of Georgia Bulldogs. i am not sure why i would receive such a request, since i am not a fan of said team, but since i know out of the 3 or 4 people who read this, on is a rabid fan, i shall do so. oh, yea....i also have a grad student/ professor from there, who has always claimed to hate "american football" but who seems to have given in to it......so here goes....
the bulldogs are un-defeated, and will likely remain so....most likely playing in the SEC championship, probably winning it. (although i must confess i'd like to see alabama win....i love an underdog, which alabama certainly was, after a number of years on probation). the bad thing is, even after that, barring something insane happening, they will still not play in the national championship game, even after winning the toughest conference in the NCAA. travesty. abolish the BCS, put in a playoff of some sorts.
om a side note, my beloved UT vols will be lucky to even make the peach bowl....after being picked pre-season to win the national championship......dang it.
toady, i am told they are making some "changes" at work. o goodie. i do so love that. it won't mean the loss of anyone's job or anything....it probably means they are going to fiddle with our bonus structure, and what things we get bonuses for......they usually bonus us for performance in areas where the company is struggling....fun, fun, fun......and i will get another manager today, since mine is changing departments.....anyone seen the movie "office space"? that's where i work. seriously.
and one last note...i went on a pseudo date last night. the first one in a long time...she basically asked me out. it was interesting to say the least. and no, there will not be a second date, though she might hope for one.....anyone requiring more information than that can see me after class.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
it's that time of year....
no. not halloween. not christmas, which seems to start earlier every year now.......
baseball. the world series. when people who normally couldn't care less rush to watch each game, cheering for a team they couldn't name a single player on a week ago. my roommate is from houston, so he is all into it(he never has been, but he is now, making my point for me). i cannot for the life of me understand the excitement. i tried to play baseball. went to one tee-league practice....realized it was a waste of time, and went home, never to return. i am, by the way, "rooting" for chicago, since as i understand it, if they win tonight, and tomorrow, the whole thing ends. sounds good to me. then i can get back to concentrating on wondering just how much worse my beloved tennesee vols football team can do.
speaking of halloween....another holiday i could do without. not for any religious reason, but just because it is just yet another reason for kids to get "stuff"....candy....costumes....crappy toys at church "fall festivals"...enough already.....we have reduced every stinking holiday, christian and pagan to being an excuse to give more stuff to our kids that they don't need. i will rant more on this as christmas approaches, i am sure....by the by....my immediate family has pretty much ceased to exchange gifts, and would stop completely if we didn't feel bad about not giving the kids anything...see? it's the kids......more later...
i am tired now....not sure why. i slept until 11am today. i hate this 1230-9pm schedule.
so let it be written, so let it be done
baseball. the world series. when people who normally couldn't care less rush to watch each game, cheering for a team they couldn't name a single player on a week ago. my roommate is from houston, so he is all into it(he never has been, but he is now, making my point for me). i cannot for the life of me understand the excitement. i tried to play baseball. went to one tee-league practice....realized it was a waste of time, and went home, never to return. i am, by the way, "rooting" for chicago, since as i understand it, if they win tonight, and tomorrow, the whole thing ends. sounds good to me. then i can get back to concentrating on wondering just how much worse my beloved tennesee vols football team can do.
speaking of halloween....another holiday i could do without. not for any religious reason, but just because it is just yet another reason for kids to get "stuff"....candy....costumes....crappy toys at church "fall festivals"...enough already.....we have reduced every stinking holiday, christian and pagan to being an excuse to give more stuff to our kids that they don't need. i will rant more on this as christmas approaches, i am sure....by the by....my immediate family has pretty much ceased to exchange gifts, and would stop completely if we didn't feel bad about not giving the kids anything...see? it's the kids......more later...
i am tired now....not sure why. i slept until 11am today. i hate this 1230-9pm schedule.
so let it be written, so let it be done
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
change is good.....
so thanks to a certain dear friend, i am looking very closely at orthodox christianity. it seems to answer a lot of the questions i have long held. there is something very comforting about a system that has been in place for hundreds of years. i know i have been very unhappy in my safe little protestant world for a long time..this could be the answer i am looking for. i think i am going to seek out an orthodox church here and attend it for a while, and see what happens...more to follow on this....
i saw mr kevin max sunday night in concert. that man is a true rockstar. has a stage presence like bono......he played a great set of mostly new tunes here in town....i can forgive his sordid past if he continues to put out music like this. i also got to meet one of my musical heroes, mr andrew d prickett, of the prayer chain, the lassie foundation, cush, etc.....he's a really nice guy, and complimented me on my myspace avatar...i highly recommend meeting your heroes. let them know what they mean to you; you won't regret it.
i wish i had something witty to say, but i am tired.....maybe tomorrow.....
so let it be written, so let it be done
i saw mr kevin max sunday night in concert. that man is a true rockstar. has a stage presence like bono......he played a great set of mostly new tunes here in town....i can forgive his sordid past if he continues to put out music like this. i also got to meet one of my musical heroes, mr andrew d prickett, of the prayer chain, the lassie foundation, cush, etc.....he's a really nice guy, and complimented me on my myspace avatar...i highly recommend meeting your heroes. let them know what they mean to you; you won't regret it.
i wish i had something witty to say, but i am tired.....maybe tomorrow.....
so let it be written, so let it be done
Friday, October 21, 2005
random thoughts
wow.....work can be fun. today i had a customer tell me he was making it his sole mission in life to see that i am terminated from my job. i wish i had that kind of free time, to make something that petty my sole mission in life. you'd think he could find a more worthy cause.....if by some cosmic coincidence he reads this....sir, i encourage you to devote your life to something of more substance. by the by, it was a simple matter of something not being delivered when HE thought it should, and this all being my fault, even though i just sell them, i don't build them...mind you, his order is not scheduled to ship until next week, but i was able to tell him it had already gone out; this was still not good enough. good grief.
breaching the ever popular topic of politics, i heard today that VP cheney may resign, and that condi rice will be made VP.....the customer who told me this also said "that will leave mr potato head leading the country all by himself." now, i am a bush supporter, but i had to laugh. that's some witty stuff..... i also hear that it is apparently likely that we will be choosing between condi and hillary in the next presidential election. i need to ask my dear friend robi, the poli-sci doctoral student some questions on this, but i truly think this will lead to a strong showing, if not a win by a third party candidate.
on a related note, i found out today i can buy a very nice island in a banana republic with a house on it for about $3million. anyone willing to go in on that with me? robi, also being an econ grad student (yes, he is apparently an over achiever) will probably advise me that this is not a good idea. but i like it a lot. i can catch fish, and the rum ship can make a monthly delivery. that's about as good as life gets.
that's about it for today....i worked 12 hours, and came home to freshly cooked filipino eggrolls. my roommate and i have a friend from the philippines who taught us how to make them. he assured me that no filipinos were harmed in the making of said eggrolls. they are quite tasty. but now, having eaten them, and having had several cups of wonderful organic spiced black tea, i am ready for bed, so i can get up tomorrow, and do it all over again. i miss being self employed already.
o well........
so let it be written, so let it be done
breaching the ever popular topic of politics, i heard today that VP cheney may resign, and that condi rice will be made VP.....the customer who told me this also said "that will leave mr potato head leading the country all by himself." now, i am a bush supporter, but i had to laugh. that's some witty stuff..... i also hear that it is apparently likely that we will be choosing between condi and hillary in the next presidential election. i need to ask my dear friend robi, the poli-sci doctoral student some questions on this, but i truly think this will lead to a strong showing, if not a win by a third party candidate.
on a related note, i found out today i can buy a very nice island in a banana republic with a house on it for about $3million. anyone willing to go in on that with me? robi, also being an econ grad student (yes, he is apparently an over achiever) will probably advise me that this is not a good idea. but i like it a lot. i can catch fish, and the rum ship can make a monthly delivery. that's about as good as life gets.
that's about it for today....i worked 12 hours, and came home to freshly cooked filipino eggrolls. my roommate and i have a friend from the philippines who taught us how to make them. he assured me that no filipinos were harmed in the making of said eggrolls. they are quite tasty. but now, having eaten them, and having had several cups of wonderful organic spiced black tea, i am ready for bed, so i can get up tomorrow, and do it all over again. i miss being self employed already.
o well........
so let it be written, so let it be done
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
here i go again
man....twice in one week. what is getting into me?
so i am back on the phones for Dell. strangely enough, out of the tens of thousands of calls we get per day, i had a business acquaintance from my summer of booking concerts end up on my phone last night. we had a nice chat, which will no doubt lead to someone somewhere at dell checking out the sale, to see if i gave my friend any un-authorized discounts.....ahhh corporate america.
i have recently become very fascinated with some new music....americana. no, not the starflyer 59 album, but the genre.....americana, alt-country, whatever the cool term is this week. you know....folks like john prine, steve earle, buddy and julie miller(and of course, the vigilantes of love are an old favorite),....also some other great song-writers...townes van zandt, van morrison, jerry jeff walker, elvis costello. this is all good and well, but i have noticed that these fine artists are all fairly...well....liberal. lot's of anti-war, anti-republican, hippie kind of stuff. i suppose this would be ok, if i weren't such a died in the wool southern baptist conservative pro-gun republican. the issue is, with these people, the words of the songs are the point, as opposed to most modern rock, where the words are just something to scream over the loud guitars. so can i listen to this wonderful music, support these extremely talented people, whose politics i so firmly disagree with? i hope so, because i surely dig the music.
speaking of me being pro-gun.....i had the opportunity to go to a pistol competition this past weekend. it was amazingly lacking in testosterone, and was just a bunch of really nice folks who love shooting guns. good solid citizens. i met several police officers (always good for a person of my checkered past), and other assorted people, and all in all had a great time. i think i may shoot in the next one.....i need another expensive hobby, because music just isn't sucking my wallet dry enough......
well....that's enough for today. i had some great ideas for new witty content, but seemed to get off onto some rant about music and politics and what not, which derailed the humour. maybe next time. until then......
so let it be written, so let it be done
so i am back on the phones for Dell. strangely enough, out of the tens of thousands of calls we get per day, i had a business acquaintance from my summer of booking concerts end up on my phone last night. we had a nice chat, which will no doubt lead to someone somewhere at dell checking out the sale, to see if i gave my friend any un-authorized discounts.....ahhh corporate america.
i have recently become very fascinated with some new music....americana. no, not the starflyer 59 album, but the genre.....americana, alt-country, whatever the cool term is this week. you know....folks like john prine, steve earle, buddy and julie miller(and of course, the vigilantes of love are an old favorite),....also some other great song-writers...townes van zandt, van morrison, jerry jeff walker, elvis costello. this is all good and well, but i have noticed that these fine artists are all fairly...well....liberal. lot's of anti-war, anti-republican, hippie kind of stuff. i suppose this would be ok, if i weren't such a died in the wool southern baptist conservative pro-gun republican. the issue is, with these people, the words of the songs are the point, as opposed to most modern rock, where the words are just something to scream over the loud guitars. so can i listen to this wonderful music, support these extremely talented people, whose politics i so firmly disagree with? i hope so, because i surely dig the music.
speaking of me being pro-gun.....i had the opportunity to go to a pistol competition this past weekend. it was amazingly lacking in testosterone, and was just a bunch of really nice folks who love shooting guns. good solid citizens. i met several police officers (always good for a person of my checkered past), and other assorted people, and all in all had a great time. i think i may shoot in the next one.....i need another expensive hobby, because music just isn't sucking my wallet dry enough......
well....that's enough for today. i had some great ideas for new witty content, but seemed to get off onto some rant about music and politics and what not, which derailed the humour. maybe next time. until then......
so let it be written, so let it be done
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