Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr.
"...I would never try to tick Hink off. He kinda intimidates me. He's quite butch, you know." - Maister
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
Not to be overtly gushy, but this is very...what's the word? You just cranked that out, bro! and it's got this very comfortable, warm rhythm. I'm going to get a cup of hot chocolate, look at the freshly fallen snow (yes, it's true) and read this again. Then I'll follow up with a nice short story.![]()
"...I would never try to tick Hink off. He kinda intimidates me. He's quite butch, you know." - Maister
"...I would never try to tick Hink off. He kinda intimidates me. He's quite butch, you know." - Maister
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
The fat cat on the mat
may seem to dream
of nice mice that suffice
for him, or cream;
but he free, maybe,
walks in thought
unbowed, proud, where loud
roared and fought
his kin, lean and slim,
or deep in den
in the East feasted on beasts
and tender men.
The giant lion with iron
claw in paw,
and huge ruthless tooth
in gory jaw;
the pard dark-starred,
fleet upon feet,
that oft soft from aloft
leaps upon his meat
where woods loom in gloom --
far now they be,
fierce and free,
and tamed is he;
but fat cat on the mat
kept as a pet
he does not forget.![]()
I have seen
old ships sailing
like swans asleep
Coffee + Cyburbia ------> frown now turned upside down.
Snow falls from the Big Sky too. I pray no more comes soon. I am recovering from the worse back ache ever and I do not want to shovel the walk. I do not recall my town getting a blanket of snow before Halloween before, but here it is. Even my poplar trees have given up and are dropping their leaves. Before long the deer will be sleeping under the trampoline and munching on our poor yield of apples.
"I am very good at reading women, but I get into trouble for using the Braille method."
~ Otterpop ~
I checked in last week when I heard about Bear but other than that it's been a few weeks, and holy smokes I have a lot to get caught up on.
Race to 8k? I'm in.
I need a glass of ice water.
Occupy Your Brain!
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
I just read the first entry in my journal following the loss of Sylvie. I have been afraid to relive the emotions and experience. I'm glad I kept such a journal. You don't think you will forget anything about such an experience but some things do fade. In the journal I likened her little fingers to bony birdie feet.![]()
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr.
We spent yesterday in Berkeley and today in San Francisco. I am now convinced that a state or local law prevents the sale of hair dye to women over 40.
We also went to the remains of the Sutro baths, drove thru Golden Gate park, and ate at Perry's on Union St. When my family came to SF in '66, I had read a Bobbsey Twins book where they went to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, and of course I wanted to go. My parents, not being tea people (I'm not either) nixed that. I'm now 0 for 2. It's not so important 45 years later,
Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
to cheer you up in a cheesy way - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrKvu...feature=relmfu