Miscellany

This may seem like an odd picture, but I guess it suits my current mood. I feel like I'm on a train to nowhere, and my train's probably going to continue right past this sad little outpost. I've been reading Comanchee Mood, by Larry McMurtry - a great Western story, plenty of brutality, a lot of humor, native american wisdom, and plenty of humor. I like that he develops the native americans' personalities- some are wise, some are foolish, mean, perverted, etc. Lots of torture, and just enough sex to keep it interesting. Lately was made into a pretty good TV mini-series, which I'm planning to acquire soon.

The first pic, I'm not sure what to say about it, except it's cool. Later, all.

Here We Go Again

I dont know why I wait till the last minute on Friday to make a post. Guess I'm just too busy, and a great procrastinator. Thinking of the great Johnny Cash again -dead for 5 years now. He was such as presence all my life, it shook me a lot when he passed. Dont know why. Guess he achieved a form of immortality, though, in his music. Hard to replace these American originals. Oh well.

Not much doing this weekend. The wife and I may go to Disney one more time on our annual passes, which expire in a week. However, given the heat down here in Flor-i-duh, we may not make it. Floating in the old pool with a marguarita sounds a lot better.

So long till later.

Another Day, Another Dollar, and More Boredom

This guy thought he was on top of the world, in 1942. Everyone thought he was great, because he said he was, told them what they wanted to hear, and blamed everyone else in the world for his country's problems. Also blamed minorities within his own country. Does this sound familiar? Perhaps. Just downloaded an album by Kings "X", new in 2008. First heard of them in late '80s-kind of an odd mix of heavy metal, grunge, and late 60's. These guys claim they are wrestling with their religious identity, primarily Christian. Anyway, an interesting sound - lots of turmoil and grinding guitars.

Work is work today, but time to quit for another day. So long.

Finally, a Post!

This is my first post in quite a time. We had the kids (daughter, husband, grandaughers 6 and 11) down for a short week. Lots of pool time, of course. We had a good time, although exhausting for us old people. Took the girls to see Wall-E, which was great. The kids enjoyed it, but there was enough satire of western culture involved to interest adults. Animation was superb, of course. The above picture is a shot of Mars, of course, with the latest addition of a Wal-Mart store. I'm sure this is in their long range plans, perhaps a hundred years or so out. That's all I can think of at the moment.