Tuesday, December 08, 2009
SOME MUSICIANS WEBSITES !
Jakob Dylan Paul Cotton Pure Prairie League Firefall Ritchie Furay Jack Sundrud Bernie Leadon Jim Messina Timothy B. Schmit Don Felder Emmylou Harris Gram Parsons Jon Vezner Poco The Band Subdudes Little Feat RadiatorsBonnie Raitt Allman Brothers Bob Seger Jackson Browne Jimmy Buffet Valerie Carter Eric Clapton Bob Dylan Greatful Dead Taj Mahal James Taylor Joe Walsh Kenny Loggins Treehouse Stevie Nicks Tom Petty Graham Nash Dave MasonNelson BrothersDon Henley The Eagles Heart Sting Norah Jones Joss StoneCeline Dion
Monday, December 07, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
RECESSIONS ARE A GOOD THING !
This Great Recession we now find ourselves in began in 2008
is not your grandmother’s standard recession.
This is not just a deep economic slowdown that we can
recover from and then blithely go back to our old ways.
I hope that we never return to the days of Americans just
borrowing more and more money to buy more and more stuff,
with more and more credit fueling more and more Chinese factories
or more and more coffee shops powered by more and more coal.
Of course, I'm not against global trade and economic growth,
but our growth needs to be more balanced economically and ecologically.
We cannot just be the consumer and China the producer,
and neither of us can allow the goods produced and consumed
to be made or used in ways that harm the environment
on the scale that we have been.
This way of growing standards of living is simply unsustainable
economically unsustainable and ecologically unsustainable.
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is not your grandmother’s standard recession.
This is not just a deep economic slowdown that we can
recover from and then blithely go back to our old ways.
I hope that we never return to the days of Americans just
borrowing more and more money to buy more and more stuff,
with more and more credit fueling more and more Chinese factories
or more and more coffee shops powered by more and more coal.
Of course, I'm not against global trade and economic growth,
but our growth needs to be more balanced economically and ecologically.
We cannot just be the consumer and China the producer,
and neither of us can allow the goods produced and consumed
to be made or used in ways that harm the environment
on the scale that we have been.
This way of growing standards of living is simply unsustainable
economically unsustainable and ecologically unsustainable.
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Saturday, December 05, 2009
CARTER TWINS , LET IT SNOW !
Tuning into a country music station on the Internet, this one from Florida of all places,I found this by the Carter Twins."Let it snow"A really nice tune. Even though I'm not one that's into Christmas Noels much, I leave you with this!
Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
It doesn't show signs of Pauseping,
And I've bought some corn for popping,
The lights are turned way down low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we finally kiss goodnight,
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm.
The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bying,
But as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
It doesn't show signs of Pauseping,
And I've bought some corn for popping,
The lights are turned way down low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we finally kiss goodnight,
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm.
The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bying,
But as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Friday, December 04, 2009
Thursday, December 03, 2009
TRAFFIC SIGNS !
Yesterday I took a ride to the grocery store
along the way I drove through a construction
area where they are re-paving the road.
The flagman stopped me to wait for oncoming traffic,
I was close enough to him to lower my window and tell him
I passed a road sign that read "Raised Manhole Ahead."
pointing out there were more like ten raised manholes.
The sign, the flagman assured me, would be changed.
On the way back from the grocery store
I noticed the sign was corrected.
It now read "Raised Menhole Ahead."
Another thing I noticed was a sign that read "Men working"
There were at least three woman working within the site
Shouldn't the sign have read "People working?"
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along the way I drove through a construction
area where they are re-paving the road.
The flagman stopped me to wait for oncoming traffic,
I was close enough to him to lower my window and tell him
I passed a road sign that read "Raised Manhole Ahead."
pointing out there were more like ten raised manholes.
The sign, the flagman assured me, would be changed.
On the way back from the grocery store
I noticed the sign was corrected.
It now read "Raised Menhole Ahead."
Another thing I noticed was a sign that read "Men working"
There were at least three woman working within the site
Shouldn't the sign have read "People working?"
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
BACON FAT IS BETTER THAN WINE !
I type this as a plane flies from east to west above.
Hopefully carrying holiday travelers into the arms
of loved ones this holiday season.
I like pork, tonight I cooked up some bacon
in the fry pan and then cooked up some pasta in the bacon fat.
My arteries are against this bacon fat laden food but...
I remember my Grandmother eating lard on toast for breakfast.
She's dead now but that's not what killed her.
The challenge of the holidays is to gather among our kin if we can,
those who know us a little too well and have
an amiable occasion enjoyed equally by all,
at which nobody is stabbed through the heart with a carving knife.
I have always disliked these holiday family get togethers,
although when I was young and didn't know any better.
Sniffling and Sneezing children on my dinner plate.
Spreading H1N1 swine Flu all over the place...
We're mobile over caffeinated people,
and at every family gathering,
amid the ancient aroma of turkey, ham and squash
with sweet potatoes and a few pounds of Julia Childs butter,
you'll find some edgy individualists,
someone who knows the true story of what happiness is.
When I grew up I went over to a friends house
to munch down freshly popped corn while watching a movie.
They didn't use melted butter
instead using melted bacon fat to dress the popcorn.
Jane liked to feed the popcorn in my mouth
like feeding grapes to a Roman gladiator.
Mary, my friends Mother always wanted her son to rub her feet.
Their Nanna had altzimers and was always trying to get out
of the house and go back to England.
These Alexia bold and spicy Waffle fries are really good
with a smattering of bacon fat on them !
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Hopefully carrying holiday travelers into the arms
of loved ones this holiday season.
I like pork, tonight I cooked up some bacon
in the fry pan and then cooked up some pasta in the bacon fat.
My arteries are against this bacon fat laden food but...
I remember my Grandmother eating lard on toast for breakfast.
She's dead now but that's not what killed her.
The challenge of the holidays is to gather among our kin if we can,
those who know us a little too well and have
an amiable occasion enjoyed equally by all,
at which nobody is stabbed through the heart with a carving knife.
I have always disliked these holiday family get togethers,
although when I was young and didn't know any better.
Sniffling and Sneezing children on my dinner plate.
Spreading H1N1 swine Flu all over the place...
We're mobile over caffeinated people,
and at every family gathering,
amid the ancient aroma of turkey, ham and squash
with sweet potatoes and a few pounds of Julia Childs butter,
you'll find some edgy individualists,
someone who knows the true story of what happiness is.
When I grew up I went over to a friends house
to munch down freshly popped corn while watching a movie.
They didn't use melted butter
instead using melted bacon fat to dress the popcorn.
Jane liked to feed the popcorn in my mouth
like feeding grapes to a Roman gladiator.
Mary, my friends Mother always wanted her son to rub her feet.
Their Nanna had altzimers and was always trying to get out
of the house and go back to England.
These Alexia bold and spicy Waffle fries are really good
with a smattering of bacon fat on them !
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
COFFEE SUGAR COOKIES !
1 stick softened butter
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
1 T cream
1 1/4 cup flour
1 T baking powder
2 T freeze dried coffee
24 chocolate covered coffee beans
preheat oven to 375 degrees,
cream butter and sugars,
add egg, cream,vanilla and coffee
mix well then add flour and baking powder.
with wet hands roll into one inch balls,
place one inch apart on cookie sheet.
press down with a sugared fork
press one chocolate covered coffee bean
into center of each cookie.
bake eight to ten minutes or till done.
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1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
1 T cream
1 1/4 cup flour
1 T baking powder
2 T freeze dried coffee
24 chocolate covered coffee beans
preheat oven to 375 degrees,
cream butter and sugars,
add egg, cream,vanilla and coffee
mix well then add flour and baking powder.
with wet hands roll into one inch balls,
place one inch apart on cookie sheet.
press down with a sugared fork
press one chocolate covered coffee bean
into center of each cookie.
bake eight to ten minutes or till done.
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IT WAS A VERY DEAD YEAR !
I've noticed this past year . . .
there were a lot of celebrity and high profile people have left us.
It was a very dead year !
there were a lot of celebrity and high profile people have left us.
It was a very dead year !
Monday, November 30, 2009
THE PUGFOUND MUSIC AWARDS !
And the winner of this years PMA goes to...
Not so fast, lets talk about this before awarding...
From songs like "Amazing Grace", "Bringing in the Sheep",
to "Stairway to Heaven" and "Hotel California" to "Wierd".
There must be a one time greatest song of all time.
RAP stuff are not included becauese they are simply CRAP!
Anyone that thinks Rap is songs or even music should get a GED!
There are some songs that make you go Whoo!
Stop you in your tracks... and make you think think Whoo again.
One example is Etta James ..."At Last"
Celine Dion did this fine rendition...
Check out her body guards dressed in black t-shirts!
Not so fast, lets talk about this before awarding...
From songs like "Amazing Grace", "Bringing in the Sheep",
to "Stairway to Heaven" and "Hotel California" to "Wierd".
There must be a one time greatest song of all time.
RAP stuff are not included becauese they are simply CRAP!
Anyone that thinks Rap is songs or even music should get a GED!
There are some songs that make you go Whoo!
Stop you in your tracks... and make you think think Whoo again.
One example is Etta James ..."At Last"
Celine Dion did this fine rendition...
Check out her body guards dressed in black t-shirts!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
This was a woodpecker at the feeder, it was only there for a split second.
Hanging onto the under side of it just out of camera range.
Hanging onto the under side of it just out of camera range.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY !
This years gotta have toy is Zhu Zhu Pets,
these inexplicably cute robotic hamsters
have become this year's overnight holiday toy sensation,
they are selling out across the country.
Toys R Us,Wal-Mart and Target shelves are also bare of the toys.
The National Retail Federation recently listed Zhu Zhu
among the top 10 holiday toys.
Zhu Zhus are even showing up on eBay, priced at $60 to $100.
The runaway success has created a dream come true for Cepia,
the small, St. Louis-based company that created the motorized pets.
The plush Zhu Zhu hamsters, which sell for $9.99 apiece
and have names like Mr. Squiggles and Pipsqueak,
look remarkably lifelike.
They wiggle their noses and shimmy and shake
through their hamster habitats just like the real thing.
Zhu Zhu -- means "little pig" in Chinese.
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these inexplicably cute robotic hamsters
have become this year's overnight holiday toy sensation,
they are selling out across the country.
Toys R Us,Wal-Mart and Target shelves are also bare of the toys.
The National Retail Federation recently listed Zhu Zhu
among the top 10 holiday toys.
Zhu Zhus are even showing up on eBay, priced at $60 to $100.
The runaway success has created a dream come true for Cepia,
the small, St. Louis-based company that created the motorized pets.
The plush Zhu Zhu hamsters, which sell for $9.99 apiece
and have names like Mr. Squiggles and Pipsqueak,
look remarkably lifelike.
They wiggle their noses and shimmy and shake
through their hamster habitats just like the real thing.
Zhu Zhu -- means "little pig" in Chinese.
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
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