Political aside: New all-imprudent edgewise post in which I manage to forget 8 out of 9 key Lessons of Dukakis and declare this the week GWB lost the election, here. 0
Author: Cecil Vortex
Bad-ass astronomer
Do you know how many stars up there — how many of those nighttime naked-eye stars-that-you-can-see are part of our local little galaxy? Not off in the broader universe representing some distant cluster. Just local twinkle. Milky Way shine. Do…
x-post: The devolution of Sean Hannity’s mind (with poll)
Political aside: New dailykos post, including a sub-scientific but partly binding poll on the scope, speed, nature, and intensity of Sean Hannity’s directional decay, here. 0
Me too
My son cried out in the middle of the night and I went to him and I picked him up and I cradled him and we rocked for a bit in the sliding chair with a blanket over both of…
Beck at the Greek
He was a rock star, wearing an orange t-shirt while the rest of the band wore gray. Showing off his practiced dance moves on particle board. Strumming a big guitar. Stomping one boot in rhythm. Sending out bass and drum…
x-post: Monkey Man one-liner of the day
Political aside: New edgewise post featuring a genuine, imported Monkey Man quip, here. 0
Little
Sudden roar. Minature Thor. Why’d that bee sting my eye for? (with a sideways nod to Robert Creeley) 0
Arks
How come nobody’s building arks? Everybody’s building boats. I wish someone would build me an ark. Pray that it floats….. 0
Bye Bye, Blackbird
I’ll be posting a few (usually fairly short) tunes up as we go. Some solo multitrack homebrew this and that. Some long-distance musica-collabarativo. And the occasional piano/vocal jazz standard from 1926. Here’s the first tune out the gate, a piano/vocal…
They rise, they rise
Sitting and snacking at the local tea shop surprised to be sucking up whole tapioca in a wide straw. Bloop. Endlessly elevating. Fat and flavorless and full of — Bloop. Bloop. Never smooshed though smooshed should be in my not-so-smooth…