and thanks for all the fish

No more blog posts from me till at least September 8 or thereabouts. I’ll either be in Black Rock City, or sitting alongside I-5 with a busted truck, a million gallons of drinking water, and nowhere to go.
In the meantime, you’ll notice that Ballardgal has been posting again. Read and learn the truth. She’ll [...]

past and present tense

Too busy to post much here as I scramble to get everything ready for Burning Man, which includes daily prayers to the great automobile deity–the mighty AutoMobius, lord of burnt petroleum products. I humbly ask that Mr. Bronco will make the drive without problems.
Meanwhile, here’s a great quote I read in Molly Ivin’s latest [...]

the internet is a free speech zone for now

“If you have anything to protest, please step inside this concrete area surrounded by razor wire and armed guards. When finished protesting, you may re-enter the non-free speech area (the rest of America).”
– Uncle Sam
I’ve been curious about the so-called free speech zone that was set up for protesters at the Democratic Convention. [...]

my family visit

It was just as I pictured it. Croquet, Archie Comics (including an issue of Betty and Veronica), and kayaking around the lake. I saw my parents, brothers and sister, two sisters-in-law, five out of seven nieces, one out of one nephew, one nephew girlfriend, one niece boyfriend, and Harley, the dog who would be king [...]

i’m not reading your blog

…or posting here for several days because I’ll be out of town; splashing around in a lake, playing croquet, and reading Archie comics. You’re welcome to visit this blog while I’m gone, but there are no snacks in the refrigerator so don’t bother looking! And wipe your feet before you come in. And don’t leave [...]

wizard breath

“Wizard People, Dear Readers”
What the heck is that? Brad Neely, a writer and actor from Austin, Texas created an alternate soundtrack to the movie, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” and “Wizard People, Dear Readers” is what he calls the movie with his soundtrack. Although the soundtrack is available for download on the internet, tonight [...]

bribery

I only had to pay a bribe once, and I didn’t even know what was going on at the time. I was in Bali, and a guide was driving me into the interior. At one point a uniformed man waved us to the side of the road. He talked to the driver in Bahasa. The [...]

willy and the damned

I ‘ve reading Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” and “A Winter’s Tale.” There was a big surprise in “As You LIke It”! When I read some lyrics sung by a minstrel, I realized that I knew a tune for those words! That’s because Donovan had set those lyrics to music on an album I owned about [...]