the rehearsal with SLR was a bit rough, and not because I was tired (NOT wiped out) although I was a bit…SLR (and her BF Tom) gave me a ride to my Saturday evening gig, about two hours early…so I went to the place MSR played on Friday night and had the dinner I didn’t [...]

so the MSR gig went well…not too many witnesses, but we learned a “new” song for me to sing (AMY by the Pure Prairie League) hopefully next time NOT reading the words off of a cell phone…After the gig, Michelle and I stopped at the AmerLegion…that was inneresting…I paid Bill the $20 I owed him; [...]

“I’m tired of this back-slappin’ “isn’t humanity neat” bullshit. We’re a virus with shoes.” ― Bill Hicks If you Google “Dr. Eric Pearl fraud,” you’ll get 65,700 hits, most of which look like this:  http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/eric-pearl-reconnects-with-hands-off-healing/, and outline how he has no talent for anything other than theft (Let’s be honest here, he is to medicine [...]

I think it should take 30 minutes tops to do what I have to do at the DMV…that includes the waiting, but not the bus rides…I just wanna go in, make a payment and get out…then I have to go to the Bank and the grocery store…I hope to be back home before Noon…if I’m [...]

target=”_blank”>Kansas – Dust In the Wind The Gaian Dragon I Ching Calendar #22 : Oppression Depression is immobilizing. Remember to love your Family. Understand your Limitations. Be a Well. Practice Thinking. Cultivate Grace. Recognize your Power Spread Happiness. Gather people together. Demonstrate Character. Deal with Trouble. Strive for Deliverance. Resolve Conflict Resist Oppression The Image [...]

so, currently, Life ain’t bad…my headphones quit working (one side did, anyway) so I bought new ones…They sound alright to me (the guy with tinitus) so I’ll probably keep ‘em…I NEED to be able to listen to Music, and now I can again–even if it IS youTube thru a laptop…and I use headphones mostly to [...]

“Sunny Castle Tales” by Carlos Henrique Reinesch   WITHIN RAYS OF GOLD On this morning as the sun begins to rise up over and beyond the far ridge, I find myself once more within the glow of the sun as it filters through the trees and begins to find me. And as the morning rays [...]

Hope is a silly thing. Here are a few definitions of hope: A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. To wish for, to expect, but without certainty of the fulfillment; to desire very much, but with no real assurance of getting your desire. Want something to happen or be the [...]

    It was so good. Here is a recipe with link and funny video too. We actually cooked ours like the man in video.   Pulled Jackfruit BBQ     Crock-pot BBQ jackfruit [vegan, gluten free] Ingredients: 1 (20 oz) can young jackfruit 3/4 cup BBQ sauce 1/2 cup water Directions: Drain and rinse [...]

…but it triggered the domino effect…I THOUGHT I’d be napping tomorrow around 2PM…so I could go do my Sunday cleaning on Saturday after Dinner…I can even use the roomie’s car to get there…I kinda have to work on Saturday because I have plans for Sunday…but SLR made plans too; we have a gig coming up [...]

So far, it’s been a good year for suicide.  Or at least it appears so.  A casual study of the local obituaries here in the Quad Cities has yielded a lot more people than usual between the ages of 10 and 60 dying at home for no stated reason which is polite journalism code for [...]

I MIGHT go to the AmerLegion open mic tomorrow night…As I would be taking the bus, I’m uncertain about bringing my stuff with me…Knowing for sure that I have a ride home has a lot to do with whether I go or not; I think maybe I kinda sorta in a way feel like playing [...]

I Like Writing To The Flow Of Music.. So I Will Share One Of My Spaces With You!  What A Long Strange Trip This Life Has Been So Far Past The Point Of Engery To Ask One To Give. But It’s Almost To “The End” If Only To Go To The “Hotel California” To See [...]

I had a deal with a co-worker where we split the work load on Sundays…the guy who signs our paychecks wasn’t digging that…So I proposed that my co-worker and I alternate Sundays–I was under the impression that she needed some extra dough…apparently (for now) she does not…she did say she would take any Sundays I [...]

BOO SHIP EXPLORE (^*^) Mercury Pass the sun block Gonna be mighty hot passin though So close to the sun A trip exploration to be The smallest planet in the solar system Yet brighter than light So burns the eyes ~ Venus Hotter average temperatures Just might stop Git a little warmth For meees bones [...]

    DREAMS BIG OR SMALL   As another day ends and the moon begins her graceful journey toward tomorrow and across the sky, I’m captivated by her magic and transfixed by what I see, Luna opening her magical gates to those dreams of night where I so love to be.   And as my [...]

“Painted Dreams” by Saeed aka Qa9eD     ACROSS A PAINTED CANVAS     There are no words through my pen or my voice that can even begin to express what flows from the Almighty’s hand and what He has painted across the evening sky as once again day comes to a close.   For [...]

AT WEEK’S END   by Barbara K   A CPC COLLAB   Friday afternoon has finally come, another long work week finally done, and it’s most definitely time to have some fun.   I think Santa Monica Pier is the place we should go, always such a lot of fun and they put on such [...]

“Well what I want them to know is just like John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the kind of spirit that I have, too,” ~~~Michele Bachmann,confusing John Wayne Gacy – the mass murderer – with John Wayne, the movie star who was from Winterset, Iowa. Who would have ever guessed that Michele “Quitter” Bachman [...]

A few months ago Kennedy’s mother said, ‘You have a choice. Do you want to go to camp this year or run for president? ~~~~Bob Hope, 1960 Mr. Nixon, in the last seven days, has called me an economic ignoramus, a Pied Piper, and all the rest. I’ve just confined myself to calling him a [...]