Monthly Archives: August 2004

God’s mysterious ways

Tomorrow’s my 42nd birthday. That was kinda bumming me out. However, we just got a phone call informing us that tomorrow, my step-son is moving back to another town to live with his father. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Thank you, Lord. That was all I wanted for my birthday! ( yeah, I know, I’m BAD! )

Show me where to hit

I love racquetball. I play at least twice a week for a couple of hours a night. Given the frenetic pace of the game, accidents are what make each game different. I have a regular partner, Mark, and a semi-regular partner, Lance. Mark is short and stocky, lifts weights, looks like John Belushi, and plays like a pro-linebacker. Lance is… (more…)

Unchained Melody

This is arguably the greatest pop song ever written. Ever. There is a little know history to Unchained Melody that most people today don’t know. The music was originally written by Alex North, this is where it gets weird. He subsequently wrote a score for 2001:A Space Odyssey, which was rejected by Kubrick for his choices of classical music. The… (more…)

Joy

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon was on the record charts for nearly 294 weeks. That spanned a period of time from 1973 to 1979. The album lingered in the charts in the US until 1986 due to the introduction of new technology ( the CD ). In that time, it has sold an estimated 23 million copies. It… (more…)

The Search for THE Joshua Tree

  A few years ago, We decided upon a quest. I had to find THE Joshua Tree that had so impressed U2. We landed in San Diego, of course, ya gotta have pink Flamingos when visiting San Diego You HAVE to visit the San Diego Zoo. The thing I enjoyed most about the San Diego Zoo is the animals get REAL… (more…)

On Being Neurotic

For about the last year or so, I have been suffering an affliction. My entire life I’ve had bouts of acne, and even at near 42, still deal with it. I have never apparently moved beyond puberty. I wear that as a badge of honor. However, this affliction over the last year was different. They were bigger and harder than… (more…)

Two halves make a whole

My job is the inspiration for a lot of my really dumb tales. I supervise about 400 people scattered from rural Indiana, throughout most of Kentucky, and southern Mississippi. These people never cease to amaze me. Today I made the not-terribly-wise decision to allow our local supervisor to take our receptionist out for a birthday brunch. Sounded good at the… (more…)

Motorhead

I’m going to bet a few people are surprised to see this one here. Motorhead was my, and I would imagine a lot of people’s, first experience with full blown balls to the wall heavy metal. They weren’t artsy like Led Zeppelin. They weren’t as experimental as The Who. They just played hard rock, fast, and LOUD. I was in… (more…)

Guest posters

I have invited a couple of good internet buddies of mine to put some of their thoughts on The Moon. Kentm is the first to offer his input. He is an economist, which seems to fit into my theme quite snugly. He thinks outside the box, but within the economic world constraints, I like that. I’m quite sure those that… (more…)

WW IV?

Back home in Commentary magazine, Norman Podhoretz has written a mighty essay, descriptively titled “World War IV: How It Started, What It Means, and Why We Have to Win.” Podhoretz is careful in his use of language, so that when he writes of World War IV he isn’t just using a racy metaphor. We are at war, nothing less —… (more…)

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