Another cool shot from the astronomy site, and yet another misical interlude.

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Y'all ever hear these guys? Here's a great little tune by a band that was huge in Britain in the late 80s and early 90s. The Stone Roses, doing Love Spreads. Also, check out the the weird assed, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Peoples Theatre propaganda video someone put up here, and crank yer speakers. The guitar here is relentless. Enjoy.



Most of you've probably heard this next one before. Tune is called Fools Gold. Killer beat. If you don't start tappin' yer foot and boogiein' unconsciously to this one, yer fuckin' dead. Enjoy.



What was up with the singer, prancing about and waiving the mic around like that? No lead singer panache AT ALL, like he's the anti Roger Daltry, or maybe the anti Morrisey, considering the time these came out.

Finally, here's one called I Wanna Be Adored. More of that spaced out waving the mic, and a great beat. See what I mean by him being the anti lead singer? Hilarious. "I don't have to sell my soul. He's already in me." Great lines, and a great beat. Really shows the influence of groups like The Smiths on British rock/pop in the late 80s and early 90s. Sort of a bridge between the Smiths and the Verve, and later Coldplay. Enjoy.

So, it's a hot weekend. Yer at a pool party at a buddy's house, and someone gets a really stupid idea.

This is all about trust. Trust, and alcohol. How drunk would you need to be?



And you may have seen this before. It's been goin' around. Too damn funny not to post. Enjoy.



So, I'm heading to the little town of Sweetwater, Texas this weekend. They're having a combined chili cook-off, rattlesnake roundup, carnival, and gun show. Now folks, what the hell else do you need?

Ok, get yer minds out of the gutter. I'm sure I'll be able to round THAT up if needs must. Chili cook-off folks...



are notoriously open minded, horny as hell, and easily plied with small amounts of booze... or so I hear. And if that doesn't work, there's always the carnival folks. Shiny objects and booze? I understand that it works. Many a marriage has been based on less.

A few friends will be competing in the cook-off, and I'll be eating copious amounts of BBQ, and maybe judging the competition. Can you say ringer? Might even eat some BBQ roasted rattlesnake. It ain't bad. Weather looks like it'll be nice; 70s in the day time and 40s at night. Perfect camping weather. I might even get to buy a new toy at the gun show. If the ninjas of the nanny state have their way, I'm sure these sorts of shows will soon be a thing of the past, so why not splurge?

I'll have an early out at the high school tomorrow morning, and then I'm off from there for a week of spring break. On the way back to town to get ready to head to Sweetwater, I'll spend a while at the local veterans cemetery. An old buddy of mine, Bobby Spence, passed away this week. He was one of the attendants in the building on base that I teach out of. Known him for years. Great guy. Army vet. Korea and Nam, I think. Supposedly his wife found him, seemingly sleeping, eyes closed, hands clasped behind his head. She shook his foot to wake him and discovered how cold he was. Now, if that isn't the way to go, I don't know what is. God bless him. He'll be missed.

So, relax and have a great weekend, and I'll see ya on the other end.