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Lyrics to one of the most sadly beautiful (beautifully sad?) songs EVER...from Chris Isaak... I go walking down there, I go searching down there,There's nothing left for you and me.I go walking down there, I go searchin…
New weblog entry...hmmm....well, I went to the dentist for the good ol' 6 month cleaning. All went well! And now I'm at work, listening to Larry Carlton. Larry's CD is done....so now it's Ronnie Earl & the Broadca…
Praises to duckn for the reminder that Harlan Ellison is still out and about...and for the link to the Great One's site (http://www.harlanellison.com)....he's one of the gods of science fiction and skeptics in general...…
GO!.....read the latest post by sean808080 and make sure you prop him... Well, don't go if you're a fan of our president select & his Ass-torney General, I mean ATTORNEY General....
I haven't posted the AWordADay e-mail in awhile... alembic (uh-LEM-bik) noun...1. An apparatus formerly used in distilling substances...2. Something that refines, purifies, or transforms. It's also a now-obscure manufa…
Wow, the weekend went by fast! Let's see...Orthosophy coming to visit was the highlight. A good time was had by all! Dialup internet connection went bye-bye. We now have DSL. imperialviolet 's pc is connected by a…
From http://www.dailyzen.com .... A single moonBright and clearIn an unclouded sky;Yet still we stumbleIn the world’s darkness. - Ikkyu (1394-1481)
Automotive moments in the AM.... This FIRST one would've been perfect for missfrizzle or cheshired in moments of digital photo madness... Old tan Dodge pickup w/wooden bedsides attached to its box. Entire truck filled…
Hm, that random survey was fun! There wasn't ONE person that answered who's also left-handed and drives a car w/a sunroof!.... 1) Could you spend 30 days entirely by yourself? All your needs would be supplied.... 2)…
Man therefore loves music more than anything else. Music is his nature; it has come from vibrations and he himself is vibration... What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music; our mind and our body…
Dan's 2-Question Random Query Survey: 1) Are you left-handed? 2) Do you drive a car that has a sunroof?
Thanks to TheHorseYouRode for the following link...http://www.datadragon.com ....where the chart info below came from.... Today the song "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks. (1977)…
A moment of self-promotion: We (onyxrose & I) have a new business! It's a new way for people to purchase gasoline & save 20%. You can find out more at http://www.rosesfreegas.appgas.com , and if you have other…
"Let the people know the truth and the country is safe."-- Abraham Lincoln Isn't it ironic that Lincoln was a REPUBLICAN?
Do you think the world will be a better or a worse place 100 years from now? .........so I go downstairs to get the weekly paper....and THIS Ralph Waldo Emerson quote is RIGHT on the front page!!! "Keep cool: it will a…
What do you most strive for in your life: accomplishment, security, love, power, excitement, knowledge, or something else? For me, probably love & knowledge...
Dr. Hugh Hicks, dentist & proprietor of the Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting, died on May 7, 2002, age 79, in Baltimore, MD. During his lifetime, he collected over 75,000 light bulbs and had 10,000 of them…
So I go into a bathroom here at work, and I hear a guy talking. HE'S USING HIS CELL PHONE while (apparently) also using the stall!! Is nothing sacred? Or has multitasking come to this?? From http://www.dailyzen.com .…
Let's make today's first post the AWordADay e-mail I received...any of you British or Down Under readers familiar with this word?.... doolally (DU-lah-lee) adjective...Irrational, deranged, or insane...[After Deolali, a…
To all of you loyal readers out there who're moms.... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!...
Ever have times here on Xanga where you WANT to read your SIR...and have the best intentions in the world to do so....then start reading and realize that as much as you want to, you can't?!?....or find yourself skimming …
Thanks to Sada for the header! As wonderful as Johnny Nash's original "I Can See Clearly Now" is...the recording of it by Doyle Bramhall on 'Bird Nest On The Ground" MAY be better... More musical madness....new CD rele…
A warm welcome to new subber DragonWitch !! All loyal readers of this page...go to her site & read the poem about mammograms....it's a wild combination of excruciating and humorous...
The Corvette that got away... For those who don't know, I'm a huge fan of antique cars and automotive history. A dream of mine is to own a 1947 Packard Clipper, like the one my dad had when I was a kid.... Back to the…
Otis Blackwell died on Monday at age 70...WHO?? You may not know the name, but see if you recognize these song titles...he composed ALL of the following...and then some... Don't Be Cruel. All Shook Up. Fever. Handy …
Synchronicity won out over the Corvette story.... Background: My first wife and I divorced in 1989. At that time, I lived in NW Ohio. I met a Michigan woman ( onyxrose ) also living in OH, who wanted to return home. …
So for tomorrow's blog, Xangalists....which? The Corvette That Got Away? ...or The Synchronicity Responsible For My Living In My Present House?....
I'd like to thank commenters Aegis & contravoice for stopping by. THEIR pages were so good that I subscribed to them! and i couldn't resist looking UP the word aegis at http://www.merriam-webster.com ..... Main En…
According to the good folks at Pilot Pen Corp., the color ink that you use tells something about you at work... Purple= more likely to pitch in & help out Red= more likely to get raises Green= more likely to snitc…
I'd heard this word...but had NO idea what it meant until now...zaftig (ZAF-tik, -tig) adjective...Full-figured, pleasingly plump, buxom.[From Yiddish zaftik (juicy), from Middle High German (saftec), from saft (juice),…
So if "John Lennon" is a trademark owned by Yoko Ono....who will want "Yoko Ono" as a trademark after SHE dies?
I think college dorm rooms are breaking the laws of physics. They look so SMALL....but hold so MUCH! Doesn't that make them bigger on the inside than the outside?!? Today's addendum to yesterday's post is inspired by …
Warning....'70's before-they-were-as-well-known-as-they-are-now-music-blog ahead... Fleetwood Mac. We know the Big Mac now with Lindsay Buckingham & Stevie Nicks as members. They had lives before that, however…