Dayam, Jimi picks Purple Haze with his teeth, on Maui…!

Amen, Flynt, Amen…!

Will Sanity ever prevail…?

*gah*

Dood! Rec’d

Aloha, wigwam…! So ya liked it, eh…? ;-)

Ooooh, Hendrix and Buddy Miles. Great combo. Many thnx, CTuttle. I’ll no doubt dream of scenes from decades ago.

Aloha, fatster…! Ya still up hunting down new links, M’dear…? ;-)

I’m happy tonight. We are going to have a cold front move in.

It will drop to..

88.

I was gonna ask if anyone had ever done crockpot lasagna but I don’t think this is the right crowd.

Aloha, tuez…! It does work when ya parboil the noodles and brown the meat…! ;-)

ROBERT GRIFFIN III remember that name!

Maybe crackpot lasagna.

More Jimi… I Don’t Live Today…

Did the sauce already and froze it. So it’s thawed. Thinking we could eat some and freeze the rest.

Aloha, bb…! As a Bronco Maniac, I’m truly loving Peyton Manning for the first time…! ;-)

I’ve never done crack, so I wouldn’t know.

Aloha, eCAHN…! How’s the Hudson Valley tonite…?

Hey, we got some foodies here…. but crock pot lasagna? Nope, not in my experience.

I’ve never done crack either and pot puts me to sleep so I haven’t done that in the nearly 30 years since I figured that out.

Not judging the ‘crowd’ by my proclivities, though.

Now, that’s funny.

Aloha, Dearie…! How’s your slice of Cali tonite…?

Golden.

To all the Foxy Ladies… ;-)

Cool.

NYS burning is officially prohibited until 10/1 as of the drought of earlier this summer, but we have had plenty of rain & my burn pile almost reaches as far up as the beanstalk, and is away from vision, so thinking I’ll give it a try if there’s a windless day tomorrow.

I had a young enthusiast do some outdoor work when my knee laid me up, mainly cutting off low branches from trees that the paths go under. He’s a great worker and put in a 12-hour day, but doesn’t have the sense of the day he was born. He piled up the burn pile to astronomical heights, branches fell off in the wind. So I couldn’t mow the patch around the burn pile. Yesterday I went out to try to repair the situation. Got a lot of the branches moved off the major pile, got the grass cut, but still have to reduce the pile more before I fire it up. Once it is burned down I’ll feed the other branches in a few at a time.

Damn right! But I’ve got to crash now. Up too late last night and the night before.

G’nite all.

Good on Peyton. But a kid from, an army brat, from Baylor U, a 110 and 300 hurdler in Highschool went out and kicked Drew Brees and the NO Saints ass on his first outing in the house. Has a $22 million 4 year contract and the most ad signing in sports history. If that doesn’t put a smile on your fsce you got to be depr4essed.

Pleasant dreams, wigwam…!

You just saved me…

And with that, I too, am going to bed.

There’s hope for them Hawgs, after all…! ‘Course Shanahan knows how to pick’em and lead’em…! ;-)

Sweet dreams, tuez…!

In both senses of the word.

Sometimes I am able to think of responses in real time. On Sunday’s book salon, Palast was in a snarky mood, or maybe that’s his normal mode. He insulted several of us. To my stark math about how much dough the 1%ers could throw into POTUS elections and how much of the ‘civil’ society they’d already coopted, Palast responded: So what are you going to do, go to MOMA and look up women’s skirts.

I responded that as I was straight, I looked for men who forgot to zip up.

Then continued with my serious point but left the salon as I am too old to enjoy being insulted, even when I can think of a clever response.

Rock Me Baby…

evening, firegods -how’s everyone tonight?

Presser of Iranian Foreign ministry playing live on presstv.

Funny, it sounds just like DoS analogue in U.S., as played on cspan.

U.S. & Iran have more in common than you might think. :-)

Aloha, PPD…! How are you doing tonite…? ;-)

Now, who is the ‘rational actor’ and who’s the real crackpot these daze, eCAHN…?

I did find your response quite funny, but I think Palast missed it…. caught up in whatever, I guess. I, too, think there was too much sass and too little reality, but hey, I’ve never had a book to push. I keep asking, “And so what do you recommend?” And I keep getting no answers. What a mess we are in. I just want to make sure I get myself a pitchfork before there’s a run on ‘em.

hiya CT

What you will really like about Robert Griffin III is he carried a 3.67 GPA in Poly Sci while winning the Heisman and running track.

PPDCUS: I got 1.25 road tires on the GT tank and am going 30 miles tomorrow. Rowed hard three hours in Morro Bay yesterday. I got a universal rack for carrying stuff so am a commuter. No busing back.

The big diff is that Iranian spokesman doesn’t wear a necktie and the last guy who was spokesman in DoS (Richard someone in W admin?) did wear a necktie.

Otherwise I refuse to commit myself to an opinion, but if you read my comments, as you do, my opinion is pretty clear.

…I just want to make sure I get myself a pitchfork before there’s a run on ‘em….

*heh* Chamber pots are just as effective, and provides a great composting opportunity, M’dear…! ;-)

Gotta a job in the a.m. Nite all.

I watched the game and the guy’s got the arm and the smarts…! He’s gonna be one of the few Heisman winners to truly excel…! ;-)

Sweet dreams, Dearie…!

And like you a Poly Sci major in a Masters program luvs smarts And an explosive runner

I think Palast was sick of me by then so just ignored that comment.

My email to a friend was I finally outgrew Palast. When I first discovered him, prolly 6 years ago or so, I loved him and am still eternally grateful for certain obvious things and facts I learned from him. Tony-the-Blare’s fundamental nature as a whore, and a cheapie at that as Palast was able to rope his bagman in with a couple of tens of thousands in the early days, is one such example.

But now Palast is too small bore. In your language, he has no answer for what to do that is in any way commensurate of the magnitude of the problems we face. But he has a real talent for what he’s succeeded in the past and is sticking with what has worked for him.

I do certainly have an idea where ya coming from, and, I agree with much of what you say, yet, you do tend to like the deep end of the pool, M’dear…! ;-)

good for you, bb — was it calm or windy on Morro Bay? Makes a big difference.

Hey Joe…

The Wind Cries Mary…

South wind and waves the first 2K then from the South end to the Embarcadero was with me under the sand spit no waves and a French Riviera lunch 15 minute break then 10/20/30/40/50/60 pyramids on the way back into the wind the the final 2k with the wind. Morro Bay from the sand spit is picturesque. A super fine day…thanks for asking

Some more from the Fillmore concert… Machine Gun…

Hypothesis testing. Mostly in my own mind, as typing out my thoughts provides me as my most critical critic. Feedback here and with a couple of sharp email friends helps.

I’ve also been lucky to find just the right book at just the right time. My learning curve on U.S. foreign policy has been slow and painstaking. Yet compared with a HS classmate, who was undergrad phil major at U.Chi. who took Leo Strauss’s course when Wolfowitz was one of his grad students, I read all the stuff that made me know that Iraq had no WMD, whereas my HS classmate read all the be-afraid-be-really-afraid propaganda, like he read Pollack’s propaganda Threatening Storm. I own the book but had read enough pro & con material to figure it out before I wasted my time on the third rate Pollack.

My castles are all made of sand CT and they wash away with the waves

We had great weather yesterday here – rode the entire coast out and back plus Carmel Hill from the south, nearly 80 miles & about 2,800 climb.

I was calling bullsh*t while in uniform, during Pappy’s little foray into the Sand Box…! I was screaming my lungs out during Shrub’s ‘shock-n-awe’…! 8-(

Awesome workout great views why do we live here…forecast sunny all week. You ready for the Alps? G) I tell you Northern Italy may be a destination for you and your trusty bike! Firenza!

Calling All Devil’s Children…

*heh* Real ironmen do the Big Isle, bb…! ;-)

W’s S&A was pretty funny. I typed that Hitler took over Czech, conquered Poland, then 3 months later, with a 3-week campaign, conquered France, a country with a real army, unlike Iraq, so what was so great about a 3-week U.S. campaign of U.S. to get to Baghdad.

Q-tips cleaning earwax were way more important to readers at the time than that opinion of U.S. military might.

You & I didn’t know each other at the time, but would have provided good emotional reinforcement for each other. That helps a lot.

I yield to your perspicacity and bid thee all farewell and fond adieu

Pleasant dreams, bb…!

After starting in late May, I’m back on pace for 5 – 6,000 miles a year.

That helps a lot.

I certainly appreciate your perspective on much of the MENA, and, our Grandiose Imperialism, but, your acerbic wit, has soured many, eCAHN…!

I’m impressed.

The most I did in a year was 1248. That was before I did a backward 360 down 14 steps in 1/11. Have had a hard time recovering enough to do mileage since then. Reinjured one knee in about June, so the rain & winds that impeded my bicycling recovery in 2011 got another setback this year.

But I am no spring chicken & will do what I can.

Good books help a lot while disabled.

Castles made of Sand…

I truly hope ya get back into fighting form, eCAHN…!

Too old to worry about ‘acerbic wit’, if indeed I have such a thing.

Spent 30 years on Wall St. trying to convince people, for whom it mattered in money terms, that I was doing better research on biz cycles than most. Tried hard to distinguish betw when I was more or less certain. Like 1986, after Geneva accord devaluation of $, was a certainty. Only one client I knew about took me seriously.

So been there, done that, not gonna do it again.

I type what I type for edification and intellectual clarity. If someone takes offense, it’s his problem.

I’m no spring chicken, either CT — but haven’t been injured in quire awhile. This level of exercise improves everything — physical & mental condition.

I type what I type for edification and intellectual clarity. If someone takes offense, it’s his problem.

Very same philosophy I’ve always taken in all my I/P posts, M’dear…! ;-)

Sorry, eCAHN. CT & I were talking about a different kind of cycles.

Aged 10 years in one, which is no joke at my age.

Swimming helped a lot this summer. Found a friend to go to the pool with. She, 14 years my junior, was recuping from bad ankle ligament surgery, and couldn’t even swim, just do other kinds of PT in the pool. I did laps and got up to 64-25 meters (a mile) right on the last day. Perfect. Swimming is boring as shit, but water exercise cures whatever ails ya bc it is weight bearing and non-threatening for sensitive joints. And since Sally knew that I was waiting for her to pick me up to go to the pool, and I knew she would show up, it kept us on the straight & narrow, i.e. neither of us would bug out for fear of throwing a wrench into the other’s PT program.

This level of exercise improves everything — physical & mental condition.

It most certainly does, PPD…! I just wish I had the necessary motivation since I’d retired from Uncle Sam…! ;-)

Plz don’t get injured. I didn’t realize how lucky I had been until I did that spectacular stair fall. Thought I was invulnerable. Lesson in how ego and luck prevents accurate assessment of circumstances.

Little Wing…

All Along The Watchtower…

Biz cycles, bicycles, motor cycles, what’s the diff.

Two drunks at the bar. One smacks the other on his skull with his beer mug.

What’s that for?

Titanic replies the first drunk.

Titanic. What has that to do with me?

Iceberg, Goldberg, it’s all the same to me, replies the first drunk.

I’ve messed it up, but the gist is clear.

Doing my best, eCAHN. I was injured on a century ride in mid 1990′s. Hit a tree root, and flipped. Luckily recovered my health with little residual effects. Learned an important lesson though – don’t combine my favorite sports – cycling and gymnastics – at the same time.

CT — someone asked me about my LiveStrong band the other day, in the wake of Lance Armstrong’s recent nolo contendere choice.

Told him that I wear it still for three reasons.

1) I’m a cyclist, and no one’s done more for cycling than Lance. 2) Cancer has touched my family, and Lance’s foundation contributes alot to support of survivors & their families, and 3) I’m a big advocate of performance enhancing drugs — better life through chemistry.

Did some gymnastics in my teens.

Interesting when you get into the senior years, looking back, how much you did.

I have a couple of new friends whose parents are exactly my age. But I am more interesting than their parents (LOL, ego R I).

We have had some interesting conversations about aging, esp since one of my new friends is overcommited, esp in enabling her physically challenged father (COPD) to avoid confronting his inabilities.

I’m no paradigm to be sure, but aware of my new limitations.

clap clap tiny nuts.

I haven’t thought in depth about perf-enhancing drugz.

One side of me sez go-for-it-buyer-beware. Another side sez: what, are u nuts (both contexts of the word)?

As a chem major undergrad and as an econ practitioner in earning years, I have bc hypersensitive to hidden agendas and their irreparable harm in my senior years.

YMMV.

3) I’m a big advocate of performance enhancing drugs — better life through chemistry.

I disagree and I draw the line at both the amateur level, and certainly the Pro level, PPD…! I can see the usefulness for many injured, but, it shouldn’t be the sole reason for succeeding…! 8-(

Got that challenge on my plate – Mom’s over 80 now with increasing frailities. Doing the best we can with the cards we’re dealt.

First two are the set up for the third punchline, CT. Professional sports are fraught with people seeking any edge at the elite level. It’s an unfortunate fact of life.

It’s an unfortunate fact of life.

I know, but, it still doesn’t make it right…! Considering the fact that much of the early usage of ‘em leads to highly unbeneficial outcomes for those youngsters…! 8-(

Time for some sleep — night all, be well.

Pleasant dreams, PPD…! I shall also join ya…! Mahalo for the great company, ya’ll…!

Aloha Oe…! *g*

My wingnut 32 year old son is a bb fanatic.

I saw the perf enhancing drugz long before he did.

I hate spectator sports. I went to a few bb games bc, after all, he is my son, and several times it was Wall St. that paid.

He refused to recognize the obvious symptoms until I pointed out the neck circumferance, etc. A female bartender on a long (54 mile) lunch break bicycle ride agreed with me. I suggested such a chant at the pro-bb “ball” games.

I stopped watching Olympics when they became extreme sports.

I find such stuff inhumane and disgusting.

And so to sleep.

Gnite all.

sadly, Jimi didn’t look very well there.

funny to see his rig, two or three pedals …… players now use ten, twenty, thirty, or more. google images “pedalboard setup”

to get a laugh.

There’s Jimi, and then, there’s everyone else.