33 Days To Go

June 28th will be the longest road trip to date.  Last May, Shea & I did Omaha - Loveland - Deadwood - Denver. 2012 Spring Break we did San Diego to San Francisco and back.  This will be more then double the length and mileage.  I am so excited!

My Teens Are Shattered...

I Own This House

Years later, sometimes I stand the ground, you get headphones. 

Where To Now, St. Christie?

I took myself a blue canoe
And I floated like a leaf
Dazzling, dancing
Half enchanted
In my Merlin sleep

Crazy was the feeling
Restless were my eyes
Insane they took the paddles
My arms they paralyzed

So where to now St. Peter
If it's true I'm in your hands
I may not be a Christian
But I've done all one man can
I understand I'm on the road
Where all that was is gone
So where to now St. Peter
Show me which road I'm on

Which road I'm on
It took a sweet young foreign gun
This lazy life is short
Something for nothing always ending
With a bad report

Dirty was the daybreak
Sudden was the change
In such a silent place as this
Beyond the rifle range

I took myself a blue canoe 

What comes after heartbreak is life with clearer eyes, maybe?

Around the corner, as the calendar flips its page, is more living.

600 Million?

This is my powerball ticket . There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My  powerball ticke is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.  My  powerball ticket, without me, is useless. Without my  powerball ticket, I am useless. I must read my  powerball ticket true and so on and so forth...

Mother's Day Mission Bay Ride

In the vein of doing what I want, we went on the bike path from Robb Field around Mission Bay, around Sea World and back to Robb Field!

Cats in the Cradle

My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talking 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
He'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, dad
You know I'm gonna be like you."

My son turned ten just the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, dad; come on, let's play
Can you teach me to throw?"
I said, "Not today, I got a lot to do."
He said, "That's okay."
And he walked away, but his smile never dimmed
And said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him."

Well, he came from college just the other day
So much like a man, I just had to say
"Son, I'm proud of you. Can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head, and he said with a smile
"What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later; can I have them please?"

I've long since retired, and my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind."
He said, "I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time
You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kid's got the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, dad
It's been sure nice talking to you."
And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when
But we'll get together then, dad
We're gonna have a good time then."

With All the Grain of Babylon

Songfact.com : This song is about the Siege of Leningrad, a blockade that occurred from September of 1941 to January of 1944, during World War II. It is widely regarded as the deadliest siege in military history. Germany was attacking Russia, and Hitler opted to surround Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) and bombard it, rather than invade directly, having predicted that the city would "fall like a leaf." Instead, the siege lasted 900 days, and through heavy casualties Leningrad citizens continued their war and munitions industries even though they were down to a few slices of bread per adult per day. Hitler ordered bombers to drop propaganda pamphlets over the city warning them that if they did not surrender, they would starve to death. Some 632,000 citizens died of starvation and hypothermia due to being without fuel for heat. Some of these casualties included the 400,000 children who lived in the city. Mass graves and history obliterate the records; some estimate that the death toll was closer to 800,000. It is still remembered today in Russia as an event of uncommon suffering and heroics. Here is a page with a hair-raising account of the Siege of Leningrad, if you have the nerve to read more.

With all the grain of Babylon
To cultivate, to make us strong
And hidden here behind the walls
Are shoulders wide and timber on
'Til the war came

A terrible autonomy
Has grafted onto you and me
Our trust put in the government
They told their lies as heaven-sent
'Til the war came


And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball
And they're picking out our eyes by coal and candlelight
When the war came, the war came hard

We mae made our oath to Vavilov
We'd not betray the solanum
The acres of asteraceae
To our own pangs of starvation
When the war came

Ray at Night

Alt J

Kitsune - Day One

Finally started my back piece, it is so exciting to finally find a shop and an artist that I dig.