Triumphs and Tragedies of 2004

My biggest disappointments of 2004:

4 more years – UGG
I haven’t made the move to the West Coast
John’s Blog - newpaltzer.blogspot.com
Not selling my boat
Colonoscopy
Rick James, Christopher Reeves, Mr Cat
AT & T Wireless

The Best of 2004:
Bride
Thailand
Not having Cancer
Wedding
Samantha Womack The New Pornographers (music)Selling the ‘PONY
Frequent Flyer Miles
Netflix

Shout out to Sweden

Check out the origins of the people whom visit my Blog. I think I owe my Swedish friend, Martin - a load of thanks.

I don't know how patient you are

The following thread was posted by my friend the Digital Primate. The Speach my Moyers is truely interesting and well worth the read.

http://digitalprimate.blogspot.com/2004/12/two-must-read-articles.html

Years of Passively Searching

YEAH! Years ago my friend Chris (captain bubba) sent me this email and I laughed my ass off only to loose the email. I asked him to resend it but he had lost it too. And so passed the knowledge of the elders.

But today, Mark in Texas sent me the link and I now have the list again. So with out further adeu:

THE TOP TEN THINGS YOU'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR GIRLFRIEND SAY!

1. I'll swallow it all . . . I love the taste.
2. Are you sure you've had enough to drink?
3. I'm bored. Let's shave my pussy!
4. Shouldn't you be down at the bar with your buddies?
5. That was a great fart! Do another one!
6. I've decided to stop wearing clothes around the house.
7. You're so sexy when you're hungover.
8. I'd rather drink and watch football with you than go shopping.
9. Let's subscribe to Penthouse.
10. Would you like to watch me go down on my girlfriend?

OK, it isn't as funny as I thought.

another day

10:00 am in the City that really needs a nap. This blog has the holiday blahs. I'm ready to go on vacation for a few days and put the notion of Architecture away in a drawer and just focus on my health and families well being.

Since, i'm flying into Dallas I have a comment on some National News about the Area. The following story is from your good good friends in the Legal Profession as well as Walmart.

This is completely absurd. Hey crazy ladies mom, maybe you should have stopped her from buying the gun yourself. You knew she was crazy.

Where as I agree, background checks are about as affective as tits on a bull (hell - I could get a gun - now thats crazy), why do you think Walmart owes you $25 million? They provided the daughter a gun based on faulty information provide to them by a process. Sue the government, oh wait - the government isn't the worlds largest retailer. You know who I hate....... PEOPLE. PEOPLE SUCK.

can't decide

I don't know whether this annoy me or is funny. Either way here it is. Santa singing.

LEAVE FEED BACK - new feature - INTERNATIONALS PLEASE POST

I've recently installed a new feature on to my site thanks to the DIGITAL PRIMATE. The stat counter is fascinating to the blog owner and most posters don't even know its there. In any event, if you are one of the many KOREAN, FRENCH, NASA, University of TEXAS or Dalhart people who keep logging onto this site. PLEASE LEAVE ME SOME FEED BACK, I'm curious as hell who you are, how you found me and what you were looking for.

Lets look at this as a scavenger hunt. I look around and see if I might have what you're looking for.

As for the other news in my world. Colonoscopies are NO fun. Results are due back Tuesday. They removed 4-5 pylups. I'm not eating much, but solid food is back on the plate - poops still painful.

On a more up-beat thread - I'm got Galaxie 500 in a solid rotation today and am letting them drone on, but Syd Straw is up next.

Gettin' Kinky in 'O6

My friend Spud put this up and I think he missed the best parts.

One of the great political stories in generations is about to unfold, as Richard 'Kinky' Friedman, humorist, performer, mystery writer and Texas Monthly columnist, threatens to run for the governorship of the state of Texas in 2006. Friedman certainly would bring a whole new ballgame into Austin 's capitol building, and he would do so as an Independent candidate and political amateur.

"The professionals gave us the Titanic, amateurs gave us the Ark. Career politicians are ribbon cutters. They see the governor's office as a job; I see it as an opportunity to make that Lone Star shine again.”

“I'm an Independent, which is the party of George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett.”

As Governor, Kinky, or “the Kinkster”, would:

• Legalize casino gambling to fund education
• Abolish political correctness “We didn't get to be the Lone Star state by being politically correct”
• Take a good look at death row. “We need to make sure that we're not putting innocent people to death, which I believe we are”
• Outlaw the de-clawing of cats
• Bring young people into his administration. “Young people are less corrupt. They are the future of Texas ; it's theirs to win or lose.”


I'm a Jew, I'll hire good people.

“If elected, I would ask Willie Nelson to be the head of the Texas Rangers and Laura Bush to take charge of education in the state. I'd ask my Palestinian hairdresser, Farouk Shami, to be Texas ' ambassador to Israel . We've worked together to create Farouk & Friedman olive oil. The oil comes from the Holy land and all of the profits go to benefit Israeli and Palestinian children.”

One thing is for sure: this is not going to be politics as usual and Kinky's campaign, or anti-campaign, is not expecting to have a massive war chest from which to buy the Governor's office. Rather, “the coin of the spirit” will sweep Kinky into the Governor's office.


oh, btw 7:44 poop 18

I'm into Buick's Today

Aside from pooping. 6:11 - 7th poop........ make that 8.

I'm also totally digging on these old Buick's

The green one is going for $6K.








9 and 10 have already happened and now I'm going on to #11......

5:16

Poop number 5....... one quart left to drink....... this stuff tastes like ass and i'm gurgly..... probably because I haven't eaten anything.

Is it wrong?

I've gotten this funky rotation going in which:

Townes Van Zandt is

stuck between Television on the Radio

and Galaxie 500 .............IS THAT WRONG?

SODIUM BI-CARBONATE - let the pooping begin. It's 4:36, I've drank a quart and my T count is 3.......but I DONT FEEL SO GOOD.

oh pleaaaase

I hope I don't die! I hope I don't die!I hope I don't die!I hope I don't die!I hope I don't die!I hope I don't die!I hope I don't die!

MY FEELINGS EXACTLY

US falls behind the French

The US is lagging behind the rest of the world (and France) in yet another category. Our schools are falling apart, our health care system is extremely overburdened, our military is under supplied and now this.

I THINK ITS TIME TO CALL IN SICK.

I have a few questions: How in gods name do you Launch a bridge?
Secondly, how do I get into the bridge business? Do the math 4.9 - 6.5 Euro's per toll (more for trucks - sorry dad). 15,000 to 25,000 tolls per day is apx $32.8 million Euro's per year. The damn thing only costs $394 million Euro's and the Construction Company has a 75 year concession on the job.
That's $2.94 Billion years over 75 years, less interest, construction costs and maintenance.
Finally, why on earth would you guarantee the damn thing for 120 years. Odd, time - I bet there's an interesting story there.



Brought to you by Englands only Architect - SIR NORMAN FOSTER.

I'm digging on Isaac Haynes - this morning. YEAH CHEF!

Damn Manhattan

BLOGGING IN THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS

I think this is a really cool site but have not idea what its immediate value is. May be none but its fun to see how many others are out there sharing there inane observations and pissed off assessments of the world at large.

my horiscope

Thanks to the Onion for another bright spot in yet another dim day.

Leo: (July 23—Aug. 22)
Many prophesied that you'd wind up wearing your ass
for a hat, but they didn't predict that the fickle world of
fashion would co-opt the look overnight.

Sobriety TEST

ok this cracks me up.

not happy

The following is not going to make many of you smile and I have no evidence to confirm that the information is factual. However, I found this map on a Iranian website and thought the point it was trying to make was too much to miss.

AND YES EVERYONE FORM THE SOUTH WOULD RATHER STILL HAVE SLAVERY AND HASN'T EVOLVED FOR THE PAST 149 YEARS.

the haps in the SB

The story of what we are doing out here finally broke in a paper not to long ago. We could really have done without the press but it did run in the Santa Barbara News-Press, which doesn't exactly fly off the shelves. The following article is more or less correct but obviously is not 100% (especially considering the he said, crap).

http://www.gaviotacoastconservancy.org/progress/04_11-07_bacara_sues_builders.html

CA Housing

I am in the beautiful CA. It's been Raining off and on for the last two days now and its freezing at night. This Past weekend, I went and scouted for possible homes and found a shabby little 4-3 with NO yard.

The only problem is that the asking price was $1.39 MILLION.

HOLY SHIT, Batman, I could have a three bedroom apt in Manhattan for that (or an enrire brownstone in Brooklyn).

These people are out of their minds, they don't smoke and they drive at 100 miles an hour. In the plus column they have Makers Mark in every 24 hr grocercy store, Avacado's are always in season and every other restaurant is either a burger joint, taco stand or sushi place. I have to admit, i'm a little torn.