Welcome to the Jungle

A teacher in Roxbury, Conn. was working late the other night after
school. A young custodian cleaning up after hours had no idea anyone
wa around when he invited some of his friends in to watch him mop
up. One of them grabbed the PA speaker and sang guns N Roses into
the loudspeaker.

"Welcome to the Jungle, Baby, you're gonna dieeee!!!!"

The teacher freaks out and barricades her door and calls the police.
A bunch of cops show up with dogs, etc and arrest the good-time clean-
up crew. I guess they were cuffed for about 15 minutes before they
finally just dropped the whole thing with everyone a little shaken.

you can read about it here from WCBSTV.com

All the fundamentalists will agree whose at fault here... Rock and
Roll - that's who. If we just banned that kind of evil then the
world would be a much safer place I am sure.

Or wait, didn't God give rock and roll to you, and put it in the hearts and souls of everyone?

Mythical Half-Breed -A Dang Good Plan

So I am trying to figure out what the deal is with this bachelor party I am going to on Friday.
Overnighter in Dungeons and Dragons attire. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? But the whole point is that the groom is all about moving a group of people in a certain direction. He writes and plays music in a local rock group. It's a band that still has that local feel, yet they have Gold and Platinum albums in other countries. How do you pull that off?

Anyway live shows are all about creating a movement in a group of people for him and that is what they are really good at. But now this bachelor party for the lead singer is an attempt at seeing what he can really get away with. The saving grace is the people who surround him- they will do it. And what's more it'll probably be more fun than a dozen, couch-surfing rockers should have.

So I will be a Cleric/Elf with a simple cloak and bring my hand-made long-bow. Bone-tipped and made from layers of African Kingwood and ewe or something. Neil Russel out of Parma, Idaho made it and it is quite a piece. Competition shooters use his stuff ...or did in the 90's when Mr. Russell tailored this bowyer's-beauty.Too bad I don't really take the time to fling arrows with it. I see why guys finally sell their red, mid-life crisis purchase after a few years of still-working-too-hard coupled with not-having-the-time for the attention it deserves.

Anyway, I can be a half-breed can't I? Let's say my mom was an elf who gave it all up to live the rest of her mortal days with a clergyman from a village faraway known as Huskershire. This marriage evidently didn't work out. (Nor did the other one since I remember playing D&D with an ex-step brother. Man we were into it- until the day we burnt about 400 bucks worth of D&D books and crap in the wood stove. This was done ceremoniously after one of our parents heard some radio show story about a kid who committed suicide because his 25th level Ranger was sliced by the flaming sword of an Ogre or something. Anyway, the half-clergyness was obviously part of the new family as well.)

Whether there are half-breeds in D&D or not, I am going to the party as a half-elf and half human cleric. Hopefully bringing a crucifix into the party will be a good reminder for everyone anyway. And the gear can be removed if we decide to go out and get some Super-G's at Sevvy.


DANG GOOD PLAN

Press 1 for what?

In many ways we are like the French. And remember this: they are the ones who helped us remove ourselves from tyranny.

The Return of the Cafe Racer

FinChaser's Growler

The growler, perhaps the greatest name in beer terminology, is a jug used to hold 64 ounces of the wonderful nectar known as beer.  We regularly maintain up to eight beer varieties on tap on a rotation basis with a new beer or two every hour.

The Growler Station serves as a showcase for new arrivals, seasonal releases and customer favorites. Of course, should you be considering a brew purchase outside that of your standards, this is also where you can sample some truly fantastic beers some international, mostly Northwest, but some from reputable home operations- regional club types.  I can't take the time to master the art, but patrons and staff pay their dues and enjoy being the connoisseur.

Silverdreamer.be

".be" is Belgium, everyone knows that. Well, someone kinda spammed
my blog with a "hey I like your site- check mine out" and I know
right away that he didnt like my site since it is really not for
anyone to like but me and is pretty much irrelevant and useless
unless you are me.

But I absolutely loved Brugge, Belgium so I went to his site and what
do you know... he has some great pictures of Brugge. plus REM plays
right off the bat which Bmag will dig.

If you scroll down on the first page after the intro it says
something like "Een wandeling en Brugge" and you will find the
pictures that really highlight this unsung gem of Europe. Notice how
there are like no people or cars in this amazing city of the coolest
buildings you have ever seen.

Yeah maybe that is why I like the place -completely beautiful and
unknown. The kind of town that will get destroyed when this life is
all over and we can only hope that God recognizes the value and
rebuilds it just for the few of us that know.

I had a bucket of steamers in this main square in the picture above. I think it
might have been that joint pictured below that I found on the
interwebnet.action.

The funny thing is that this guy at silverdreamer.be doesn't seem like the spammer type. he has a ton of links to webcasted operating room procedures like "Prostatectomie radicale par laparoscopie extrapéritonéale" and yes if you get into the right places you can watch some of that happening on a rel live human.

Firearms Refresher Course

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE

'Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.'

~ Thomas Jefferson

(This is why Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton want gun
control so badly!)

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE

1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.

3. Colt: The original point and click interface.

4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.

5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?

6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.

7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.

8. If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.

9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

10. The United States Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved.

11. What part of 'shall not be infringed' do you not understand?

12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore
the others.

13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

14. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.

15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.

16. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

17. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.

18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.

19. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.

20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.

21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control
them.

22. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.

23. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don't make more.

24. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.

25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

Fun times at Dr.Bott

eliot and Aaron round 1;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZyTb7XyliQ

The fitness ball incident: (afterwards)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNzr-doMCO8

which led to Round 2 with Aaron and the broken arm here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVRlaiqSiko

Directed by Dave Baehler who captured:
Eliot the Monkey Boy

Half Mooned Productions

It is truly inspiring to have friends who are able to express how
much they just dont give a crap about what other people ultimately
think. Sometimes the only art they produce is found almost entirely
within themselves somewhat akin to Andy Kauffman.

Half Mooned Productions

PS- he and Dustin are working every wednesday in Dustin's garage
building a segway... which ends up being some guitar playing and then
some beers down at the Wild Hare in Canby.

Eagle vs. Shark

from the guys that have brought us so much joy in Flight of the Conchords on HBO.