August 2011 Archives

I don't read political memoirs and I'm not big on politics but I don't totally ignore the world around me. The fallout from Dick Cheney's book doesn't surprise me. There was a time I liked him. Loose cannon, hypocrite, and always funny with his quips. I think he's poisonous now. Poisonous to his party, poisonous to his cause (The war on terror), and poisonous to his former boss. Someone should tell him his service is no longer needed.

8 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. The Stroke - Billy Squier - Billy Squier: Absolute Hits
2. The Mist Covered Mountains - Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
3. The Road's My Middle Name - Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
4. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002
5. Honky Tonk Woman - Humble Pie - A&M Records Classics Vol. 14

Quote of the Day

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Quote from said blog: "It's Shark week! What are you doing? :)"

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The other day, I mentioned that people cleaning up after Hurricane Irene should be very careful because you may not be able to get medical attention if you were to hurt yourself, which is not hard to do in the yard. This was a yard accident not in the affected area but it hurts me just to read it. Worse, look at the X-ray. Imagine not being able to reach an emergency room or an ambulance not being able to reach you. OK, I have to go take some ibuprofen now.

9 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Everybody Wants You - Billy Squier - Billy Squier: Absolute Hits
2. War - Bruce Springsteen - Live: 1975-85
3. Living With Me - Coyote Shivers - Shivers, Coyote
4. Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo - The British Invasion: The History Of British Rock, Vol. 8 1968
5. Sufragette City (Live) - David Bowie - David Live

Quote of the Day

Readers look to the comics page to reflect the national conversation, and on Sunday, Sept. 11, that's going to be the conversation. I think the impact is going to be profound.

David Colton, USA TODAY

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Football Players who played as a Quarterback"

A little unnerving to me that I know most of those names. -Rob

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6 years ago today, also a Monday. Hurricane Katrina will always be a part of me. It doesn't consume me like it once did and that's a relief. The finger-pointing, the second-guessing, the armchair quarterbacking from those with perfect 20-20 hindsight and the comfort of safe distance, the political blame game, well, all of that is mostly behind me. Those who came in from all over to help are not forgotten, though. They saw people in trouble. The rest of it didn't matter. Thank you to all of them.

Speaking of hurricanes, Irene is just about done but she surely left her mark. There was loss of life and lots of damage. There is a lot of work to do on the eastern seaboard this morning.

10 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Lord Of The Thighs - Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
2. Hold Back The Water - Bachman-Turner Overdrive - The Anthology
3. Dang Me [Stereo] - Roger Miller - AM Gold: The Mid-'60s
4. Lady Double Dealer - Deep Purple - Stormbringer
5. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Marvin Gaye - AM Gold: The Mid-'60s

Quote of the Day

Tropical Storm Irene swept through the desolate streets of New York on Sunday, flooding low-lying areas and leaving millions of homes without power along the Eastern Seaboard as it continued on to New England. Most New Yorkers emerged from their makeshift bunkers to find little of the widespread devastation the authorities had feared.

Sam Dolnick, New York Times

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Guitarist Betts, who penned some of the Allman Brothers Band's biggest hits ("Ramblin' Man," for one), presents his current band, Great Southern."

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New DirecTV receiver installed. Sometimes, it goes smoothly. Then, there was today. Sometimes, tech support gives you some insight. Then, there was today. Sometimes, I truly need their help. Then, there was today. I knew this was something simple. Their troubleshooting protocols couldn't find it. I found it but I'm not entirely sure what I did because I did so many things. Normally, that would concern me. Then, there was today. I'm declaring victory.

Glad my friends in Joisey and Philly are OK today. Irene did considerable damage. If you're in that area and you want to start cleaning up, be very careful. If you hurt yourself with a chainsaw, some other power tool, or just manage to cut yourself on something, you may not have a clear path to an emergency room because trees are down in the roadway. Even if you can reach an emergency room, it may be without power, understaffed, and overwhelmed. I recommend you get the immediate debris out of your way and leave the rest of the job for another day or two until things settle down and return to normal. This procrastination advice is no charge to CrabAppleLane readers. Be safe.

The CrabAppleLane Fantasy Football team for 2011. Also my thoughts on tonight's nationally-televised Saints-Raiders game.

I offer one today from the CrabAppleLane Hummingbird flock.

CrabAppleLane Hummingbird - Guarding his feeder from all comers - August 28, 2011

11 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
2. Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
3. Spawn - Silverchair & Vitro - Spawn
4. American Woman - The Guess Who - AM Gold 1970-1974
5. Killer - Alice Cooper - Killer

Quote of the Day

If you can hear a piano fall
You can hear me coming down the hall
If I can just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all
I don't think I need to see at all

The White Stripes, Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Saw them at ID Fest on Jones Beach this last weekend, and this song was bonkers."

"Bonkers" is probably not a bad description but I don't mean it the way he does. -Rob

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Gonna be a tough weekend for the east coast. Keep them in your thoughts.

Fantasy Football Auction tonight. Looking forward to it. Go Death on Two Legs.

Today's QOTD is a comment about the Grateful Dead considering another tour. Struck me as funny.

Some chinks in the World Champion armor according to the Green Bay Gazette. I only watched a little of it. What I saw was pretty impressive for a preseason game. Aaron Rodgers was sacked 4 times after I switched channels so maybe the GBG is on to something. This Saints fan hopes so. :)

12 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle from the CrabAppleLane Mark Knopfler playlist:

1. Stargazer - Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
2. Red Dirt Girl - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Real Live Roadrunning
3. Going Home - Theme From 'Local Hero' - Dire Straits - Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
4. The Scaffolder's Wife - Mark Knopfler - Kill To Get Crimson
5. The Car Was The One - Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky

Quote of the Day

Only saw them once ... kinda. My date at the time had a panic attack and her blood pressure fell like a brick. The EMTs asked her what she was on and she replied, 'birth control."

Dennis Smith

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "The Packers’ pass protection – well, if you want to call it that – in fact the overall play of the offensive line, including run blocking against the Colts Friday night, was nothing short of frightful."

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Eyes on Hurricane Irene now. The images of lines at The Home Depot and traffic getting out of town are a little too familiar to me. The downside of the information age is too much information during an emergency. We need an authoritative voice and it should come from the local government authorities. It should be updated regularly and relayed to their constituents. By regularly, I mean hourly or even more often. The media will surely cover it and maybe, just maybe, they won't do so much of their own reporting, which might conflict with information from the other local newscasts in town. A little repetitiveness is OK as long as its accurate. There's no way to know who is just now tuning in. People looking for the latest news on a hurricane can't wait 6, 8, or 10 hours for an update. They're not normally in a patient state of mind during an emergency. As a veteran of many hurricanes, it annoys me to no end that this has not only never been addressed, it has actually gotten worse.

13 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. A Warm Place - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2. Rudiger - Mark Knopfler - Golden Heart
3. Living Forever - Genesis - We Can't Dance
4. Little Blue One - Cowboy Mouth - Mercyland
5. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears - AM Gold: The '60s Generation

Quote of the Day

What we have to do is assume the worst, prepare for that, and hope for the best

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "It’s that time again for people who live along the east coast of the United States…and for some former residents like myself. A hurricane is churning and making its way toward the Eastern Seaboard. Time to hurry up and wait."

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Very sorry to hear that Steve Jobs resigned yesterday as Apple CEO. Talk about a driving force. When he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer some years ago, I think most people knew this day was coming. They don't have anyone as charismatic waiting in the wings at Apple to replace him. I don't think there IS anyone as charismatic. Obviously, his health is concerning him now and it should. He's earned a rest and his legacy is safe. Apple needs to move on. Best of luck, Steve.

Saw a girl wearing a red Phillies Utley jersey last night. Not something you see every day in Covington, Louisiana.

14 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle from the "CrabAppleLane Top 25 Most Played" playlist:

1. I'm Shipping Up to Boston - Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code - 9 plays
2. Piper To The End - Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky - 19 plays
3. Praan - Garry Schyman & Palbasha Siddique - Where The Hell Is Matt? - 23 plays
4. Further On (Up The Road) - Bruce Springsteen - The Rising - 11 plays
5. The Shape I'm In - The Band - The Best Of The Band - 10 plays

Quote of the Day

One of the things Jobs rivals will never be able to stomach is his ability to make his own products obsolete.

Wilson Rothman, MSNBC.com

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Jobs’ health has been an ongoing issue and it was clear that there would come a day when he couldn’t be CEO. That day apparently came Wednesday."

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As yet another DirecTV receiver went belly up on me (Upstairs), I started thinking about just how many of these things I've been through. We built our house in late October 1994 and moved in February 9, 1995. It was going to be a while before cable was out here and local TV reception was pretty spotty. We were going to need a satellite dish. DirecTV was brand new then ... on the market just a few months. I liked it and we signed up. Speaking of the living room only, the first receiver (1) was replaced just a few months in under warranty. The second receiver (2) was replaced by a Microsoft UltimateTV receiver (3), our first DVR. When UltimateTV failed, I replaced it with a TiVo receiver (4) because UltimateTV was gone. I replaced TiVo with a DirecTV HD-DVR (5). That one was damaged by a lightning strike and was replaced by insurance. The replacement (6) was replaced by another (7) just a few weeks ago when I relocated the dish as part of my service agreement. That's seven receivers in my living room in just over 16 years. I'm up to 6 or 7 upstairs, too. I didn't pay for all of them and some of this was no fault of the receiver's. Still, that's a lot of equipment in a relatively short period of time. My Mitsubishi TV is probably still working somewhere for someone. It was almost 20 years old when I finally gave it away because I wanted to upgrade.

The New Orleans Saints got out of town and headed for Oxnard, California to get away from the weather. It was a good move. The heat and humidity have been totally unmerciful here. I can't imagine working hard outside loaded down with equipment.

What does it say about a government's legitimacy if the leader is afraid to be seen in public?

CrabAppleLane 2011 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet

15 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
2. Lady In Black - Uriah Heep - The Best Of Uriah Heep
3. I'm Not Afraid to Die - Gillian Welch - Hell Among the Yearlings
4. Le Clochard - Focus - Moving Waves
5. Don't Fear The Reaper - The Mutton Birds - The Frighteners

Quote of the Day

The rebel force entered the compound Tuesday after fighting for five hours with Gadhafi loyalists, using mortars, heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. They killed some of those who defended the compound and hauled off thousands of rifles, crates of weapons and trucks with guns mounted on the back in a frenzy of looting.

msnbc.com news services

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Quote from said blog: "TBR Tuesday is a way to talk about the books we own but haven't read, see what other people think about them, and help us decide whether to bump it up our list or knock it off completely."

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About today's QOTD: The fights and other incidents are already a "sad indication of our society", Josh. The reactions to them range from sadder, the cancellation of the series, to the thoroughly obnoxious, 49ers dipstick owner suggesting an 18-game season would help prevent 49er-Raider fan violence. I've seen fan violence outside of a stadium after a game. No idea how it started but it spread into an all out free-for-all and it was frightening. How cancelling the preseason series will prevent these incidents is beyond me and just doesn't make much sense. They can happen for regular season games and playoff games, too. The only real solutions are more security and, unfortunately, less alcohol.

16 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Flick Of The Wrist - Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
2. Life Of My Own - 3 Doors Down - The Better Life
3. Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
4. Telegraph Road - Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
5. Big Man With A Gun - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

Quote of the Day

It's a shame that it has to be that way but, if they need to end it to stop stuff like that, we need to put the price of people's lives and all that ahead of rivalry and what sells tickets. It would be a sad indication of our society if we view the other thing more than we do human life.

Josh McCown, San Francisco 49ers

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Games between the 49ers and Raiders throw together the rougher elements of these teams' fan bases in large numbers, with alcohol readily available. The shooting that marred the Raiders-49ers game Saturday night took the usual fighting to more dangerous levels."

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Hurricane Irene doesn't look like much to me but I now keep my eye on even the smaller ones these days. As usual, concerned hurricane watchers have to sift through overcautious rhetoric. For what it's worth, I've seen much worse on the dire rhetoric. I have no new plans here yet. :)

17 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Make Way For The Lady - Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold Volume II
2. Boys Wanna Fight - Garbage - Bleed Like Me
3. It's So Cruel - Billy Idol - Billy Idol
4. Royale With Cheese - Dialogue - Pulp Fiction
5. First Snow (Instrumental) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve And Other Stories

Quote of the Day

National Hurricane Center wind speed predictions indicated Irene, currently a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson intensity scale, could come close to being a major Category 3 hurricane by the weekend.

msnbc.com staff and news service reports

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Quote from said blog: "This is a shot of Hiro when he is trying to be friendly. Hiro likes to be among people and kids. He will put on his friendly face whenever someone tries to approach him. How could anyone resist this face! He is such a good actor...lol!"

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From the Communication-Is-A-Wonderful-Thing Department: The Saints-Texans game was broadcast on the NFL Network last night. If you don't get the NFL Network, you missed some first half offense but that's about it. I get the NFL Network on DirecTV. The game was also broadcast on the local Fox affiliate in New Orleans. When someone in the New Orleans viewing area tuned to the NFL Network, though, they got a DirecTV message saying they were not subscribed to this channel, which is a whole different thing than "this broadcast is not available in your area". That "not subscribed" message undoubtedly prompted a ton of unnecessary "Hey, I DO subscribe" phone calls. Why didn't anyone at that multi-billion dollar corporation see that coming?

Got the yard done yesterday but it cost me a lawnmower. It was on its last legs anyway but I wasn't expecting it to throw a rod. Clear through the case. Will be spending less on the next one. My yard just has too many lawnmower booby traps. Big rocks and stumps hidden by tall grass and tree roots, lots of tree roots, are the main culprits. I've gone through three lawnmowers in the last 20 years or so. I really shouldn't complain. It's just that they weren't cheap lawn mowers. A Snapper and two John Deeres.

I offer three from the CrabAppleLane yard on this hot and sunny Sunday. 1) The Big Leaf Magnolia is still alive but is struggling with the Bush summer. I keep a black mesh over it. No more leaves have been burned but growth has also slowed. 2) The hummingbirds have started coming to this feeder because wasps are hovering around the one they prefer. I can't find the wasps' nests. 3) As I was watching the wasps hovering around the other feeder through my camera lens, a terrible racket occurred right in my ear. Startled me (Actually, it scared the hell out of me). A Twelve-spotted Skimmer dragonfly hit the ground with a thud. It was struggling for a moment and then it stopped. I thought a wasp had attacked it. As I approached it, it flew away with something on its back. I was shooting pictures by the CrabAppleLane backyard pond when I heard the same loud racket. It wasn't as close this time but they landed and I got a shot of it. What you see there is Eastern Pondhawks in the "wheel position", which only goes to show what I know. I thought it was dragonfly porn.

CrabAppleLane Big Leaf Magnolia - August 21, 2011

CrabAppleLane Hummingbird - August 21, 2011

CrabAppleLane Dragonflies - August 21, 2011

18 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle from the CrabAppleLane "Recently Added" playlist:

1. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day - Nimrod
2. Steady As She Goes - The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
3. Bring On the Wonder (feat. Sarah McLachlan) - Susan Enan - Bones (Original Television Soundtrack)
4. Music Box - Phillip Glass - Candyman
5. Broken Boy Soldier - The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers

Quote of the Day

Psychologists have often remarked that reality shows tend to attract people who thirst for fame or are otherwise damaged in some way.

Sharon Waxman and Tim Molloy, TheWrap.com

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Eventually a cartwheeling pair of darners pitched down onto a rotting stump. He was off smartish but she stayed to lay eggs and pose, the first Variable Darner I’ve managed to photograph."

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Have a date with the yard this afternoon. Was looking forward to it earlier today but not so much now. I ate too damn much. :)

Patsy and I finally took the plunge and updated our mobile phones. Patsy had a sweetheart deal that we weren't going to be able to renew so we had to do something. We have the same exact kind now so we'll be able to help each other. I still plan to use mine mostly for emergencies but I will probably use it a little more than I have used any of my previous mobiles ... mainly because it works so much better.

Plan to work on my fantasy football spreadsheet and have it ready by tonight or tomorrow morning. I'll make it available for download for any fantasy football players out there. This season has been more difficult than most because of the lockout, the size of rosters, player movement, and all of the uncertainty that comes with a shortened time frame. If you bought one of the fantasy football magazines from a newsstand or bookstore, I think you totally wasted your money.

Interesting theory about why the Saints didn't honor a non-existent gentleman's agreement last week against the 49ers from the Houston Chronicle. The Saints defense blitzed on almost every play.

Head coaches sometimes speak to one another before a preseason game to discuss how long the starters will play and where the thing goes from there.

When Payton didn’t hear from 49ers rookie head coach Jim Harbaugh, he pretty much told Williams, “Go for it.”

Williams called 18 blitzes in the first half, and his Saints forced two fumbles and got five sacks on their way to a 24-3 victory.

Florio of PFT has the same story. I don't think I buy it. For one thing, I don't think Sean's feathers ruffle that easily. My thinking goes almost the complete opposite, that they DID talk, and Harbaugh asked for the all-out treatment of his new just-installed offense. In the end, it doesn't matter. Both head coaches are tasked with getting their own team ready within the rules. Period. End of story. There are no points for politeness and there are no unwritten rules. To quote one of my favorite movies, "A gentleman's agreement presupposes there's a gentleman involved". If Harbaugh or any other coach is expecting gentlemanly behavior from his opponent, he'd better keep his résumé up to date.

The Saints take on the Texans tonight in Houston. It will be on the NFL Network but I think it will also be on one of our local broadcast stations. It's a game that is a bit tricky for both sides. Normally, teams like to get some work in for their starters in the 2nd and 3rd games of the preseason. These two teams will be playing in Week 3 of the regular season, too, so neither is going to want to show the other too much. More here, if you're interested.

19 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Lonely Days - Bee Gees - 2 Years On
2. Game Of Love - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - AM Gold 1965
3. Gerundula - Status Quo - STATUS QUO The Collection
4. Sara - Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
5. Remedial Interruption - Shawn Phillips - Second Contribution

Quote of the Day

"SlutWalks" originated in Toronto, Canada, where they were sparked by a police officer's remark that women could avoid being raped by not dressing like "sluts."

Schalk Van Zuydam, Associated Press via MSNBC

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Quote from said blog: "Because a SlutWalk article pissed me off…"

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Good riddance. The problem around here with Burger King and other fast food restaurants is just about everything. In the early days of fast food, those restaurants had friendly, cheerful, huge staffs. Around here, only Chick-Fil-A still operates that way. The McDonalds, Burger Kings, Taco Bells, Popeyes, and Wendys all suffer from under-staffing. The lines are long and slow, the food is inconsistent, the staff just slogs through the day, and the places are not terribly clean or comfortable. The three nearby Burger Kings have their thermostats turned up way too high for my tastes and the tables never look like they've been wiped recently. If these places would get back to what they used to do, it would cost them a little money. What they're doing now is costing them a lot of money.

Today's QOTD manages to get both sides of the contentious debate.

20 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Women - Def Leppard - Hysteria
2. Tumbling Down - The Venus In Furs - Velvet Goldmine
3. Hard Lovin' Man - Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock
4. Caleb Meyer - Gillian Welch - Hell Among The Yearlings
5. Trampled Under Foot - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Quote of the Day

In Channelview, Texas, TheAdventures of Super Diaper Baby, by George Beard, Harold Hutchins and Dav Pilkey, was removed from grade schools after parents complained when their 6-year-old was suspended for calling a classmate "poo-poo head," Maycock says.

Natalie DiBlasio, USA TODAY

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Really, any 1971 discussion of enforcing the US-Mexican border is out of date, especially with it being such a prominent issue these days. People are seeking information. The subtitle and back flap text also indicate we can find something more objective out there. The author mostly wrote scifi/fantasy."

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More articles like this one ... PLEASE. He busts everyone's chops. Unfortunately, many/most people will stop reading when their ox gets gored but the piece is not all anger. His last paragraph sums up my thinking better than I can and I don't find it angry at all. More rationality in the national discourse would be a good thing.

Happy 75th, Robert Redford. I cannot help thinking of that entry whenever I think of Redford. He's a star by any definition.

About today's QOTD: He's not talking about driving a car. He's talking about getting hit by one. :)

23 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Bad Apples - Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
2. Cora - Randy Edelman - The Last Of The Mohicans
3. Slow Ride - Foghat - Live
4. Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Noel Paul Stookey - Giving You The Rest Of My Life
5. Lonely Stranger - Eric Clapton - Unplugged

Quote of the Day

I played four years in Detroit. I can handle a car.

Joey Harrington, Former NFL Quarterback

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "One theory is that the site was built in an area that was sacred to the Inca people. The Inca considered the Urubamba River to be sacred. Machu Picchu is built on a mountain which is circled almost completely by the Urubamba River. The site is also positioned so that the rising and setting of the sun is in alignment with mountains that are religiously significant. This is something that is unique to Machu Picchu."

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This needs to be stopped. From the article:

Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed that detaining photographers for taking pictures "with no apparent esthetic value" is within Long Beach Police Department policy.

Most of my own pictures probably have "no apparent esthetic value". I can be detained for that in Long Beach? If so, the BOTD is in a lot of trouble. Having to explain yourself, your motives, and your activities to an authority is right out of the fascist playbook. I'm sure there are some in Long Beach who believe the old, false adage that "you have nothing to fear if you're doing nothing wrong" but I'm also certain that I'm not the only person who gets uneasy talking to authorities on their terms. Those situations can go sideways pretty quickly if one or both of you is having a bad day or misinterprets a question or an answer. Imagine that happening to you when you really had no reason to be detained in the first place. No, a higher authority needs to step in and tell Long Beach to stop this. What they're doing is un-American.

About today's QOTD: The word "reasonable" just doesn't work for me. "Crying and hysterical" seem perfectly reasonable to me under the circumstances. "Settled" seems unreasonable.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Stone Cold Fever - Humble Pie - A&M Records Classics Vol. 14
2. Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie - Jay & The Techniques - AM Gold: The '60s Generation
3. Handy - Wishbone Ash - Time Was- The Wishbone Ash Collection
4. Can't Stand Losing You - The Police - The Police Greatest Hits
5. Stockton Gala Days - 10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged

Quote of the Day

The young woman was initially "crying and hysterical, but after a time, she became more reasonable and settled and gave the police the note," the court documents said.

Pete Williams, NBC News justice correspondent

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Circle Area Neighborhood
Long Beach California
Shops, Businesses, Homes, Condos and Income Properties"

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The Saints released Jon Stinchcomb yesterday. He's been a fave here for a while now. Jon is a good guy in a tough business. He may have other opportunities this season but I think he'd be better off if he took time off and healed before he pursued any of them. He played through a knee injury last year. He had surgery during the offseason to re-attach his quad muscle and he still doesn't look fully recovered from it. The 49ers ran around him Friday night fairly easily. Good Luck, Jon.

23 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. The Rocks and the Water - Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
2. Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits - On The Night
3. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent - Harley-Davidson Cycles: Road Songs
4. Lift The Lid - Nazareth - Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll
5. Eyes Of Fire - Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes

Quote of the Day

I'm just really appreciative of the experience I had as a Saint, being a part of this organization, this team and getting to be a part of this community

Jon Stinchcomb

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "My brother’s trial for the murder of my parents is scheduled to begin in less than a month, and although there have been rumors of a continuance until Spring, neither side has requested one as I write this. I’ll be there whenever it happens, of course, and I’ve been told it could take three weeks to a month. I don’t know if that is merely for the trial of fact, or whether it includes a hypothetical penalty phase — as I’ve mentioned before, the prosecutors have announced their intention to seek the death penalty."

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We had a free Cinemax weekend. I recorded and watched two of the movies they offered. The second one was The Time Traveler's Wife. I was all prepared for a typical romantic comedy but this movie wasn't funny and it spent all of its time explaining but not really explaining the character's rules for time travel, which he not only has no control over but he keeps doing it even after it's established that he dies. About an hour in, you start looking at the time. This one never really knew where it was going or how to finish. Eric Bana seems too old for Rachel McAdams anyway. :)

24 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. I'd Love To Change The World - Alvin Lee - A Space In Time
2. Changes - Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3. Red Dirt Girl - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Real Live Roadrunning
4. American Heartbeat - Survivor - Greatest Hits
5. Cut My Hair - The Who - Quadrophenia

Quote of the Day

I'm dressed right for a beach fight
But I just can't explain
Why that uncertain feeling
Is still here in my brain

The Who, Cut My Hair

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "The Who - Dusseldorf 1975"

The poster is from a October 31, 1975 concert in Dusseldorf, Germany. A few weeks later (November 21, 1975), they were in Baton Rouge at the LSU Assembly Center. Probably the best concert I ever saw. -Rob

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Seems we're headed into a new era of the sanctity of free speech versus the sanctity of public safety. Most of us acknowledge that free speech doesn't allow us to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater. Are some of the events being planned via wireless devices and social media websites the equivalent of that? The answer surely depends partly on where you stand when the event occurs. If you're in on the planning, you might have a different view of the person who just happens to be near where your event is to take place. If you're the police on the scene and you have no idea what the purpose of the event is, you may have an entirely different view. And if you're writing from the relative safety of your desk, like I am, you may have another view. No purity to be found here, folks. It's a tough, tough call. A few years ago, a flash mob decided to hold hands at a specific time at a train station in Europe. It was a large group of people. If I miss my train because I had to go around that huge mob, I'd have been pretty upset about it. It's one thing to have your say in the public square, it's something else altogether when you take it over and deny it to others.

I offer two from the CrabAppleLane Backyard. The birds like the new feeder but they're very cautious during the day because of its exposure. They eat all of the seed Patsy puts on it, though. Cautious, at first, and then, all in.

CrabAppleLane Cardinal - August 14, 2011

CrabAppleLane Cardinal - August 14, 2011

25 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Lights Out - UFO - Lights Out
2. Sons Of Scotland - A Shot At Glory Soundtrack - Mark Knopfler
3. Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young - Freedom
4. Copland: Billy The Kid - Rodeo - Aaron Copland: London Symphony Orchestra - Copland: Greatest Hits
5. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Quote of the Day

The prosecutor also confirmed Norwegian media reports that police received several phone calls from Breivik himself during the terror attack, but wouldn't say how police had reacted to the calls.

Associated Press via MSNBC

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Quote from said blog: "Despite a few generic moments, Lights Out is probably the best studio document of what elevated UFO above the '70s hard rock fray."

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Harrison Ford Settles a Feud. Totally viral now. And hilarious. :)

What did Chicago Cubs fans ever do to deserve this knucklehead? Bugs Bunny would call him an ultra-maroon.

29 years? Geez, what's the rush?

I didn't find anything particularly impressive about the Saints as a team last night. The starting defenses for both teams held their offensive counterparts in check. The Saints are a lot deeper than the 49ers and that showed once the starters were gone. A few Saints players looked good, though. More here, if you're interested.

26 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Shape Of My Heart - Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales
2. Sick And Tired - Eric Clapton - Pilgrim
3. Take Me To The River - The Commitments - The Commitments
4. Waiting For Her - Mark Knopfler - Cal
5. Na Laetha Geal M'óige - Enya -Watermark

Quote of the Day

"I'm done with that 'Star Wars' crap and I'm done with you,” Solo shouted as he kicked the Wookiee out of his dressing room.

The Marquee Blog

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Quote from said blog: "Some of the lapses were a result of Saints' blitzes that weren't picked up. Others occurred because individual linemen were beaten, sometimes by the Saints' backups."

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I loved pinball and was a fair player as a kid but there were guys way better than me. They all cheated. :) There is a technique some players developed that we called "biffing". When the ball goes down one of the sides and starts going to the return, a timely bump or biff could put the ball back in play. I was not very good at that. I dropped all my money on pinball more than a few times. Those guys could play on a quarter all night. I had no idea pinball machines have been around for 140 years. Amazing.

The QOTD mystifies me as does most of that industry. Hooray for Hollywood, I suppose. OK, I guess I'll bite. Why can't Corey be the one? Anyone?

Starting tonight, the Saints play 5 games in 27 days. The first four don't count and I don't care if they win any of those. They'll be taking on the 49ers and new head coach, Jim Harbaugh, tonight. More here if you're interested.

27 days until Saints v Packers

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Fade To Black - Dire Straits - On Every Street
2. Paranoid - Grand Funk Railroad - Live Album
3. Nothing Is True - Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor
4. The Grand Finale - Styx - The Grand Illusion
5. Nitty Gritty Mississippi - Ry Cooder - Crossroads

Quote of the Day

There's one person to blame in the death of Corey Haim. And that person happens to be a Hollywood mogul. And that person needs to be exposed, but, unfortunately, I can't be the one to do it.

Corey Feldman

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Forget buying gifts for other people — what should Hollywood fans get for themselves?"

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WOW, just WOW. Amazing on every level.

The QOTD is a bit misleading. I don't think there are significant savings to backyard gardening. I've been doing it for 20 years. I do it for the taste and health benefits and because I enjoy it. My spring garden, including plants and fertilizer, costs me $75-$100 per year. I don't use pesticides. There's no way I would spend that much on those vegetables unless the ones in the stores tasted like my own. Vegetable gardening is worth doing if you have a backyard, some time, and a little patience. Unless you think you can sell your surplus, don't expect to save money. Settle for the much better food.

28 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops - Rock 'n Roll Relix 1968-1969
2. Garden Of Eden - Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
3. Run Riot - Def Leppard - Hysteria
4. This Christmas - Patti Austin - Music Boulevard 2nd Anniversary Celebration
5. Two Car Garage - B.J. Thomas - All The Hits

Quote of the Day

Growing your own vegetable garden is a hobby that may keep some money in your wallet. However, it is possible to overspend and lose the financial benefits. Engage in it only if you enjoy the work and you may save money on your grocery bill at the same time.

Angie Mohr, Investopedia

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Quote from said blog: "rabbit..."

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As I was looking out the window eating my lunch yesterday, a man pulled into the Quiznos parking lot. He was holding his mobile phone to his ear. Got out of his SUV, came into the restaurant and got in line, ordered his sandwich, told the attendant what he wanted on it, paid for it, sat down and ate it, and got back in his SUV and left. He did all of that one-handed while he was talking on his phone. He must have done it before. Quite amazing. My self-absorption, pretty substantial at lunchtime, thoroughly pales next to that. I bow to your awesomeness, sir.

29 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks, 1964-1971
2. Drowned - The Who - Quadrophenia
3. Homesick Again - Nazareth - Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll
4. What's Goin' On Here - Deep Purple - Burn
5. Methamphetamine - O.C.M.S. - Tennessee Pusher

Quote of the Day

Minnesota actually got younger at quarterback by acquiring 34-year-old Donovan McNabb

James Walker, ESPN

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Quote from said blog: "She was having a horrific cellphone conversation. She continued her phone conversation, at a level that could’ve been heard 20 feet away. And the contents of this call? Definitely should have been Puh-rivate."

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If soccer ever grabs a bigger US audience, I wonder how people will react if a professional team signs an American 7-year-old. Here's the other thing from that story:

a Real Madrid spokesman insisted the team has signed younger players in the past

Younger than 7? I suppose there are degrees of unconscionable. How committed is Real Madrid to that kid? What are they going to do three or four years from now when the pressure starts building on him? Not just him, though. His parents, teachers, and coaches are going to feel that pressure, too. Is Real Madrid going to pay for the therapy? What are they going to do when the other kids start catching up to and maybe even surpassing his abilities? The NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB have rules against this for good reason. A 7-year-old is entirely too young to have his career charted for him. Whatever body governs soccer needs to step up and stop this before we find out just how unconscionable they can get.

30 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. The Way - Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy
2. If I Could - Seal - Seal
3. Not That Funny - Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
4. Dreaming Of You - The Coral - The Coral
5. Jargon - Kim Novak - Pancake Bellyache

Quote of the Day

George Clooney's girlfriends just keep getting younger

Lori Smith, Denver Post

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Quote from said blog: "A seven-year-old called Leo Angel Coira, has allegedly been signed by Real Madrid if reports on an Argentinian Sports Daily called Ole are to be believed."

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How we should remember General Patton:

It’s advertised as a woodsy blend of lavender, citrus, coconut, cedar, sage, tonka bean, bergamot, lime, and the ad copy says it will “elicit feelings of majestic woodlands and endless horizons.”

Throw out your Hai Karate and Old Spice.

The Best Dancing Groundskeeper in the Majors.

About today's QOTD: "Nick" means "steal" and "trainers" are "running shoes". I love that someone at MSNBC felt the need to translate the UK's English into American English. :) Kinda made my morning. Excellent (Jolly good).

31 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Hungry Daze - Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
2. Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks, 1964-1971
3. Calling Elvis - Dire Straits - On Every Street
4. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent
5. Word On A Wing - David Bowie - Station To Station

Quote of the Day

This is quite a small group of people within our community in London who ... are frankly looking for stuff to nick (steal). They are picking particular kinds of stores, whether it's because they want a new set of trainers (running shoes) or whatever.

London's Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse

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Quote from said blog: "It's very much a 1950's television neighborhood, if you know what I mean....everyone is walking their dogs after work and everyone knows everyone."

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Just a few items on this beautiful, but hot, CrabAppleLane Sunday.

Happy Belated 100th Birthday, Lucy.

My office soft drink machine is out of quarters and gives all nickels and dimes for change. Got a 1936 "Indian Head" nickel the other day. If there's a politically correct way to describe it, consider it described. These were still in circulation when I was a kid as were wooden nickels but both were somewhat rare. Even more rare today. Doubt it's worth much more than a nickel but I'm keeping it.

We've been looking at furniture lately. We're just browsing now but might pull the trigger if something we see is too good to pass up. One of the stores, where we saw stuff we like, has their own credit card and special financing deals on certain selections. I started to apply for it today and was cruising along until I hit the line below.

Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for Purchases and Balance Transfers 29.99%

Even though everything I was interested in was 0% interest for X number of months, I could never agree to any terms at 30% interest. By the way, that X number of months thing is a trap. If you make the last payment on the day it's due, you'll be over the X number of months and they charge you interest for all X number of months. Pretty severe if X is 24 or 48, like it was on some of the furniture we liked. It's still a good way to get things but you have to be aware of the trap and pay it off a month or two early.

I don't think anyone can ever improve on the original Rolling Stones studio recording of Gimme Shelter but this live version from Grand Funk Railroad's Caught in the Act Album is the best live version I've ever heard. Better than any Stones live version I've heard. Not a big fan of the Stones live. I have Caught in the Act on vinyl and CD. GFR was one of the great live bands of the 70s. Their two live albums are better than any of their studio albums. The QOTD is from The Railroad, one of my faves off of that album.

School starts tomorrow here. Shortest summer ever.

32 days until football season ...

I offer two from the CrabAppleLane yard. The Big Leaf Magnolia suffered its first really hot Bush summer day about a week ago. Burned the leaves a bit. I've since covered it with a black mesh. Seems to be keeping it alive. The backyard is green all over thanks to relentless rain followed by relentless sunshine.

CrabAppleLane Big Leaf Magnolia - August 7, 2011

CrabAppleLane Backyard - August 7, 2011

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. The Railroad - Grand Funk Railroad - Caught In The Act
2. Loco-Motion - Little Eva - The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 60's
3. Somebody To Roll - Nazareth - Play 'N' The Game
4. Reptile - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
5. How Many More Times - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I

Quote of the Day

Dirt and sweat
Running down my back
Work all day long
Up and down the railroad tracks
I'm a God fearing man
And with many I stand
And with God we've been working
All hand in hand

Grand Funk Railroad, The Railroad

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Quote from said blog: "I really haven’t formed my final opinion on the whole coal port topic. I’m somewhat of an environmentalist when it comes to burning coal but I also see that it can be burned in a friendly manner."

Spectacular photography. -Rob

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Laugh of the morning from Greg Rosenthal. I don't think I'll miss that annual ritual but I think some reporters and pundits will.

It’s just not August in the NFL until some reporter is camping out in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Preparation H for your face. Make your own jokes.

Roseanne for President. And again, make your own jokes.

MLB warns about steroid alternative in deer spray. OK, this one is beyond ridiculous.

About today's QOTD: That's just wrong. A six-run lead is not safe. Stealing with that lead is good baseball.

33 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Stone Cold Crazy - Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
2. Steamroller - James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
3. Otto Titsling - Bette Midler - Beaches
4. Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone - iTunes Download
5. Wizards In Winter - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve

Quote of the Day

Tempers flared when Ramirez hit Victorino in the lower back with a pitch, moments after Jimmy Rollins stole second with a six-run lead.

AP via USA Today

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Quote from said blog: "Everyone knows my love of burgers but I also love hot dogs! I'm not ashamed of grabbing a Lucky Dog when I'm in the Quarter and have tried to get my kids and wife to agree to rent a Lucky Dog cart for one of their birthday parties."

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"English, motherfucker. Do you speak it?"

You should know that I'm thinking about people whose first and only language IS English.

Marshall Faulk is one of the good guys in the NFL. Won me a Fantasy Football Championship once, too. Congrats to him on his election to the NFL Hall-of-Fame. He deserves it.

34 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. City To City - Gerry Rafferty - City To City
2. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Super Hits 1967
3. Long Gone - Bryan Adams - Reckless
4. More Today Than Yesterday - The Spiral Starecase - The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 60's
5. Kilgary Mountain (Whiskey in the Jar) - Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning: The Encore Collection

Quote of the Day

This is the first baby for the mother, 6-year-old Sandee, and Ryburn said after three exhausting hours of labor, Sandee leaned down and kissed the top of her baby’s head.

Suzanne Le Breton, St Tammany News

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Quote from said blog: "I spent the week with the likes of this machine"

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Just some random thoughts today. I don't know any company that is hiring right now except the NFL ... and that's only temporary. This is no longer a chicken/egg thing. It's a chicken/chicken thing. Who can outlast who? A substantial portion of the populace is unemployed or underemployed. Business is down everywhere. If everyone is waiting on government for encouragement or incentive or if they're waiting on government to create favorable conditions, I think they're going to be waiting a while. Government at all levels is sharply divided. They can hardly do anything. Uncertainty will be there a while. I wonder how many citing government uncertainty now also claim their success came in spite of government. My guess is all of them. :) Government is always an obstacle ... except when it's not.

Please. Not again.

35 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Jelly Jelly - The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers And Sisters
2. Suicide Solution - Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
3. Kinda I Want To - Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
4. Cold Fire - Rush - Counterparts
5. Stagefright - Def Leppard - Pyromania

Quote of the Day

It’s one more example, he said, of how American political campaigns have gone “back to the future” and to the “pre-Watergate days (of 1972) when Richard Nixon was raising unlimited amounts of money without disclosure.”

Michael Isikoff, MSNBC.com

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Quote from said blog: "Janet Jackson wants to get in your face"

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Truly surprising story in The New Yorker this week. I haven't read it all yet but I intend to. It's the Bin Laden Raid. The writer, Nicholas Schmidle, is not someone I've read before but he provides a lot of details that have the "ring of truth". I'm inclined to believe everything I've read so far (Page 4). Totally fascinating.

Another bus trip from hell, as if there's another kind.

Today's QOTD is right out of a mystery novel. Glad she's OK and please catch that dweeb.

36 days until football season ...

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Southbound - The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers And Sisters
2. Goodbye Says It All - Blackhawk - BlackHawk
3. Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound Of Thunder
4. You're A Better Man Than I - The Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul And Other Hits
5. Tyrant - Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

Quote of the Day

The manner in which it was located in proximity to the young lady was such that it has taken us the better part of 10 hours to secure her release

New South Wales state Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch

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Quote from said blog: "Abbottabad Compound"

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I offer the grandest tip of the cap to Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona on her spectacular return to Congress yesterday. I caught it live on the radio on my way home last night. What a moment. Get well soon, Gabby.

Randy Moss announced his retirement yesterday. I'm not totally convinced. He has offers but they're reflective of half-ass Randy, not all-in Randy. More thoughts on that guy here.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. 5:15 - The Who - Quadrophenia
2. 5.15 A.M. - Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La
3. T.N.T. - AC/DC - High Voltage
4. The Eyes Of Truth - Enigma - The Cross Of Changes
5. Big Country - Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Greatest Hits Of The 20th Century

Quote of the Day

I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics. I had to be here for this vote. I could not take the chance that my absence could crash our economy.

Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona

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Quote from said blog: "As I told the person concerned, I cancel, friends, family, clients, colleagues, when I need to. It’s not nice, I hate doing it and over the years I have worked hard to drop the associated guilt. If people think I am a flake, so be it. Try having young toddlers, living in pain and still smiling."

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I don't find anything particularly romantic about D.B. Cooper and never have. That the FBI might finally catch up with him is OK by me. That said, I hope he's still alive and can tell that story. I remember it. Lots of people say they can disappear and no one will ever find them but very few people actually do it. Hijacking was all the rage in the early 70s. People used to hijack planes to Cuba. Bet most of them would like to hijack one back now. The 911 hijackers changed everything about hijacking.

Best race EVER.

About today's BOTD: The ultimate zombie protection. Wonder if it comes in yellow.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. I Can Learn - The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
2. Nothing at All - Status Quo - STATUS QUO The Collection
3. Cheatin' - Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
4. Closer To The Heart - Rush - Chronicles
5. Cajun Waltz - Sonny Landreth - South Of I-10

Quote of the Day

The official escape vehicle of the zombie apocalypse

Subaru

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Quote from said blog: "One of the safest places you could be when the zombies attack is at sea. Zombies will probably not swim very well, but they can probably float. So you need to be careful so they don’t get on to your boat. What you could do is stay safely under the water in a luxury submarine."

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