Radiator/no water/car smoking?/cell battery dead/

shit/park it/hoof it/pay phone? another mile/mcd's/

coffee/phone/restroom/caffeine/help on it's way/ahhhhh/

ain't life grand?/how was YOUR morning?





Remember when macrame was a huge fad? Was it in the mid 70's when it began? I made a handbag, and the obligatory plant hangers. Here's a site with macrame owls. Oh hell, I probably made them, too. Admit it. You did macrame, too, didn't you? They're so kitschy, they're probably fetching mucho dineros now. Anybody?



Seventy-something, tree-hugging, Sweet Lorraine got her own domain name. A gift from her daughter, Kitty. As in Full Moon Graphics Kitty.





Yes, one more Stones Toronto concert picture and mention and I'm off to read all about last night's festivities, especially concerning Mick.



Quote For Today

It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

~Unknown



Go ask Alice.

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Good Wednesday morning to you. Yesterday was productive. We closed the deal on a house yesterday. Which means we can move almost immediately. Now the fun begins.....not.



Cheers, Queers! ...as Carson says. The Fab5 pulled off another super feat last night so a straight guy could propose to his girlfriend. Bravo tries to snag female viewers. Consider me snagged.



Start 'Em Up!

Stones gig to be broadcast live to troops overseas. Troops working overseas in places like Afghanistan, Bosnia and Egypt will get to see the 11-hour MuchMoreMusic program, noon to 11 p.m. through the Canadian Forces television network. Official Concert Site {Bands performing: The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, The Guess Who, Rush, Justin Timberlake, Sam Roberts, The Flaming Lips, Kathleen Edwards, The Isley Brothers, Sass Jordan, La Chicane}. Plus, hosts Dan Akroyd and Jim Belushi, and almost a half million (500,000) expected. I wonder who the suprise guests will be? McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Bono? The amazing price is $16.00 US; and they're setting up a 1/4 mile of barbeque. Pics and more links here. Next best thing to being there. Live updates and highlights.



bloghdad news

whatthehellhappenedlastnight is a nice find. Maggie's now making a log-cabin quilt. In between washing curtains and boxing up a few things, I'll try and bloghop a little today.



Quote For Today

Love the earth and sun and animals,

Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,

Stand up for the stupid and crazy,

Devote your income and labor to others...

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

~Walt Whitman



I love Wednesdays. It's one of my 7 favorite days of the week.

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Good Morning.....



Ideally, I'd like to see Saddam Hussein captured and tried for war crimes. My gripe is with the unoriginal worn-out wording in the print media and television news about our closing in on him. If the noose gets any tighter, I'm going to scream. Surely you know the 'noose' I'm talking about. "The-Noose-Is-Tightening-Around-Saddam" Noose. That's gotta be some motherfucking big-ass noose.



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Come on kids. All this j-school talent floating around and this is as original as you can get?



Internet rises to Dean's challenge.



Republocrat Joe Lieberman pissing them all off yesterday. Pick a side of the fence and stick with it, Joe. Your balancing act is making me dizzy.



Suu Kyi Update Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won a sweeping victory in a general election held in 1990, but Myanmar's military rulers refused to recognize the vote and held on to power. She was captured by the opposition and is currently held against her will at an undisclosed location.



Red Cross visits Suu Kyi. US Sanctions may deal Myanmar economy a death blow.



Quote For Today

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. ~Edgar Allen Poe



What wine goes with mood stabilizers?

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It's Monday....slap on that plastic grin and fake it today.



At the Drum Circle Saturday night, Skye (my daughter) and her friend, Jess, went inside the circle to dance as the drums were being played. She also played someone's drum and was very good. In fact, when she was through, the guru drummer dude bent over with his hands prayer-like and said to her, "My child, you can have it. It's yours." And gave her his handmade drum. She's still floating on air. {this is a pic I found of some folks in Canada online; the Drum Circle we have each night in the summer is huge.}



A steady stream of festival-goers filed through the Jimi Hendrix Traveling Museum to get a taste of the late guitarist's legendary career. This and the drum circle plus other events were part of Asheville's (NC) Bele Chere festival, held annually and billed as the 'Largest Free Outdoor Street Festival in the Southeast'.



Marlys is celebrating a birthday today.

Happy Birthday, Marlys!



Stones to arrive in Toronto this evening. Sound check on Tuesday; concert Wednesday.



blog finds the detox left me jonesing for more. And Driving With Dawn is also a great ride.



Philosophy has a new shower gel line called 'Sweet Shop'. I ordered the Key Lime.



Quote For Today

As human beings, we share what is real. Joy, sorrow, care, courage, and tenderness are real. Tears are real, and so is laughter. These are the currency of the heart. They are meant to be exchanged. ~Unknown



Some say the glass is half empty, some say the glass is half full. I say, are you going to drink that damn thing or not?

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Good Sunday morning to you.....



Congratulations Blogathon-ers. Excellent work. And innovative formats. Rickie Beth kept us entertained with a Bloadway Musical Quiz. FSCK blogged on the run. Ailina was chatting live with folks.



NYTimes says Wired is the coolest magazine on the planet; Wired, the book just released on it's history, is reviewed. (HotWired on the net. Wired's been around as long as I've been on the internet in late 1996.)



Has anyone ever tried this Blog Change Bot? AIM or a chat client will notify you of an updated blog favorite.

The Bush Administration is threatening to veto legislation that would restore safeguards against further media consolidation (FCC). The Administration has warned Congress that, "If this amendment were contained in the final legislation presented to the President, his senior advisers would recommend that he veto the bill."



Please sign the petition below and urge President Bush to listen to the concerns of the American people and support the efforts in Congress to rollback the FCC rules. We need your voice to offset the political clout of the media giants. Join me in having your voice heard by signing this petition below. Sign The Petition

Sir Mick was greeted by shouts of "Happy birthday" and "We love you" as crowds gathered outside the Duplex club in Wenceslas Square in Prague last night to celebrate his 60th birthday. Party man Keith's amped up for the festivies, too.



Quote For Today

The wind causes waves to arise at the sea. Restless thoughts are the winds that bring waves and storms into the mind. Learn to calm down the winds of your mind, and you will enjoy great inner peace. Worries, fears, desires, restlessness, nervousness drive peace of mind away.

~Unknown



20 years of schooling and they put you on the day shift.

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Saturday...Good Morning.



Mick Jagger Turns 60 Today!



He'll be onstage in Prague tonight. The location of the party hasn't been disclosed and reports say it will be at the British Embassy, the BBC said. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel is among the guests invited. Jagger was born in Dartford, east of London, on July 26, 1943. He received a knighthood last year.



International Story Rumors of Paul McCartney and Christina Aguilera appearing with the Stones at their SARS benefit Toronto concert Wednesday, July 30. With 3,500 porta-potties already ordered, Downsview Park must be huge.



Local Story A robber with a conscience made a deposit into the drop-off box at the Blockbuster Video on Smoky Park Highway worthy of a Hollywood ending. Wednesday morning in the bin, usually home to movies collecting overdue fees, employees found cash, checks, coins and a note. "I'm sorry I robbed this store and I'm sorry for what I put the two employees through that were working that night," the unknown thief wrote. "I made a mistake so I returned all the money." What's making headlines in your community today?



Regional Story Another old fart mistakenly hit the gas pedal and plowed into the Farmer's Mkt injuring 6 people yesterday. Is a conspiracy taking place at Farmer's Markets now? Who are these fuckwits that mistake their gas pedal for the brakes? I don't think I've ever done that. Not straight, anyway. But if I did, would it take me a whole two minutes or so to realize what I was doing, or would I realize what I'd done after a fraction of a second? To mistakenly stomp on the gas for two whole minutes would give me enough time to balance my checkbook, make a grocery list, apply my makeup, and time left over to realize "Oops, wrong pedal."



WWW Story Blogathon 2003 Today. Better go offer some support as time permits today to Ailina, Witchy, Rickie Beth.....I know I'm forgetting someone else. Leave a comment so I can make the time to drop by.



Quote For Today

It is all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

~Mick Jagger



saturday morning me//

cig #3/visine/internet/barefootin'/

hot coffee/hot 'lanta/hot damn!/

olive cargo pants/black tank/

slept-in braid/looks like I just got laid/

listening: "shattered", the stones/

still got it made/how about you?/



Look on the bright side. And while you're doing that, I'll be over here looking through your stuff.

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Good Friday morning....



Very surreal about the dead Hussein brothers pics. Wish I hadn't viewed the close-up 'pores, nose hairs and all' pic that AOL had.



Here's Jeff Jarvis' AOL Journal (AOL's pending blogs) he's experimenting with. But if you're an AOL subscriber, beta blog your own damn self. I did.



Buy land on the moon. Great views; killer commute.



Hollywood Stock Exchange site has been around a long time. Buy stock in movies and actors.



Karen has experience massive heat waves in Utah in the 100's. Anyone else had 100°+ temps? And Sara had 105° in Sacreamento this week. I suppose MEG did also. I don't think it's ever been that hot here in the mountain range (NC) I live in.



Rob at Cockeyed has an interesting tale of How Much Is Inside A Chevy Trailblazer? that's currently making the rounds.



Another of those Email Mob Project gatherings Tuesday in Minneapolis at Fimoculous. Pics on his site. Here is the Smart Mob site with globally updated info on Mobs, including the recent Rome and upcoming Paris gatherings.



Quote For Today

You don't have to see the top of the staircase to take the first step. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.



If you can't laugh at yourself, allow me.

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Good Morning to you....and you...and oh, you, too.



I am the fickle browser chick. I've tried IE, Netscape, AOL-MSN-Earthlink's IE versions, Opera. And no matter how much I like one, I always go back to IE. It just has more bells and whistles. But now I'm trying out Mozilla Firebird. And so far, real good. It's certainly the fastest broswer, by far. Anyone use it?



Fun Link O'The Day is Name That Face.



** Even More Fun Link O'The Day is Arial VS Helvetica. Ultimate celebrity typeface smackdown. Just when I was ready to get down to some serious writing, someone sends me a plaything.



Guerilla artist, Robbie Conal's new book, Artburn is out. Looks good. [via boingboing]



Another validation I'm turning into my Mother. In the car this morning, I had to put a pillow behind my back to reach the pedals better. At 5'4", I'm the runt in my family. The way I'd stand by my Mother and pat her head is now being done to me by my daughter. Husband is 6'3", Daughter is 5'11", Son is 5'10". But I was tall in my Mother- Father- Sister-Myself family. My Mother is 5'0", Sister is 5'3", so my 5'4" was tall.



This photo of Marilyn Monroe which appeared n the December 1960 Playboy, will be auctioned at Christie's. It is expected to sell for $3,000 to $5,000. Also auctioned will be cartoons by Shel Silverstein and painted "Vargas girls" by artist Alberto Vargas.



Quote For Today

"When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice." ~William James (this is one line I have to tell myself over and over)



I'm out of estrogen and I've got a gun.



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Good morning....it's a mighty fine day in my neighborhood.



Google Alert could be useful. I'm trying it out now.



McSweeney's Brain Exploder: Celebrity "Phil" in the Blank is taking up too much of my time this morning as I try to 'phil' in the brain teasers.



First human tongue transplant a success. Insert your own 'tongue transplant' jokes here.



Bloghdad News

Maggie talks about sweetpeas; Theo tells us about 'Whale Rider'. Rhonda got that job she's been wanting. Shirl's celebrating 25 years at her job next month. While out one day, Kane recognized someone whose picture he'd recently seen on the internet.



**edited to add: (12:45pm) Saw Ziggy Marley last night at the Orange Peel. He's so spirutally humble and enlightened; it permeates the room. Very moving.



Quote For Today

Better is one's own law, though imperfectly carried out, than the law of another carried out perfectly. ~Bhagavad Gita



Break's over. Back to work.

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