In honor of the moon

There's a communion wafer moon
Dissolving on the blue tongue of the sky

Sometimes the whole world is nothing
So much
As an altar inviting us
To kneel

-Linford Detweiler

You can find more "poem of the week" at the otr site.

Let this dark night be done

Life for me seems to be a circle. The end of one thing becomes a new thing or change is a simple form of death and birth that feels like marrying then divorcing both heaven and hell in an inexorable circle forever and ever amen. Life is death. Pain is a prelude to rebirth. I am inside out. Or maybe just upside down. But one the one thing I do know is this; I do not know which way up is.

It's o.k., you're my only ray of light on a cloudy day

Oh, the joy of walking out of a concert where you felt really good donating to a beneficial cause helping children and donating your evening listening to wonderful music (the highlight was Marshall Mclean) to find that your rear car window has been smashed out by some obnoxious vandal (who suprisingly, steals nothing)...

Oh the joy of realizing that, out of all the people walking up and down Spokane city streets at night, the only ones who stopped and asked if I was o.k., needed any help, a ride or if there was anything they could do was a couple. Funny, they just happened to be from that local "anarchist group" that got arrested for sitting in the park, post protest. I had a photo of him from the arrest but cant find it. Small, small world.

Current mood?

Listen and find out:

Simple Town

Chimeras

I can't get this creature out of my way; killing it, is not an option

I'm feeling a little random at the moment... perhaps the cd release party I am going to tonight will help with that but I doubt it. Kristen Marlo will be there as well as my buddy Matt Russell. Besides, its a benefit for the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursury.

So, have you ever wondered how inmates spend there time? Well here in the US of A they do fun stuff like lift weights. You know good man stuff. pondering this I found this video of a Philipino prison... ENJOY.

Beheading the broken, suicide of love

...forgiveness comes from spending years
of peddling the faulty wares
till finally you say "who cares
this seems to be my lot
I've gotten what I've got"
and i don't mean a perfect thing
is nowhere to be found
the rain is red and faultless
it is falling all around

-The Rain is Red- Diane Cluck

Majestic solitude, behold the tower

Some friends of mine are making a movie...

Light a candle

Ash and Cylina sing

Tribute

The memorial video

Bottle and a hotel

Things seem strange. It feels like something is going on. Something important. Something hidden from me. It pulls at the fringes of my awareness yet refuses to reveal itself. Makes me want to dissapear on the road for a while...

Please hand me the Oregano...

Life seems a little like an episopde of the B/W Twilight Zone at the moment. Like everything seems normal but you know its not. I feel like I have been waiting for someone to jump out and try to stab me in the face or cut my toe off or something... Got a strange puffy infection in the palm of my hand... I cut/dug it open with my knife. Cleaned the puss out. The next morning it was almost totaly healed. Not sore, not pink, not hot to the touch. As if it had been a week. you can barely tell it was there.
Yeah, I don't know.

Two birds, a dime, mint jelly and whiskey for everyone

Last night after getting two comp tickets, I went to see Buckwheat Zydeco. Man, let me tell you that man may be getting up there (he's 60) but he can still kick it up. He played the Hammond as well as the Accordion. The band rocked, floating back and forth between Blues, Zydeco, Cajun and Reggae. I thought the old white couple cutting a rug in front of me were about to break their collective hips. Everybody was singing along and dancing. from 6 months to 70's. Funny, I just wished the whole show was in somebodys backyard during a barbque with a whole lotta beer.

She passed thru

Being bound is a means of finding freedom

Well, I am going to back up a little bit and talk about the dinner I made Sunday because it was amazing...
I bar-b-qued shrimp and sea scallop kabobs, crab clusters and a flat iron steak marinated in teriyaki. I also had a green salad with drizzled with a 10 year old balsamic & blue cheese. Sliced tomatoes, onions and mozzarella with balsamic. Steamed heirloom fingerling red, purple and gold potatoes finished in a pan with butter and italian seasoning. Baked up a nice garlic bread. Topped it all off with a couple of nice Gouden Haven.
MMMM.
I suppose its all a bit extravagant for a single guy like me but its not like I had anything better to do on a lazy sunday evening and it sure as hell was good.

Chains as a metaphor

So I rode to work today on a bicycle...carried my lunch and a change of clothes in a backpack. 35 minutes total time. Takes 20 to drive, so apparently I made good time. I would like to know just how far it is exactly. Get this under my belt a few times and we will see if I can shave some time off or find a faster route...

Nothing is innocent now

"The Trumpet Child" streets on August 21st. This is their 9th amazing/beautiful record.
The record is wonderful. I listened to it all day today. Buy it.

Sin & Salvation

A man needs a maid-
Neil Young



My life is changing
in so many ways
I don't know who
to trust anymore
There's a shadow running
thru my days
Like a beggar going
from door to door.
I was thinking that
maybe I'd get a maid
Find a place nearby
for her to stay.
Just someone
to keep my house clean,
Fix my meals and go away.
A maid. A man needs a maid.
A maid.
It's hard to make that change
When life and love
turns strange.
And old.
To give a love,
you gotta live a love.
To live a love,
you gotta be "part of"
When will I see you again?
A while ago somewhere
I don't know when
I was watching
a movie with a friend.
I fell in love with the actress.
She was playing a part
that I could understand.
A maid. A man needs a maid.
A maid.
When will I see you again?

Is fat city next?

I have been a little worn out lately. With all the heat, a car that works except for when it (usually in the heat) sometimes doesn't (which means the last 2 weeks have been hell), 2 empty apartments, a faulty sprinkler system, lack of good sleep and a generaly mild malaise... on the upside I have been eating good food and drinking good beer. I even tried out the new ice cream shop. Very tasty. They have this mango sorbet...

Were no cars go

Apparently that is the state I seem to be living in. See, as my luck would have it, it took me four hours to drive home the other night with the car dying every 1/2 mile or so in 100 degree weather. Yet another blissful car issue... I will be replacing the ignition module and hoping that does the trick. If not, well then its on to fun stuff like the fuel pump, (located on top of the gas tank) fuel filter, and perhaps even the mass air flow sensor. But I really hope this does the trick.

Protesters of police brutality get bagged

Local area protesters got rounded up on the fourth of July while protesting police brutality. There has to be some sort of irony in this... They marched and gathered near the clock tower. But I actually believe it was the other parkgoers that provoked the whole confrontation calling them commies and such. The news called them "Anarchists" I think they are more likely just social activists. they don't want war and violence. Most are actually anti-gun vegitarians and put forth ideas like "food not bombs" etc. Funny how we think they are the "hooligans".

"Calmer than you. I'm calmer than you Dude. Calmer than you"-Walter Sobchek

There do seem to be a lot of "accidental deaths" recently at the hands of police. That is not to say that these gentlemen are gone wild but perhaps some are over the edge. that said accidents do happen. I don't believe "TASERS ARE BAD" just that their use is only needed in extreme cases.

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/sections/zehm/?ID=141635

The list of 2006 Taser-related deaths:
January 3, 2006: Roberto Gonzalez, 34, Waukegan, Illinois

January 13, 2006: Daryl Dwayne Kelley, 29, Houston, Texas

January 22, 2006: Nick Ryan Hanson, 24, Ashland, Oregon

January 25, 2006: Murray Bush, Metairie, Louisiana

January 27, 2006: Jorge Luis Trujillo, San Jose, California

January 28, 2006: Karl W. Marshall, 32, Kansas City, Missouri

January 31, 2006: Jaime Coronel, Castroville, California

February 13, 2006: Darval Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana

February 19, 2006: Gary Bartley, 36, Mandeville, Louisiana

February 24, 2006: Samuel Hair, 48, Fort Pierce, Florida

March 4, 2006: Melvin Anthony Jordan, 27, Norman, Oklahoma

March 8, 2006: Robert R. Hamilton, 42, St. Augustine, Florida

March 18, 2006: Otto Zehm, 35, Spokane, Washington

March 20, 2006: Timothy Grant, 46, Portland, Oregon

March 24, 2006: Theodore Rosenberry, 35, Hagerstown, Maryland

April 5, 2006: Thomas Clint Tipton, 34, Clearwater, Florida

April 15, 2006: Nick Mamino Jr., 41, St. Louis, Missouri

April 16, 2006: Billy Ray Cook, 39, Dublin, North Carolina

April 16, 2006: Juan Manuel Nunez III, 27, Lubbock, Texas

April 21, 2006: Alvin Itula, 35, Salt Lake City, Utah

April 24, 2006: Jose Romero, 23, Dallas, Texas

April 24, 2006: Emily Marie Delafield, 56, Green Cove Springs, Florida

May 1, 2006: Jeremy Davis, 24, Bellmead, Texas

May 7, 2006: Kenneth Cleveland, 63, Ashtabula, Ohio

May 25, 2006: Brian Davis, 43, Los Angeles, California

June 4, 2006: Felipe Herrera, 48, Las Vegas, Nevada

June 13, 2006: Jerry Preyer, 43, Pensacola, Florida

June 18, 2006: Jason Troy Dockery, 31, Coolville, Tennessee

June 21, 2006: Kenneth Eagleton, 43, Crosby, Texas

June 21, 2006: Joseph Stockdale, 26, Indianapolis, Indiana

July 7, 2006: Michael Deon Babers, 26, Shreveport, Louisiana

July 8, 2006: Christopher Tull, 36, Cincinnati, Ohio

July 9, 2006: Nickolos Cyrus, 29, Mukwonago, Wisconsin

Iphigene (Angel)

Trapped Beauty.

Don't become the thing you hated

Well, The "rae/y's" came up for the holiday. We looked at invitations although they don't know if they want to send any out. We had a good couple of days and some excellent food if I do say so myself. The fireworks at pavillion park were rather anti-climactic. A bit of a long wait for a let down. I mean the big finale was all of about 2-3 seconds and about 8 shells. The whole show was low in the sky behind the trees and just kind of a disapointment. but we tried to have a good time regardless. They will be leaving tonignt about 4 and driving in the heat of the day. ugh. since it is supposed to get to 105 today. I think they should drive in the cool of the evening but what the hell do I know.

What we learned in

Krung-dēvamahānagara amararatanakosindra mahindrayudhyā mahātilakabhava navaratanarājadhānī purīrāmasya utamarājanivēsana mahāsthāna amaravimāna avatārasthitya shakrasdattiya vishnukarmaprasiddhi, (Translates The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukam) Thailand and how we acted on it.

(1) Do not bend down and look between your legs. You will see a ghost.
(2) Do not sweep dirt out of the front entrance. It will make all your money go away.
(3) Do not sweep at night. It is bad luck.
(4) Do not clean the spider web at night. You will lose all your money.
(5) Do not open an umbrella in the house. It will make you bald.
(6) Do not eat candy that has dropped on the floor. It now belongs to the ghost.
(7) Do not put valuable things away at night. The ghost will see and steal it.
(8) Do not keep broken Buddha images in the house. It will cause your family to be separated.
(9) Do not tell other people about your bad dream when you are eating or it will come true.
(10) Do not rock an empty cradle. Your child will become sick.
(11) Do not throw anything onto the roof of the house. It is bad luck.
(12) Do not tap a kid on his head. It will make him a bed wetter.
(13) Do not enter a house through the window. Bad luck will come to that house.
(14) Do not allow wedding guests break any plates or glasses or the couple will separate.
(15) If you have a scratch, do not attend a cremation. It will make your scratch infected.

Lazy Sunday or Sailing

After swims and foods and beers, nothing beats lazy sunday sailing...