Lee HS?

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I was gonna spend monday calling and/or faxing schools about math jobs.  I started off the day checking the web site and there was a new listing for Lee HS.  I called them, the secretary asked around, they said they had an opening, to fax my resumé.  So, I got to a fax machine and … Read more

Truckstop Honeymoon

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Truckstop Honeymoon opened up for Split Lip Rayfield last night at the CC.  A two piece hillbilly bluegrass band.  Washtub bass, and banjo.  I enjoyed them thouroughly.  Katie was 8 months pregnant. “THERE AIN’T NOTHING NICE ABOUT TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON. THEY PLAY BANJOS AND WASH TUBS. THEY SING HELL-BENT SONGS ABOUT JESUS AND ADULTERY. THEY SING … Read more

Faron Young

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My favorite 80’s song that Molly and the Ringwalds will never cover is Faron Young by Prefab Sprout, on their 1985 release Steve McQueen. That album was produced by Thomas Dolby, one of the best producers of the 80’s, IMHO. Apparently, SPIN magazine called the album one of the 30 best of all time.

When Love Breaks Down was a more popular song from the album, but the jangly Faron Young was always my favorite.

Listen in – faron.mp3

Antiques!
Every other sentiment’s an antique
As obsolete as warships in the baltic
I’m driving on a straight road it never alters
And the radio serenades but doesn’t falter

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Voting: Do It, and Vote NO

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We (in Texas) have an off-cycle election Saturday. 22 Texas Constitutional amendments. My Theory on Amendments. Vote NO.  Unless you’ve heard a lot of reasoned debate of the issue and agree to the yes vote, vote NO.  The Texas constitution is ridiculous. Why else would be be voting on 22 issues (only three you’ve likely … Read more

Alive Again

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so after a week of forced horizontalness from icky sickness, i actualy went to pseudo work (Continental Club) today, and then after a large fast food (ick) dinner, and hot shower briefly crashed out while listening to NPR ATC/Marketplace, got an odd call from a friend, down the street with many others, casualing at Onion … Read more

Flower Man

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/2088557

I was planning on going to help out on this project. Would have been fun. Damned Flu.

-b

Sept. 8, 2003, 9:21PM
Artistic ‘Flower Man’ gets new house, paint job, too
By ANDREW GUY JR.
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Paint cans sit on the ground, tops popped off, brushes dipping in and out. Sledge hammers lift and fall, crushing the dilapidated columns on the porch and the tile floors in the entrance. Workers scatter, lifting, squatting, brushing, sweeping.

“Yeah!” the Flower Man answers.

The door is painted.

Bright yellow.

“This is the only yellow that will bring out the life of this dead house,” the Flower Man says. “And it brightens up this corner.”

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