1. Happy Fourth of July. I’d be more happy about it myself if my president and his entourage weren’t buzzing my house in their big black helicopters even as I type this. Get outta my town.
2. Ran the 4th of July 5k this morning - my knee is still a little bothersome, but at least I can run and race and not do too badly.
3. My softball season finished last night with a rare and unexpected win. The team has one more game next week but I’ll be in Cleveland, and I’m not playing in the fall league, so I’m done for the year.
4. From the never-ending “right-wing nut-job news” department, via George Loper, “christian” news reports about sprinter Tyson Homosexual.
5. I might have already posted this - I feel like I’ve seen it before anyway? - but even so, it bears another look: From stuffonmycat.com, Cats that look like Wilford Brimley.
6. Your obligatory independence day Jesse-the-dog photo. Strike a pose.
And then, after I’ve fallen, I notice the warm, red blood on my knees. I don’t seem to be bleeding badly; I’m not in pain. I almost laugh. I roll onto my side, then my back, and all I know is the hunger of last night in my belly, and the warmth of today on my face.
I remember reading an interview that Bob Dylan gave back in the 80’s or early 90’s. When asked what songwriters he admired, Dylan mentioned Gordon Lightfoot. That surprised the hell out of me, because I had always taken Lightfoot to be a silly, pop-oriented guy. Of course, Bob was right.
“When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you wont read that book again
Because the ending’s just too hard to take”
-Gordon Lightfoot, “If You Could Read My Mind”
“So hear my words with faith and passion
For what I say to you is true
And when you find the one you might become
Remember part of me is you”
-Lyle Lovett, “Simple Song”
“And remembering the coming back
And not crying about the leaving
And remembering the falling down
And the laughter of the curse of luck”
-Lyle Lovett, “This Old Porch”
1. We lost yet again in softball last night. We’re 4-10 now I think.
2. Got yarn? Knit Spock ears!
3. Vista’s so bad, even Intel won’t use it.
4. Wired’s Drive-in movie photo gallery.
5. Closer than they appear:
Relief, Natural and Turn are the three new mixed media pieces on the website.
The Dems need to be hitting this hard. All day. Every day. If the average working men and women of this country were made to understand the real story of how the republicans have raped the poor people of this country over the last eight years (and how they plan to continue this), there wouldn’t be a republican elected official above the rank of dogcatcher anywhere outside of Utah. (Link from Open Left).
Why I’m Voting Repubublican.
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Daily.
Movie: Cashback: This sweet little movie delivers on everything it sets out for: Thoughtful, artistic, smart, funny, visual, quiet, a little dark, a little silly, and beautiful. Not many small-budget films achieve this consistency of mood without falling on their face in some other way. Well done.
There’s so much beauty everywhere…
I forgot to post this before. A new record was set a couple of weeks ago. Let’s all celebrate.
