Finger Pointing, Eyebrows Low

I've been following the newest (biggest) doping scandal in cycling, but I don't know if I'm surprised or not about this latest, somewhat unprecedented news. (Same old, same old?)

This is a real place in Ohio.

I once heard that the high school in Chardon had to keep replacing the C.

Wormy, Mealy

The new MacBooks, now that I've spotted a few in action, look like they suck. They're too white (unless they're black) and prone to griminess, they shiny screen looks like a cheapo OfficeMax laptop, and the widescreen makes it too short, top to bottom. I've read about excessive heat, battery problems and a lack of Universal software. I was thinking of getting one when my AppleCare runs out on the iBook, but now I just don't know. The Pros are too expensive (as usual), so maybe they'll put out a larger screen model later, like they did with the 14" iBooks? (I've been happy with mine, even though the screen res didn't change from the 12".) Plus, they've got some issues to get worked out, so...
Wait and see, I guess...

Arsed, as in Can't Be

Too True

Just a reminder, Coke Blak sucks ass.
Don't forget, kids!
It's like they took some flat Coke, dissolved those old fashioned coffee candies in it and then put it in a new bottle. Yuck!

I may have mentioned this before even.

I Pulled in to Nazareth...

In a 42 minute stretch of time to myself, not counting hundreds of miles on Route 80, I stopped off at the Martin factory and museum. It wasn't hard to get to at all. In fact, I recommend going again, since I didn't have time to do a factory tour. The museum was a fascinating way to pass the time, but I was disappointed to discover that the Martin gift shop is not a Martin dealer, so the only guitars you can buy there are these candy colored mini things. Still, t-shirts and stickers sell pretty well, I'd bet. And mugs. And picks. And fancy bridge pins. And hangers. And strings.
(I didn't buy all of those things!)

Country Rock Stole Your Dad

Whatever you do, don't buy an HP Desksomethingorother 39somethingorother. They eat color cartridges (normal res, normal color saturation) every like 20 pages. Full pages, mind you, but still!

It Feels Like...
Recent weather:


Recent cover (not a Song of the Month, just a recording):
I was 6 years old, Robyn was, I think 21.

AND, Happy Birthday, LITTLE BROTHER! I remember when you were born! And that time Mom left a razor in the tub and you cut your fingers to ribbons...and that time you teased Morris until he jumped up and gashed your chest--that was when we first moved in to the house.

also, Brian Nupp rules too, in his own Nupp way. He shall hereafter and forever be known as "The Wormgifter." With good reason.

Scooters!...VERY FAST SCOOTERS!
OK, I know some are real and actually have some connection to the band/artist, but I'm beginning to think that that a lot of Myspace band pages are either fan-run things or just marketing tools run by labels/managers/publicists. AFAIK the Decemberists one is one of the fan dealies. Corrina and Deni and Adam and Rachel and Steve and Richard and Maggie and Brian do actually do theirs. I know Billy has something to do with his. Petra too maybe? Some of the others, I just don't know. Like Brian and Amanda. And Art Brut. And a couple more.


Ah, the joys of Michigan...

Stay off the crack!
Someday I'm gonna do a painting on these scraps of canvas I have.


June Song of the Month clips. clip1 clip2