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MUSIC STUFFIt's good to be playing out again. The new band is House Arrest. Classic rock and blues and a whole bunch of fun. Check the events page for more information.I really haven't been buying much new music lately. It seems that I've reached the point in my life that I have all the old stuff and not much room for the new stuff. Guess I'd better get a I Pod.The grammies really got on my nerves. The show was good but when I looked at who won in the categories in which I knew people..I wanted to hang myself.Best Pop Instrumental category had Dave Koz, Chris Botti, Spyro Gyra,Kirk Whalum, and the Beastie Boys....what in the name of Sadie's knickers are the Beastie Boys doing in that category to begin with...and they won.I realize that it's only an industry popularity/I'm hipper than you thing...but the Beastie Boys. |
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RANTSI'm not really a political sort of guy but I do hope that whomever runs for ANYTHING runs a clean campaign. I'm really tired of the negative stuff. Tell me what you can do and have done and leave the other stuff be. How about a platform that will include affordable health care. I know that people cringe when they hear Socialized medicine but isn't it possible that with the incredible amount of taxes we pay that we could actually afford the health care and medicine needed to keep us producing tax money..Just a thought. Or maybe a serious look at insurance and drug companies. At the moment you almost need to have advance warning of a car accident so you can notify your health care provider so they can consider whether or not you can be treated...and where..and what drugs you can get. Why are the same drugs, made by the same company cheaper in other parts of the world. Shouldn't they be cheaper here? And why has Lipitor been on the market forever..and still not available in generic. And how does the person at the insurance company know better than YOUR Dr...what med is best for you.. Smoking is the blame for most everything..but how come when there is a quitting drug that has shown very good results. Chantix,.It's not covered under insurance plans. Does it seem that the government is spending a little too much time on this Steroid stuff. Steroids are bad..we get it.Some athletes took them..ok Test for it, punish the ones who are caught now but GET OVER IT. Performance enhancing is everywhere you look..Red Bull, viagara, ginseng, ginkgo..it's there to enhance performance. We enjoyed watching all those home runs, fast runners,giants in the NFL..as long as they are OUR guys. This of course does not include the steroids, hgh and God knows what else WE get free of charge is our food supply As far as the kids using them. Educate them. There is a cool website called Iplayclean.com for one tool. Punish the suppliers to the maximum of the law. Think I'm wrong. Probably..the answer. VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE |
I recently lost my best friend. No, not at a mall, he died.
His name was Bud. Born Carl Andrew Tomasch. I met him when I was 21. We couldn't have been more different really. He was conservative, I wasn't. He was quiet, I'm not. Our opinions on most everything were opposite. But we were friends for 36 years. I miss him a lot. Friends and family are the true treasures of our lives. Sometimes we bury the treasure and put other things ahead of them. Why? What is more important than the relationships we build in our lifetime. When we are gone are people going to remember how much we made or what kinds of house we lived in or what kind of cars we had. Probably not. They are going to remember the fun we had together, the stupid stuff we did. The laughs, maybe the cries. But it's what we DID that they remember. Who we were. I hope that I can be half the person he was and that people will remember me as kindly as they remembered him. But it'll take some work |