Yesterday I found out that we get a Horse Racing Channel, all horse racing, all the time. I need the trifecta, etc. explained to me, I don't understand the picks and the betting. The races are all short bursts of drama and glory, I can only imagine what they would look like whirring by on big screen, they are pretty good on our small, ye-olde TV ( Read more... )

I went to Neumo's thursday night to see Omar Souleyman, Syrian dance music legend, and his one-man traveling back up band. You never think, "Gee, could two vintage Korg synthesizers be programmed with revved-up belly-dancing music intstrument voices, and rock the house?!" But there they were, during the sound check, the whole back up to Omar's ( Read more... )

My Dad has passed away, you all probably guessed that his health was not getting stronger ( Read more... )

Hope you have a Happy one!

Happy Birthday to you, wherever you are,
maybe Spokane, maybe your car
You're the most amazing pickle in the jar
Maybe this evening you'll light up a bar
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
XOX

Except for the vintage cook books, which are being ogled in the living room, and the jewelry that I have carried off for repair.

Here is some of the stuff I hauled home yesterday's Centralia treasure hunt


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I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel,
but I am getting more used to being in the tunnel.

This won't work for everybody, but I have been putting in overtime, so I can send a donation to Haiti and still pay my bills ( Read more... )

It's getting close to midnight, but I don't think the locals are running short on illegal explosives yet. Don't you think England is GLAD to be rid of the US? What bugs me about it most is, I am watching the neighbors awesome cat (Again, they are the most vacationing people in the world) and he hasn't left anything in the litter box for 24 hours ( Read more... )

I've been so preoccupied the last two weeks, with trying to get pre-qualified so that I could make that offer on that dream-arama house, that the rest of my life has been a blur. Now that I can't move on that house, it's all out of my hands, I can think about other things better ( Read more... )