https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB7ybKJXzXo Here’s a documentary about the construction of the Alaska Oil Pipeline. Look up “Peak Oil” and another wormhole opens up….and this video was included in the collection. Just a bunch of dudes doing a job….and if the Keystone thing … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
I drive around a lot with my job. I deliver mail. My route is over 60 miles per day. I burn some gas. I can’t help it. I burn gas. AND THE GAS IS GETTING CHEAPER!! JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!!! … Continue reading
I went to high school with this guy. That’s a really irrelevant piece of information. I don’t know why I mention that occasionally. I rode Travis Tritt’s school bus, too. Maybe I should say that Travis rode my school bus. … Continue reading
My father used to live around here when he was younger….before he moved away and had a family. I think that my daughter took this picture on a trip out West that we took a couple of summers ago. I … Continue reading
It’s pounding down rain here this morning. Monday morning and heavy rain are a hard combination at the Post Office. It’s hard to put the needs of all that paper…the letters, the magazines,the catalogs….and the extra-large, smart-shopper pre-Christmastime packages that … Continue reading
I heard Bonnie Raitt’s version of this yesterday and thought that it was a pretty beautiful song….and searching for a version of that on YouTube led me to the guy who wrote the song….Joe Henry. “The world is always beautiful….when … Continue reading
Here’s an old performance by Bobby McFerrin. Check out the VHS squiggles. My youngest son and I listen to a channel called “Kid’s Place Live” on our way to his preschool. What a great channel that is! It’s kind of … Continue reading
OK….so what do you do if you’ve chosen to live in an area of the country where rent is 2600 dollars for a one bedroom apartment….and you’re feeling the financial pinch of trying to meet your housing needs affordably? You … Continue reading
I love different. I love it when someone is able….through skill and hard work and imagination and TIME (it’s a slow way to build….you can’t just crank up the compressor and get out the nail guns and build a neighborhood … Continue reading
I mentioned that I bought a used Sirius radio early in the year….and sprung for a years subscription….so I listen to a lot of different programming. This old Todd Rundgren song came on a couple of weeks ago….and while I … Continue reading