Sickness is

a head full of snot.
annoying coughs.
cold feet.
lots of fluids.
some drugs.
no smoking.
no running around.
restless nights and lazy days.

watching the Great Lakes Invitational between christmas and new years

Spike and Mike's twisted animation festival at the Magic Bag

chewing on slippers
daily steamers with menthol, eucalyptus, and camphor aromatherapy
endless itunes and year of end best of lists.
Why am I always sick during the holidays and vacations?

what has become of WDET? why John Moshier? Why Alan Mazurek? why Jerome Vaughn?
time to check in with Liz and see how she's Copeland.

nine more shopping days til you drop

Getting a little in the christmas spirit.
hard to shop when the other shoe is dropping.
even singing is harder than it should be.
living on medication.
making music.
sharing life.
i have nothing to give.
drop out and write.
learn message.
practice yoga and meditation.
blessed are those in constant pain who don't complain.
fear is another form of hatred - inward anger.
blinded by drugs - we become omniscient.
what about love.
what about god.
is lying a sin.
truth, the over rated metaphor for purity.
we are all a little blinded by the light. covered in a blanket of fresh snow, the dirty little secret is hidden. and all that remains is fraternity. brotherhood. to be wanted. to not need. Doing.

NYC Taxi Shots 13

NYC Taxi Shots 13

instant gratification

just got done IM'ing with Jefe in Wisconsin. nice way to stay in touch.
Today Prancer was next door at the Child care center. plus a hot little elf dressed in green and red. it's the hat that gives them their powers!
holiday season begins in earnest tomorrow with a luncheon on campus. need to do some research(audio / video) for next week. taking the week off to be with Cynthia and pump up the spirit. music this weekend at chris's party.
now if I could only think of something to buy! ideas: novelty ties; soap; things that cost a dollar:
calendars; instruments; containers. things that hold weed. see i got nothin. maybe an afternoon in the mall will help.

Somber moment of reflection

Pete's dad passed away last night.
25th anniversay of Lennon's murder.
keeping busy by stepping outside my comfort zone - working spreadsheet magic.
have to remember loved ones gone - mark morgan, kevin q, josh s, tom g - departed by their own hand - each with a gun. what was life like to those people?
dad, uncle jim, uncle sheldon, aunt margaret, the hansons, succombing to the ravages of life, dieing "natural" deaths.
zoey and natasha.

peace be with them,
let us pray

Be careful what you wish for

The C is back in Cynthia's right breast. Almost made the five year mark C free. Now the whole lovely thing must come off.
Holly Jolly my Ass.
There has to be a reason for this season. God only puts us through what we are able to deal with. It's the friends and support that counts.
Will really try the multiple modalities - Conventional and alternative - Theraputic touch, visualization, relazation, centering, meditation, whatever it takes. Must see this challenge as the opportunity it is. hone caregiver skills. focus on the now and the here. Do not go quietly into the night. heal thyself and those you love. It is the only true purpose of life.

Meme's the word

finishing up mapping the mind and
Botany of Desire

just got TC Boyles latest "tooth and claw"
and Paul Theraux's "Blind Sight."

only 14 days to read both!

Saw an Internet2 demo at Washtenaw CC yesterday - interactive video with Cleveland Institute of Music. fascinating cello recitals, practices, whatever. those people are amazing and then the professor comes up with verbal hints to rephrase the physical nuances requred to strengthen or otherwise improve the performance. very very cool

corraled (willingly) into helping CB with a Forensics scoring spreadsheet. figuring out logic formulas for assigning bonus points to determine overall standings. As usual the first problem was solved. the consequent challenges are seeminglu overwhelming. All great moments come from great opportunities. (quite from Miracle the 1980 Olympic USA Hockey team's gold medal victory)

would love to stay and chat, but must go to work. maybe later this afternoon.

give a dog a bone

in search of others
getting the drift of posting, blogging, linking, syndicating, formating.

Boo Boo / Zoey link

Today is the one year anniversary of Zoey dieing peacefully from a heart attack. It is also the day Boo bOo was borned into this world. Out goes the cat, in comes the dog.

Also born this day, in 1887 was Boris Karloff (no relation to Mullkoff) and Grocho Marx in 1888. That will be an easy one to remember.
Passing on this day, of AIDS, in 1991 was 46 year young Freddy Mercury - lead singer of Queeeeeeen!

This is also the night of annual relative deprogramming. Jamming and ripping a few with the lads.
but first a day of work, duty to mother (mothra) and acquiring bottles of mass consumption.

Linkages

At team meeting today we digressed to the "I like to watch" realm of television and what events over the weekend touched us, if even ever so briefly. Everything from CPAN2 Book Tv to southpark.

Also I note the boss has been reading same author as me (shep Nuland.) But the real story is in what is not said. avoiding the stepping on of other's toes or the putting of one's foot in selfsame mouth.

Notified today by Classmates that there is a 30th anniversay shindig at the Dearborn Hyatt next November. So I follow kinks to Livonia Public Schools and then to Yahoo Groups. So I join the yahoo group as number 10 and low Brent Bassett is a member at large.

This is the week of Thanksgiving. Boo boo turns one year old on Wednesday (unofficially) and jamming at the Ferndale beirgarten hoees to include a christmas song for Richard's lump of coal and a final rendition of Girl I left Behind. Decision must be made on February Ski trip with Leo koivunen and friends.

Lastly - an intervention with Brother Terry about doing the right thing for / with Mom. The law of diminishing returns is upon us.

Wasting Time more efficiently

one of those new tasks that we create for ourselves:

Blog This. What is the meaning of "blog this"?

As I randomly search the social network that is Blogger or LiveJournal, etc. I will begin to blog, back track and subscribe to various interesting writers. or feeds. developing my own Linked In associates.

Also I seek to translate different languages using babel fish and other free services and sites.

XML - CSS - VC these are current anograms of interest

First Postings

this is the beginning of my third blog. One is just a book diary that I'm using to keep track of the stuff I read and it's impact on my phantom colon.
the other is a work / group / team blog that i ssupposed to archive and track our collaborative nature.
this is a combination of two loves. gypsy swing music and ukulele evangelism.
I will try and include pictures and diagrams of instruments and songs with some exploration into the harmonics of a ukulele quartet. i also play the violin, mandolin, guitar, etc. so those asides may find their way into occassional postings

First up A christmas song for Richard's Lump of Coal CD. Must deliver by thanksgiving. the secret is Holly Jolly Christmas by Johnny Mars. 1962.