and me and dad are going to go get some

heres a link to the website

First date alone with Ann in Three Rivers, Texas
I found this old picture while looking for old papers. deeds, etc.
a picture that is worth a thousand better unspoken words. . . .

This is one of the most impressive things I’ve read in a long time, so I thought I’d share it. From CrazyDad:

The are few questions that suck the joy out of a room faster than this one:

“What good is it?”

As the creator of innumerable software toys that serve no useful function, I find this type of question, and its close relatives (which include “what did you make that for?”, “how are you gonna monetize that?” and “so?”) a little vexing. These questions are the blunt weapons of the unimaginative.

A question like “what good is it?” presupposes that all things must serve some common good. They must save lives, or repair toasters, or solve the world’s fuel shortages, or above all, make enormous sums of money. In short, everything must have a use, and frivolity should be avoided.

Personally, I think utility is overrated.

It is this overrated notion of utility that separates arts from crafts. A work of art will not save the world, a work of art will not cure any diseases, a work of art will probably not make you any money (unless you are one of a fortunate few).

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Video Wall

Find out what song was #1 on the day you were born!
Visit This Day in Music

from That’s Right!

UFO Themed Stamps

last night. He said that it was unlikely he’d

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I love this story from BldBlog:
It turns out that part of San Francisco is actually built on the wrecked and scuttled remains of old ships.

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Jack Wickham can be a camp counselor at Explosives Camp!
And he’d be right at home, the camp is located - where else - in the Missouri Ozarks!!!

This is a gray fox that I see every once in a while, almost always at night. But here the little booger is out and about in the afternoon. Ali and I got a picture as he sat and watched us. I read up on them and found that their favorite daytime activity is hunting squirrels. Plenty of game around here. And the little boogers can climb trees(!) unlike the red fox. So the grays are more laid back because they can always go up a tree.

David

 it’s so hard to break the songbook on

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Casey is turning 24 - please come help us celebrate. It’s a river party and picnic at 1565 Edwards Blvd in New Braunfels. Here’s a link to a Google map. Starts at 3:00 and ends with a fireworks extravaganza launched from rafts in the middle of the river. We were there last year - fireworks are so cool reflecting in the water and echoing off those facing cliffs. This is where we had Jimmie’s 5oth; there’s not a more beautiful, more laid back spot anywhere on earth. Swimming, bar-b-que, singing.. please bring a sidedish and some lawnchairs if you can. Please come and bring your family and friends! RSVP to johnwhipple@gmail.com and I’ll share the count on who’s coming with the bar-b-quer… Mr. Bill.

For the guitar picker. To inspire and entertain - thought you’d enjoy this

http://www.willyporter.com/photos_and_video.htm#videoTitle5

Willy Porter plays Urban Campfires on Sept.15.

Janet

Which way is she spinning? Some people see it clockwise and some counter clockwise but you can learn to see it either way. If there’s someone else in the room, ask them which way it’s going. It’s a 50/50 chance which way you first interrupt it and then it’s hard to change because your mind wants to stick with the perception you first get. If you relax your brain and lose your perception your brain can switch to believing that the lifted leg is going either in front or back of the straight leg at the crossover point. This is one of the best illusions ever. For some people it takes a minute or two to change the rotation in your head and for some it takes a lot longer. Try looking away and try not thinking about which direction - it’s mind control.

Lots of streaming audio that you won’t find anywhere else - all nicely listed by artist from archives of live recordings at MerleFest, SXSW, Newport Folk Festival, etc. * Jimmie: The Map Room and flags * Amazon.com is increasing it’s efforts to sell groceries online. They ship them free. * The future’s here, might as well  barcode  yourself. * Taylor and Evan: these guys rigged a Guitar Hero controller to play live.

Tiffany, Michael and I went Bowling yesterday. . . . I had noticed a small crack in her ball earlier that day as I was getting the gear ready. I did not think much of it cause it certainly would not stop her from using it. . .  just a little wear and tear. It was the red Brunswick Blaze ball given to her by her Dad engraved with her name and cared for as he did his ball. . . .  She really was heartsick as afternoon went on and she realized the crack was getting bigger and bigger. I kinda thought bowling balls, like Dads, are here forever if anything is…  It was a great gift and memory of him..

You ever scan a bowling ball? It ain’t easy. . . . Tell me. . . . As a loving Grandfather. . . . .What should I do ?
I’m the one that is suppose to fix anything. . . . . .

the blog with…… turnip

here’s my new motorbike, you punk

Gurf Morlix in San Marcos mixed and mastered the Blaze Foley “Cold, Cold World” CD. When I was at the duplicating plant Bharat gave me a copy. I was just listening to it again, it’s classic. Here’s Townes Van Zandt talking about his buddy Blaze.  Jimmie and I spent New Years Eve with them and about twenty other people in a tiny little club in Austin one year - I don’t remember what year and can’t ask them, they’re both out of cell phone range. Here’s a nice page at the Hole In The Wall site.

This essay made the most read list on Delicious today. It’s long, one of those things you can skim over. The web was supposed to

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(Hey, I’m thinking ahead for once)
It’s an LED flashlight that stays forever ready by charging in your car’s cigarette lighter.
This reminds me of a funny story.
One time in middle school I missed the bus and no one at my house could come pick me up. Some one gave me a ride - I think it was the librarian. What was funny to me was that the ashtray in her car (which in my family’s 57 caddy was always full of butts) had a cactus garden growing in it.
If she’d had hobbits and elves in there I’d not been less amazed.