Jana Pochop will play Thursday Night Music Club this week
June 29th, 2009 @ 20:17Posted by: John
Deirdre meet her in her opening gig for Susan Gibson at Betty’s house concert. DAP invited her and Pochop said you bet. Should be a lot of fun.
Archive for June, 2009
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Another Blog
June 29th, 2009 @ 19:01Posted by: Jimmie
Our friend Gary Whitford has a wonderful new blog full of excellent poetry among other things. Hope you’ll all check it out!
thinking and feeling
Brad Rides
June 29th, 2009 @ 12:34Posted by: John
Our good friend Brad is on his way to Alaska on his motorcycle. He’s got his blog up and running – click here – please follow him on this trip and make some comments. He has his laptop and he’ll be pulling into little coffee shops here and there to use their WiFi to check in. After a long day in the saddle I know he’ll really appreciate a nice comment from all of us.
Hick Wimberley and Dorothy (Dot) Wimberley Kerbow
June 28th, 2009 @ 13:36Posted by: John
Dorothy has written several books and decades of fantastic articles. Here’s a listing of some of her books. She’s earned a lot of respect for being one of the main players in keeping the history of this area alive. She will laugh to hear me refer to her as a player. I think it was she herself who coined the phrase “The Belle Of The Blanco” which stuck as the poetic description of Wimberley. For many years, when anybody anywhere in the world wanted to know about Wimberley they were recommended either to her or to the things she has written. Now she’s retired but her name is associated with Wimberley all over the Internet. The family calls her Dot and she’s 90 years old and one of the most engaging people you’ll ever talk to. She ran the post office in Wimberley for most of my adult life, she was at the center of everything and talked to everybody.
The reason for my call to her last week was
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Renee’s art
June 26th, 2009 @ 14:58Posted by: John
I’m a big promoter of my sister’s art. Kim bought one of these…. the rest of you guys need to get with the program! Her stuff is starting to show up in galleries, you got an insider tip here. – you need to get in on the ground floor.
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“How To Hack Your Brain”
June 26th, 2009 @ 11:13Posted by: John
It seems that all you really need to survive and feel rested is the REM phase, which is only a tiny portion of your actual sleep phases at night. You only spend 1-2 hours in REM sleep during any given night, and the rest is wasted on the other seemingly useless phases. This is where the opportunity to hack the brain presents itself. What if you could find a way to cut out the other phases and gain 4-5 more hours of productive wakeful time?
hacking your brain doesn’t sound too good but this is an interesting article on sleep. I don’t know if all of you know but David Priest is in the sleep business. He’ll tell you that surprising little is known about sleep. Many people believe that the reason we sleep during all the dark hours is a leftover instinct to be laying down quietly when predators are prowling. I pointed out to him once that that doesn’t quite fit with the theory of natural selection because humans still snore. You would think the lions and bears would have easily found and eaten all the snorers, removing that trait from the gene pool. He and I agree that we wish snoring had been eradicated by bears. Some wives snore and even turn and face you at night and snore really loud in your ear. And you stare at them, wide awake, and wonder if you opened a door would a bear come in. Our clinical trials indicate no but we feel it’s because there aren’t sufficient bears in our yards. We would like to improve the test conditions and that’s why we keep suggesting these camping trips.
Grilling Comes Under Fire
June 25th, 2009 @ 14:45Posted by: John
Bar-b-que is a broad term. We do it a lot but we don’t do it all the time. And we don’t grill as much as we slow cook where it’s not directly over the fire but this idea of rubbing the meat with rosemary just sounds good. Here’s the whole story.
Similarly, a Kansas State University study found that rubbing rosemary, an herb known for its high level of antioxidants, onto meats before grilling cut HCA levels by up to 100 percent. Herbs including basil, mint, sage and oregano may have similar effects.
Dig the latest from That’s Right!
June 24th, 2009 @ 21:21Posted by: By Email
Above: Brian Ray, super wicked nice guy, guitarist and bass player for Sir Paul MacCartney at the Redbone Cavern Club last Saturday for the Summer Clinic Series on June 13th sharing stories, guitar techniques and some truly great words of wisdom for anyone aspiring to be the best they can be and the all important aspect of always saying “Yes” to everything until you’re too busy and have to say no.
more at: http://thatisright.blogspot.com
As usual, tune in to the latest HMK Mystery Stream – Click Hear: http://lamusic.blogspot.com
And on a somber note, it was 4 years ago today my friend Ram Ayala was murdered at Taco Land.
Not the same down here without you Ram! Please share your TacoLand stories here: http://tacolandstories.blogspot.com
Peace,
That’s Right!
H. Michael Karshis
David Photos
June 24th, 2009 @ 17:42Posted by: Hillary
Here are a few recent shots of David. He’s getting taller every day!
We were excited to catch a big toad in the back yard and give him a close inspection.
David and Mitch like to ride the bike to the neighbor’s “secret pool” to cool off.
Love to all!
Hillary & Mitch & David
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David’s video of our little moment at The Woodzie
June 22nd, 2009 @ 20:36Posted by: John
here’s the song Brad wrote for us. Thanks so much Brad.
Here’s the vows. Thanks Taylor, you’re a prince. And thanks to everybody who came and were so kind to us.
Happy Father’s Day from Butch Morgan
June 20th, 2009 @ 18:53Posted by: By Email
Happy Father’s Day Weekend
June 20th, 2009 @ 14:55Posted by: John
I think this is where Taylor, Evan and I will be taking Dad at 10:00 in the morning. If anybody wants to go ogle some cool Volkswagens, this Day Of The Beetle would be the day. It’s free to get in. If you want to sell something or to show a car then it’s $10 to charity. Sounds very reasonable.
Info. 1776 court martial Abraham Whipple
June 20th, 2009 @ 14:16Posted by: By Email
Mr. Snell:
I refer you to Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Vol. 4 (1969) 1328-29 and 1419-21 and Vo.. 5, 1970, 512, 530-1 for details on Abraham Whipple’s Court Martial. John Paul Jones was not a member of the court and Whipple’s lieutenants did not make the charge of cowardice.
The Glasgow Incident which let to a court-martial.
The first group of naval captains were all seasoned and brave fighting men: most, like Abe Whipple, had long experience as privateers. But as privateers they had engaged the enemy as individuals, doing things in their own way in their own time, and were totally unused to group action or acting under a single command. This weakness became painfully evident on April 6, 1776.
Naval Commander-in-Chief Esek Hopkins was leading his little fleet (Dudley Saltonstall in the flagship Alfred, Abe in the Columbus, John B. Hopkins in the Cabot, Nicholas Biddle in the Andrew Doria, and John Hazard in the Providence) including several prizes taken during the
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A couple of days in the mountains never hurt anybody!
