You Know Me,...,

...and 60's music. Here's whole shit load of them:


Top 100 Songs of the '60s

Memory Lane - Sorta

And here we thought it was about LSD.

And Another One Bites...

...the dust:

Folk singer Pete Singer dies at age 94

I saw him once, in a previous life, at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. I have a couple of his records.

Sigh. Over the hill. Rolling down the other side, picking up speed. Bottom in sight.

Seems every day some old icon from my youth kicks the bucket.

:-[

The hippymobile is no more.

More From The Same YouTube Page

These ones, I did know what they meant:













Gyaaawd!!

Oh Gawd...

...every time I wake up in the morning there's news that some other icon of my youth has slipped away. Earlier this week it was Phyllis Diller. Today it's he of "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" fame.

The first man to stand on the moon is dead. I don't really care about Diller. I wasn't crazy about her at the time and she was just another comedian with her own brand of schtick and rather stupid schtick at that, but Armstrong! That's a different story. Armstrong's bouncing, weightless hopping around on the moon epitomized the highest achievement of mankind. To me, it represented the apex of American power and ingenuity. And in my ever so humble opinion, things have been in a long, slow decline ever since. Now maybe I'm exaggerating. Maybe American achievements have continued apace, but I can't think of a single event that so galvanized and amazed the world like that one did, except maybe the fall of the Berlin Wall, which in many ways was also an American achievement.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, I'm must be getting close to the end too, with all these old icons popping off every day, and I worry about the problems our generation are going to leave behind when we croak, too. Will the never ending crisis in the Middle East be solved, for example. I'd be very surprised if it is. And it began before I was born. Will leftardism ever cease and desist? I doubt that, too. I just hope they are permanently assigned to be on the outside looking in, screeching, contorting and leaving their slime all over the place.

But anyway, enough of that. I intend to live a few more days. Enough to get my weeding done anyway.




Holy cow! And The Count too!

Prince Chucky-Pooh Gets...

...a frog.

Bob Marley gets a....are you ready for this....this could be perceived as raaaacist...are you sure??????


...a blood-sucking parasite.

Frankly, I think Chucky-Pooh could have qualified for that one, too. At least Marley made good music.

He, he, he, he, he, he

They are talking about this over here. I guess James Hansen struck a cord with the already converted. What a sorry, self-recriminating bunch! I'll bet you they had their knickers all in a knot when we sent American "war resisters" packing not long ago. Sorry folks. This is not the old Canada of your fairy tales and dreams of the past. We've moved on. Time for you to do the same. One good thing about these folks, tho, is that some of them have chosen not to reproduce.

Oh, and do read the first link. It's hilarious. "Eco groups" are going to "black out" their websites for one day. Everything will come crashing down. Life as we know it, will cease to exist. Stock up now. Head for the hills.

Oh, and this is just for you doom and gloom folks posting at that website:

Need, justification for Keystone grows

"Establishment of the pipeline would reduce U.S. dependence on oil from the Middle East and South America. It represents private investment and will create jobs, especially during construction. The pipeline will help move crude oil from western North Dakota to southern refineries in a way that’s safer than by truck or rail -- safer for the environment and people on the road in this state’s oil patch."

[---]

"Approval of the pipeline has now moved to the negotiating table between U.S. House and Senate as conference committee members began work on a multi-year transportation bill. The possibility of the pipeline surviving the conference committee continues to improve.

Obama administration friend, billionaire Warren Buffett, has lined up behind Keystone, along with major players from business and industry. “There are an awful lot of pipelines running in the United States and net, they’re certainly been a huge plus for the country,” Buffett said. He makes practical case for the pipeline."

[---]

"In North Dakota the intensity of oil exploration and development continues to grow. The risk of having an accident on the state’s western highways has greatly increased. Safety for the motoring public has been put at risk by the high volume of truck traffic, which could be reduced by more pipeline capacity. Increased safety on North Dakota roadways makes a good case for the Keystone pipeline.

Moving oil by pipeline also is safer for the environment than shipping it by truck or rail."

Not that you'll read it.

Good Morning Starshine Sunshine

Gorgeous morning in this here town. Yard work awaits. No more excuses.



PS: Listening to that old song, I think it's the first time I actually concentrated my mind on the words. Are they ever dumb!!! Ah. The Hippy Dippy days.