Saturday morning coffee

This time last week we were waking up at the farm and drinking coffee around the fire in a light morning rain.

This morning I'm sitting with my youngest daughter, drinking coffee and listening to the rain fall against the windows. We're inside, dry and warm. Yesterday was the last day of school, and we're looking forward to summer. If it ever gets here.

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Who says colonoscopies can't be a source of humor? My mom, bless her heart, had to go through the indignity of a colonoscopy yesterday. She's 79 years old and is proud of the fact that she's in good health and doesn't have to take a lot of prescription drugs or spend a lot of time in doctor's offices. She was born and raised in Ashland, Kentucky, and has a charming accent that hasn't been erased by 45 years of living above the Mason Dixon Line. I was talking with her on the drive home from the gastroenterology clinic, and she got kind of solemn talking about the swift and strong effects of the anesthesia:

"I wonder if that's what dying will be like. One moment you're here, and you're talking with people, and then the next moment there's just nothing. You're just gone, no dreams or anything. Then all of a sudden I woke up and everyone was telling me I had to fart."

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"Do you think this will look okay?"

Those words were spoken to me by our eldest as she prepared for a movie shoot that's underway as I type this. She was putting her stuff together last night and had prepared a batch of fake blood:

"I think it's kind of 70's looking. It's not my best, but it's mostly for some splatter effects so it should be fine. That's why it's so thin. Thanks for taking a look at it for me. It helps having a cop for a dad."

I always knew this job would be good for something.

Rained out Random Ten

Well, this is a drag. Got all this stuff ready for the big garage sale and it is raining. Not much now, but by noon it's supposed to be thunderstorms. Ah well. There's still Saturday, and maybe Sunday too if we feel like it.

Let's have some music for a rain delay. Here's today's Rained-Out Random Ten:

Goo Goo Muck--The Cramps



Sheena Is A Punk Rocker--The Ramones


The Hardest Button To Button--The White Stripes

Excitable Boy--Warren Zevon



You Really Got Me--Van Halen

Till I Get My Way--The Black Keys

Bone Machine--The Pixies

Dragula--Rob Zombie (I just noticed something 42 seconds into that video that shocked me)

Singapore--Tom Waits

Eighteen--Alice Cooper

Late night, half-ass Random 5

Being the shiftless hillbilly slacker that I am, I procrastinated and put off doing my presentation until the last minute. Friday afternoon I have to do a 7 minute presentation on the brachial stun, one of my favorite techniques. I picked that as a topic because I've done it a bunch of times and know I can fill the time easily. Good thing, too, because I also got distracted by dishing out Las Vegas drinking tips to a friend of mine who's planning a trip there soon.

So...

I really need to be in bed, like now, so instead of a random ten it's a random five this morning. I put them up in the music widget on the right.

Here goes:

Swordfishtrombone -- Tom Waits

Saving All My Love For You -- Tom Waits

Chelsea Hotel #2 -- Leonard Cohen

Hello Operator -- The White Stripes

Inside Me -- Jesus and Mary Chain

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We did make it out to Tiki Terrace Wednesday night, and we were damn near heartbroke to find out we missed Amy Guth. She arrived there a half hour or so before we did, and split shortly thereafter in the face of a capacity crowd.

The brothers did a fine job and the place was full. We may have missed Ms. Guth, but we got there in time to watch a half dozen red hat ladies knock back the rest of their drinks and roll out tipsy. I managed to take just this one photo of the interior, but you can get an idea of the love that went into the place. This is a photo of the stage:



The taro chips were mighty tasty, and they have dropped the ill-conceived spam sushi from the menu. Life moves on.

On Friday, June 27, they're doing an Elvis "Aloha from Hawaii" dinner revue. Tickets are $17.50 and include grub. I think I might need to go see this.

April Showers

Bring dogs in scuba gear