tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:47:34 +0000Lessons in Lateral Drift <img border="0" src="http://www.121ruebienville.com/images/blog-myspace/dispatches.JPG" width="692" height="332">http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)Blogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-1452213123518110562Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:06:00 +00002008-02-05T14:28:00.765-05:00Vicbart is a friend of mine. One of his blog entries put some thoughts into my head.I figured I'd put them here because I haven't posted in a coon's age, and it may help send some blog traffic his way.For this post to make sense, you must first read this:http://vbc3.blogspot.com/2008/01/twenty-years-fog-of-war.htmlWhen fresh out of high school, I was an assistant manager for an Aquarium store http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#1452213123518110562Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-116322863620402292Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:29:00 +00002006-11-12T18:07:52.850-05:00I told you that story to tell you this one.Let me start with a brief eulogistic aside.I've known Pat's family for almost 30 years. We are brothers and his brothers are my brothers. When we were children his family tended the S.N.P.J. Farm in Kirtland, a Slovenian cultural-heritage benefit and preservation society gathering place (no one noticed they were Polish-Irish {wait, yes they did}). http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html#116322863620402292Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-116321006170893347Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:40:00 +00002006-11-12T17:58:42.276-05:00By the second week of October I have to say I felt pretty violated. In the beginning of August, I finally started my project of trying to grow a really nice Brugmansia at work. It was beautiful. I have three cultivars. One was started from Edd's old plant that introduced me to the genus. I have been babysitting her since he went into the Air Force six years ago. Her blooms are peach in http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html#116321006170893347Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-116278301787705518Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:57:00 +00002006-11-05T22:36:25.890-05:00Well, the end of summer is always an apeshit-busy time for me. I'm running around like a ninny, trying to live my life in the precious moments I have left before our seven months of slush, snow and misery set in. The house and yard must be winterized. Also my cat has been very ill, so I have been tending to him (sometimes on an hourly basis) since August. That has pretty much sapped my http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html#116278301787705518Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115522701892143943Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:15:00 +00002006-08-10T11:46:02.533-05:00So, I got an email from a friend early this morning that Tom Waits tickets are going on sale again for a show at the House of Blues on Sunday, in 4 days.So I logged in and bought 2 tickets to see Brian Regan, just to make sure my account was set up correctly. I had no problem, even though I made no changes since the last Tom Waits fiasco.So I logged in and got 2 tickets for the HoB show.I can't http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html#115522701892143943Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115370156489657568Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:38:00 +00002006-07-27T20:35:09.506-05:00Man, here are the good old days. This Youtube video features an old interview with Dave Navarro, talking about coming clean from heroin. The interview is spliced into the "Been Caught Stealing" video. It's nothing new- same old story you've heard from every ex-junkie, "BlahBlah, I didn't think I was hooked, blahblah, I puked on myself..." . But, man, this takes me back. What an impact these dudeshttp://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html#115370156489657568Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115213122343259810Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:25:00 +00002006-07-27T17:14:20.046-05:00Cracks me the Hell up.~Jimm"I don't wanna have a birfday party"http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html#115213122343259810Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115154308733522769Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:04:00 +00002006-07-02T09:50:53.063-05:00Although I do appreciate all of the cute jpegs Emailed to nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com with the cute little cards that read "I love 121ruebienville.com" or "I ♥ Jimm on Myspace" next to topless or nude torsos, I have run out of '121 Rue Bienville' Key Fobs to offer in exchange for them.For the foreseeable future, any such pictures mailed to nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com will be done as an act of http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115154308733522769Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115137780139457948Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:33:00 +00002006-06-27T21:28:01.483-05:00I'm one of those dudes whom everyone must inform of any perceived resemblance to famous people. Usually it's whoever the most famous person with long hair is at that particular point in time: Jon Bon Jovi, "A Vampire" (when Interview with a Vampire came out- they were all longhairs, you know). I even had a guy try to get an autograph because he thought I was Steven Segal. I said don't you think http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115137780139457948Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115068132169014864Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:25:00 +00002006-07-27T17:15:29.210-05:00Click any photo to enlargeThis guy is like, "I'm totally not here".Yes, you clearly are. And that's a fire pit I don't recommend you hang out too long."These are not the boids you're looking for".Your simple Jedi mind tricks don't work on me!Anyone know what this is?Is there a birder in the house?26Jul06: it's a juvenile robinThis guy is like, "I'm totally not here".Yes, yes you are rather quite http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115068132169014864Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115060248313760037Sun, 18 Jun 2006 03:05:00 +00002006-06-30T19:59:06.996-05:00I'm going to call this little foray into cyberworld a success.I've already re-established contact with friends I haven't talked to in 10 years.That's really cool.Also, Myspace really is a pretty fair network for off-the-beaten-path music. My original suspicion told me that every one on Myspace was this. Oh and there's plenty of that.But I have been exposed to lots of new music.This dude is http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115060248313760037Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115059913499316211Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:36:00 +00002006-06-18T09:11:13.910-05:00I'm outstanding in my field.I mean,I'm Out...Standing...In my field.Wow! I have to be honest with you. I don't know a thing about Catalpa trees. This was already our favorite thing in the yard. Who knew it bloomed? We are floored. Wow. Kind of like taking pictures of the Grand Canyon or Victoria Falls- you really can't take it all in from a picture. This thing is absolutely carpeted http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115059913499316211Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115059800174221306Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:08:00 +00002006-06-18T14:41:47.913-05:00My bride has Mononucleosis. Yep. A pretty bad case apparently. They said 'Sip water, don't gulp lest your spleen burst'. So much for getting some help raking last year's leaves. I have prepared a sickbed with lavender and hops. The velvet curtains are drawn.We shall wheel her to the sea side in a wheeled chair made of wicker. They say the salt air is good for consumption and croup. http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115059800174221306Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115021009867981182Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:37:00 +00002006-06-14T18:11:13.896-05:00Fist of all, preparation of the 'Back 40' as it will be called is underway. Forty 10'x10' garden plots will be created. The whole structure will be fenced for varmint control. This year I hope to till in manure and by fall, plant over-winter crops and a cover crop like clover or vetch.I got one of my orchids to bloom after many years with just flourescent lights and sunlight ( and cool outdoor http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115021009867981182Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115016505262520428Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:24:00 +00002006-06-14T18:42:54.393-05:00After spending Saturday in New York, I took Sunday to catch up on some yard chores. As I was making my very first pass on the mower, I looked under the pinetree next to my house and happened to notice that I had finally caught something in my have-a-heart trap which I set up mere inches from the caverous maw of an entrance to the groundhog fortress under my front porch. And wouldn't you know it,http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115016505262520428Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-115012621197313464Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:43:00 +00002006-06-20T06:34:29.730-05:00As Alma would say.Saturday morning we got up and drove into the sun for 3 hours to meet Pat in Buffalo. He very graciously offered to drive us to Ithaca, just happy to be in the company of adults for once.C'mon, 'Lex, It ain't so bad!The purpose of driving to Ithaca was to catch the second to last day of a show at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art featuring the work of Robert http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115012621197313464Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-114987467854346407Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:55:00 +00002006-06-20T09:19:04.886-05:00Thanks to Foodie networks, magazines and The Oprah, we've all heard about Kopi Luwak. It's the coffee made from beans consumed, then excreted my a small, jungle rodent (or some such small, furry thing). Apparently, the digestive enzymes pit the beans, then get in and re-arrange the mircostructure of the beans all crazy silly-like.You can read about detailed analysis here. I don't know how the "http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#114987467854346407Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-114973750041250751Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:19:00 +00002006-06-07T22:34:22.683-05:00OK, 2:Why is it that no one on Myspace (Again, I'm talking you, musicians) can put a freakin' text over a freakin' background that lets you see the print? Maybe I'm getting old, but your 5pt. font in electric blue on black or a very busy color picture of your mug makes me all googly-eyed. I get tired of highlighting any text I want to read.Is it really proper protocol to thank every person thathttp://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#114973750041250751Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-114973551981122410Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:27:00 +00002006-06-07T22:02:33.880-05:00you sell out! you say you want to live off the grid and now this. you, my friend, are part of the matrix now. take the blue pillIt's true. This is the same guy who accused me of living my life like Brando in "The Last Tango in Paris" (Which is about the coolest thing anyone has ever said about me, even though he was castigating me). We'll call it hyperbole. My defense?Sure, I'd love to live inhttp://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#114973551981122410Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-114973366489443488Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:23:00 +00002006-06-07T22:42:02.686-05:00From my Myspace Account:Julie wants to be your friend!i love 2 goto clubs and have a few beers - its okay tho cuz i work out non stop haha. i hate mondays. booo for work. I used to do some modeling when i was a teenager but that career just isnt for me. i spent some time in LA after high school and miss it so much but it's good to be back. most my peeps dont live here anymore so hit me up and http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#114973366489443488Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-114964533021426634Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:54:00 +00002006-06-06T20:57:43.280-05:00lemmie see here, does it work when i....~Jimmhttp://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#114964533021426634Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-114929378453283933Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:04:00 +00002006-06-02T19:16:24.540-05:00My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.http://nyarlathotep1926.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#114929378453283933Nyarlathotep1936@gmail.com (Jimm)3