tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831512011-04-21T16:12:45.463-05:00Lessons in Lateral Drift <img border="0" src="http://www.121ruebienville.com/images/blog-myspace/dispatches.JPG" width="692" height="332">Jimmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02122967693760670734noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29183151.post-14522131235181105622008-02-05T14:06:00.000-05:002008-02-05T14:28:00.765-05:00

Vicbart 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

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I 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}).

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By 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

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Well, 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

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So, 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

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Man, 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 dudes

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Cracks me the Hell up.~Jimm"I don't wanna have a birfday party"

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I'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

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Click 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

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I'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

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I'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

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