I watched the Rolling Stoners last night. Not as good as seeing DBT, but the price was right.
When I initially saw the CoC title, I thought you’d bogarted the post! From my cousin [who left before the Truckers were done]
Thanks again for the ticket. I had a blast. I have noticed now that I’m middle aged, when I’m out I do a quick calculation of “am I enjoying this more than a good night’s sleep?” When the scale tips to the sleep side, I’ve seen enough of the world to be pretty sure I’m not going to miss anything I haven’t seen before.
I guess I get it … but it takes a lot for me to leave before a concert is over, and a good night sleep<a DBT concert at a fine brewery.
I'm going to see Cattle Decapitation-Obituary-Carcass-Amon Amarth in December on a Monday and absolutely no concern about being rested on Tuesday will enter my mind.
I agree with his overall philosophy but I agree that I'd stay until the end. Why go at all if you're going to miss what could amount to the best part of the show?
My wife gets mad at me because I take a "life is short" attitude about books I read. I stopped reading one book with ten pages left and I don't think she slept that night it bothered her so much! I literally didn't care how it ended.
Dang, that's some commitment there. I've given up on plenty of books but not at that point. It would bug my wife, too, but that's because she always reads the last 10 pages first and then starts the book.
Scientists have added the monarch butterfly to the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers.
The Earth we were born on is starting to become unrecognizable.
Every year is the coldest year for the rest of our lives.
that's a fun thought for a thursday...
Careful speaking for Mother Earth -- just one huge volcanic explosion away from a year without summer.
I still wouldn't bet against humanity on that one.
Now we know what happens when human population reaches critical mass. But that's a poor consolation prize.
Be careful with that line. The "Earth is overpopulated" line is always about too many of certain groups of people, but those groups of people are not the biggest users of resources. Instead, those that use the most (per capita and overall) are always exempt from any ire about too many people.
+1.
I’m rethinking how long of a good time I’m actually here for.
I'm here for a good time, not a long time.
Philosophically, I don't object to this, but it seems like a lesser version of "a good time and a good long time."
We have substantially reintroduced and expanded the native species planted in our yard in the decade since moving to our current home, which is in a neighborhood that was farm fields or prairie meadow sixty-five years ago. At the same time, our now quite elderly neighbor has her lawn treated at least twice annually with goodness knows what chemicals. It’s not solely a generational thing; the older hippies across the street have removed a lot of lawn from their front yard in favor of pollinator-friendly grasses & gardens, while the young people who moved in behind us were spraying until they had kids. The status of a green, weed free lawn as some kind of indicator of holiness or right living is pernicious.
I know individual residential practices are small potatoes compared to the devastation brought by golf courses, let alone the insecticides used industrial agriculture, but its hard to feel like one little pollinator oasis is doing much on its own. We need full scale change at the community level to even move the needle. Even in the People’s Republic, I don’t think the common council has the guts to ban lawn treatment.
oooh, speaking of lawn treatments, I see the Dragonfly Squadron has returned to do a follow-up on the back lawn. I love watching these guys pick off whatever it is that rises from the grass as the shadows fall in the back.
I love a nice lawn, but my preferred herbicide is a good weed popper for dandelions and my bare hands for crabgrass. Spurge on the other hand ... grrrr.
Love dragonflies. They’re fascinating pilots.
We’ve given up on the creeping Charlie that invaded from the elderly next-door neighbor’s yard. At this point, whenever we tear out the old deck and put in a patio, a lot of that will get torn up anyway. I’m hoping we can resow the area with a mix of native grasses and wildflowers, but I want to leave enough space for some kid activities. (That said, we have three parks in the neighborhood that have plenty of lawn for games of catch or tearing around.)
Dragonflies - 97% kill rate! Probably my favorite insect.
I get that. But I also get Pogo. We have met the enemy and he is us.
Corn and I had a great time at Drive By Truckers last night. Saw old WGOM fave Lydia Loveless too. She still has that amazing voice.
I was jealous as I saw all the posts on Twitter.
I watched the Rolling Stoners last night. Not as good as seeing DBT, but the price was right.
When I initially saw the CoC title, I thought you’d bogarted the post! From my cousin [who left before the Truckers were done]
I guess I get it … but it takes a lot for me to leave before a concert is over, and a good night sleep<a DBT concert at a fine brewery.
I'm going to see Cattle Decapitation-Obituary-Carcass-Amon Amarth in December on a Monday and absolutely no concern about being rested on Tuesday will enter my mind.
I agree with his overall philosophy but I agree that I'd stay until the end. Why go at all if you're going to miss what could amount to the best part of the show?
My wife gets mad at me because I take a "life is short" attitude about books I read. I stopped reading one book with ten pages left and I don't think she slept that night it bothered her so much! I literally didn't care how it ended.
Dang, that's some commitment there. I've given up on plenty of books but not at that point. It would bug my wife, too, but that's because she always reads the last 10 pages first and then starts the book.
The Earth we were born on is starting to become unrecognizable.
Every year is the coldest year for the rest of our lives.
that's a fun thought for a thursday...
Careful speaking for Mother Earth -- just one huge volcanic explosion away from a year without summer.
I still wouldn't bet against humanity on that one.
Now we know what happens when human population reaches critical mass. But that's a poor consolation prize.
Be careful with that line. The "Earth is overpopulated" line is always about too many of certain groups of people, but those groups of people are not the biggest users of resources. Instead, those that use the most (per capita and overall) are always exempt from any ire about too many people.
+1.
I’m rethinking how long of a good time I’m actually here for.
I'm here for a good time, not a long time.
Philosophically, I don't object to this, but it seems like a lesser version of "a good time and a good long time."
We have substantially reintroduced and expanded the native species planted in our yard in the decade since moving to our current home, which is in a neighborhood that was farm fields or prairie meadow sixty-five years ago. At the same time, our now quite elderly neighbor has her lawn treated at least twice annually with goodness knows what chemicals. It’s not solely a generational thing; the older hippies across the street have removed a lot of lawn from their front yard in favor of pollinator-friendly grasses & gardens, while the young people who moved in behind us were spraying until they had kids. The status of a green, weed free lawn as some kind of indicator of holiness or right living is pernicious.
I know individual residential practices are small potatoes compared to the devastation brought by golf courses, let alone the insecticides used industrial agriculture, but its hard to feel like one little pollinator oasis is doing much on its own. We need full scale change at the community level to even move the needle. Even in the People’s Republic, I don’t think the common council has the guts to ban lawn treatment.
oooh, speaking of lawn treatments, I see the Dragonfly Squadron has returned to do a follow-up on the back lawn. I love watching these guys pick off whatever it is that rises from the grass as the shadows fall in the back.
I love a nice lawn, but my preferred herbicide is a good weed popper for dandelions and my bare hands for crabgrass. Spurge on the other hand ... grrrr.
Love dragonflies. They’re fascinating pilots.
We’ve given up on the creeping Charlie that invaded from the elderly next-door neighbor’s yard. At this point, whenever we tear out the old deck and put in a patio, a lot of that will get torn up anyway. I’m hoping we can resow the area with a mix of native grasses and wildflowers, but I want to leave enough space for some kid activities. (That said, we have three parks in the neighborhood that have plenty of lawn for games of catch or tearing around.)
Dragonflies - 97% kill rate! Probably my favorite insect.
I get that. But I also get Pogo. We have met the enemy and he is us.