if you hear any noise, it's just me and the boys.
Guster Claims It's Not Getting Paid Due To Its Onstage Comments At Rockfest. When will the kids learn that corporations aren't cool? Here's more about this in Guster's own words. (be sure to scroll down to the bottom of that page. hehe.)
obsidian
skp and I went for a hike today in Annadel State Park. The trail (Steve's S) was littered with obsidian. It's a shiny black volcanic rock that feels like glass – only harder. The Pomo Indians used to gather obsidian from the area to make arrowheads. At one point, we stopped on the trail to pick them up to study them. It was fun. It's great to be enthusiastic about rocks. I remembered that I used to have fun with rocks as a kid. When did I stop?
lake ilsanjo, annadel state park
"Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists in putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke." - Hermann Hesse
When will this whole Internet fad end? geez!
BookSense.com: "...a family of independent-bookseller websites." [via rc3.org]
On the long way home I listened to the republican national convention on NPR. I hope to see an article like this one in the paper tomorrow:
Thousands at Convention Loose Voices, Hearts
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2 -- The screaming didn't stop today at the republican national convention in Philadelphia, and it doesn't look like it's going to. As the vice-presidential nominee took the stage, the crowd was chanting "Go Dick, Go". But what he didn't realize was that they really wanted him to go. Instead, he started his politically charged speech, lulling the audience into a partisan frenzy.
One attendee (who whished to remain anonymous) said, "I had been cheering for two days straight, and I couldn't take any more. I knew something terrible was about to happen when he started his speech." Indeed it did. His plodding speech was stopped every three words or so for a burst of frenzied screaming and noisemaking.
"He was relentless," one onlooker whispered. "The third time he said 'spin the wheel, it's time for a change' I knew my voice was ready to go. But I had to cheer. It's the thing to do." He had to cheer. It was thing to do. Now he may never speak again.
The hooting and hollaring soon turned to coughing and gasping as the vice-presidential hopeful's dramatic pauses continued. The rallying cry for the party may be alive for the moment but, according to doctors, vocal cord damage can last a lifetime. "I can't believe the GOP could abuse their delegates like this," I said to myself.
"It was fun," one woman raspingly hissed, "I can't wait to do it again in four years." Then with the last ounce of her strength she screemed, "woo! woo! woohoo! woop, woop! USA! USA! USA!" And then I passed out.
Newsblogger is go!
jason put up some photos from the rafting trip a while back. I'm in this one he labeled "team rescue". We were yanking people out of the river all day! ;) I think we should have been called "team groovy hats".
