The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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Here's an old "classic":
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxH39QlRuhg[/youtube]

And another:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r44OFO-MNPo[/youtube]

Hmmmm. If I am in the right frame of mind tomorrow to deal with crowds, I can go watch a whole lot of really little kids just have the time of their lives at http://www.mothergooseparade.org/

It's the biggest one west of the Misssissippi, and it's aimed directly at the kids.


Some of the weather guys are backing way off the Santa Ana thing now, say the wind won't be more than 40mph, in gusts. (But some of them are not.) Of course, they've already pulled the fire equipment from No. California down here, have pre-positioned a lot of engines and companies out in the back country, and have like 19 military helicopters on standby this time - along with almost everything else within 500 miles They've even told all the local firemen to take their equipment home with them so they can just go straight to any fire, as needed. Hope all this latest media info is right. That's a toss up, though - I'll know what it feels like when I finally go outside each day and judge from there - there really is a feel to the air when it's going to be a bad one, even before it hits. Things just feel "wrong". But, for now, it seems as if I can go ahead and do the laundry and get the smoke smell from the last one out of the house for good, then pack it all up and get on with things. The carpet looks like about a zillion people have walked through here, dark trails everywhere. (Tip - NEVER buy any carpet lighter than brown if you live anywhere dusty or ashy. We have "champagne mist" or some such other insane designer shade.)

Hmmm. Need to go buy a turkey. Not seeing the usual big sales on turkeys this year - heat probably killed a lot of them so the supply probably isn't as good. Gotta get one, tho. The kid invited six (?) friends over [surprise, mom!] for a "Day after Thanksgiving" dinner - we have our own family stuff we do on Turkey Day, which does not include Turkey or a big dinner. So, put up the tree and do the family stuff on TD, do all the baking, then get up at o-dark-thirty the day after Thanksgiving to hit the big sales, then cook the turkey and get the house ready to entertain when the mob arrives at 6pm.

I just love these restful holidays.

Sales. The stores here are slashing prices like mad. We went to Kohls last night on a lark and the Kid got two cute little 1960s looking dresses for $15 each off the rack (regular price was over $50). Other stores appear to be getting ready to follow suit. Good for us, bad for whomever's going to lose their jobs when people stop buying, later on.

Thanks Gromit, have to give that one at a look at as well.

I went through a Devo kick not long ago. They did an interview and one of them was saying they would sweat so badly in their "uniforms" in the early days, they couldn't keep weight on themselves. Not only that but the sweat would roll down their hands and into the electronics, making some noises that no one had ever heard. They would find "semi broken" electronic instruments and use them, then when they really broke, they had to find someone that could repair it to its previously broken state. I know that sentence is a bit confusing or could be, but I understand it. They started out at Kent State and were strange from the start. I think they were a major influence musically and way ahead of their time. Good then and a influence to many musical genres that followed. NIN wouldn't have a f*****g clue if they hadn't broken ground first. Just the motions of the lead singer, was copied by a bunch of bands, Talking Heads, even REM. I watched a pretty current YouTube flick of them doing Gates of Steel, they can rock.

And yet another needless unasked for bit of "stuff" and not so humble opinion, lol.

We have what we call Black Caps. After they log around here, the Black Caps just take over the area, followed pretty fast by Crab Apple trees. Other neat little editable goodies as well. I don't think they're what you guys are calling Blackberry's, maybe they are. Winter berries aren't easy to find, but a joy when you come across them in season in the woods. Huckleberries (wild Blueberries) are plentiful in certain areas, but like out west, the bears like them too.

Also Huckleberries like to grow in snake country. I mean we have snakes all over, but the rattlers seem to have "areas", in this general area. You don't have to go too far before there aren't pockets of them, but they're every where. Even the climate change is affecting them. I had to kill a baby in the back yard and didn't get to the full grown one that struck the wife in the sneaker, when she was raking leaves in the early spring, right next to the back deck. They don't always give a warning, depends on the season and weather. This one was still cold and the aim wasn't very good. I mean it hit the sneaker but only at a glance, didn't get through the shoe. I looked up when the last reported rattle snake in this town was, way over 80 years ago and it was a very strange year weather wise. When it's really really dry they will move closer to water. They're moving their areas and I don't mind, just not in my back yard. They are protected, but that's city folk passing laws that don't have to worry about them getting in the f*****g house. In the wild I leave them alone, just keep my eye out for them. They're pretty timid as a rule. Got a bunch of snake story's but you can all be thankful I don't feel an asparagus motivational moment coming on. But rattle snake doesn't taste like chicken, nor asparagus. Bet it would be good with a side order of asparagus.