TSCLT 12.0: The pantheon hates a pussy 2.0

[Wat_Tyler]

PLAYBOY: Mistake or not, what made you decide to go the rock 'n' roll route?

DYLAN: Carelessness. I lost my one true love. I started drinking. The first thing I know, I'm in a card game. Then I'm in a crap game. I wake up in a pool hall. Then this big Mexican lady drags me off the table, takes me to Philadelphia. She leaves me alone in her house, and it burns down. I wind up in Phoenix. I get a job as a Chinaman. I start working in a dime store, and move in with a 13- year-old girl. Then this big Mexican lady from Philadelphia comes in and burns the house down. I go down to Dallas. I get a job as a "before" in a Charles Atlas "before and after" ad. I move in with a delivery boy who can cook fantastic chili and hot dogs. Then this 13-year-old girl from Phoenix comes and burns the house down. The delivery boy - he ain't so mild: He gives her the knife, and the next thing I know I'm in Omaha. It's so cold there, by this time I'm robbing my own bicycles and frying my own fish. I stumble onto some luck and get a job as a carburetor out at the hot-rod races every Thursday night. I move in with a high school teacher who also does a little plumbing on the side, who ain't much to look at, but who's built a special kind of refrigerator that can turn newspaper into lettuce. Everything's going good until that delivery boy shows up and tries to knife me. Needless to say, he burned the house down, and I hit the road. The first guy that picked me up asked me if I wanted to be a star. What could I say?

PLAYBOY: And that's how you became a rock 'n' roll singer?

DYLAN: No, that's how I got tuberculosis.


From the Bob Dylan 1966 Playboy interview, Photo in London, England, by Barry Feinstein (1966)

 

[thør]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Love is that feeling when you like something as much as your HfD . . . .


Maybe select anvils, for shits-n-giggles . . . .

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Home. Turned out to be a slow day. We have a little bit more shit to attend to, but basically we're done. Heartbreaking, I know. And then it's wait for the city, but there's half a chance that we'll get finished up on inspections on Tuesday. If the bureaucracy is agreeable, we can move folks back. Maybe.


Bacon-n-eggs for supper. Allahu akbar!!!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Happy Saturday!!! Feel more rested. Rain is doing its thing. There is suspicion that there may be another roof leak in the saga of keeping a solid roof on this house. It's been a bitch. I'll never have another built-in gutter system as Allah is my witness.


I will have more coffee, however . . . .


As soon as you get some sense of contact, you want to be teachers of others. This is a big mistake.

~ Ta-sui

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[thør]

The number of valleys in a roof is directly proportional to the number of problems one is likely to have with a roof.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I have two - each of the so-called Yankee gutters. Each has leaked. There was also one leak up on a flat where I had a wee rust-through at a seam. That repair has held for years.


I kinda like the late 30s six coupes, except that they're sixes. There's plenty of room for a hemi, however.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Happy Sunday!!! Slept in a bit. It doesn't happen often. Shooping list is underway, cats are quiet, and laundry's last load is in the dryer. Got a couple of chores around here today to keep things livable.


Coffee first, of course.


Be where your feet are.

~ Anon.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Shooping is done. Away is put. Snack was had. Cooking is about to commence. Allah damn right!!!

 

[thør]

There's a tri-tip that'll be going into the sous vide at 131°F in a couple hours for dinner.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Meatloaf is made. Casserole coming up here in a bit.


Was gonna score some gas for the truck, but I'll wait ofr a drop next week. It's up 35 cents since Wednesday. FML!!!

 

[thør]

You're gonna have to wait until after spring break to get lower gas prices.

 

[Noor]

There's a tri-tip that'll be going into the sous vide at 131°F in a couple hours for dinner.

Byron’s favorite. I’m have a wagu beef hamburger I think

 

[thør]

Byron’s favorite. I’m have a wagu beef hamburger I think

I have a few patties n the freezer.

 

[Noor]

I have a few patties n the freezer.

Me too, 3 more half pounders, plus the 1/4 pound I didn’t end tonight.
There was a sale on them this week.

 

[thør]

Me too, 3 more half pounders, plus the 1/4 pound I didn’t end tonight.
There was a sale on them this week.

The tri tip turned out excellent.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Wat's meatloaf turned out excellently, too. Lots of leftovers for the week, too.


Happy Monday!!! Slept pretty well. Looks like we get warmer weather this week. Pretty tame (lame) winter, all in all. The heating bill has been lower in spite of rising gasoline prices. The cats have been spreading books and magazines under the bed. I guess that's where they go to read.


There be coffee in the cup . . . .


In the beginning mindfulness takes away worries and fears about past and future and keeps us anchored in the present. In the end it points to the right view of the self.

~ Ayya Khema

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Twiddling our thumbs waiting for this inspector person to arrive. Cocksucker must think we have nothing else to do today.


Like he really gives a fuck.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Motherfucker no-showed. He was going to have to check some lines at the meters and it was raining steadily. I'd wager that he's just that chickenshit.


Home. Grazing. Book I've been waiting for arrived, thanks be to Allah.

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[thør]

Had a crane operator up north try to shut down for the night. He didn't care that it would take all day to get the damn machine started again in the morning. i really dislike folks who don't think ahead when it's fucking cold outside.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

i really dislike folks who don't think ahead describes it better.

i really dislike folks describes it best.



LESSON OF THE GEESE

Next fall when you see geese heading south for the winter, flying in their familiar "V" formation, you might be interested in knowing why they fly that way. Science has learned that, as each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately behind it. By flying in a "V" formation, the flock together gains over 70% more flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
Like the geese, people who share a common direction and a sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier, because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
Whenever one goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone. It will quickly try to get back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the birds in front. If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same way we are going.
When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing, and another goose takes over the point position. It pays to take turns doing hard jobs!
The geese from behind honk constantly, as you've no doubt heard whenever a flock passes overhead. They do this to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. An encouraging word goes a long way.
Finally, when a goose gets sick or is wounded by a gun shot and falls out of the formation, two geese follow it down to stay with it and protect it. They stay until it is either able to fly again, or dies. They then launch out on their own or with another formation to catch up with the group. If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other.

~ Author Unknown

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Finally!!! Round One of these last damned inspections is in the book. Now there's the administrative bureaucratic bit, and then Wat can have a go at his final.


Praises to Allah!!!