March 14, 2020

Well, blame Swede. Because Swede got me on a heavy metal whiskey bender

Playing 1979's best grinder - Namely, The Scorpion's "The Zoo"

In 1981 they put out a record that crushed too

March 13, 2020

Flamenco Guitar and Oud (Arabic Lute) - evocacion de damasco a cordoba

From Damascus to Cordoba

March 12, 2020

I spent a couple hours shopping yesterday

Because there has been panic buying of staples here.

I wasn't hunting for toilet paper or hand sanitizer - Nope.

Rice.

I found some at a Korean market, finally, so my wife & I are spared from the nightmare of eating bread or potatoes during meals.

The shop's owner told me that her supplier in Chicago is out and the 10 or so bags she has left is it.

The Commissary on base has been out for more than a week and they can't tell me when a shipment will get in - "back ordered" they tell me.

The big chain grocers are also sold out. The St Louis metro area has a decent sized Asian population, but this is ridiculous.

I shopped for 2 hours and only found some in a tiny Korean Market in a strip mall I never visited before...

All the rice in America comes from Arkansas Louisiana or California, so the shortage isn't due to issues in Asia, nope.

This is a manufactured shortages - all from hoarding.

So when I called my wife saying I had a 20 pound bag of rice, she told me to get 4 bags... Because feeling powerless and nervous about the future drives people to do things that cold logic would argue against.

Things like stock piling way more than 2 year's worth of rice because "You never know"

I bought a second bag - After all, rice will keep for quite a while frozen.

Told my lovely wife that 2 was the limit.

March 12, 2020

All Them Witches want to tell ya a story

March 11, 2020

I was listening to my local ESPN radio affiliate on the way home.

They have a "Trending Now" segment regarding sports and pop culture topics currently getting web famous.

They brought up a story about the Royal family, yukked it up a bit and moved on, but during the next segment they revisited the story.

Seems that it was a fake story being pumped out by a sham news website claiming to be BBC.com.

So one of the dudes asks "Are you telling me that there are fake BBC sites out there?"

Not missing a beat the producer "Meat" chimes in with "Damn I hope those BBCs are fake. I'd feel better"

I almost wrecked my car

March 9, 2020

Kolten Wong is more than just a Gold glove second baseman

He is statistically the best defender (in terms of Defensive Runs Saved) in the NL.

But, he is not usually a flashy guy - he makes things seem pretty routine most of the time.

He can make a dazzzle play every now and again tho

Edited for a correction - Kolten was the #1 second baseman last year, and in the top 4 in the NL, but was not the top defender overall.
He was the top defender in the league in 2018

March 8, 2020

Deep Chatham.

March 6, 2020

McCoy Tyner has passed

I am not a huge Jazz fan, as I've said here before - But I have friends who are and when they played this guy I sat up and noticed.

A giant talent. So big and bright even my ignorance couldn't obscure him. RIP Mr. Tyner

March 6, 2020

In the 30s Country stars sang about illegal liquor

Both about the money to be made and the despair dependence caused...

That impulse is still there, but the chemicals involved have changed.

Billy Strings 8 years ago... Looks like a baby plays like a demon

March 6, 2020

The Molina Brothers tell their story