tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post3772757760222773243..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: From the Green Country You Reconstruct in Your Brain, from the Rubble and Stink of Your Occupation, There Is No Moving OutUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-89618706181791392642013-06-28T21:10:47.655-04:002013-06-28T21:10:47.655-04:00I'd remembered Al (but not Ron or Don of Phil)...I'd remembered Al (but not Ron or Don of Phil) when I thought about this after posting, but I'd completely forgot about Al being a ticket seller (on the 3rd base side), heh! I remember it all now. THANKS!BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-43047678797649916642013-06-28T17:05:56.132-04:002013-06-28T17:05:56.132-04:00Who the hell resorts to sillyass Star Trek allusio...Who the hell resorts to sillyass Star Trek allusions? Oh, right.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-38537177786413420052013-06-28T14:02:08.970-04:002013-06-28T14:02:08.970-04:00This seems like a good time to mention that Triske...This seems like a good time to mention that Triskelions is the perfect name for our unelected overlords and that I will be gratefully stealing that term from you.PBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-74084026337884396012013-06-28T13:21:21.367-04:002013-06-28T13:21:21.367-04:00Jack W__ was the Ballantine rep.
Cinda Van D__ wa...Jack W__ was the Ballantine rep.<br /><br />Cinda Van D__ was the Dell rep. She was still smoking filter-less Camels the last time we caught up a couple of years ago.<br /><br />Ron W__ was the cool Avon rep.<br /><br />Don M__ was the NAL rep, so he always had some good stuff.<br /><br />Phil F__ was the Bantam rep who was a good guy but couldn't help himself and ended up drinking himself into the grave.<br /><br />Of course, Al J__ was the skeezy Zebra rep and bane of our existence at Memorial Stadium. He used to show up for appointments with an ace bandage on various body parts in order to elicit sympathy.<br /><br />Thanks, as always, for the LB. Quite Tasty!Hamster Hamletnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-15042881554683498432013-06-28T12:55:16.909-04:002013-06-28T12:55:16.909-04:00Heh, I got ticketed by the Park Police for doing 7...Heh, I got ticketed by the Park Police for doing 7 in a 5. Sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06501998212859335778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-12342737893295231132013-06-28T12:49:12.633-04:002013-06-28T12:49:12.633-04:00It's a sillyass but nonetheless apt Star Trek ...It's a sillyass but nonetheless apt <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamesters_of_Triskelion" rel="nofollow">Star Trek allusion</a>.<br /><br />My run-ins over the years with Park Police have usually ended in catch-and-release (and in my earlier years confiscation of herbals, no doubt for their personal use) and getting pulled over for doing 27 in a 25 on Beech Drive (which is the main road into my neighborhood). Oh, and watching them at DCU games in Germantown which is always entertaining. They're by and large (emphasis on large) harmless and incompetent in my personal experience.<br /><br />Glad you like the Tate. BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-5644357244334267452013-06-28T12:36:12.736-04:002013-06-28T12:36:12.736-04:00You are forgiven. I love the LB stuff when he star...You are forgiven. I love the LB stuff when he started getting custom guitars and quality amps. His finger-picking rock trademark playing style is mesmerizing and lovely. Great tonality and skill. But, then again, I was a big Buckingham/Nicks fan (before they joined up with the 3rd(?) incarnation of Fleetwood Mac) when I was spinning tunes with a friend after 11pm on the rock music program on the WF classical music radio station back in the 70s. I know, I'm older than you. Shut up! That goes for you too, Landru. Be well!<br /><br />Great point to the 80s indie essay.<br /><br />Still not sure what a Triskelion is. Wikipedia's no help either.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-62752618598157825592013-06-28T12:33:08.546-04:002013-06-28T12:33:08.546-04:00Speaking of memories, Mongo, At The Moment, recent...Speaking of memories, Mongo, At The Moment, recently reblogged his "Notes from the Wasteland", adding, <b><i>BTW -- four years on, I still work in a cubicle farm, penned like a Veal.</i></b> <br /><br />http://beforenine.blogspot.com/2013/06/reprint-heaven-notes-from-wasteland.html<br /><br /><br />A few moments ago I read the following in a book that came my way through a series of apparently fortunate events:<br /><br /><b>"The Promotion" by James Tate</b><br /><br /><br /><br />I was a dog in my former life, a very good<br />dog, and, thus, I was promoted to a human being.<br />I liked being a dog. I worked for a poor farmer<br />guarding and herding his sheep. Wolves and coyotes<br />tried to get past me almost every night, and not<br />once did I lose a sheep. the farmer rewarded me<br />with good food, food from his table. He may have<br />been poor, but he ate well. and his children<br />played with me, when they weren’t in school or<br />working in the field. I had all the love any dog<br />could hope for. When I got old, they got a new<br />dog, and I trained him in the tricks of the trade.<br />He quickly learned, and the farmer brought me into<br />the house to live with them. I brought the farmer<br />his slippers in the morning, as he was getting<br />old, too. I was dying slowly, a little bit at a<br />time. The farmer knew this and would bring the<br />new dog in to visit me from time to time. The<br />new dog would entertain me with his flips and<br />flops and nuzzles. And then one morning I just<br />didn’t get up. They gave me a fine burial down<br />by the stream under a shade tree. That was the<br />end of my being a dog. Sometimes I miss it so<br />I sit by the window and cry. I live in a high-rise<br />that looks out at a bunch of other high-rises.<br />At my job I work in a cubicle and barely speak<br />to anyone all day. This is my reward for being<br />a good dog. The human wolves don’t even see me.<br />They fear me not.mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-54375693725174777242013-06-28T12:10:53.203-04:002013-06-28T12:10:53.203-04:00I was going to tweet response re Park Police yeste...I was going to tweet response re Park Police yesterday, but thought better of it. The gist is the only time I ever spent the night in jail was courtesy Park Police, but honestly I figured I was lucky since I assumed DC cops would have been worse. Thanks for the memories! Aboniloxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370224131559283053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-7730521293612246822013-06-28T09:12:09.887-04:002013-06-28T09:12:09.887-04:001) park police carelessness with regard to weapon ...1) park police carelessness with regard to weapon record keeping - well, there are worse ways for cops to be sloppy - at least they are not noted for their brutal abuse of civilians - count one's blessings<br /><br />1a)when i went to read that story i was impressed with the professionalism of the koi thieves in a neighboring story - in this life, what matters is sincerity - once you can fake that, you've got it made<br /><br />2)re lindsay buckingham - when i got the fleetwood mac greatest hits cd, i played "big love" over and over and over and over again - <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKL469SpR0<br /><br />admittedly, this was back in the previous millennium, when i eased my heartache with solitary use of music and intoxicants - those days are over, permanently, let's hopemistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com