Kids say the darndest things!

"It snowed on my nose."

- C 11/30/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"Oh. You're distracting me."

- C 11/26/2005

Concert report - King's X - 11/12/2005

King's X played the Al Rosa Villa in Columbus Ohio on 11/12. The show ROCKED as expected. C couldn't come because Al Rosa is a little tough for a four-year-old, although dUg still told the story of meeting her (which I later used to console her because she couldn't come). dUg, she thought this smile was for her. So do I actually.

The guys played basically the same set as Pomeroy but they did play Dogman instead of Cigarettes. M cried when they played Mr. Wilson because that's the song dUg dedicated to C in Pomeroy. Hey, whaddaya gonna do?

King's X - You Rock!

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Thots

Every day you dig. Every day. Your way.

It doesn't matter - right or wrong. It doesn't matter why. You just dig.

Your hole is your own. "It's mine." You say. "I'm free!" You yell. "You cannot tell me how big, or how deep or what implement I should use to construct it! Is it not my own hole of my own design, built of my own sweat and my own tears?"

Well, yes. It is.

Enjoy.

- Xan Shui
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man

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Kids say the darndest things!

"dUg Pinnick says, 'Don't be mean...be beautiful.' "

- C 11/15/2005

Kids say the darndest things!

"Ok. You be the king and I'll be the princess. So you are 'Your Highness' and I am 'My Highness'! "

- C 11/13/2005

Concert Report - King's X - 11/11/2005

We took our four-year-old girl (the indubitable "C"), who is just nuts about King's X, to a concert last night! Don't worry - she had excellent earplugs!

King's X played a sold-out show at the Court Street Grill in Pomeroy, Ohio last night! This is an awesome little spot that the guys played last year. I called early in the day and asked the owner if a four year old would be welcome and he said, "absolutely". So, I bought three of the last six tickets and we got in the car for the two and a half hour drive from Columbus!

As we waited in line, dUg Pinnick showed up in front of the place and stopped to say hi when he saw her. He asked her name and I think dUg was just a little shocked to find that Chloe knew exactly who he was!

The show was terrific! The best band in the world was truly generous, playing an awesome set of mostly new material with a few old gems thrown in for those of us over 30. Chloe watched the show from the far end of the bar and dUg kept winking & smiling at her, which made her giggle like, well, a four-year-old! After the show the band hung out with the fans for a long time and Chloe, who has been asking to meet dUg, Ty and Jerry by name for a year now, finally got her wish! And a prized pair of autographed Jerry Gaskill drum sticks is tap-tap-tapping out the beat to "Alone" all over our home.

THANKS King's X !

You Truly Rock.

Kids say the darndest things!

"I'm not the queen, but I'm not nothing. I'm just a girl named Chloe."

- C 11/7/2005

Now this is funny...reprise

OOPS!

Looks like the Indian astrologer was wrong.

Surprised?

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Now this is funny...

In India, an astrologer famous for his correct predictions of the future, predicted his own death - today. My Way News

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Things not to do...

"Never puree an onion and inject it into your vein with a hypodermic needle."

- Xan Shui
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man

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And the master said...

"I got to know your name.
I must know who you are."

- King's X - Goldilox

Things not to do...

"Don't play poker with a sense of urgency."

Xan Shui
Philosophical Philanthropist, Honest Man.

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Things you shouldn't do...

Never buy a used pair of underwear.

Xan Shui
Philosophical Philanthropist, Honest Man.

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Kids say the darndest things!

"This", says C holding up an orange rubber ball. "Is my best friend's sun."

- C 10/12/2005

In the news: Madonna doesn't get Kabbalah...DUH?!?!

Jewis mystics to Madonna: Lay off our sage!

What did you expect people? She obviously didn't understand Catholicism...what makes anyone think she can understand another religion?

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Those crazy Germans!

Germans invent coaster that detects when you're out of beer.

Kids say the darndest things!

C: "What does it mean if I die?"

Mommy: "Well, it's when you stop breathing and your heart stops and your blood stops and you go up to Heaven and you have to wait for Mommy and Daddy to come join you there."

C: "...or until they make me again."

10/4/2005

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In the news: Right to die.

The Supreme Court hears arguments in a Right to Die case, in which an individual state's right to determine whether people have a right to assisted suicide hangs in the balance.

Again we are faced with a question of law that really turns on your own personal epistemology. If you believed that God created you, if you really believed you had a purpose, if you really believed it was a sin to murder yourself and that a suicide victim's soul would suffer far more than whatever suffering caused their desire to die... If you really believed all this, then HOW COULD YOU support suicide in any form?

On the other hand, if you believe that we are all a wonderful chemical accident - that life is here for a short time to be lived and loved and lost forever - totally free, undeserved but also un-judged - that you go nowhere when you die except back to the elements from which you came...if you believe that consciousness is a chemical reaction in a noodle soup called The Brain...then HOW COULD YOU DENY a person's right to end their life however they choose whenever they choose?

My observation: Our views of the world are rooted in our fundamental belief about the truth of our origins. Our divisions are natural products of those beliefs.

My opinion: Our society cannot stand on one side or the other, but must promote the freedom of each to choose his or her own destiny, so far as it does not impact the life and rights of another. However, it does not follow that any government (state or federal) has the right to enact any law to actually help someone follow their respective choice or to allow another citizen to do so.

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Those crazy Germans!

6 million litres of beer.
6.1 million visitors.
17 days.
248 assaults.
1,304 criminal acts.
22 incidents of sexual coercion.
3 rapes.
95 cows slaughtered.
4,000 items left behind in beer tents.

Munich's Oktoberfest 2005

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