“Itchy Balls”
January 31, 2024
With all of the rain we’ve had in New York there are itchy balls everywhere…
…even at the Garden.
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“Itchy Balls”
…even at the Garden.
Month: January 2024
…even at the Garden.
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“Missing Time”
“Missing Time”
January 30, 2024
Have you got enough Time?
— Hugh Cornwell
Recently I found that I was missing Time. This was disconcerting. It was just the other day I was learning to fly…guess I’d better straighten up and fly right. Now where did I put my flight gear? Oh, I remember…
Submitted for your consideration, an Ode to Entropy by the Stranglers:
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“Learning To Fly”
“Learning To Fly”
January 29, 2024
There’s no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Can’t keep my mind from the circling sky
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
— Anthony Moore
I consider myself a horizontal aviator. When I was a toddler Frank Good had a Piper J3 Cub. We flew, me in his lap. I flew my Uncle Dick’s Cessna 172 once – just keeping it level, not at the controls during takeoff or landing. In 1978 I started riding street bikes. I realised straightaway that motorcycling is the poor man’s aviation. I “fly” whenever I can. An Earthbound Misfit in need of Cycle Therapy.
Pink Floyd:
youtu.be/nVhNCTH8pDs?si=YeORrObyUdDQiTxD
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“Inadvertently Yours”
“Inadvertently Yours”
January 28, 2024
An inadvertent, impertinent and decidedly impermanent selfie.
“I sing with impertinence
Shading impermanent chords with my words
I’ve borrowed your time and I’m sorry I called
But the thought just occurred
That we’re nobody’s children
At all, after all.”
— Bowie
After All: https://youtu.be/OXewmtDGQFQ?si=-CtkddkVLPQb_cnN
Some people think Ziggy or Aladdin Sane are Bowie’s best. I prefer “The Man Who Sold The World.”
“I’d rather stay here, with all the madmen, than perish with the sadmen roaming free…”
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“Shadow Play”
“Shadow Play”
January 27, 2024
The Winter sun sits low in the sky giving a biker the chance to engage in some Shadow Play…
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“Stormbringer”
“Stormbringer”
January 27, 2024
A lot of my friends won’t ride if it gets too cold, too windy or too rainy. But in New York City we have a lot of rainy days and when I see some other fool (for the City) riding I can’t help myself…I ride. And I do my best to ride between the raindrops. Looking to out run the Stormbringer…
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“Cagey Cretin”
“Cagey Cretin”
January 27, 2024
Oh cagey, what you got?
What you got there dummy? What you got there man?
Oh cagey, what you got?
What you got there honey? What is it a worm?
Dumb clouds are raging, stupid clouds at my door
Creepy weather coming, hanging ’round my floor
Dumb clouds stay away, and don’t come back no more
— Blue Öyster Cult
youtu.be/qOs1R-WfAEM
Maybe she was looking for her hubcap?
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“Helmet Hair”
“Helmet Hair”
January 26, 2024
Here is my review of a very nice Triumph jacket:
“Even With Helmet Hair You’ll Look Great”
Great lightweight jacket. Triumph attached a tag offering a stern warning that it is not protective gear. Shocking! Seriously, it fits well and looks great. I like the interior pocket (mobile phone). And Triumph Cleveland’s price was the best I found.
shop.triumphcleveland.com/store/Triumph-Carter-Coach-Blac…
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“The Great Pumpkin”
“The Great Pumpkin”
January 25, 2024
I’ve had a small pumpkin on my porch since Halloween. Yesterday some rambunctious rodent, “a rat with a tail” as my mate Trip would say, attacked it. At first I was miffed but then I realised that the salty squirrel had created a portrait of a populist politician.
And so, although sad that I had to discard it, I realised that when I had purchased the pumpkin I had actually bought myself a politician! Nice! The Great Pumpkin himself! On my very porch. Delightful.
“And if they’re not on sale, you can pick one up from jail”
— Mona Lisa Twins: youtu.be/_QAKz_cxTlQ?si=lzmI1me_z37gPFU3
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“A Cold One”
“A Cold One”
January 24, 2024
A cold beer goes good on a warm day.
— Gus Hall
Goes good on a cold day too, Gus.
I met Gus several times and I think he would agree that although the Internationale unites the human race a cold one surely helps in that endeavour.
Billy Bragg – The Internationale:
youtu.be/9LbziknNpCE?si=CtTt1IZguPnY-Eji
(My mate Nigel French and I saw Billy Bragg at Roseland Ballroom back in the day. He was introduced by Abbie Hoffman.)