Archive for May, 2009

My friend found this.  Now we just need to build one for the next Buffett parking lot party!

Gas Powered La-Z-Boy At Oshkosh Flyin 2005 from Hafast on Vimeo.

The 2009 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Nominees are:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

Real Animal, by Alejandro Escovedo
Written in Chalk, by Buddy & Julie Miller
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Midnight At The Movies, by Justin Townes Earle

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Alejandro Escovedo
Buddy Miller
Justin Townes Earle
Raul Malo

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR

Buddy Miller 
Gurf Morlix
Jerry Douglas
Sam Bush

NEW & EMERGING ARTIST

Band of Heathens
Belleville Outfit
Justin Townes Earle
Sarah Borges

SONG OF THE YEAR

“Chalk,” written by Julie Miller, performed by Buddy Miller & Patty Griffin
“Country Love” by the Gourds
“Homeland Refugee,” by Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock, performed by the Flatlanders
“Rattlin’ Bones” by Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, performed by Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
“Sex And Gasoline,” by Rodney Crowell, performed by Rodney Crowell

DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR

Buddy & Julie Miller
Flatlanders
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
Reckless Kelly

I have been a fan of  F1 racing for many years.  Over the years I have become more and more disapointed by the politics that seem to get involved with all of it.  I just read an article from GP Update.  The article is an interview with the current World Champion Lewis Hamilton.

“I never imagined there would be so much politics when I came into Formula One. It definitely was a shock and there has been too much time taken up with it. Unfortunately, it is the way the Formula One world works for some reason. It’s much nicer in the lower categories, where all the people are there just to race and the teams are there just to race.”

I think this defines the problem the best I have heard it.  Now to get the politics out of F1 and get on with racing.

Read the full article…

REPLACEMENT WINDOWS:

Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive double-pane energy efficient kind, and today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I still hadn’t paid for them. Hellloooo,…………just because I’m blonde doesn’t mean that I am automatically stupid.

So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told me last year, that in ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves! Helllooooo? It’s been a year! I told him. There was only silence at the other end of the line, so I finally just hung up. He never called back. I bet he felt like an idiot.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an  unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by  the clean end”

R. J. Wiedemann LtCol. USMC Ret.

From an article in the Austin Business Journal

On April 30, the Austin City Council approved Stubb’s request to waive on-site parking requirements, with the exception of handicap parking, and to become classified as an outdoor entertainment venue.

The expansion will add 4,295 square feet to the restaurant, 6,445 square feet to an outdoor concert amphitheater, and a new 35,753 square feet indoor auditorium.

Read the full article