Blue

A nice place to grab a pint and listen to some tunes. Being Portland, always an eclectic mix of customers.

What I'm reading - Cannery Row

I'm reading this one again. I am suprised again in Steinbeck's clarity of writing. He (and his characters) say what they mean and mean what they say. It's refreshing in a world of spin and false promises.

If you can't get out of it, get into it!

Sax man

Copyright - Peter Interland

SI- Fan value at the ballpark

.....well at least Fenway is in front of Shea. So what if that's the ONLY team they actually rate better than.

The numbers tell the tale. A night at Fenway will knock you back $400 at least.

Vacationland

So far, since Mid-July, we have seen and recorded 22 different out of state license plates in Scarborough. Contest runs until Columbus day weekend.

Imagine - John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
and the world will be as one.

Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Crikey...RIP

What i'm reading- The True Account: A Novel of the Lewis and Clark and Kinneson Expeditions

One of those "parallel history" type of stories that has just enough truth in it to cause you to wonder if it really did happen.

No Lycopene

this is the first season since 1992 that i have not grown a single tomato plant

Garrett likes them too !

Alan enjoys a Sea Dog biscuit

Riders on the Storm

one of my favorite keyboard solos of all time...backed by rythem guitar. here is the back story. Almost as good as "little stevie" winwood's jam in Voodoo Chile.

Time

If you could go back and talk to yourself in ten year incriments, what would you say ?

Would you be able to talk to yourself at 25? How about at 15? Would you want to be their friend? You would think that you would always be the same person, but I think that I'm a lot different from the Me's of 1986 and 1996. Who wll be the me of 2016 ?

Miho Museum

Step 1 - Dig out a mountain
Step 2- Build a museum
Step 3 - Fill it in

Cross breed...of what though?

Residents wonder if dead animal is legendary mystery beast
August 16, 2006
TURNER, Maine --AP--Residents are wondering if an animal found dead over the weekend may be the mysterious creature that has mauled dogs, frightened residents and been the subject of local legend for half a generation.

What i'm reading-Bang the Drum slowly

Hey, it's summer....gotta get a baseball book in there someplace.

This summer

"I'm going to go the beach and bury a bunch of metal objects and write "Get a Life" on them. (Heard on the radio)

James Braddock

Watched Cinderalla Man over the weekend. Good movie.

My "uh huh" moment came at the closing credits. the story is all about this boxer who fights (bad luck) all through The Depression just to keep the heat on and any food ont the table for his wife and kids. Eventually, he gets back into boxing, wins some fights (all the while getting himself beat up) and eventualy becomes Champ in a time when people actually liked/cared about/respected boxers. This made him one of the biggest stars in the world at the time.

He does all this...wins...(eventually losing the title to Joe Louis) and then the last credit says something like "Jim went on to serve bravely in World War II" Wow. To say that (some) men were made of different stuff back then is an understatement. Of course the movie shows men back then (just like today) willing to make a buck at all costs, but i think the gap between those guys and the good guys was much wider back then.

Could you imagine any professional athlete today "taking off a year or two" to head over to Iraq?

TK

MTV is now older than it's target audience - NPR

Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson, Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman and Nina Blackwood.