Let me say right up front that I have enormous respect for anybody who works with broken pipes, crusty toilets, clogged drains, moldy basements, spiders, cobwebs, and septic tanks. Like, for example, my plumber Phil. I say “my” plumber because he’s the guy my landlord calls when anything starts spurting, clogging, or smelling like ripe [...]
Don’t get cranky about the title. She really is a bitch. A female canine. And former street dog. She showed up a couple of months ago, unannounced, and decided not to leave. (Like many of my former girlfriends.) She’s cute, exotic looking, and since that’s all I require, I was instantly smitten. Me being a [...]
Loved this cartoon, sent today by alert reader Mary Carol Moore. Maybe you can relate… Coincidentally (or not) I have a new CD (and T-shirts) with a title song that riffs on this very subject: Analog Brain In A Digital World
This has nothing to do with bailouts, derivative traders, or sub-prime mortgages. It’s about my little home town bank and how they make me smile. Every day just inside the front door there’s a table with cookies and coffee for the customers. People can just help themselves. And believe me, they do. They go through [...]
Warning: bathroom humor alert. Sorry, but I couldn’t let this go unreported. A company in India is currently developing a soft drink made from cow urine. A major Hindu cultural group wants to market it as a healthy alternative to Coke. (I’m not kidding.) Since marketing is everything, the choice of a great name is [...]
I’d been looking for the recording of Steve Winwood singing “Nobody Loves You When You’re Down And Out” for a long time. My sister-in-law Linda found me an audio track and, unbelievably, a VIDEO. It’s mid-1960s, British Invasion, Spencer Davis Group, and this teenage Winwood gives me chills. So cool. Enjoy. (It’s an 8mb Quicktime [...]
Every once in awhile science validates those millions of funding dollars with a revelation which, while not immediately practical — like, say, a cure for the common colonoscopy — is nonetheless worth its endowment in mindless fantasy. In case you missed it, “60 Minutes†recently aired a story about a couple of paleontologists who have [...]
I brought my Baby Taylor guitar along for a cross-country flight to Oregon. It’s great to have around for practice because it’s small and fits overhead in the plane, no problem. As I boarded United Airlines, a flight attendant surprised me by considerately offering to put my little guitar up front in the closet. I [...]
You guys have been great! Thanks for voting for your favorite version of the title song, and entering your Analog Brain definitions for the t-shirt contest. Now I’d like to run some cover art by you and get your feedback. Below is a short evolution of cover ideas. I thought it might be fun for [...]
I’m house and dog sitting in Kailua (Oahu) for my friends Ev and Jane. They left today for the mainland so it’s just me, the house, the dogs, and 2 cars. Jane has a Subaru just like mine, and Ev has a jeep convertible. I can use either car, so to go buy food this [...]
