Yesterday

In the morning ~ notice the possessive chocolate legs draped over the accommodating yellow legs ~

In the afternoon ~

They are resting on their new Halloween toy - a Tuffies octopus that Bodhi destroyed in minutes - he enjoyed extracting the squeaky from each tentacle - 8 fun projects!

He Drinks Tequila

and She Talks Dirty in Spanish ~

I wonder what it is with me and the country music these days. But I was just thinking of this song which I heard for the first time at a happy hour with some of our graduate students when I was a fairly new faculty member. I think one of them requested it from the dj and it has cracked me up ever since. Plus I like songs that mention trailer parks.

By the way - Happy Birthday Dom !!!

I am also fascinated by the fact that this blog service lets you post html code which opens up a whole host of posting possibilities.

The Offspring

Bodhi jumping off the top ! of the patio table - talk about naughty ~

Madeline pretty girl ~

Six Word Memoirs

I bought a cool book in Key West in May titled "Not Quite What I Was Planning" featuring hundreds of six-word memoirs [perhaps the coolest one of which provides the title of the book]. Coincidentally the origin of the book evidently lies with Hemingway. Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

Possible Lyrics

When I did that last post I had in mind the lyrics to the last verse of a David Allen Coe song:

"Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song, and he told me it was the perfect country and western song. I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country and western song because he hadn't said anything at all about momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison or gettin' drunk. Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to this song and he sent it to me and after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country and western song. And I felt obliged to include it on this album. The last verse goes like this here:

Well, I was drunk the day my momma got out of prison, And I went to pick her up in the rain. But before I could get to the station in the pick-up truck, She got runned over by a damned old train.

And I'll hang around as long as you will let me. And I never minded standin' in the rain. Ohhh. You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'. You never even called me, Well I wonder why you don't call me, Why don't you ever call me by my name?"

Perfect C&W Song

Could you write the perfect country and western song?
Or at least a verse?
To be the perfect C&W song it has to mention~
mama
trains
trucks
prison
& getting drunk
Give it a try.