fuzzyraygun

I sold my 1991 Honda Hawk GT650 today, and Alanna and I were sad to see it go. I bought it from my sister in 2000. It was a great bike and I was very glad that it went to another good owner.

If you don’t know how cool Honda Hawks are you can check them out on WikiPedia. Even the Wiki folks know they rock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_NT650

In bed last night.

• Me: “I think I can find a used Nord Electro 2 keyboard for less than $1000.
• My Wife: That is great. The big one?
• Me: No the 61 key size.
• My Wife: That stinks.
• Me: The 73 key wont even fit on top of the organ in the living room. Its only one octave.
• My Wife: It wont fit on top of the other piano.. I like the sound of that.

stare at the news box
numbers move from red to blue
time for the champagne

This is a super great site for seeing how polls combine into useful information and how election scenarios could play out.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

If you have ever wondered how the Beatles got that weird sound at the beginning of “Hard Days Night”, it seems its taken over 40 years, a professor and some advanced analytical modeling to figure it out.

Wired Article »

Little known fact is that the Beatles (Ringo really) used the phrase “Hard Days Night” to describe playing gigs. The director Richard Lester heard the term and thought it would be a good title for the film. He then asked John and Paul to go and write a song with that title. They found him the next morning and played him the song. Most people have differing opinions on how the song title and film came together, including the Beatles themselves but I believe the version from the Bob Spitz book, (The Beatles by Bob Spitz).

John McCain is just shooting himself in the foot every time I turn around.

• Chooses Sarah “Caribou Barbie the Maverick” Palin
• No Palin news conferences
• Loses debates
• Constantly talks about Joe the Plumber, who is not a plumber
• Keeps up negative attacks, even after they don’t work
• Real America / Fake America
• Palin wardrobe

People want a president to be stable, even tempered. People loved Clinton and Reagan when they were running and in office because they smiled, even when someone was clearly going after them. I’m just waiting for McCain to show up drunk to a rally and start swearing at the crowd. Then maybe fall down and wet himself.

I’m a busy little bee these days. Work work work… Gotta get ready for the winter…

Check out pictures from the last Absinthe Glow show down in Monterey.

With all the upheaval in the stock market I hear people in panic talking about selling their stocks and mutual funds. People always say that Warren Buffet is a great businessman and investor yet they always forget one of his biggest rules about investing.

“Be greedy when others are fearful and be fearful when others are greedy.” — Warren Buffet

When Alanna and I got married, I was rushing around before the wedding moving stuff and getting dressed and checking on arrangements and the whole time I was singing this song under my breath. Here we are 2 months to the day after the wedding and I still have it in my head.

Getting Better - Beatles Sgt. Peppers

It’s getting better all the time
I used to get mad at my school
The teachers who taught me weren’t cool
You’re holding me down, turning me round
Filling me up with your rules

I’ve got to admit it’s getting better
A little better all the time
It can’t get no worse
I have to admit it’s getting better, it’s getting better
Since you’ve been mine

Me used to be a angry young man
Me hiding me head in the sand
You gave me the word, I finally heard
I’m doing the best that I can

I’ve got to admit it’s getting better
A little better all the time (It can’t get no worse)
I have to admit its getting better, it’s getting better
Since you’ve been mine (Getting so much better all the time)

It’s getting better all the time
Better
It’s getting better all the time
Better Better Better

I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man, I was mean but I’m changing my scene
And I’m doing the best that I can

I admit it’s getting better
A little better all the time (It can’t get no worse)
Yes, I admit it’s getting better, it’s getting better
Since you’ve been mine (Getting so much better all the time)

It’s getting better all the time
Better Better Better
It’s getting better all the time
Better Better Better
Getting so much better all the time