Idle Thoughts

I’m not in the mood for writing. Just playing my Masters of War and brooding. Later on tonight, I’ll tune into Showtime’s great new show Shameless. Any of you been watching it? Our daffodils started blooming this weekend and I noticed our first hostas breaking through the soil this afternoon. Spring is coming. It’s been a long, miserable winter with too much bad news. I went and saw Furthur last night at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby. They were outstanding. They’re named after the Merry Pranksters’ bus. Neal Cassady, Ken Kesey, and all that.

Escapin’ through the lily fields
I came across an empty space
It trembled and exploded
Left a bus stop in its place
The bus came by and I got on
That’s when it all began
There was cowboy Neal
At the wheel
Of a bus to never-ever land

It’s been a long, strange trip since then. It’s been sixteen years since Jerry Garcia died, and twenty-one years since I last saw him play. The crowds are older now. And they weren’t talking about any new war in Africa. They were just there for the music and the friendship.

Because I was at the show, I missed the Philadelphia Union win their first soccer match of the new season. I hope to get down to Chester to see them play in person. I think they have a pretty promising team this year.

What’s on your mind?

11 Comments

Phil Perspective on March 20, 2011 at 8:45 pm

Shameless? Showtime? Boo!! How dare you?!?!? 😉

BooMan on March 20, 2011 at 8:54 pm

What? Have you seen it?
- Phil Perspective on March 21, 2011 at 12:29 am
  
  Yes! And I forget the young women’s name .. but well .. I think you know 😉

seabe on March 20, 2011 at 9:16 pm

Writing a paper on Muslim Women and feminism for a Feminist Activism class; thinking about asking this girl out; and reading on our involvement in the new war:

Facing off against then-fellow Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in a debate for the Democratic primary, Mr. Obama said he didn’t want to just end the war in Iraq. “I want to end the mind-set that got us into war in the first place,” he said.

In contrast to his predecessor, President George W. Bush, who invaded Iraq in 2003 despite opposition from many allies and Democrats, Mr. Obama is taking pains to receive unambiguous legal authority through the United Nations, getting clear support from Arab states and then letting others–France and Britain –lead the military charge.

Top military officials described the cruise-missile strikes as “the leading edge” of a multiphase campaign against Col. Gadhafi. But the officials stressed that Mr. Obama’s goal was to create conditions quickly that would allow the U.S. to step back and assume largely a backup role.

Officials described America’s longer-term role as providing logistical support, such as refueling allied planes and provide intelligence from drones.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12801812

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704021504576211311438332144.html

anegadagino on March 20, 2011 at 9:23 pm

There’s no shame in watching Shameless. It’s totally captivating.

BooMan on March 20, 2011 at 11:03 pm

Tonight’s episode was absolutely appalling. That’s why I love it.

anegadagino on March 20, 2011 at 9:26 pm

I forgot what’s on my mind: Grenada and Panama. The moon. Libya. Japan. Continued faith in Obama. Some despair at how the Republicans are just eroding people’s belief in the usefulness of government. Ugh!

CabinGirl on March 20, 2011 at 9:34 pm

On my mind and definitely not bad news: the great evening we had last night at the Tower, the old friends I ran into, the awesome chicken sandwiches we just had for dinner, Finny’s latest baby trick, how short the weekend was, how much happier CBtY seems today, the new babies that are coming into my friends’ lives later this year (new friends for Finny!), what to make for my mom for her birthday, and oh yeah, the laundry that needs folding. 🙂

Phil Perspective on March 21, 2011 at 12:30 am

Are both of you going back to the Tower next month? 😉

KNUCKLEHEAD on March 21, 2011 at 5:05 am

The Dead, a free concert at Coronation Park as a freebie because we “liberated” the (have to pay) for concert in Toronto on the Strawberry fields tour across Canada.
Great concert.
Good acid.
Wow music.

budr on March 21, 2011 at 9:56 am

Navy Son called last night. His hitch is winding down and he’s busy scoping out engineering schools. He wants the Momcat to babysit his kittens while he checks out OU and OSU.

Gamer Son turns the Big Two Oh in less than a month. Seems like just a couple of years ago he was in the Terrible Twos. What do you get a 20 year old for his birthday?

Twenty years now, where’d they go?
Twenty years now, I don’t know.
I sit and I wonder some times
Where they’ve gone.

Phil Perspective on March 20, 2011 at 8:45 pm

Shameless? Showtime? Boo!! How dare you?!?!? 😉
- BooMan on March 20, 2011 at 8:54 pm
  
  What? Have you seen it?
  - Phil Perspective on March 21, 2011 at 12:29 am
    
    Yes! And I forget the young women’s name .. but well .. I think you know 😉
seabe on March 20, 2011 at 9:16 pm

Writing a paper on Muslim Women and feminism for a Feminist Activism class; thinking about asking this girl out; and reading on our involvement in the new war:

Facing off against then-fellow Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in a debate for the Democratic primary, Mr. Obama said he didn’t want to just end the war in Iraq. “I want to end the mind-set that got us into war in the first place,” he said.

In contrast to his predecessor, President George W. Bush, who invaded Iraq in 2003 despite opposition from many allies and Democrats, Mr. Obama is taking pains to receive unambiguous legal authority through the United Nations, getting clear support from Arab states and then letting others–France and Britain –lead the military charge.

Top military officials described the cruise-missile strikes as “the leading edge” of a multiphase campaign against Col. Gadhafi. But the officials stressed that Mr. Obama’s goal was to create conditions quickly that would allow the U.S. to step back and assume largely a backup role.

Officials described America’s longer-term role as providing logistical support, such as refueling allied planes and provide intelligence from drones.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12801812

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704021504576211311438332144.html
anegadagino on March 20, 2011 at 9:23 pm

There’s no shame in watching Shameless. It’s totally captivating.
- BooMan on March 20, 2011 at 11:03 pm
  
  Tonight’s episode was absolutely appalling. That’s why I love it.
anegadagino on March 20, 2011 at 9:26 pm

I forgot what’s on my mind: Grenada and Panama. The moon. Libya. Japan. Continued faith in Obama. Some despair at how the Republicans are just eroding people’s belief in the usefulness of government. Ugh!
CabinGirl on March 20, 2011 at 9:34 pm

On my mind and definitely not bad news: the great evening we had last night at the Tower, the old friends I ran into, the awesome chicken sandwiches we just had for dinner, Finny’s latest baby trick, how short the weekend was, how much happier CBtY seems today, the new babies that are coming into my friends’ lives later this year (new friends for Finny!), what to make for my mom for her birthday, and oh yeah, the laundry that needs folding. 🙂
- Phil Perspective on March 21, 2011 at 12:30 am
  
  Are both of you going back to the Tower next month? 😉
KNUCKLEHEAD on March 21, 2011 at 5:05 am

The Dead, a free concert at Coronation Park as a freebie because we “liberated” the (have to pay) for concert in Toronto on the Strawberry fields tour across Canada.
Great concert.
Good acid.
Wow music.
budr on March 21, 2011 at 9:56 am

Navy Son called last night. His hitch is winding down and he’s busy scoping out engineering schools. He wants the Momcat to babysit his kittens while he checks out OU and OSU.

Gamer Son turns the Big Two Oh in less than a month. Seems like just a couple of years ago he was in the Terrible Twos. What do you get a 20 year old for his birthday?

Twenty years now, where’d they go?
Twenty years now, I don’t know.
I sit and I wonder some times
Where they’ve gone.

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