Political correctness
a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

BARF Therapy

Pay no attention to that man in the dark little room at the end of the house. He’s just doing what he finds necessary to keep his sanity. He is, to borrow a phrase from the late Douglas Adams, mostly harmless.

Really, the noises, the obscenities, the ranting and raving coming from the man-cave are not [...]

Serving up the Blues since 1984

Today’s Quote: ” Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.” ~ Larry the Cable Guy

Song: Generic Blues
Artist: “Weird Al” Yankovic
Album: UHF Sountrack And Other Stuff
Released: 1989
Sample lyric: “My brothers and sisters all hated me because I was an only child.”

Is 23½ years of depression a bit much? Just asking. Feelings. Anger without enthusiasm, BARF, hunger, tired, [...]

Equilibrium and Freedom

Today’s Song: Louie Louie
Artist: The Kingsmen
Album: Louie Louie: The Kingsmen In Person
Year: 1964
Facts about Louie Louie
- Although most of the lyrics are indecipherable, many people thought the song was somehow offensive. Indiana governor Matthew Welsh declared it “Pornographic” in 1964 and asked the Indiana Broadcasters Association to ban it.
- The FBI launched an investigation into [...]

Today's forecast, partly cloudy with a chance of barf

The Ramones – My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down

Today’s Quote: “Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.” — Soren Kierkegaard

It’s probably a good thing I don’t car pool. For one thing, I usually don’t have room for a passenger. That seat is usually taken by all the crap I [...]

Planning is futile (HFD)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Refugee

Today’s Quote: “The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.” — Sir Henry Taylor

I’m not making any plans for the weekend, none whatsoever. I have finally come to my senses and realized the futility in planning for [...]

Doin' the Luddite Shuffle

Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy

Today’s Quote: “You need to take the bull by the balls and run with him.” — ‘induhvidual’ quote from the Dilbert newsletter

Yesterday Jacob asked me if I had a dishwasher. I answered, “You’re looking at the dishwasher.” Then he said I was the boss. I told him that I wasn’t but [...]

BARF (HFD)

The Doors – Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song)

Today’s Quote: “There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.” — Agnes Repplier

“Well, show me the way
To the next Whiskey Bar.
Oh, don’t ask why,
Oh, don’t ask why.”
— Whiskey Bar (Alabama Song) by The Doors

Be warned. I’m having a heavy flow day today. There isn’t a maxi-pad [...]

No mental health problems here

The Beatles – Fixing a Hole

Today’s quote: “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
[Crabgrass has virtues? Well, it is what keeps my lawn green and it's low maintenance.]

I’d better go out and buy myself something extravagant. I’ve got post-payday depression and BARF. Maybe I should [...]

It feels like Monday

 ”There’s no time to lose, I heard her say
 Catch your dreams before they slip away
 Dying all the time,
 Lose your dreams
 And you will lose your mind.
 Ain’t life unkind?”
 — The Rolling Stones, Ruby Tuesday

For some unknown reason I feel incredibly tired today. I also feel hungry and …

The BARF level seems to be steadily rising this morning [...]

And there was BARF everywhere

Lawyers, Guns and Money — That’s a great song. Too bad he only seems to be known for Werewolves of London. He wrote and performed a lot of great tunes.

“Send lawyers, guns, and money.
The shit has hit the fan.”

I don’t know what brought it on. Was it the absence of pickles on my sandwiches? Or [...]