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muddin' OR the jeep ad

We finally found a couple of big 300 gallon tanks to use for our rainwater collection. We rented a trailer and drove 2 hours to Spokane to get them. We loaded them in the trailer and when we tried to get back on the road we got stuck in the mud up to the top of the wheels. We had to call a tow truck to get out. After he pulled us out (did not take much). I floored it past the tow truck to get through the rest of the field, When I looked back he was not moving and spinning his wheels. So we traded places and my little jeep pulled the trailer, and the tow truck out of the mud.

i can't make this stuff up

this is an unmolested screenshot from my gmail account... note the # of spam emails... the power of google compells you...

mojo hates jehovah's witnesses

not only does she bark furiously at them - she destroys their literature...

first ride

the roads are finally clear, even though there are still piles of snow on the ground. so I brought the bike out of her deep sleep today, complete with her new seats that i made during the long time off two wheels. felt good to ride again, though a bit brisk...

** update ** Glad i came back when i did it just started to snow again...

truck die, no come back

RIP, you were a good truck.
fortunately i only paid $500 for her in the first place, and sold it for $200... so not too bad...
now we are really yuppie scum, bought mel a Volvo cross country turbo wagon for Valentines day... she loves it, I can't drive it because i feel like a soccer mom.

feels like summer

got to un-thaw for a minute in Santa Barbara on a photo shoot. sun good.

facebook

sorry pretty much abandoned this page for facebook - but a few updates will follow

wally-world

found this on our local website, gotta love this town. we have not visited wally-world much this last year, for a very few (I counted 4) one item no-one-else-that-is-open-on-a-sunday-has-it things (like bubble lights for the christmas tree). And the results from these trips... inevitably disappointing, cheap products that don't last for shit, scarily bad customer service and a lingering headache that appears upon entry to the store.

i'm with this writer, with a little forethought, better planning and a willingness to make *gasp* 2 stops in town 2008 will be entirely Wal-Mart free for us. I encourage you all to do the same, believe it our not I think it is easier to do this here than it was in Dallas... at least we HAVE stores that are not chains...

How to Avoid Wal-Mart

mooooose

just got back from a whirlwind holiday in texas. it was good to see everyone and good to be back home amongst the snow and large wild animals (photo from kitchen window)

beirut

with a heavy cultural patina in eastern europe, france and otherwise abroad beirut encapsulates something remarkable in two equally strong back to back albums. syrupy gypsy lyrics backed with a cacophony of strings, accordion, horns and Zach Condon's trumpet sound like what i can only imagine paris feels like.

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for a sample you can check out live performances on KEXP:


And 2 songs off of the "song of the day" podcast:

lol

just watch.

animal collective

if they might be giants and some martians had a campfire sing-along this is what it might sound like. it might be art, it might be pop but either way its really good.

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last ride...

sorry to say this weekend was probably the last ride of the year. and what a beauty it was - wish we had pictures to share, but i am sure we will do this one again...

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okkervil river - stage names

representing austin texas stage names (and predictably the dramatic, facetious opener "our life is not a movie but maybe") single bemoan the lack the the usual epic story-lines, plot twists and dramatic cinematography in daily routine of what will schreff calls his "mid-level band".

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grog commute

key stats:

• 11 miles
• 15 minutes
  
• 1 stoplight
• 1 scenic highway
• 2 lanes
• 3 views of schweitzer ski resort
• 0 traffic (except the occasional deer, moose or tractor slow down)

start: driveway...













turning out of driveway: views of ski resort in distance...













riding the highway: lots of bugs













end: covered parking and private entrance

bright eyes - cassadaga

omaha’s connor oberst's latest attempt is pleasently confused, perhaps almost spiritual in an ecclectic-crystal-swinging kinda way with a gloss of indie-pop over muddy depths. not surprisingly inspired (in part or whole?) by the town of cassadaga florida.

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who's house? grog house..

part 2... the crib

Ok these first pictures are from when we moved in back in march... still some snow on the ground back then. But no worries its been in the 80's and 90's for the last two months... I'll let mojo show you around...

This is my crib - my people bought it just for me. Come on inside.

This is the living room - its where my couch is...

...and the stairs to the bedroom where I sleep.

so you've seen my house and my couch... now you have to get out of here...

grog work

sorry been gone long - just got internet at home - dialup only but internet at least. Me divide my update up into a few parts....

Part 1 work...

Work good. never a dull moment. been working on too many things to mention or list here but grog favorites have been working on the creative direction for Spring, Summer and Fall 2008 and our Manhattan flagship store opening at 68th and 3rd (which is this week). me have pictures of the barricade that grog design for the store while it under construction - by far the largest project grog ever do - 20ft tall and 300 feet long... its freaking huge...