Friday, July 15, 2016

Simpler Times

This is my favorite single song ever. It's blends melancholy and hopefulness with just about the perfect pop hook. In a time where melancholy and sadness runs far out in front of hope, maybe I'm just clinging to something that makes me happy. Hope you find some happy today, people of Gheorghe. There's a little light out there.

43 comments:

  1. Child stress led to some self-overserving last night. I woke up and saw an email receipt for two "Never Trump" signs for my front yard. Will be fun to stir the pot on my block.

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  2. On Thur which was a very eventful day in England and London specifically, I was interested on getting everyone's (cabdrivers mostly) take on Brexit and Cameron's resignation. They were much more interested in hearing about Donald.

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  3. I'll take one of those off your hands if the second is an extra.

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  4. So yeah, Great Grandparent Mick Jagger knocking boots with the 29 year old ballerina. Nice going. That will be a neat family tree.
    Mick isn't the only one with the stones....Ronnie Wood became a father again a couple of months ago to twins. His wife is a little long in the tooth tho....38.

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  5. Mick's baby mama was born in the Burg! I bet she knows Dean.

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  6. Zman - I bought two b/c I bet some dildo will try to steal one.

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  7. Took the day off to prepare for zvacation next week and decided to watch zson's tennis lesson. He just hit a textbook flat drive forehand ... into the pro's crotch. I'm still wincing and it wasn't my delicates that got hit.

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  8. If you are the ballerina ' s father are you inwardly excited and outwardly embarrassed? Vice versa? Excited both ways? Horrified all around? Discuss.

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  9. Following up on the last thread. Wax (what you dab with) is fantastic but is certainly not for the inexperienced smoker. I bought a little wax pen last year because my brother in law has regular access to it. Quality purchase. He's got the full blown bong like setup. That's nice too. And yes Clarence, you're right, most adults who are dabbing (in dance form) have no damn clue what it's about. That's makes it better and that's why I have no desire to inform them.

    Watched the premier episode of Mr. Robot season 2 last night. Fuck that show is good. And fucked up. Also watched the latest episode of Simmons show on HBO. It's early but I'm not at all sold. It really drags at times. I don't think he can carry a half hour TV show. There's no shame in that, it's really really hard to do. Which is part of what makes John Oliver so damn impressive.

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  10. i need to listen to more conservative talk radio. there are lots of people out there that LOVE trump. in new jersey. i did not realize that i got in at 2 AM last night until i saw my "hey gheorghies" just a moment ago.

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  11. danimal, if you're the ballerina's father, you're asking your dad the same question. mick is closer to her grandfather's age than her father's. i think you're mostly grossed the fuck out.

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  12. Ballerina's pops is bummed. No doubt. At least Trump isn't the baby daddy--that's the silver lining.

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  13. ballerina's pops is loving it-- free stones tickets, a grandkid that's going to inherit 1/8 of mick jagger's wealth and has mick jagger's genes . . . what's not to love?

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  14. Briante Weber is going to make the Heat roster

    http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/basketball/miami-heat-summer-league-briante-webers-defense-pu/nryrD/

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  15. At a street corner near Zman and me (Weston & Passaic), there is a Trump sign that appears to have been uprooted, trashed and thrown onto the ground. That's my kind of vandalism.

    Dave - drive through southern Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Trump plays well to folks in Howell, Brick, Lacey and the Pinelands.

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  16. danimal - i'm at sherando high school. thought you'd wanna know.

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  17. Whoa. You are 5 min from the rents'. Dance thing? Good little irish bar in Middletown not too far away. I doubt that is a possibility for you but you can dream right?

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  18. Mini summit at TR's. I was over served. I blame Tiara.

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  19. Summit ended when Zman's siblings started to get into it and all the parents drunkenly started chanting "fight, fight, fight." A fight ensued, w/ some pinching and hitting and crying. And that was all she wrote for the party.

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  20. that's amazing parenting.


    and my cousin lives down in lacey and i'm guessing he's a trump supporter . . . i will find out at the beach this week.

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  21. zman's siblings? that's hard core.

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  22. At my buddy's restaurant. Eating egg rolls, pad Thai, fried chicken, drunken noodles and tostones while Illmatic plays over the speakers. Not many better dining experiences.

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  23. Also drinking Jai Alai. Even better.

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  24. And now mango sticky rice which is just...wow.

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  25. On vacation. zwoman rented a house with no AC. So sweaty.

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  26. Figjam or Stenson tomorrow? Someone else? Not sure yet. Let me drink on it. Inclination is that it will be someone else.

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  27. "Figjam" makes me chuckle whenever I read/hear it. And I learned it at Gheorghe. Thanks, lads.

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  28. anyone want to go camping for a couple of days and watch the old 97s and a bunch of other bands?

    http://dbbrewingcompany.com/events/event/devils-backbone-hoopla/?unii-trigger-open=HXY9R0&?ref=HooplaBands

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  29. ... at a good brewery, no less.

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  30. Possibly. Maybe Friday night and then I hightail it back to see the 97's back to back nights.

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  31. Fuck camping. Forever. I like you guys though so I might be convinced if and RV is involved.

    I also love that I learned figjam here. Thanks,
    Danimal.

    Finally, as someone who grew up in Florida...I will never endorse no AC.

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  32. Be careful which AC you endorse... Atlantic City, AntiChrist, or Al Cowlings might not be what you want to be affiliated with.

    AC Green, though was smooth.

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  33. Til you read what the actor who portrayed him is accused of doing

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  34. Did he rent a house with no AC? Because that sucks, especially in July.

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  35. Z, where are you vacationing? If it's Cape Cod, quit bitching.

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  36. I think I'll go w/Stenson. They are 5 & 6 strokes ahead of the next guy Bill Haas with pretty benign conditions.

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  37. I'll take a flyer in JB Holmes making it interesting.

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