Random trivia I learned today:
“gulag” is not a word, but an acronym.
Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite still in orbit. It was launched in 1958.
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weekend
Drove out to Winston-Salem to catch The Cherry Valence and Brightleaf at The Warehouse Friday night. Then hung around most of the day Saturday as well. Talked with Scott about opening a bar. Yes, a different Scott opening a bar. This one in Brevard though.
Played soccer sunday. Again reminded how out of shape I am. At least now it mostly just seems to be a matter of lung capacity.
weekend
Drove out to Winston-Salem to catch The Cherry Valence and Brightleaf at The Warehouse Friday night. Then hung around most of the day Saturday as well. Talked with Scott about opening a bar. Yes, a different Scott opening a bar. This one in Brevard though.
Played soccer sunday. Again reminded how out of shape I am. At least now it mostly just seems to be a matter of lung capacity.
nice set of carbs
As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual.
From the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
As a owner of a 1976 Triumph Spitfire, I appreciate this.
todays random idea for a band name:
Shearon Harris and The Cooling Towers
And oddly, someone has even already done some perfect pics
todays random idea for a band name:
Shearon Harris and The Cooling Towers
And oddly, someone has even already done some perfect pics
numbers
Saw a link to some drivers license barcode decoding software, and started looking around to see what info is available.
Apparently, North Carolina includes name, date of birth, height, weight, eye color, address, social security number, ethnicity, sleep number, zodiac sign, sexual preference, aim id, cholesterol level, credit score, SAT score, thetan count, metaclorian level, pin number, nicknames and aliases, the combination to your middle school locker, shoe size, voter registration and voting record, and food allergies.
Er, well, maybe. North Carolina licences are actually encrypted.
What states use what tech, and what info is encoded
More driver license number info
Commercial licence reading software
What the social security number means, and area code -> zip code mapping
philly trip
I rode up to Philadelphia, PA over the long weekend (took Friday and Monday off). Went up to see a free concert featuring Adrian Belew and They Might be Giants. And of course, an excuse for a road trip.
I stopped in Fredericksburg, VA to visit relatives. I went up US-1 most of the way, with a couple blasts along
I-95. The best way to describe it was Very Very Warm. Managed to empty out the 2liter Camelback on the way up, along with more than a few bottles of water. US-1 is pretty boring.
Left at 7am to head up to PA. Took mostly 95, since I had a schedule to keep. Though bits of the way on 1/301/3.
Got there in plenty of time, checked in the hotel, and started wandering around Old Town Philly. Wandered around the area a bit. Put off waiting in the multi block long security line to see the Liberty Bell and such.
Show was right beside the river (Penns Landing). The Adrian Belew show was as a power trio and seemed to work pretty well. A couple of new songs, and three or four King Crimson songs. Very cool.
Headliners were They Might Be Giants. I’m not actually all that familiar with They Might Be Giants despite having seen them live once or twice. But they put on a very enjoyable show.
On the way home, stopped at Fort Meade as the last post shows. Also wandered around D.C for no particular reason.
Again, it was Very Very Warm. 99F according to one of the bank signs I passed.
The bad thing is I seem to have picked up some sort of stomach virus.
Overall, the trip was about 850 miles.
death jazz reminder
I’m playing tonight at Bickett Gallery with Steve Burnett, Crowmeat Bob, and Brian Donohue.
Show starts at 10pm.
more blogs
Random interesting blogs I stumbled upon today…