Check your local TV listings

I'm not sure if any of you have caught this program called "Bluegrass Underground" which airs on PBS, but if not I suggest you look it up. It is filmed in a cave 333 feet underground in the Cumberland Caverns in Tennessee. I hope sometime to see a cover of "Cumberland Blues".

Here is a clip of Sarah Jarosz doing a cover of "Ring Them Bells" from Dylan's "Oh Mercy" album.

ENJOY

Wonder Buns

Please, I ask that instead of skipping over the text and scrolling down to see a picture of my wonder buns you take the time to read this post. It may present ideas in a new light. Also its not like my buns will just be hanging out exposed to the elements. They will be properly protected.

Yesterday I went grocery shopping and instead of buying my usual twelve pack of Wonder buns for $2.98 I had to buy an eight pack for $3.58. This added expense, minor though it may seem, I credit to the unions, and in this case specifically the teamsters for putting Hostess/Wonder out of business. Up until about forty years ago the unions were a good idea. They began with making safe and reasonable conditions for workers as well as competitive wages and benefits. It sure was a good idea until greed got in the way. Suddenly it was hard to tell the union leaders from the company executives that they complained about. They brought to fruition the cliche "what you hate you become". They were raking in millions and companies began to struggle.  In the '70's we saw the exodus of businesses from America. It greatly accelerated through the '80's and '90's. Even Levi's closed their US factories. The once good idea that created better working conditions has spent the last several decades eliminating them. We still have companies leaving and/or closing due to union demands. Oddly most of the people that support the unions also support "immigration reform" ie amnesty for illegals having broken our laws. Fewer jobs but lets welcome more people?  The teachers unions even object to their members having to meet performance standards! Thats your children they are supposed to be caring for. 

I don't really have a point to all of this. Just expressing thoughts and opinions. In closing I must say that I am highly disappointed in the voters of WI for contributing to the victory of the arrogant one. You had done so well on the Governors recall election. What happened?

I cant remember what I went on about but...

I'm sure it was worth tuning in for

An over night sensation

The jeans of the previous post sold over night with the "Buy It Now" option of $300.00!
Not a bad ROI. 

Speaking of offending people

I have to admit that I wasn't too thrilled about the news I woke up to this morning, but instead of being all doom and gloom about another three months with this monkey in the white house (No offense to monkeys) (and I say three months because maybe he will be removed from office before his next term. How? Who cares?) I decided to look at the silver lining. A golden opportunity to offend some people. So whenever someone gave me lemons about the election results I gave them back lemonade in the form of  "Well thats what you get when you send a Mormon to do a mans job!" Of course I found this lemonade to be refreshing, my co workers, well they never know if I'm joking or not in the first place and Jimmy crack corn...So refreshed by all of my work at the lemonade stand I decided to go to this small thrift store downtown. In over a year I have never bought anything there, that is until today. Look at these beauties! $2.00!

To many it may be no big deal. A used pair of Levi's. A new pair of 501's is almost $50.00, and even in most thrift stores a good used pair can go for up to fifteen. But these are not just any 501's, these are redlines. Even better than just redlines these are a pair of Big E's, this model being produced from '68-'71. I'll be putting them upon Ebay tonight and hope to get 200 for them. More would be nice but off of a two dollar investment even 100 is a gift horse I'd be willing to kiss. 

On a closing note the Dow closed down 312 points today. Thanks obama.  Great new beginning! 

Moving ? Again?

Yes thats right. I am packing things up and getting ready for another move this weekend. Believe it or not I really don't like to move. It is just something that I feel I need to do from time to time. I am amazed at the miles I have put on just by moving. I think my shortest move was from Pocatello ID to Richland WA. Maybe three hundred miles as the crow flies. Of course the longest was Medford OR  to Manchester NH. Well with where I am now I cant go completely across the country but I will be going all the way across the parking lot. I know, will I ever settle down? Will I ever grow up?

Taking a walk with Bob (stepping into a video)

I'm not sure where to begin. It's all about today, but today wouldn't have happened without yesterday. and yesterday without the day before that. I suppose it is best to go back a couple of weekends. It was a Friday like any other Friday. I decided I would put away a few beers and I did. Saturday a.m. I woke up feeling fine, that is until the teethache hit. Yes teethache. Man it was serious pain that lasted over four days. Skip ahead to this past Monday. I went to see the dentist. Put them in the same category as lawyers. All tolled 5300 plus to fix all of the problems. Well fuck. I spent that evening in a state of bewilderment. Tuesday rolled around and I found myself in a miserable state at work. The only saving grace was I knew the new Dylan cd was coming out. All morning I kept checking to see if the broad had put it out yet. No. No. No. I was wondering if the local conspirators had banned the release of if it was just do to the uselessness of this employee. I cheated and looked to see where the new releases were kept. Ah, here it is. A big grin spread from ear to ear across the back of my head. That was it. That was was when I decided to forget about the teeth and quit worrying about money (at least for the time being). At the end of my shift I picked up the cd and a package of chocolate chip cookie dough. It was the start of a great day.

 It rained all day which is very unusual around here. Some areas had 4" and widespread flooding occurred. Up on the Santa Clara river a dike was broken which shut down many roadways, businesses and schools. So today I decided to take a walk up the Virgin river, which is right behind my complex, up to where it meets with the Santa Clara. I stepped out the front door and was instantly bathed in sunshine. At the same moment Duquesne Whistle, the first track on the new cd started. I felt like I was walking into a video. It was a great walk. Listening to the music and seeing how high the water was and how high it had been. There were deer tracks right behind the brick wall of the apt. complex so I new it had pushed the deer out of the woods quite a ways.As I contemplated the music I start to think about the rubbish the critics were saying. All the reviews have been good, but they used words like "dark" "violent" "bitter". Well yes and no. Couldn't the same be said of Blood On The Tracks? Isn't " Tin Angel" just like "Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts"?  "Long and Wasted Years" "If You See Her Say Hello"? "Scarlet Town" "Idiot Wind"?

Over all I have to say it is an exceptional album. Great music and narratives. All songs are classically Dylan, reminiscent of not only his last several albums, but also other periods of his career. "Long and Wasted Years"  seems to have come straight off of "Knocked Out Loaded". The title track Tempest is a tale of the Titanic that musically seems to have come out of the civil war. Of course there is the always present blues influence and some country swing. "Pay In Blood" reminds me of a Keith Richards song and also of a tune off of Mick Taylor's first solo album. Pick it up, take a stroll. Its a great way to weather life's tempests.  
 

Be that as it may...

Yes this presidential election has us pinned between barak and a romspot.
Do not give up hope for we do have the potential of a guy named Paul
from Wisconsin in his forties to be VP. If only it were me! (I'd stick that
mother....)

"I said 'they refused Jesus too' they said 'you're not him' "

Thats a line from an old Dylan song. Tell me which one, would you?

So what?
Say What?

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Miles Davis? What a tandem that would be.

Back to the post itself. So of late (past five or six months) I have been looking for a less expensive living situation. So I go out and check these apartments out. They are mostly private places attached to homes, or guest house studios which around here they like to refer to as a casita. (how fucking stupid. This is America. It is a studio or one bedroom guest house). Maybe they think it sounds more expensive. Nothing sounds better in spic. Well I take the time to fill out the rental app, meet the landlords, and in the midst of the conversation the line "and no alcohol" is thrown in. In the vernacular of the lemmings, "WTF"? Now some of the ads say that outright, which I appreciate because it saves me time and hassles, but it is still discrimination. Now you may be thinking "BWP you are the most discriminatory puke that I know". Well that may be true but the difference is I will say up front "no this or that..." but then allow one of this or that to pass.

The biggest irony of all of this is that those who are saying "no alcohol" are mormons. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. So by their standards they would refuse Jesus too because he was a wine drinker. Not only a wine drinker, but a provider of such. As to any feeble minded arguments that wine in biblical days was little more than grape juice do your research. If you don't want to, just ask me.

Cheers Jesus

HELP WANTED: SPANISH SPEAKING PREFERED

FUCK YOU
FUCK THEM

I wont even buy items that have spiclish printed on them. We talk often about enabling the addicted, what about enabling those who are unwilling (or able) to assimilate? Pandering to parasites is a bigger disease than the parasite itself. The unions of America forced many businesses to move their factories south of the border, why should we let ANY of them into this country to work? breed? suckle?

Look man, why are mexicans leaving mexico? Because it sucks.
Why does it suck? Because it is full of and run by mexicans.
I thought they are supposed to be hard working and industrious.
Not at illegal activities but towards growth. If that is true why are
there rare occurrences of illegal European Americans in mexico?

European Americans? Aren't we all Americans?  
What did Ben Franklin say about the hyphenated American?
You tell me new Fox Mundo channel that has spic after spic
proclaiming in spiclish that they are mexican American,
columbian American, spic American.

It is more disgusting than the opening language of this post!
Either leave your past or go home. We don't want this to become the
next third world country of the western hemisphere

"Once upon a time you dressed so fine..."

Yeah America, how does it feel?

Adendum

A pregnant women crosses the border and has her child in the U.S. The child is granted citizenship and soon after the broadly extended, multi generational, parasitic family follows suit. Does that mean if I shove an once of heroin up my butt, cross the border and push it out it is now legal? 

Son Of Sam Laws, Illegal Immigrants, and Our Piece of #*&% President

Any sort of amnesty granted to illegal immigrants is/should be offensive to all law abiding citizens. Dumb Fudd obama wants to grant immunity to "childern" of illegals. What this does is create a fast track to citizenship for the parents of these people, there by allowing them to profit from their crimes. Illegal is illegal.
Have any of the Manson "children" been released after 40 years? When will amnesty be granted to those who received the minimum five years for possession of one tab of acid? If we cant legalize naturally occurring herbs and other mind enhancing plants why should we legalize those who are filling our prisons and causing excess wear on our infrastructure? I'm tired of hearing this rubbish about these beings just trying to better their lot in life. So are crack dealers! Speaking of drug dealers, cartels, and their gang member associates....

Here is an immigration policy that should be put into action. Felons found to be in this country illegally are executed, as well as gang members. No time on death row, just a bullet. A lot cheaper than plane fare. Felon deportees obviously have no regard for the law and will just come back. There have also been cases of felons deported to their home countries, imprisoned, yet still calling shots in their US gangs.  This will save tax payers billions and also be a better deterrent than a chain link fence.   

This time I'm sure, Amanita Muscaria tea

Went straight to the denouement. We'll I didn't but the video does. It has been over twenty four hours since I drank my tea and the thought of it still makes me want to vomit. It was the most putrid tasting thing that ever cursed my tongue. I finished drinking it at 11:20 and minutes after noon I felt it hit. It opened with flashings and a rubber legged feeling. Minutes later, 12:10 to be exact, it hit full on and continued that way until 2:55. After that I was on cruise control for another ninety minutes or so, finally landing with the opportunity to cleanse my palette. If I ever use this entheogen again it will be in extract form just to avoid the taste. However the next one I will try is Nile Blue Lotus.

I'm not sure

It was an odd day. I started by eating a 1/4 oz of the Amanita Muscaria on some pizza and washed it down with a beer. I sat outside waiting for things to kick and grabbed a second beer. I seemed to nod off for a while and came back in and snacked on a few bits of the mushrooms. I remembered having read that underneath the skin of the caps is where the muscimol content is highest and smoking the skins can be "beneficial". Started feeling a little fuzzy, then hairy. For about an hour maybe ninety minutes I peaked with an electrical storm in my head. Went back to hairy then fuzzy followed by normal. I was hoping for a bit longer of a voyage but we'll see what happens next time. I still have about a 1/2 oz left that I may try making a tea with.

Amanita Muscaria Latvian Strain

These are some mushrooms I recently received. Rest easy, they are legal mushrooms. I would have liked to have seen them before they were dried. I imagine the colors were quite vibrant. These are the kind of mushrooms that you usually see the "Hookah  Smoking Caterpillar" resting on. As to what the effects are I'll let you know Friday or Saturday.  Who knows, maybe I'll run into Joseph Smith and Jesus. That sounds like the beginning of a joke. Joseph Smith and Jesus walk into a bar....Perhaps I'll have the punch line on my mushroom review.

Ron Sturtzenegger of Bank of America is an Asshole

So this pig decides it is a good idea to give $150,000.00 breaks on the the mortgages of 200,000 borrowers who are sixty days late and owe on "under water houses". Before today five thousand have already received 700,000,000, yes seven hundred million, in principal reduction. What pisses me off about this is that many of these people lied on their loan applications and were sucked in by the materialistic environment of this country. (Have you heard of the show "Million Dollar Rooms"?) Keeping up with the Jonses should be no reason for such a break. Second, as I am struggling to get by B of A hits me up for every fee they can possibly fabricate as I dip below this level or don't deposit that much. Also it is because of these people who went greedily after their over sized houses and got foreclosed upon that the rental market tightened up and rent rates skyrocketed.

Yes I know there are many well intended and decent, even moral people in this group of 200,000 but we know that the nice guys finish last and the weasels get all the breaks.

If I were to hear that Sturtzenegger  was found murdered I wouldn't be surprised and obviously not shed a tear, nor would I sympathize with his family who has been living high on my hog albiet a guinea pig.

In closing I must once again finish with...die pig die

The Secret Service

With the recent scandal one cant help but wonder why we keep the US version of the SS around. If the govt. is going to keep these people around just to spend tax payer dollars they should at least be the ones giving service instead of being serviced. Also, if the president and other "VIP's" are doing a good job they shouldn't need protection.

Die Pig Die!

Militias

Recent reports in the mainstream media have stated that the number of both militias and militia members has been on a steady increase since 2009. I cant help but wonder how true this is. In fact I don't believe it. I have not met any of these people and I have not seen or heard of any reports on these groups taking some sort of action. Is the government just laying the ground work to take away more liberties from the public?

Another thing about the govt. telling the press what to say. Have you noticed that when the Dow goes up it is due to the "economic recovery" where as when it drops it is due to concerns about Europe. Even Larry Kudlow is spewing this rubbish.

One last thought. A person cannot be declared a martyr if after three years said person has only proven himself to be a failure.

St Whats its day?

It is spelled Feuillien

Orval

Trappistry

I'll be spending a good portion of my day with these Trappist ales. Sadly I do not have a representation from all seven Trappist breweries but these will suffice. In fact by the time I am done with them I should be doing a lot of weaving. I really would enjoy having a Westvleteren in this lot but as things are I cant even afford these beers.

Stone Old Guardian 2011

You tell me who she is LBJ!

ADVICE FOR MANAGERS

As many of you know I have a job that I hate.(obviously not the one I just quit) Waking up at 3:30 in the a.m. for low pay and even lower hours. Of course poverty compels (or is it impels?) me to go in every day. Once there things are out of my control. As much as I want to I cannot locate my off switch. As with my previous job the more efficient I am the fewer hours/less pay I get. But wait, I have to go back about a month or so. I went out to the mailbox and received a card from a local address. My mind wasn't computing properly so I had to open it to figure out who it came from. It was a thank you card from my supervisor, not even a manager, expressing his gratitude for the effort I give. Then this a.m. as I was heading out he called "Hey Paul", I gave him my usual glare, "Thank you". I admit that I don't work the way I do because of him. I guess it is a bit of an addiction or channeled anger. None the less it is nice to know that your supervisor TRULY appreciates what you do. None of that shallow see through shit straight out business management books diarrhea. I'll still jump ship at the first sighting of a life raft, but there wont be that bad taste in the mouth or feeling of contempt.

So my advice for managers is don't say thank you if you don't mean it. We realize that what you really mean is "thank you for getting me that bonus". If you're going to be an asshole be honest enough to shit on us and then see if you get your bonus. I know, most of you don't care, just as long as that check clears. I am surprised that there aren't daily reports on the news of bosses being killed. Think about it, there are as many, nay more lousy bosses as there are days in the year. Maybe all we need is a couple weeks of "Boss Killed By Under Appreciated Worker" headlines.


Get to work Aaron, we'll be proud of you.

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barley Wine 2012

Time Magazine just apologized for...

featuring a non latino on their latino voting issue. When will they apologize for their discrimination and segregation. latinos do not deserve special treatment...unless it is first class seating back to the non developed countries they came from.


Where is latin land anyway?

Ship Of Fools, on a cruel cruel sea

Yesterday I did something that most people would find unimaginable. I quit a job I could not afford to loose. I'll try to keep this long story short. The first day I pulled into Saint George I saw a construction site with a sign that said "Dick's Sporting Goods coming soon". I thought to myself that it would be a perfect scenario for me. Five and a half moths later they begin the hiring process. First I applied for the freight lead position, then footwear lead, followed by apparel lead. No response so I applied for a generic position. Went thru the first interview and onto the second. Metioned that with my experience I felt the lead freight position would be ideal for me. " Well we hire everyone on as temporary and then assess the employees thru the opening process..." Okay. Then I go to the cult like orientation meeting. In the a.m. we met the store manager and two assistants. After lunch the bike tech, gun tech, running specialist and lastly the freight lead was introduced! Before any work was done! Then I looked at the guy, a fucking douche bag who looks like he'd been hit in the face with a cast iron skillet.(I myself have had several cranial injuries, but the real point is those of you who know my work know that no one can out work, out organize, out time manage, out drive a receiving dept.) Well I need the money so I got past that. The following Wed. I went in to see my schedule for the first week of incoming trucks. I saw that I was scheduled for only one afternoon shift. Again I reconciled and thought of the whooping $60.00 it would bring me. The following Sunday a.m. I woke up to find a message from the store manager asking me to come in on Monday. Sure. I went in and said I would do Thursday as well and the next week I could do Tues. Wed. and Fri.

I went in on Thurs (yesterday) for my shift and before clocking in reviewed the next weeks schedule. Again one day, a whole store pre opening drink the kool-aid rally. I was ready to just turn around and go right back out, but I decided to give it some time. As I worked I just kept getting more upset. If you call someone in and they do as well as volunteer other days you should react in kind. When everyone went to lunch I pulled aside the assistant manager and told him "I don't see this working. I thought blah blah blah". In the sports world if you want more ice time you step up and perform. I did but was still benched. I flip flop and say to myself that I should have just stuck it out and sucked up as many hours as possible, but the true side of me says I made the right move on principle. I may end up financially broke but I wont end up like a broken mustang saddling around some lower down higher up. Comes a time you've got to follow your heart and not fiscal policy.(Gandhi once paraphrased Jesus' words at Matthew 4:4 by saying "Man does not live on bread alone. He sometimes prefers self respect to food"). So many bosses making bad decisions that are covered up by the good honest efforts of those who work beneath them. As the Dead song says "I wont slave for beggars pay likewise gold and jewels, but I will slave to learn the way to sink your ship of fools."

In closing I have to say that Dick's sporting goods is a great company. Founded by a man who's business plan was refused by his boss who then took his idea and created "Dick's" back in 1948. It seems as though here they are more into games than sports.

At Last, Something Has A Hold Of Me, Oh it must be Etta James

I remember the only time I got to see Etta James. It was the Long Beach Blues Festival in 1990 or 91. I'm a bit confused because it was in the heroin years. She didn't take the stage she stole it. Her show was raunchy and soulful, very much in contrast to what the networks and pc establishments showed of her with the 1960's photo and reference to "At Last". She was/is a blues woman. A soul with soul and character. A stage presence that would make your butt cheeks blush and give your ears gonorrhea. I learned a few things that weekend, first how to do the Detroit Shuffle, second don't get your buddy loaded on heroin if your not ready to carry him back to the car (I must confess I loaded the pot with heroin), third, Etta James ....man Etta James!

charactersunite.com

I'm not sure if you have had the pleasure of seeing the commercials for this movement that is being pushed by the USA network. It shows people in white t-shirts that say "I won't stand for _____" and the people write in various things they wont tolerate such as racism, discrimination...I really cant remember all of them but essentially it is the usual laundry list. The one that is missing, and most importantly the ad should finish up with is "I wont stand for people who won't stand for differing opinions". It is a rehashing of the Bob Dylan line from "Its Alright Ma" that goes "Some say they don't hate anything at all except hatred." Don't make excuses for the PC people. The only thing they think should be tolerated are their beliefs. To all these groovy hipsters you would think dissenting opinions would be welcomed. I don't like tattoos or excessive piercings yet some of my best friends have them. We don't need to agree on everything with everyone and if they're not getting violent big deal. Speak your minds, agree to disagree and get on with it. It is funny how people always connect hate with negativity but without hate/intolerance this country would not have been founded. Now we look at this land and see how far we have deviated from what our founding fathers had in mind, individual rights and freedoms.

Some more things I wont stand for; Mob Mentality, Occupy protesters costing cities/taxpayers millions, Illegal Immigrants, Lemmings, Drum circles without Fifes, White people with dreadlocks. If you don't like what I wont stand for thats alright with me. In fact I welcome you to hate it. Hate me even, it really doesn't matter. I hope you don't mind standing in a long line. I really cant waste my life trying to force others to believe as I do.

Cockeyed Cooper Uinta Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine

For todays mental distraction...

I started with doing the ABC's of mens names that are song titles. It was a much bigger challenge than the womens names. I surrendered my rules of its just being the name as the title and went with the name as part of the title. It was still a great task. One that I will work on again Monday. Speaking of song titles, names, and other randomness, I went out for a bike ride today and as is always the case was listening to the Dead, Alpine Valley 8/7/82, a great show which I highly recommend. As I was mid way through the song "Ramble On Rose" three quarters of the way up a hill singing along at the top of my lungs (gotta love riding in the desert) the lines in my ears and on my tongue were "The grass aint greener the wine aint sweeter either side of the hill". Riding up hill is taxing on the lungs. Riding up hill and singing is a tax increase. Riding up hill, singing, and laughing is obamanomics in action.

ABC's

I don't talk to anyone while I'm at work so to keep my mind occupied I come up with inane problems to solve. While being aurally attacked with yap yap yap from all directions today I decided to go through the alphabet and see if I could come up with a song whose title is a womans name for each letter. Although I sit here at a computer I refuse to google potential song title/names for the letters I fell short on, those being F,P (HeyHey Paula doesn't work because it has a womans name in the title, it is not the title) Q,T,U,X,Y, and Z. I'm not sure which is sadder, my job or the fact that I cant even come up with a womans name starting with Q or Z. Actually there are so many sad things here. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

CHECK CHECK ONE TWO ONE TWO

What The Duck

About a year ago I came up with an idea for yet another animated show for adults. As you may have surmised it would be called "What The Duck". It is about a duck named What that works at a cable news network called MSNFX. Obviously it is a show that that pokes fun at channels such as MSNBC and FOX news and the pandering to their particular audience with all disregard to the truth. I can't remember all the characters I had at the time but the line up will contain Whats counterpart Matt Cow. One of Whats catch phrases will be in regards to Matt Cows editorials, "and thus starts the spread of another epidemic of Matt Cow disease". Covering the arts will be a cat named Claudette Pussy (get it? Claude Debussy). The food critic will be either a deer named William F Buckley or Will B Grazin the meat loving deer who was raised by nut job vegetarians, and possibly a moose called Chuck Rhett Moose. I had sports, business, and weather characters but have since forgotten them. Should have written this down at the time.

All that being said, have you noticed how nauseating Fox and MSNBC are? Even if you agree with what either of them are saying their arrogant attitudes detract from their messages. Think about it, Fox has/had Beck, O'reily, Hannity, while MSN had their mirror images Oberman, Mathews, and Maddow. They are exactly the same. It is the Harpo Marx mirror without a mirror act. Another thing they have in common is never responding to my emails. What the Duck!?!

Perfect Timing

It was just after eight on Saturday morning when I was spinning in circles in the refrigerated aisle at Albertsons searching for the unfindable. There was no one anywhere to ask for assistance. Extremely aggravated my mood changed in an instance. I heard the opening sustained note of a very familiar song. What I'm sure appeared to be a stupid/psychotic smile spread across my face. Then the opening words chimed in, "There is a town in north Ontario". The smile got even more maniacal when the refrain of "Helpless Helpless Helpless" rolled around. It summed up the moment and the last few months.

It is funny how realizing you are helpless can be such a joyous occasion.