Salt Of The Earth
Lyrics by The Rolling Stones
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Let’s drink to the hard working people
Let’s drink of the lowly of birth
Raise your glass to the good and the evil
Let’s drink to the salt of the earth
Say a prayer for the common foot soldier
Spare a thought for his back breaking work
Spare a part [...]
“I know every engineer
on every train”
KING OF THE ROAD
by Roger Miller
Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let…fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain’t got no cigarettes
Ah, but..two hours of pushin’ broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I’m a man of means by no means
King of the road.
Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination…Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out [...]
Memorial Day 2010
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
Lyrics by The Pogues
When I was a young man I carried my pack
And I lived the free life of a rover
From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback
I waltzed my Matilda all over
Then in nineteen fifteen my country said Son
It’s time to stop rambling ’cause there’s work [...]
[Lyrics]
Instant Club Hit(You’ll Dance to Anything)
[My thanks and apologies go to one of the greatest 1980's punk bands to ever come out of Philadelphia, The Dead Milkmen ~Editor.]
You’ll dance to anything
You’ll dance to anything
Okay, look at you
Don’t you look like Siouxsie Sioux
How long did it take to get that way
What a terrible waste of energy
You [...]
ADVENTURES AT THE DMV
A Public Service Agency
I got a letter from the efficiency experts at the California Department of Motor Vehicles the other day telling me that my vehicle registration would be suspended unless I provide them with proof that I do indeed have insurance for my vehicles.
My current coverage with Progressive Insurance (yes, that [...]
OK, we’re trying…
I realize the devastation on poverty stricken Haiti is astonishing. After all the people of that island nation have went through over the decades a 7-point earthquake so close to the surface, with the epicenter being almost a direct hit on the densely populated, poorly constructed rickety concrete maze of Port Au’ Prince, [...]
Disappointing Change
So what’s going on in the Obama White House now anyways?
When he entered office a little less than a year ago he did so by winning his election on a platform of change.
Now, ten months after being sworn in, his presidency is starting to look like a Republican “go-with-the-flow” term than a Democratic “party [...]
Barley wine is high-octane beer that has an alcohol content up there in the wine range, hence the name. I however enjoy it for its unique full-bodied flavour.
There’s an article at Beer Advocate here:
beeradvocate.com/articles/299
From Wikipedia:
A barley wine typically reaches an alcohol strength of 8 to 12% by volume and is brewed from specific gravities as [...]
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