Barry Larkin

A great article on arguably my favorite athlete of all time:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof10/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=4777032

Some Dam Recognition

http://www.ocala.com/article/20091230/ARTICLES/912301005/1402/NEWS?Title=Good-eating-in-Marion-often-worth-the-drive

Guatemala

Late March/early April trip:

http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,1890061,00.html

Townes Van Zandt

To Live is to Fly by Townes Van Zandt

Won't say I love you, babe,
Won't say I need you, babe,
But I'm gonna get you babe
And I will not do you wrong.
Living's mostly wasting time
And I'll waste my share of mine
But it never feels too good,
So let's don't take too long.
You're soft as glass
And I'm a gentle man;
We got the sky to talk about
And the earth to lie upon.

Days, up and down they come
Like rain on a congadrum
Forget most, remember some
But don't turn none away.
Everything is not enough
And nothin' is too much to bear.
Where you been is good and gone
All you keep is the getting there.

To live is to fly
Low and high,
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes.

Goodbye to all my friends

It's time to go again
Think of all the poetry
And the pickin' down the line
I'll miss the system here
The bottom's low
And the treble's clear
But it don't pay to think too much
On things you leave behind.
I will be gone
But it won't be long
I will be a'bringin' back the melodies
And rhythm that I find.


We all got holes to fill
Them holes are all that's real.
Some fall on you like a storm,
Sometimes you dig your own.
The choice is yours to make,
Time is yours to take;
Some sail upon/dive into the sea,
Some toil upon the stone.


To live is to fly
Low and high,
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes;


Shake the dust off of your wings
And the tears out of your eyes.

Dam Diner

Dad and I rode our motorcycles to the Dam Diner on Saturday morning. I had inexplicably never been to the legendary breakfast dive.

Corporate Boys

Corporate Boys by Five O'Clock Heroes

Come line and mount on the pavement
No need to find a replacement
Heart flaws become just the usual
Soft porn his late night perusal
The lines are touched with a finger
So close it keeps you believing
Then pull back into position
And thrown back into the system...

How I love my life
Yes I'm sure i'll be back home by nine
And I'm oh so sure
That my money's clean and mind is pure!

Corporate boys
They don't have no time
Early morning start
Then back home in bed by nine
Corporate boys
They don't hesitate
Early morning start
Then back home they sit and wait

They play upon their computers
Those numbers mean nothing to us
Then out for lunch and a cocktail
The boss wants attention to detail
Back home there's nobody waiting
No girl no family meeting
You sit down and order a take out
You eat, drink, you talk, and you veg out...

How I love my life
Yes I'm sure i'll be back home by nine
And I'm oh so sure
That my money's clean and mind is pure!

Corporate boys
They don't have no time
Early morning start
Then back home in bed by nine
Corporate boys
They don't hesitate
Early morning start
Then back home they sit and wait

And if you feel like you can't get no-one
Just turn it off and switch it back on
Turn turn back on

Wooh!

Corporate boys
They don't have no time
Early morning start
Then back home in bed by nine
Corporate boys
They don't hesitate
Early morning start
Then back home they sit and wait

New Place

Prescience

"All the while, Walt Trowbridge, possible Republican candidate for President, suffering from the deficiency of being honest and disinclined to promise that he could work miracles, was insisting that we live in the United States of America and not on a golden highway to Utopia.

There was nothing exhilirating in such realism."

-Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here (1935)

Jaguars

There are a number of reasons why the Jaguars are not selling tickets; lack of enthusiam for the team is not one of those reasons. I think the crux of the problem is two fold:

1) College football is king in North Central Florida.

2) The economy is in rough shape.

The first problem is not going to change. College football is king. A family who goes to the Gator game on Saturday is unlikely to get up early and attend a 1:00 Jaguars game on Sunday. Doing both costs too much and makes for a grueling weekend. When faced with a choice between college and professional football, the vast majority of North Floridians are going to choose them Gata.

The second issue deserves some perspective. Jacksonville was hit hard by the economic downturn. But, the economy will not remain in the gutter forever. Things will never be like they were four years ago but they will turn around and have already started to do so. There is no reason to make a knee jerk decision about relocating the franchise.

Jacksonville loves the Jags. Two years ago this team went deep into the playoffs and nearly knocked off the undefeated Patriots. That year, Dad and I rode up to see them play the Raiders in the last game of the season. Jacksonville had all but clinched a playoff spot and the Raiders were abysmal. It was a meaningless contest. Still, the game was sold out and NOBODY was scalping tickets. There was not a seat to be had. So, elite media, don't tell me that Jacksonville can not or will not support an NFL team.

Atlantic City

Well now, everything dies, baby, that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in atlantic city

-Bruce Springsteen, Atlantic City

Let go...

Bobby Bowden

I want to like Bobby Bowden. I want to believe he is a nice old man who was good for college football. And, if you asked my opinion on the man fifteen years ago, I would have had nothing but glowing things to say.

Unfortunately, like many childhood impressions, the curtain was lifted long ago. Florida State has been one of the dirtiest football programs in history. Good riddance, Bobby.

Townes Van Zandt

I saw Steve Earle perform this song. He prefaced it by saying, "If this song doesn't scare the shit out of you, you are not heavily medicated enough."

Lungs by Townes Van Zandt

Well, won't you lend your lungs to me?
Mine are collapsing
Plant my feet and bitterly breathe
Up the time that's passing.
Breath I'll take and breath I'll give
Pray the day ain't poison
Stand among the ones that live
In lonely indecision.

Fingers walk the darkness down
Mind is on the midnight
Gather up the gold you've found
You fool, it's only moonlight.
If you try to take it home
Your hands will turn to butter
You better leave this dream alone
Try to find another.

Salvation sat and crossed herself
Called the devil partner
Wisdom burned upon a shelf
Who'll kill the raging cancer
Seal the river at its mouth
Take the water prisoner
Fill the sky with screams and cries
Bathe in fiery answers

Jesus was an only son
And love his only concept
Strangers cry in foreign tongues
And dirty up the doorstep
And I for one, and you for two
Ai'nt got the time for outside
Just keep your injured looks to you
We'll tell the world we tried

"When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for a gun."- Hitler