Why My Life Sucks

Track 4 The Real McKenzies – Farewell To Nova Scotia 2:06

Punk bagpipes.

Twitch.

Total running time 20:15

Hat tip to my brother Dafydd

Important safety note:If your prescription sleep aid says not to take it with alcohol, it means it. It doesn’t mean “wait 3 hours after drinking 2 glasses of dopplebock”. I didn’t think I was still under the effects. Silly me. I normally wake some time between 6 and 7, even after taking a sleep aid. Today, well, It’s damn near 1:00 PM and I’m still groggy and feel like going back to sleep would be a great idea.

See what some tea and my morning dose of speed does (see item 6) does to me.

Yeah, I know. Over 3 months ago. Old news What ever. This is what my front lawn looked like. Did I mention that my wife was in the hospital, and that I was temporally staying with my mother,(the chain smoker),my youngest brother and his wife? Not the best time of my life. I strongly suspect it had something to do with me finally going to see a real mental health professional however. Dec 2007 to Feb 2008 is officially the worst 3 months of my life that didn’t have someone important to me die in.

Music to scare normals Track 3
Savatage: Follow Me 5:12

That brings the current total up to 18:09

This, for what it is worth, shows the difference between a rock band who’s members are Christian, and a Christian rock band.

For the love of God, the Invisible Pink Unicorn and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and every thing else that is holy, I don’t know what to say.

Track Two: March Of Cambreadth by Heather Alexander/Alexander James Adams 7:58

“How many of them can we make die!”

Running total For the “Scare the Normals CD” 12:57

If you have been reading both of my real life blogs (Random Odd Thoughts) and (Why My Life Sucks) you can stop now. Read Why My Life Sucks for the full Looney experience. Any thing that ends up here will end up there.

The reverse is not true. Because Why My Life Sucks is on “my” domain, I have a lot more control over it, and it’s not going to be work safe all the time. Less so than random odd thoughts.

Moving on to Blogging software, if you have looked at Wordpress before, and didn’t like it, try looking again. The 2.5 version is VERY cool, and has a really spiffy import feature. No longer will you need to do very weird things to a blogger blog to import it, just log in and push a button. In theory it even know what posts have been posted already and will be skipped. Find out in a few if that is correct.

I have a pair of MinPens, Brandy and CoCo.

Actually I have Brandy and The Darling Wife has CoCo, but that’s a whole other story.

CoCo likes to dart out the front door and run. She does this about once a week. Normally she goes to the end of the block and turns back and will come if you call her.

Some days, well, it’s off to the races. Today, for example. This is not the first time this has happened in the last 30 days either. At least this time it wasn’t just above freezing and I had my shoes on.

Ended up chasing her about half a mile. If you include all the twist, turns, etc. closer to 3/4 of a mile. Almost caught her when a random boy child out in the front yard with two adults males (dad and uncle if I understood right) wanted to “pet the puppy”, and CoCo was slowing down a bit and stood back and did her happy bark at the boy, but I’m not going to do a flying tackle of a dog in front of a child while on concrete. Too scary for the child and not real good on my knees. One of the adult males (uncle, I think) tried to help by offering CoCo beer from his can. In this case, it might have worked, given that she likes beer, but What The Fuck? Beer to a dog? Yeah, I live in Oklahoma.

Finally caught her while she was nose to nose with the first dog she ran into about her size that she could get close to. One successful move silent roll and a overbear attack later and I had got her. Given her defense if fairly high with both her dexterity and size modifier being so high, I was glad to have caught her. Yeah, today normally would be gaming day, why you ask?

So what were the Results:

1. Caught dog.
2. Binged knee.
3. Grass stains on knee of dockers.
4. Crotch seam on dockers opened up.
5. Strawberry milk shake I had for lunch wanting to come up.
6. Finding out that 10mg of Amphetamine Salts taken 45 minutes before a major Adrenalin rush slash aerobic exercise will result in a major crash about two hours later.

Any rate, that was my post lunch, and why I am in bed now, shaking like a leaf.

Track One: Through the Fire and Flames by DragonForce. 4:59

I’m going to try to keep this total list to under 75 minutes so it could be, in theory a standard CD.

The artist is Hevia, who seems to be making rock video with bagpipes and that odd Midi thing he invented. He also seems to end his video with a mass pipe and drum band marching by. In this case, it was the Pipe Band of The Royal Jordan Arab Army. Granted I’ve only watched 2 videos (vs a concert video) of his so far, but it does seem to trend that way.

If your coming here from the other place, hello. If your not coming here from the other place, nice to see you as well.

For everybody, here is one of my favorite videos of Blue Oyster Cult’s “Divine Wind”

“If he really thinks were the devil, let’s send him to hell….”

They were writing about the Ayatollah Khomeini. Works just as well for the currents leader of Iran, Hugo Chavez or Osama bin Laden. It’s not often that a popular metal band “gets it” but they did and still do.

Blood of bat, tail of newt
Wing of metal, gold or steel
Fight of health, flash of pain
Staff of life, or poison rain

If he really thinks we’re the devil, then let’s send ‘em to hell

Fast food, fast cars
Fast women, movie stars
Time of trouble, time of trial
Turn to Memphis, pray awhile

If he really thinks we’re the devil, then let’s send ‘em to hell

Anxious lovers, bums in the street
Jackals in waistcoats, men in sheets
Purple mountains, waves of grain
Grace of God, thy will be done

If he really thinks we’re the devil, then let’s send ‘em to hell
If he really thinks we’re the devil, then let’s send ‘em to hell
(shouted) If he really thinks we’re the devil, then let’s send ‘em to hell

Lyrics by D. Roeser

Spanish Pop Rock Bagpipes. Just weird. Way cool, but weird.

Hat tip to The LawDog

This is the acoustic version of “Winterborn” by CruxShadows

See my other blog for the rock version

Why?

Well, Art Dude and Redheaded Girl got married. Wearing it on my right hand didn’t feel right any more.

I’m very glad for them both. Truly I am, I want nothing but good things for the both of them. They are both good people that have had a lot of bad things happen to them over the years.

I’m not sure if I was a good or bad thing for Redheaded Girl, I hope I was a good thing. If nothing else she met Art Dude via me.

Dancing Rodents my friends, Dancing Rodents.

I was for Giuliani, but he went weird on his plan. Not his ideas mind you, just how to run for office. I could have lived with Fred Thompson, but he had an even weirder idea on how to run for office.

But the more I read and listen to McCain, the more I like him.

I play Dungeons and Dragons. I’ve always done so, from the very first version way back in ‘74 or so. E. Gary Gygax played an important part of my life from about 14 on. He shaped more than a small part of geek culture and life in ways that are hard to explain.

He died Tuesday, of heart problems. He was only 69.

What made you become aware of Arab Terrorist? For me, the thing that drove it home was the Munich Olympic Massacre, followed by the US embassy take over in Iran.

July 23, 1968 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ El Al Flight Hijacking (32 Hostages Held for 40 days)

December 26, 1968 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ El Al Flight Attack (1 Murdered)

February 18, 1969 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Zurich, Switzerland Airport Attack (1 Murdered)

August 29, 1969 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ TWA Los Angeles to Damascus Hijacking (Hostages Held for 44 Days)

February 10, 1970 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Munich Airport Attack (1 Murdered)

February 21, 1970 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ SwissAir Flight 330 Bombing (47 Murdered)

September 6, 1970 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Pan Am, SwissAir, & TWA Flights Hijacked (Hundred of Hostages Held for 5 Days)

September 9, 1970 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ BOAC Flight Hijacked (Hostages Held for 2 Days)

September 6, 1972 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Munich Olympic Massacre (11 Murdered)

November 5, 1979 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ US Embassy Tehran, Iran Seized (60 Hostages Held for 444 Days)

September 14, 1982 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut (26 Murdered)

April 18, 1983 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Truck Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut (63 Murdered)

October 24, 1983 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Bombing of US Marine and French Barracks in Beirut (299 Murdered)

December 12, 1983 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Bombing of US and French Embassies in Kuwait City (6 Murdered)

September 20, 1984 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut (23 Murdered)

June 14, 1985 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ TWA Flight 847 Hijacking (153 Hostages held for 16-days, 1 Murdered)

December 27, 1985 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport (Rome, Italy) Attack (16 Murdered)

October 7, 1985 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Achille Lauro Hijacking (1 Murdered)

December 27, 1985 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Schwechat International Airport (Vienna, Austria) Attack (2 Murdered)

April 5, 1986 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ La Belle, West Berlin Discotheque Bombing (3 Murdered)

December 21, 1988 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing (270 Murdered)

November 22, 1989 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Renà © Moawad Bombing Assassination (24 Murdered)

February 26, 1993 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ World Trade Center Bombing (6 Murdered)

July 18, 1994 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Bombing of Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires,
Argentina (96 Murdered)

November 13, 1995 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Saudi Arabia National Guard Riyadh Bombing (7 Murdered)

July 25, 1996 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Khobar Towers Bombing (19 Murdered)

November 17, 1997 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Luxor, Egypt Massacre (64 Murdered)

August 7, 1998 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania US Embassies Bombing (250+ Murdered)

October 12, 2000 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ USS Cole Bombing (17 Murdered)

September 11, 2001 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ 9/11 Attacks (2,986 Murdered)

October 12, 2002 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Bali Bombing (202 Murdered)

August 19, 2003 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Bombing of UN HQ Baghdad (21 Murdered)

November 20, 2003 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Bombing of British Consulate in Istanbul (28 Murdered)

March 11, 2004 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Madrid Train Bombings (192 Murdered)

September 9, 2004 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Australian Jakarta Embassy Bombing (11 Murdered)

July 7, 2005 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ London Train Bombings (56 Murdered)

November 9, 2005 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Amman Jordan Hotel Bombings (57 Murdered)

April 24, 2006 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Dahab, Egypt Tourist Resort Bombings (23 Murdered)

June 22, 2006 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Sears Tower Plot, Chicago, IL (Thousands of Lives Saved)

July 7, 2006 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ New York Train Tunnel Plot, New York, NY (Hundreds of Lives Saved)

July 31, 2006 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Attempted Bombing of 2 Commuter Training, Germany (Hundreds of Lives Saved)

August 11, 2006 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ 10 Trans-Atlantic Flight Bombing set for August 16, 2006 Plot Busted (Thousands of Lives Saved)

March 23, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ British Naval Kidnapping on Shatt al-Arab Waterway, Iraq (15 Sailors & Marines Kidnapped for 12 Days)

May 7, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Fort Dix, NJ; Fort Monmouth, NJ; Dover AFB, DE; & US Coast Guard Station Philadelphia, PA Attacks (Hundreds of Lives Saved)

May 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Fort Huachuca, AZ Attack (Thousands of Lives Saved)

June 2, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ JFK International Airport Attack, New York City, NY (Hundreds of Lives Saved)

July 29, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Attempted Carbombing of Tiger Tiger Club, London, United Kingdom (1,700 Pub Visiters Lives Saved)

July 29, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Attempted Carbombing of Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom (Hundreds of Lives Saved)

July 30, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Carbombing of Glasgow International Airport Attack, Glasgow, United Kingdom (Hundreds of Lives Saved)

August 4, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Attempted Goose Creek Naval Station Attack, Goose Creek, SC (Tens of Lives Saved)

September 4, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Islamic Terrorist Bombing Cell Arrested, Copenhagen, Denmark (Thousand of Lives Saved)

September 5, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Attempted Bombing of Ramstein AFB, Germany; Frankfurt International Airport, Germany; and many American tourist spots in Germany set for September 11, 2007 (Thousand of Lives Saved)

October 1, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Attempted Bombing of US Embassy, Vienna, Austria (Hundreds of Lives Saved)

October 18, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Assassination Attempt on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Karachi, Pakistan (145 Murdered)

December 11, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ United Nations Office Bombing, Algiers, Algeria (37 Murdered)

December 21, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Attempting Hajj Attack, Mecca, Saudia Arabia (Thousand of Lives Saved)

December 21, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Attempting Attack On Belgium Prision (Thousand of Lives Saved)

December 27, 2007 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Assassination of Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (21 Murdered)

January 15, 2008 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Assassination Attempt on US Ambassador Beirut, Lebanon (3 Murdered)