Nightly Ramble: Notes From All Around

• One thing about having a bad memory is that you have a clear conscience.  Is it possible that that’s why the Democrats have no shame?
• I remarked to Billy yesterday, about how there will be fools always in the realm

• I sympathize, Billy, but I have to wonder about the longer term consequences.  Doesn’t the argument you’re making, sound like the argument being presented against security cameras, and traffic light cameras, being placed in public places?  Also, the way the

• Third place at OTB’s Caption Contest. I dunno. Sometimes the picture connects with the weird side of me, and sometimes it doesn’t.
• I see Rasmussen has Fred topping Rudy for the first time… and Fred’s not even officially running, yet.

I’m trying a slightly different format for this evening’s RAMBLE. I may or may not try this longer term, but experimenting once in a while with the formatics is a help for me.

• Nice to see the Lovely Michelle

* The Music: Three Dog Night’s 1972 album…”Seven Separate Fools”. (their 8th, if you count the early greatest hits collection Dunhill spit out trying to raise cash before folding)

Three Dog was mostly perceived as a singles band… makers of

* I notice that the approval ratings of Senator Harry Reid, have fallen to 19%.  As in, one less than 20%.  He is held unfavorably by 45%.  3% a mere 3% consider him with very favorable opinions while approximately

I was in meetings, most of the day, and apparently quite a bit happened whilst I was busy;

* Apparently, the Senate has started to react to the negative reaction on the supposed immigration bill bill.  It is essentially a

* The oil companies are making on the order of 8¢ a gallon for gasoline. Meanwhile, the smallest tax on a gallon of gasoline comes up to 27¢, that being in the state of Alaska. Here in New York, it

No music tonight. Instead, I’m listening to a scanner that someone’s set up in the Buffalo area, and tuned for local rail channels.There’s an interesting train headed our way here in Rochester; I figure it’s about an hour away, and

The Music: Jeff Lynne’s Armchair Theatre

Jeff Levine is one of those artists that you can’t help but recognize , if he has been involved with a recording on any level.  As an example, his work with Tom Petty on

In hunting around the ‘shere, tonight, I stumbled across a comment from McGehee, which got me to thinking about David’s earlier post as regards Cindy Sheehan making a show of quitting the Democratic Party, and the party faithful’s response….

McGehee’s

The Music: 100 Proof, Aged i Soul; Somebody’s been sleeping in my bed.

The album is great late 60’s soul. Put together by Motown greats Holland- Dozier- Holland, and signed to the “Hot Wax” label… (One of two such labels

* It is more than passing strange to me, and should be to you, that one of the people who is running for president, and claims to be a conservative, has a legislative output, the high points of which match

The Music: Chuck Mangione’s “Freinds and Love” concert, recorded here in Rochester at the Eastman Theatre, 1970. The single it came off of that album, was called “Hill Where The Lord Hides”, which is to this day one of

* OK, I admit it; I’ve been kinda wrapped up in the Sabres the last few months.  And yes, I’m disappointed they didn’t win, this afternoon. and I’m not going to lay the blame for the loss on the officiating.