As far as modern culture, I’ve always been a little late to the party. I barely care, and it’s always interesting to see what trends last. I think 90% of it is pure shit, but a few of it seems to stick after a while…
I think I dig this song:
I gotta think I could twist a throttle to this and enjoy the hell out of it somewhere on a ride, somewhere. It’s fairly jammin. I think the voices in my head on a long ride end up saying these things anyway. It’s why I dig riding on long rides: it brings you back to center.
I shot this earlier in the year. Currant is a ghost town that has haunted me over the years, always wondering what this place was all about. It’s out in the middle of effing nowhere, Nevada. From what I’ve found, it was one of 2 towns that were ever evacuated from nuclear testing from area 51 in the 60s. There’s always ghosts in a ghost town, and I always love to know the stories. From this place, I haven’t found any.
I posted this video on my youtube channel, and I got this yesterday:
the currant video.. I love it. I grew up there is went to school in ely… drove every day. so may good memories when my dad had it all the gangsters from Las Vegas used to come up there and hide my dad threw parties there that would last for weeks at a time and just before he died Jimmy Durante came up there and was the bartender for a few weeks I remember him so well now look at it the shell of what it was there used to be trailers there some of the hookers from the Mustang Ranch used to come there and work and staying the trailers my dad had because of all the Oil Workers my first horse there was a Mustang they caught right off the desert floor
Jimmy Durante tended bar here. Thats more than I knew last year. Pretty cool. I hit the guy up to tell me more stories, if he will…
If anyone can tell a story about this place, please email alan@mrzip66.com
God, I love the Decendents. I followed them as a young, 18 year old punk rock kid and they throw out albums every few years that reflect where I’m at at life, and they seem to make sense. They’re my same age, and I gotta admit I dig their songs and lyrics. I don’t know why.
If I could fix one single problem in my life, its this:
No, I don’t want to fix your computer.
Yes, I can. No, I don’t want to. Your 2003 Acer laptop isn’t a good time. Lets not even bring it up in a conversation. Just….Buy a new one. Don’t ask me. I can’t polish a turd.
I’m also killer at cleaning toilets. I don’t want to do that either for you.
There, I said it.
Taking the family to Disneyland tomorrow. 1 day at the beach, 2 days at disneyland, and 1 day at six flags. We’re all fairly hopped up about it.
Part of working for a tech company is dealing with Millennials. You know, this latest generation. I think every generation compares the best of theirs to the worst of the current, but even so…. I gotta get this out. Granted, I could stand to be a bit more patient and no one ever accused me of being overly empathetic. Being older, and hanging out with bikers I gotta think makes it worse.
A few rules for you pricks:
Just come to work. Even if you don’t feel like it. Power it out. Also, there is no “app” for that.
Life isn’t fair. It’s not supposed to be.
It sure as hell isn’t all about you. Especially when everyone else thinks its all about them. You have to take the long view.
Your job isn’t a right. Its a damn privilege. Make something of it. It will always be thus.
I don’t have anything really cool to post, but it’s been a while and figgered I’d say hello to my old friend my Blog. Sometimes it’s nice to put down the things that are in your head.
Shit has been really good as of late. I’ve been focusing on my family and work a lot, and its nice to see some small successes there. Those stack, I think… and one day they lead to really good things. I like what I do at work. I’ve always been an owner of a company or just an employee. Managing people can be frustrating sometimes, but most times its been really rewarding and it pushes me.
I’ve been doing a bit of Travelling with the company this year. Miami in February, and Boston 2 weeks ago. The company I work for is a major sponsor for WordPress, the platform my blog is written in. We represent the company, and to be honest Its an honor that they asked me. We’re expanding our role there, and I’ll be doing some breakout sessions at some of the future wordcamps.
Boston is the shit! I think I love that city. History everywhere. We meandered all over the city and just enjoyed it. I want to go back.
Paul Revere and the North ChurchOld Ironsides – The USS Constitution
We had dinner with a couple of the heavy hitters in the WordPress Community, and he put his camera on the window of the restaurant as we ate and talked business. He showed us this the next day. Kinda cool:
Life it seems, is good. I certainly can’t complain.
