Random Thoughts

Watched a Glen Campbell documentary this weekend on Netflix.

Great song, from a guy who was a killer session guitarist, a beach boy at one time, and a consummate songwriter in a rite all of his own.      Its been in my head all day.

 

 

 

Its a friday.   Ever been royally pissed off because someone else was stupid?   yeah, i’m there.

 

Stupid is such a relative term.   People vary in stupidity.   On this level,  I gotta think this guy is stupid level 5.   I’ve seen way stupider, and yet I’m pissed off level 10.

This won’t last long.    Hell, typing this out has dropped it to level 9 or maybe 8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdbrxHLhOn8

one sec….

Yeah, its at a 4 now.

Fucking idiot.

Thanks for bearing with me.

 

 

Great song, great message.    That is, if you know who this band is made up of, where they’ve been.   We’ve all experienced something.     Ever been to the end of the line?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA

The tour is over. It  has been, since 2 nights ago.   I’m hanging out in an El Paso Texas motel room now.   I have 2 more days to get to Hawthorne California, clean out my van and head home.

I hope these guys had a good time.   I think they did.   I know I did.

I can say this:  the view is a lot different from the captains chair.

I’m still digesting it.

I’m ready.    Whatever I don’t have, I’ll figure out on the road.    That’s half the fun of riding I think;  Solving a problem as it comes at you.    I got my CPR and First Aid Certifications today, bought several pairs of new socks, and I have money in my wallet.      I’ll pack tomorrow.   I can’t hardly screw that up.

Missus Zip told me she has anxiety because I haven’t made a list.  I love her, but I hate lists.   To me, it just means you haven’t thought it all through somehow.    It’s like my Dad told me before my honeymoon:  “Take twice the money and half the clothes”.    The old man knew a thing…

I am ready to ride.

 

 

Putting together some music for the trip.   A great song, on a good road, at the right time is a beautiful thing…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLIerfXuZ4

I was surfing around Netflix this weekend, trying to find a movie.    Netflix can  just be another TV wasteland, but occasionally if you surf enough,  you can find a pony in a pile of shit.   I found a documentary on Paul Williams.   I passed by it several times.   I knew who the guy was, and anyone who lived in the late 70s and 80s knew too.   he was everywhere.    Paul Williams, is a funny little guy.

Remember Smokey and the Bandit?

Paul Williams is that short dude.   You may or not remember him.

When I was a kid, Paul Williams was everywhere.   Fantasy Island, Love Boat, Beretta, Match Game, The tonight show more than a few times….    Stuff I remember as a kid.    He was a TV personality.  I never knew him as anything else.    I always wondered why he was there.

But, the guy had a serious talent for writing music.    Like, more than most.   Like, what most musicians dream of.    I don’t know much about music, but check out that melody and how it rolls around in your head if you let it.    Its a fairly good song, methinks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkkgYjazSkk

He wrote this one as well for 3 dog night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkkgYjazSkkHere’s another one:   From the Muppet movie in 1979.   If you ever bring this up again that I posted this, or said I like it I will punch you in the throat.   For hell sakes… I was twelve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2DTLbTQj0I

He wrote this for a local bank Commercial.   He was just trying to make a buck at the time , then it got found.      This is a great song, and is still the #1 wedding song to this day.

He wrote a bunch more you might recognize.

Anyway, just a thought about the guy.    An influence on his generation.

People are interesting.   Everyone is trying to make their own way, in their own time.   The underdog great ones inspire me.

 

 

Lots of things to do today.   I gotta take a few tests, get a few things ready for the tour next week, help a few clients out with their websites, and whatever else I’m forgetting.    It’d be cool to work a movie in there, somewhere.   Or something.

Why, Happy Saturday!

This song has been on for the last week on the way to work.    It seems like an omen to me.    It’s kind of got that Ska thing going…. Might have to make the playlist for the ride…

Just got off work.   Kicking back in my garage like I always do, decompressing from a day.   I get off work a couple hours earlier than the wife, and I got my little setup in here where I can sit by my bike, see whats going in the world on my laptop that seems to stay out here.   Turned out,  Its an impromptu man cave, but it does the trick.

The tour is looming.    I’m not sure how many more days, but enough that I need to get a few things ready.  Get some bike music together, download the latest maps for my GPS,  do some research.   The truth is, that shit takes an hour. It’s just fun to anticipate and think about the thing you like doing the most in the world.   I can’t wait.   I’m gonna milk this whole preparation thing like a cow.

Want some Doobies?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kl0rAnLvJs

 

If you have to ask your wife if you can have a Harley, you shouldn’t have one.

I’m proud to say my wife and I work out most life decisions together.   Except for Bikes.