tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59793502026-04-08T03:41:22.781-07:00Upper Left<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2167/2419419249_fa9e2d13d8_o.jpg"><br><br><br> A Democrat - without prefix, without suffix, without apology.Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.comBlogger9355125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-16879680680298635862012-12-18T15:06:00.000-08:002012-12-18T15:06:20.810-08:00Reports of my death,etc....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Yep, I'm still alive and kicking, which is more than I can say for my trusty T40. I've borrowed a computer for a few days to complete some non-blog projects, so the next couple'a few days should provide some posting opportunities. Meanwhile, it's been a lotta days between Charts Of The Day, so here, via Think Progress, is a sadly topical entry in that category...</div> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjb2mMJYu6PqpG2iGjjnYNIE91ZgNBZDGMBm5BCDHUNme9lBNaeE0_5a5odOpW8KMGkXf-2AwjtM6PP-LJXzB_rqaMEsFxU2hmCXNr9ZF7_zqG1C_zRPppgIwUs0KbJOtdLVk9DA/s1600/preschoolers-guns.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eea="true" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjb2mMJYu6PqpG2iGjjnYNIE91ZgNBZDGMBm5BCDHUNme9lBNaeE0_5a5odOpW8KMGkXf-2AwjtM6PP-LJXzB_rqaMEsFxU2hmCXNr9ZF7_zqG1C_zRPppgIwUs0KbJOtdLVk9DA/s400/preschoolers-guns.png" width="400" /></a></div> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com72tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-61337560468713976742012-11-05T21:45:00.000-08:002012-11-05T21:45:10.716-08:00Don't forget to vot...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6Fw5WwyM6Lu_5lyo97MzNyheQSpes2rPnlC3YMmN60bLBgRt8hTuN0N-9z5FVkerXiaWcL6jdXY8XntKAAGg9L7GmfDtjRuxXSC5ba1bki6CNsVPv3rXSMmUYiH-YNHA-mBv8g/s1600/599558_420447361343177_364823029_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6Fw5WwyM6Lu_5lyo97MzNyheQSpes2rPnlC3YMmN60bLBgRt8hTuN0N-9z5FVkerXiaWcL6jdXY8XntKAAGg9L7GmfDtjRuxXSC5ba1bki6CNsVPv3rXSMmUYiH-YNHA-mBv8g/s640/599558_420447361343177_364823029_n.jpg" width="440" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div align="left"> H/T <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Roberts-daily-dose/~3/GjCYDFLA1Jo/forewarned-is-forearmed.html"><span style="color: red;">Robert</span></a>.</div> <div align="left"> <br /></div> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-18925626404540851492012-11-04T17:33:00.000-08:002012-11-04T17:33:08.253-08:00Just time enough,...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> ...to say everthing that needs to be said.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhEsEAunFO6EkE8e7cxeIk5ae52m5_boxywzdY0B0MO6VPHwlgg_Gu9gwVI5sT4gviVf5-f2znS-dNXffY27OrNdcwcpxkrYdNbjt3Jbb2o8uwwcyXmCF059ZJe99DyPjvhPr7A/s1600/GOTV_2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" qea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhEsEAunFO6EkE8e7cxeIk5ae52m5_boxywzdY0B0MO6VPHwlgg_Gu9gwVI5sT4gviVf5-f2znS-dNXffY27OrNdcwcpxkrYdNbjt3Jbb2o8uwwcyXmCF059ZJe99DyPjvhPr7A/s320/GOTV_2012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-83358787742687633412012-10-22T16:39:00.003-07:002012-10-22T16:39:36.296-07:00Good question......from <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/6KEjWlcPfFY/"><span style="color: red;">N in Seattle</span></a>...<br /> <blockquote> <span style="color: blue;">If you haven’t already mailed in your ballot, what are you waiting for? </span></blockquote> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-3561605302874168362012-10-21T21:40:00.003-07:002012-10-21T21:40:40.401-07:00Consider this a placemarker......for a proper remembrance of George McGovern, who, weeks after returning from Vietnam, I got my first campaign job with, and who I cast my first Presidential ballot for.&nbsp; A lot of who I am, personally and politically, comes from my early association with that great man.<br /> <br /> Actually, that may be all there is to say.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> Maybe not. It's a lot, though, and enough for now.<br /> <br /> R.I.P., Senator.<br>br> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-73963998595493737242012-10-20T01:44:00.002-07:002012-10-20T01:44:45.433-07:00Up and running for a bit......so I'll sneak one of these in while I have a chance. Good 'un, too, I think. Truly random, at any rate...<br /> <blockquote> Marty Stuart - Hillbilly Rock <br /> Ike &amp; Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High<br /> James Brown - Cold Sweat<br /> Donovan - Colours<br /> George Jones - If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries)<br /> Bob Dylan - Desolation Row<br /> Todd Snider - Takin' It As It Comes<br /> Girls From Mars - Bel Mir Bist du Schoen<br /> Raul Malo - Guantanamera<br /> The Box Tops - The Letter<br /> <br /> </blockquote> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-39700412118667110692012-10-19T11:55:00.005-07:002012-10-19T11:55:56.737-07:00Friday Mars Blogging<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16231.html" target="parent"><span style="color: red;">Curiosity digs Mars</span></a><span style="color: red;">.</span> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9G3xtYGqADS-wvWYOwyeUNH25TqdNr0JkIloSY44JsCO8LompuO1wdHVXMF5lhSIRH8O9MkFVATsUALj208uIZleooqpOcWBzngbUoZBm-MTm0lSnqfDA_XRIJhojAKXyO6NSPA/s1600/698428main_Grotzinger-1pia16231-946.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9G3xtYGqADS-wvWYOwyeUNH25TqdNr0JkIloSY44JsCO8LompuO1wdHVXMF5lhSIRH8O9MkFVATsUALj208uIZleooqpOcWBzngbUoZBm-MTm0lSnqfDA_XRIJhojAKXyO6NSPA/s400/698428main_Grotzinger-1pia16231-946.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Me too.<br /> <br />Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-55444636041549765212012-10-15T18:20:00.005-07:002012-10-15T18:20:49.417-07:00Since Carl was kind enough......to <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/horsesass/cckb/~3/k5DpCziWbIU/" target="parent"><span style="color: red;">throw</span></a> a little traffic my way, it seems like a good time to let y'all know what's up with Upper Left. I'm still here and still itchin' to get back to a regular posting schedule, but I'm also still afflicted with serious computer-fu. My earlier appeal netted enough money to get some data rescue work done and buy the media I needed to store what was saved, but my aging Thinkpad is increasingly unreliable, booting at random every so often and staying up for anywhere from 15 minutes to a day or so before freezing up and shutting down again. <br /> <br /> It's almost certainly repairable, but the machine itself is old, underpowered and not worth the investment. I need new, or newer, computer but it seems to remain just out of my reach. It appears on the horizon, only to be blocked by a brake job or something. Anyway, it will happen when it happens. Meanwhile, blogging will be erratic. The way I do this certainly isn't the only way, and probably not the best, but it involves lots of online time perusing the dozens of sources I follow through RSS feeds and following links as needed. There are at least a couple of surfing hours behind the typical post here, and I just can't keep the 'puter up, let alone online, long enough to get a post done most days. Some days the damn thing doesn't come on at all for a couple of days in a row. <br /> <br /> On the other hand, I've managed to re-read Gibson's cyberspace trilogy, a couple of Bruce Sterling collections and most of my Phil Dick collection. The Brilliant and Beautiful Bride of Upper Left has brought home CD audio biographies of Andrew Jackson, James Madison and James K. Polk which have filled most of my listening hours lately. Plus more time with the BBBUL and the grandkids, so my technological impairment isn't exactly suffering. <br /> <br /> I am, however, anxious to get back to this place more, and hate missing so much of an election season. I'll be doing my best to get it together ASAP, and if you've got the urge and ablility, there's a PayPal button over there somewhere. If you've got a hot tip on a good deal, let's talk. <br /> <br /> More sooner or later. <br /> <br /> Sooner I hope.<br /> <br /> <br />Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-26841346704467527672012-10-14T12:26:00.001-07:002012-10-14T12:26:31.323-07:00From the "Me too" file.<a href="http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/GW1spcXcpAc/-Midday-open-thread" target="parent"><span style="color: red;">Laurence Lewis</span></a>...<br /> <blockquote><span style="color: blue;">To those in the media who are upset that we Democrats keep calling Romney and Ryan liars, I'll offer my own personal deal: if they'll stop lying, I'll stop calling them liars.</span></blockquote>Me too.Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-19584673013056672572012-10-12T23:20:00.001-07:002012-10-13T18:47:04.570-07:00Friday Mars Blogging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF4DV69FoTWBc0PvsgEWGINTwpnS9tmyfhrGV4D8EaUSfp2U_cswdxb4w0oNzgFAwECjR5udVh3v1m5boJRFwjBdzKQje0CGLaoS92Mc4sy_-f05YxJMdq1HPwFy-9-jcfR1HbQ/s1600/696256main_Wiens-1pia16192unannotated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="parent"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF4DV69FoTWBc0PvsgEWGINTwpnS9tmyfhrGV4D8EaUSfp2U_cswdxb4w0oNzgFAwECjR5udVh3v1m5boJRFwjBdzKQje0CGLaoS92Mc4sy_-f05YxJMdq1HPwFy-9-jcfR1HbQ/s400/696256main_Wiens-1pia16192unannotated.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> I don't know who Jake Matijevic is, but this Mars rock is named after him. How cool is that? (And sure, it'll click a bit bigger, unless it's Bloggered again, but there's more at <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html" target="parent"><span style="color: red;">NASA's Curiosity page</span></a>, including life size and annotated photos of the Jake Matijevic rock.)<br /> <br />Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-83122855030606896972012-10-05T23:00:00.000-07:002012-10-06T11:34:38.472-07:00Friday Mars BloggingA roving we will go... <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rq4gtNIG9VtxGoPuthgDPKz4ElQjwwdwYWsGmX4jbjtEU6TbXpW7tks_Hqef3-MUG0fla79so5_OS63nrawMLNpbUi-mhxDo2j8dFKRfTNL5PNQ5cmlbg5H3xIMqQ66rYlOlUg/s1600/694014main_Watkins-1-pia16200-43_428-321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rq4gtNIG9VtxGoPuthgDPKz4ElQjwwdwYWsGmX4jbjtEU6TbXpW7tks_Hqef3-MUG0fla79so5_OS63nrawMLNpbUi-mhxDo2j8dFKRfTNL5PNQ5cmlbg5H3xIMqQ66rYlOlUg/s400/694014main_Watkins-1-pia16200-43_428-321.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sure, it clicks bigger.</td></tr> </tbody></table> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-36230418242071935112012-10-04T23:35:00.000-07:002012-10-04T23:46:08.073-07:00Good question......from <a href="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/qotd-michael-moore-unearths-doozy.html"><span style="color: red;">Digby</span></a>...<br /> <blockquote> <span style="color: blue;">Republicans admit to being liars in order to get elected all the time. Why doesn't anyone believe them?</span> </blockquote> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-1816917767948727362012-09-29T02:07:00.000-07:002012-09-29T02:29:02.203-07:00I love the rhythm......in a random riff.<blockquote>Fats Waller - Taint Nobody's Business<br> Charlie Parker - Almost Like Being In Love<br> Steve Turre - Brother Bob<br> Dinah Washington - Trouble In Mind<br> John Coltrane Quartet - A Love Supreme Part 1: Acknowledgement<br> Mel Tormé - Moonlight Cocktail<br> Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Lady's Blues<br> Slim Gaillard Quartette - Jumpin' At The Record Shop<br> Billy Eckstine Orchestra - (I Love The) Rhythm In A Riff<br> Dizzy Gillespie - Birk's Works </blockquote>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-10135691848651118562012-09-28T11:56:00.000-07:002012-09-28T11:56:17.536-07:00Friday Mars blogging.Stream bed in space... <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CaPFLayGGV5LWMLRYlopvTVX8DxPkmFnReRuKEHL9jzdLvR-K-onEIIr4pdJlPlxJX94pPMcrT9fAsIBOaUn2m5WKh0f7U4yOm8kK3bkksXx6GuvZGVY_tH2iv6cgQxbaVN6KA/s1600/692146main_Williams-2pia16188-43_800-600.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="parent"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CaPFLayGGV5LWMLRYlopvTVX8DxPkmFnReRuKEHL9jzdLvR-K-onEIIr4pdJlPlxJX94pPMcrT9fAsIBOaUn2m5WKh0f7U4yOm8kK3bkksXx6GuvZGVY_tH2iv6cgQxbaVN6KA/s640/692146main_Williams-2pia16188-43_800-600.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div> <center>Click it to biggify a bit.</center><br><br> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-43151134041174581012012-09-22T12:52:00.000-07:002012-09-22T12:52:29.747-07:00Friday Mars blogging......Saturday edition (things happen).<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__aMhgsa0_-His4A53YXNXOoKoN1lu79BLDrn5V7jZ6tfuN4ABLCxy2bvDJEvYGGbwy1amZMS-S_6XeEt7D02dp4O2fqik9l05kOwC8_SBToRotjnDRc0vKHvPmBBre8FArpyiQ/s1600/689465main_pia16155-43_428-321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__aMhgsa0_-His4A53YXNXOoKoN1lu79BLDrn5V7jZ6tfuN4ABLCxy2bvDJEvYGGbwy1amZMS-S_6XeEt7D02dp4O2fqik9l05kOwC8_SBToRotjnDRc0vKHvPmBBre8FArpyiQ/s400/689465main_pia16155-43_428-321.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <center> <span style="font-size: x-small;">The big one's </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/689470main_pia16155-full_full.jpg"><span style="font-size: x-small;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></center> <br /> The pyramids of Mars! OK, it's ten inches high, but, hey...<br /> <br />Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-10791200037357805372012-09-22T12:29:00.000-07:002012-09-22T12:29:41.332-07:00From the "No Shinola, Sherlock" file.<a target="parent" href="http://alicublog.blogspot.com/2012/09/none-dare-call-it-nuts.html">Roy Edroso</a> states the long since obvious...<blockquote>American conservatism is turning into one big conspiracy theory. </blockquote>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-56753227311577555682012-09-17T00:29:00.002-07:002012-09-17T00:36:08.881-07:00Right.<blockquote><span style="color:#000099;">"Oh, Mitt Romney's not going to be president of the United States ," Pelosi said, rolling her eyes. "I think everybody knows that, right?"</span></blockquote>H/T <a href="http://crooksandliars.com/david/pelosi-everybody-knows-romney-wont-be-presid" target="parent"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Crooks &amp; Liars</span></a>.<br><br> Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-45471629180302778052012-09-15T08:40:00.000-07:002012-09-15T08:44:42.336-07:00A chance to sneak another one in......so here 'tis...<blockquote>The Strawbs - Tears And Pavan<br />Bob Dylan - James Alley Blues<br />Todd Snider - Moon Dawg's Tavern<br />The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band<br />Eric Clapton - San Francisco Bay Blues<br />Old Crow Medicine Show - Cocaine Habit<br />The Du Droppers - Bam Balam<br />The Lovin' Spoonful - Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?<br />Jefferson Airplane- We Can Be Together<br />The Persuasions - Good Times</blockquote><br />Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-17845880957934323092012-09-14T09:57:00.003-07:002012-09-14T10:07:31.021-07:00Friday Mars blogging.Curiosity snaps a self-portait...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGw4JXVztxzt8gUzqCqKQ0Oii71qccmSsA4lgxl6D6LLneJA2UYLQH9e2pR8HUsZ65SJzsTn55nU9ngOqOYWJ8aVp2c-Ld6HempV-CcjGH6hqFa4KX3OmUTe3K7x2suhyyWAT8A/s1600/685358main_pia16149-43_946-710.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 466px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 369px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5788078123472468482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGw4JXVztxzt8gUzqCqKQ0Oii71qccmSsA4lgxl6D6LLneJA2UYLQH9e2pR8HUsZ65SJzsTn55nU9ngOqOYWJ8aVp2c-Ld6HempV-CcjGH6hqFa4KX3OmUTe3K7x2suhyyWAT8A/s400/685358main_pia16149-43_946-710.jpg" /></a><br /><center><span style="font-size:85%;">Click it big or go </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16149.html" target="parent"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span></center><br><br><br />Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-63123879125353417052012-09-13T11:56:00.004-07:002012-09-13T12:06:55.937-07:00Chart of the day.Via <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/Unions-Necessary-to-Rebuild-Middle-Class" target="parent"><span style="color:#cc0000;">AFL-CIO NOW</span></a>...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMFbK6vxiyTg0_YKQHTdfwUqlTilSSaul3O8E4ehXB2odZGgm0X_lTadFaf0sKdCrkDZCNgMwY-ovYriH3O6q3HwXyaumktT-zDI3gjlpgrL7-LgjG9e3JlIqC6c1rt-mIkVE9A/s1600/BunkerUnionMemebership-04-12CAP-2_imagelarge.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 311px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5787737872792662274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMFbK6vxiyTg0_YKQHTdfwUqlTilSSaul3O8E4ehXB2odZGgm0X_lTadFaf0sKdCrkDZCNgMwY-ovYriH3O6q3HwXyaumktT-zDI3gjlpgrL7-LgjG9e3JlIqC6c1rt-mIkVE9A/s400/BunkerUnionMemebership-04-12CAP-2_imagelarge.png" /></a><br />Quite a coinkydink, huh?<br><br>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-91200638560278967482012-09-08T00:28:00.003-07:002012-09-08T00:37:39.030-07:00It's been a while......since the last random ten around here, but the opportunity presents, so here 'tis...<blockquote>George Harrison - What Is Life?<br />Kris Kristofferson - Me And Bobby McGee<br />Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly<br />The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four<br />Emmylou Harris - The Price You Pay<br />Jerry Jeff Walker - Dear John Letter Lounge<br />The Eagles - Tequila Sunrise<br />Simon & Garfunkel - A simple Desultory Philippic<br />Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi<br />The Sweetback Sisters - Looking For A Fight</blockquote>Seems like kind of a vanilla list, but nothing particularly embarrasing, I suppose.<br /><br />Still out there, Terry?<br><br>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-70362650111113603102012-09-07T00:48:00.004-07:002012-09-07T01:03:02.095-07:00Friday Mars Blogging.The rover's rovin'...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-YqZeH9OABuP9hv1yaKlHUBD88bshWYnMvjW9aRYjcUF-gem9sTc1cPJqOppEQY81tO-_aUDLvAriO8mUP8rH0TseZmqsxyVLtTDH1zl9SQjOKhMlHycP5wSva1Hsy6OIgYeEw/s1600/684568main_pia15698-43_800-600.jpg" target="parent"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5785341545563044594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-YqZeH9OABuP9hv1yaKlHUBD88bshWYnMvjW9aRYjcUF-gem9sTc1cPJqOppEQY81tO-_aUDLvAriO8mUP8rH0TseZmqsxyVLtTDH1zl9SQjOKhMlHycP5wSva1Hsy6OIgYeEw/s400/684568main_pia15698-43_800-600.jpg" /></a><br /><center><span style="font-size:85%;">As usual, click it bigger or go </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery-indexEvents.html#"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span></center><br><br><br />Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-38186065801614402172012-08-31T09:15:00.002-07:002012-08-31T09:31:38.640-07:00Friday Mars Blogging.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHofKC522KXLUnlz3l9zE3I_9hOm-A337hrJfjeXTco5oRQzp3Yh9ga-y7VXy0tu6hEhq12nvyO2QfFnQy7m_sxG4BC9KpFmVnxWaq6CxnMMKXzrQUHs9T6rNtQHxB9Eqqjh8Pg/s1600/PIA16105u_malin04MAINIMAGE-br.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5782874942082468562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHofKC522KXLUnlz3l9zE3I_9hOm-A337hrJfjeXTco5oRQzp3Yh9ga-y7VXy0tu6hEhq12nvyO2QfFnQy7m_sxG4BC9KpFmVnxWaq6CxnMMKXzrQUHs9T6rNtQHxB9Eqqjh8Pg/s400/PIA16105u_malin04MAINIMAGE-br.jpg" /></a><br />The big one's <a target="parent" href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4569"><span style="color:#cc0000;">here</span></a>.</div><br><br>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-66108136750551220702012-08-25T19:21:00.002-07:002012-08-25T19:30:57.081-07:00Hat tip of the day......to <a href="http://alterx.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-crackpot-caucus.html" target="parent"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Gordon</span></a>, for <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/the-crackpot-caucus/?nl=opinion&amp;emc=edit_ty_20120824" target="parent"><span style="color:#cc0000;">this</span></a>.<br><br><br />Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979350.post-66268513109764420052012-08-24T23:40:00.003-07:002012-08-25T00:08:50.391-07:00Friday Mars Blogging.N165 is the "Coronation Rock," that is, the first bit of Mars to be blasted by Curiosity's laser. Gotta break some eggs, I suppose...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNhKLID7O-eUpoRASjjpu2bxct-x5u5W0vAobZYOBm-DPjDDLvRSpj1o8V-HGNoCpD32Vvd8oJW3-fhNmCO1YJQOlJcSZXvK06nNBXHs2o4IBV4Sfi6cNBfentSwUfvNc3Zb3OQ/s1600/coronation+rock.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 186px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5780502496170625730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNhKLID7O-eUpoRASjjpu2bxct-x5u5W0vAobZYOBm-DPjDDLvRSpj1o8V-HGNoCpD32Vvd8oJW3-fhNmCO1YJQOlJcSZXvK06nNBXHs2o4IBV4Sfi6cNBfentSwUfvNc3Zb3OQ/s400/coronation+rock.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><center><span style="font-size:85%;">It clicks quite a bit bigger, of course.</span></center><br><br><br />Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10000043157715554910noreply@blogger.com0