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Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

2011-06-28T11:13:00.000-05:00

Awesome use of technology to illustrate statistics.

Toomer's Corner Trees are Poisoned but Auburn Spirit is Not

2011-02-18T12:56:00.002-06:00

Stumbling Block by Paul Kelly

2011-02-03T11:42:00.001-06:00

I love this song by an Australian named Paul Kelly. It has been my favorite for about a year, and I still love it every time it comes on. The singer describes it as "the history of philosophy in 3 and half minutes," but I see it as an awesome description of sometimes reality set to a bluesy folk bluegrass tune. Beautiful!

I discovered the song after creating a station on Pandora to follow a group that I thought had some great modern folk songs with clawhammer banjo. The station is Mac Benford & the Woodshed Allstars, and there are a ton of great folk musicians that cycle through that station.

Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
I can't get around it
and I can't get through it
I can't go over it
and I can't go under it
I'm scared of what I might find if I ever get behind it
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
If I wait for awhile, it just might go away
I suppose I should get down on my knees and pray
I'm sure if I got one good night's sleep, it'd look better in the day
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Maybe I should pay someone to come here and remove it
or I could just chip away at it bit by little bit
I guess I could build me a bomb and blow it up in one big hit
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Some of my friends say I should call in the mistics
or find me a philosopher to come here and say it don't exist
then there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Lord, I've hit a stumbling block
If I ever get done with this, I'll make a brand new start
I gotta get my thinkin straight and put the horse before the cart
If I had the balls, I'd wrap this thing up in plastic and call it art!
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
I'm gonna call up every TV station
maybe the Museum of Science is looking for a special donation
I could sell tickets, drag it on tour, all around the whole god damn nation
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Stumbling Block
Lord, I've hit a stumbling block

moving blog posts again

2010-12-13T17:24:00.002-06:00

I should be getting good at it by now. I think this will be the 4th or 5th time I package up all my blog posts since I started playing around with it back in 2004. I've grown sick of Wordpress software and the frequent need to update. Plus Google is getting to the point where it has just about everything a typical user needs under one roof, for free, no need to update, access from any computer anywhere, all you need is a browser... so I'm planning to convert johnlittle.com to the Google Sites platform and converting most of the old Wordpress posts to a Blogger platform with an address of blog.johnlittle.com. It'll take me a little while. I did an archive at banjolawyer.wordpress.com (deleting posts there as I add them here, working from oldest to most recent). I know I have a HUGE following, and everyone will want to what's happening, so there you have it. :-)

Handel's Hallelujah Chorus flash mob

2010-12-08T19:08:00.000-06:00

Priscilla sent me this and said it gave her the chills when she watched it. Check it out. I'd like to join a flash mob in Auburn....

in fairness to Cam

2010-12-07T22:08:00.001-06:00

My friend Rich Edmundson from Huntsville wrote this on the Rocket City Brewers message board today, and I thought it was excellent:

In fairness to Cam,

1. He bought a stolen laptop. May have known it was stolen or may not have, but he didn't steal it.

2. FERPA says that any academic records are privileged, and UF apparently provided a clean transcript when Cam chose to transfer.

3. Cam was recruited by Oklahoma, Tennessee, MSU, and Auburn. 3 of the 4 say there was no pay for play request. The one who says there was has a former player who's a noted liar who arranged the whole deal with Mr. Newton. Seems odd that he'd only leave any evidence of pay for play at 1 school if he was asking for it at 4.

I admit it's odd, but Cam's not driving an Escalade with 24" spinners or a new Dodge Charger with tinted windows (he does have a tricked out scooter though), and the NCAA didn't find any evidence of payments to Cam, his dad, or his dad's church despite their own investigators and half the sports journalists in the country's best effort.

I won't say he didn't get anything, but given the witch hunt that went on for the last month if he did get something significant surely someone would have found it.

Anyway, who cares. SCOREBOARD BITCHES!!!

Any of you have a recipe for Cammy Cam Juice?

great Auburn football highlight clip

2010-11-16T10:17:00.000-06:00

Cleveland County man reports encounter with Bigfoot

2010-06-16T11:31:00.000-05:00

Cleveland County man reports encounter with Bigfoot - CharlotteObserver.com

"He had beautiful hair."

brewing water chemistry data around Lee County

2010-05-24T14:58:00.021-05:00

Ninkasi Brewing Company 30bbl system installation

2010-05-11T10:37:00.000-05:00

CraftBeer.com | Ninkasi Brewing Company

I Believe in Miracles

2010-04-20T15:28:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Derrell down in Chattahoochee for expressing how a bunch of us feel about SB153 today. You gotta watch the whole thing.

Can-o-whoopass

2010-03-13T15:36:00.002-06:00

The Ku Klux Klan in Randolph County

2010-03-06T11:15:00.000-06:00

Baldwin: The Ku Klux Klan in Randolph County

Wow. When reading this, I immediately thought of the Alabama Citizens Action Patrol.. I don't think they beat people though.. They just hire lobbyists to work the halls of the Alabama legislature.

How to Build an Igloo - wikiHow

2010-02-15T19:03:00.000-06:00

How to Build an Igloo - wikiHow

All the snow in Auburn has melted. The Auburn Fire Department guys built a small igloo. Next time, maybe we'll try to make one in the front yard.

WHNT19 Taking Action Investigation: KegKits.com

2010-02-12T14:01:00.000-06:00

WHNT19 Taking Action Investigation: KegKits.com

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Tom Hargrave's continuing fraud is a real shame to the Alabama homebrewing community. And all this news comes at a time when honest Alabama homebrewers are struggling to gain legal status for their hobby. Hopefully, all of the exposure will serve to hasten the demise of this business. It's hard enough already to have to overcome the stereotypes and misconceptions that we have to deal with in the Alabama legislature. We sure don't need this.

No self respecting local homebrewer supports this business, and that has been the case for many years. Tom hargrave attempted to affiliate with a reputable local homebrew club four years ago, but it was clear that he only wanted to peddle his wares. He was quickly run off.

The fact that the business continues to exist is an embarrassment to us. We want no association with it. If any of you know local homebrewers who are unaware of Tom's business practices and who make purchases there, please urge them to stop. This is a business that should cease to exist.

It really is sickening to see Tom gloat in his increased search engine rankings as a result of this story. I urge WHNT to replace the link on its story to the BBB page on this business.