40th Ann. as a Leather Artist

I was getting scared I wouldn't get this thing finished. April was my 40th Anniversary as a leather artist. Here's my 10 min. retrospective. 40th Ann. as a Leather Artist Pt. #2

Jethro Tull: Back to the Family (Jan. 1969)

You should have been there.

Junior Brown - Broke Down South of Dallas

Colorado Bob's Internet Tombstone

I've been building this palace since last August. It's the tail-end of my life in the archive here. Read some of my stories. Bob Dylan - Isis (Live 1975) When this tour played Ft. Collins, Colorado, they stayed at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Bob Dylan nearly drove over me one night in downtown Estes Park. We were both under the influence. "Enjoy every Sandwich" The Wallflowers and Jordan Zevon - Lawyers Guns and Money The Eagles ..... "GET OVER IT" fleetwood mac oh well

NPR's Climate Connections

NPR & National Geographic have started a year long series on the Climate. All that hamburger money from Mrs. Croc is being put to work. NPR's Climate Connections

A Bit of Clarification

I should have gone into some detail about my condition, but having shared it with my friends at Crawfordslist for some time, I slowly forgot that information wasn't tattooed here. I am not suicidal, but I have the liver of Poppa John Phillips [Before he got his 50,000 drink over haul]. It's not really a bad way to go. Your liver doesn't have nerves, so pain isn't a big problem at this point. But my ability to sit up, and type has taken a turn in the past week or two. So I haven't been visiting the places on the web as much as I once did, and I haven't had the energy to do all those things with my MAC that are so much fun. One thing about the web, it saves lives. I ended up on the web because my lower disks gave up a few years ago, and needles invaded my legs and feet. I started looking around the web, and ended up at Crawfordslist .... That move has kept my mind going for the last couple of years. Brain Rot is far more deadly than Liver Rot. Pin-Heads like Chris Matthews think the web is populated by guys like the one in the MAC commercials. But there's a hell of a lot of people like me who use it as a line to minds that keep them going. Someone should do a post about this, it's a fertile subject. I'm concerned that in the not too distant future I won't be able to write any more. That's why I posted the one below. I've never been a big fan of mysteries ... I'm a Virgo, I want to know what's going on, hence my reason for these comments. Many thanks for the concern, and kind words... But I water skied under a helicopter, and danced with a lot of beautiful women. Some even took me home. What more can a man ask for ?

Piss and Vinegar

The mind is a funny thing, take Art Buchwald for example. He fought depression all his life, but last year when he decided to quit fighting the effects diabetes, and moved into a hospice to play out his string, he turned into the Energizer Bunny. The surrender to that fate was something that probably kept him going and going and going. A sense of peace with his decision was no doubt a big factor. Like Art, I was a manic/depressive all my life. Most of the time it was just "Piss and Vinegar" that kept me going, when that failed, I relied on just dumb luck. Back in December, [8th & 9th] I wrote that my string had run out too. At the time .... I was pretty sure I didn't have much left in me. But this site, and the interest in foolin' with it had a real medicinal effect. But in the past couple of weeks my energy was been flagging, and I'm afraid that my posts are going to be few and far between. It's getting hard to sit up right for any length of time. I set-up this site last year to spin out some of my stories, along the way another idea occurred to me. That it could be a sort of tombstone. With that in mind, I have a graphic to go along with it. I didn't want to put it up, and freak out everyone, but don't be shocked when you see it. No pity please, I'm a guy who had one fine trip through this world, even when I didn't know it.

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The Deadliest Massacre in U.S. History

December 29th 1890-Miniconjou Chief Big Foot Today was not the deadliest massacre in US history. Just off the top of my head here are two : Sand Creek November 29, 1864 Colonel Chivington and his 800 troops of the First Colorado Cavalry, Third Colorado Cavalry and a company of First New Mexico Volunteers marched to their campsite in order to attack the Indians. On the morning of November 29, 1864, the army attacked the village and massacred most of its inhabitants. Chivington proclaimed before the attack "Kill and scalp all, big and little; nits make lice." Only 9 or 10 soldiers were killed and three dozen wounded. Between 150 and 184 Cheyennes were reported dead, and some were reportedly mutilated, and most were women, children, and elderly men. Chivington and his men later displayed scalp and other body parts, including human fetuses and genitalia in the Apollo Theater and saloons in Denver. Wiki Page for Sand Creek Wounded Knee December 29 1890 By the time it was over, 25 troopers and 300 Lakota Sioux lay dead, including men, women, and children.[2] Many of the dead are believed to have been the victims of "friendly fire" as the shooting took place at point blank range in chaotic conditions, and most of the Lakota had previously been unarmed.[3] Around 150 Lakota are believed to have fled the chaos, of which many likely died from exposure. Wiki Page for Wounded Knee

Randy Fisher

I just love this guy's work .

Technorati Now Counts 70 Million Blogs

How the hell did you ever find this place ? The number of blogs or weblogs on the Web continues to grow at a breathtaking pace. The Technorati blog search engine is now tracking over 70 million weblogs. The company sees 120,000 new weblogs being created worldwide each day. As Technorati’s David Sifry’ says: “That’s about 1.4 blogs created every second of every day.”

Tornado Gallery Opening

Neon and ceramics by Tony Greer Click the title for more pictures.

PLANET EARTH

The Discovery Channel's series is just some of the best television ever. Last night this fellow was on, he's a Tibetan Fox. Here's the link to the animal pages .... Some stunning images. Animals in the Series

A Picture from Spiffy

Spiffy sent me a picture. He's still doing heli-drillin' with Xtreme Drilling. This is from the Book Cliffs Utah. Last Oct. Hell of a location ain't it ?