lunacat

I live in Oregon. It's a pretty left-of-center political millieu in the biggest cities (the news networks say we are blue) but every where else, it's a very conservative state. This dichotomy of political views makes for a lot of argument and compromise in our law making and legislative process. One such area of contention has to do with gay/lesbian marriage.

I just don't get...
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My beloved Luna passed away about 3 years ago now. Ive never not had a cat, for any length of time anyway, but Luna was by far the one that touched me in the deepest place. Dont know why really. She was a fairly unremarkable DLH, mostly white, seemingly part Siamese with a buff colored crown. But she was extremely endearing in the way that...
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Jazz is one of the very few truly American artistic genres. I suppose the early rock and roll/blues experience qualifies but really their earliest roots can be traced back to the importation of African peoples. Folk of course is sourced in the Celtic and Scots traditions, Cajun from the Arcadians, classical from greater Europe and so forth. But jazz . . . I mean the...
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I just spent about an hour putting together a little discourse on the importance of Little Richard and the evolution of American rock and roll. Then when I went to update the entry my system crashed and I lost it all. Damn!

Here's the bottom line . . . Listen to Little Richard singing Lucille on the Specialty label (circa 1959) and you'll see where...
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I've had to really examine what it is I'm doing here. I mean I'm nearly 58 years old, my sons are well over 30, I've got 3 1/2 grand- and step grandchildren (one is in the mixer) and I guess this rather sets me apart from the target demographic of this site.

I must say I enjoy (some of) the portraiture and the dramtic little...
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Oh my god. What if the hokey pokey really IS what it's all about?

So we were talking today about the nature of disgruntled employees. Not an uncommon topic when you're travelling a long way from home and the only family you have is the team of people you work with all day long. But it led to the question as to whether or not there is such a thing as a gruntled employee. And what would that look...
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