Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan has passed away here in Los Angeles. He is not a number; he IS a free man now. Very sad. He had a LONG marriage to just one lady, very respectable. Great actor. His work will live on. There is NO NEED for this Prisoner RE-MAKE I heard about. Very wrong indeed. Please take a moment to remember Patrick McGoohan, gone at age 80.

Having Flown

Just learned that Paul Weller has FIVE kids total. Gee. He used to be my hero, my god, the man I looked to for guidance and intelligence. Just read about his drunken spectacle with some girl 23. Lovely. Not. Meanwhile the people of Gaza are being brutally massacred, made possible with American tax dollars. Nobody ever asks us. Our biased media would make sure no well-informed decisions could be made even if they did.

Sadly, there is little I can do for the suffering people of Gaza. Bless all the protesters round the globe! The once-mighty Weller's embarrassing actions seem irrelevant by comparison.

Can 2008 really be ending? Gee... I am STILL working on that 1987 To-Do List.

I recommend you listen to this demo version of the Bee Gees' "Spirits Having Flown." It's what's getting me thru these days.

Many, many New Year's Goals. I got my car washed today. I think that is a good start.

Welcome the Return of the Sun!

Yay! We made it through the Solstice. Welcome the Return of the Sun. The days will get longer and Spring is on her way (well, three months, but coming!) Three nasty months of winter to endure, but the days will be longer again, day by day. Happy Marty. All hail the Sun!

Room Addition Update

I neglected to update this.... The New Room passed inspection (!!!) and has just a couple minor things left to be done. Then I can focus on filling it and paying for it... Here's a pic from the first weekend in September. Sure that was a month ago, but my updates are slow. This is NOT the finished product. Now it's got outside lights and a little concrete porch, and a lot has changed on the inside. I have the photos, just slow to put them up.

Rick Wright, goodbye

Pink Floyd's Rick Wright has passed away. Pink Floyd have been there with me for decades, so this is deeply saddening. Please check out one of my favorite of Rick's songs:
Summer '68.

Self-appointed band leader Roger Waters was cruel to Rick for years.... I wonder how he's feeling now? It was WONDERFUL to see all four of them together again onstage at Live 8. Friends or not, Pink Floyd gave us some amazing music. Group founder Syd Barrett had already passed on. Long live the music of Pink Floyd.

From my birthday event

Photo by Lopex. Dino and I in Ventura for miniature golf. I was all orange. He was all purple.

Hey, it's my BIRTHDAY!

From inside the house, from the window that's gonna be opened into a doorway:



From front porch, see how much longer the house looks:





After midnight uploads, more of the room.

Closet Bunny and Inside the New Room at the moment

KB and the Tar Paper

KB on the table, and various shots of the new room with tar paper and chicken wire.

New Room in Progress

Wow, Summer is here, was here, is fading fast, and not much in the way of blog posts from me. Biggest thing this summer is my new room. The house is really really tiny, so there is simply nowhere for all my stuff. I had bought the cargo container for some of it, but the temperature in there is easily 150, so not practical for books or anything of value. That is some INTENSE heat, you know! Paper starts to turn at about 60 degrees. So, my birthday present to myself (i.e. probably the next three years in debt) is this addition. The slab is 16' x 20', but once you get the frame and drywall, the interior will be more like 15' x 19'. Still, that's 285 square feet more than I had before and more the taxman can charge me for. Oh yeah.

Here we have before photos of the previous cat yard. Following that, I have some photos of the frame of the new room. Also a couple photos of our baby KB. These are NOT the latest pix of the room. In fact, it now has the scratch coat of stucco on it, but I've not seen that yet. I do, however, have the chicken wire pictures that I will post next.

My mother's (wise, really) belief was "you don't need to spend all that money adding on a room; you need to GET RID of a lot of this stuff." Easier to accommodate me than cure me though. Thus, the room is underway.

Not sure how you view these pix full size? Maybe click on them?

Original cat yard from the well side.



Original cat yard, southwest corner.



New room, well side.



New room, west side, from the immediate backyard (really the side yard).





New room from front of house, on left side, looking north.




KB loves to hide under the table.



KB's notorious porno pose.