The J-Walk Blog Comments Feed http://j-walkblog.com Stuff that may or may not interest you en walkenbach@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-07-04T15:19:44Z J-Walk Blog http://j-walkblog.com/j-walk.gif http://j-walkblog.com 88 33 Stuff that may or may not interest you. Independence Day Weekend Open Mic http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/independence_day_weekend_open_mic/ 2009-07-04T19:22:40Z Posted by Thrash Cardiom
I’m into it.  I enjoy the sound fusion.  Camille can’t stand it.  She really dislikes what she refers to as “that high pitched whiney, eastern / asian sound”.

]]> Independence Day Weekend Open Mic http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/independence_day_weekend_open_mic/ 2009-07-04T19:16:53Z Posted by Don Coyote
I was wheelbarrowing sand in the garden today—33C/85F—with sweat running down my face despite a couple of bandannas. On a CBC TV science show, just learned the following science trivia. If you reduced all the stars in the Milky Way to the size of grains of sand, the number of stars would be equivalent to one dumptruck load of sand. Your basic dumptruck will hold 10 cubic yards or 270 cubic feet of sand. 270 cubic feet of sand is equal to 90 full-sized wheelbarrow loads, if you don’t skimp with your shovel. I only did 12 wheelbarrow loads. That’s still a lot of stars.

]]> WND Birthday Greetings http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/wnd_birthday_greetings/ 2009-07-04T19:01:44Z Posted by MAPLE LEAF
He’s black?  Well now, I’m going to have to rethink my support of him.

What a bunch of morons.

]]> Musical Test For Middle Age http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/musical_test_for_middle_age/ 2009-07-04T18:53:10Z Posted by Bisbonian
“Popular Music” is a modern thing.

]]> Banjo Dino http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/banjo_dino/ 2009-07-04T18:50:29Z Posted by Bisbonian
rib bones.

]]> A Full Quiver http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/a_full_quiver/ 2009-07-04T18:49:53Z Posted by Bisbonian

so it’s not so much that they want to outnumber the opposition; they’re terrified of the opposition outnumbering them.

Good point.

that they should eat plenty of fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy balanced diet, and acquire some good math skills.

Clearly, they failed.

]]> Banjo Dino http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/banjo_dino/ 2009-07-04T18:48:01Z Posted by AZJohnB
OK, I see the head material but what do we use for a hoop?

]]> Ads On Kindle? http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/ads_on_kindle/ 2009-07-04T18:46:28Z Posted by Volt
I’m going to patent greed and sue all of them.

]]> Ads On Kindle? http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/ads_on_kindle/ 2009-07-04T18:46:12Z Posted by Bisbonian
Oh, and the point is…something else to bring ads to her?  Just that much more likely to gather dust.

]]> Independence Day Weekend Open Mic http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/independence_day_weekend_open_mic/ 2009-07-04T18:45:44Z Posted by Uhclem
Thrash

Let us know what you think of Tell No Lies. Thanks for the kind words, too.

]]> My Conversation With A Scientologist http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/my_conversation_with_a_scientologist/ 2009-07-04T18:45:33Z Posted by Stratoblogster
From John.

]]> Ads On Kindle? http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/ads_on_kindle/ 2009-07-04T18:45:24Z Posted by Bisbonian

My granny was intimidated with tech and wouldn’t have used it. A bi-weekly visit to the library for Large Print books usually kept her supplied and engaged in the world at large.

That’s my fear.  My sister got her a laptop a few years ago.  Put color coded stickers on the buttons she needed to use to get it going, and get email.  It gathers dust.

]]> Ads On Kindle? http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/ads_on_kindle/ 2009-07-04T18:43:07Z Posted by AZJohnB
It seems like a ridiculously obvious idea - why is it patentable?  Who has the patnet for painting advertising on the side of a bus or building?

]]> Independence Day Weekend Open Mic http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/independence_day_weekend_open_mic/ 2009-07-04T18:41:22Z Posted by Birdie in Minnesota
Just got home from the Prairie Home Companion show in Avon, Mn.  What a HUGE crowd (expected it to be) and what excellent crowd control by the local and county police.
It was hot but fun, if for nothing else than people watching.  We sat behind a pine tree obstructing the stage, but right by a speaker, so it evened out :^)
(We got up to take pics).
A cool thing—a thousand umbrellas folded when Garrison hit the stage.

]]> Alley Songs http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/alley_songs/ 2009-07-04T18:33:52Z Posted by AZJohnB
Charleston Alley - Pee Wee King
Gaorge Alleys F F V - Flatt & Scruggs
Alley Opp - Beach Boys
James Alley - Harry Smith Anthology
Eagle Alley - Shanghaied on the Willamette
gALLEYnipper -J P Fraley
and 154 others that include alley prefaced with the letter V

]]> Ads On Kindle? http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/ads_on_kindle/ 2009-07-04T18:28:01Z Posted by Curtis
The first Kindle is only eight ounces and easily held in one hand or even set down while reading.

]]> Independence Day Weekend Open Mic http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/independence_day_weekend_open_mic/ 2009-07-04T18:26:02Z Posted by wally the duck
They’ve got wheels, meg mac. I could have ridden them home.
Ever see this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVrlA3-f29g

]]> New Sign To Honor Xenu http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/new_sign_to_honor_xenu/ 2009-07-04T18:13:23Z Posted by Spokane Mary
I haven’t been asked if I’ve been saved since the early 70s, although I have been asked similar questions - as Bisbo was - on very, very rare occasions. I’ve been asked if I had a dollar dozens of times and asked if I’d like to donate to something or other many times, and I couldn’t count how many times I’ve been asked TO buy something that I had no interest in at all. I’ve been asked by Jehovah’s Witnesses if they could talk with me for a few minutes and I always say, “No thank you” and they go away.

Somehow none of it seems to bother me very much; must be something’s very wrong with me.

]]> Ads On Kindle? http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/ads_on_kindle/ 2009-07-04T18:12:56Z Posted by meg_mac
Curtis… How so?

]]> My Conversation With A Scientologist http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/my_conversation_with_a_scientologist/ 2009-07-04T17:52:40Z Posted by Curtis

This is John’s blog and he can say anything he wants.

Where’d you get that lame brained idea?

]]> New Sign To Honor Xenu http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/new_sign_to_honor_xenu/ 2009-07-04T17:49:06Z Posted by Curtis

What do you all say when you’re asked that?

Depending on the person, I say either, “I don’t believe in God” or “I believe in Nobodaddy” or “The Claw is my Master; I have been chosen.“

]]> Ads On Kindle? http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/ads_on_kindle/ 2009-07-04T17:42:30Z Posted by Curtis
Re: Kindle for the aging—I have a major problem with hand numbness because of my stupid back—I think this is probably a problem for a lot of people as they get older.  That’s the main reason I got a Kindle and it has really made it a non-issue for me.

The Kindle is a major part of dealing positively with my chronic nerve pain (and without using medication).

]]> Independence Day Weekend Open Mic http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/independence_day_weekend_open_mic/ 2009-07-04T17:36:40Z Posted by meg_mac
Wally… the image of you rollerblading with an office chair on each arm gave me a giggle.

]]> Musical Test For Middle Age http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/musical_test_for_middle_age/ 2009-07-04T16:54:37Z Posted by wally the duck
Was popular music always just the domain of young people, or is that a modern thing?

]]> Hot Dog! http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/hot_dog/ 2009-07-04T16:52:23Z Posted by wally the duck
The winner of the original contest, in 1916, ate 13 dogs.

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