BURNING TOAST: rain

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Raindrops Keep Falling. . .

>> Tuesday, July 6, 2010 – bad weather, rain

. . .on my head. . .

At least it held off through the weekend. And for what it's worth, I hope it rains all week. We could sorely use a break around here. The last three months have been brutal at work and other than a brief respite from an occasional afternoon rain, there has been little relief in the workload.

Afternoon Thoughts. . .

>> Friday, June 4, 2010 – bad weather, construction, rain

Well, the ol' afternoon hasn't worked out quite as expected, the rain that clouded the sky earlier is gone and only seems to have exacerbated an already wet jobsite into a worsened state, which includes also the piss poor attitudes of a few sitework contractors. I have no pity nor shame in telling these fools that you cannot compact wet soils properly when the moisture content is too far above the optimum value. But these guys never let the truth get in the way of screwing up perfectly good work.

So here I sit, telling them in essence they are all failures, yet they march into oblivion like herds of sheep to the slaughter because the only thing worse than doing something wrong in this industry is letting a good day of fucking it up the first time go to waste.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

>> Saturday, May 15, 2010 – buena vista social club, donald fagan, gardening, mel torme, music, rain

Pretty damn good in the Saturday afternoon rain, which, of course means that I cannot get out there to molest Mother Earth into making more fruit from my labor, dangit.

I did manage to get some purple basil, Genovese basil, globe basil, lemon thyme and a tricolored sage (salvia) planted before the rain rolled through. And thankfully, after a three week battle with riding lawn mower blades and drive pulley belts which i won three days ago, I was able to cut half of the acreage yesterday evening. Now? All wet. :(

Alas, here we are. So hey, let's listen to some music to cheer our sad souls!

First is a boo-bap-ba-dee-bee-bob rendition of Donald Fagan's 1982 calypso melodrama The Goodbye Look as performed by Mel Torme. Yes, I dig Mel Torme and strangely, was digging Donald Fagan in 1982 when I was 12 years old. Sue Me.

I know what happens
I read the book
I believe I just got the goodbye look

Our second selection, in keeping with the island theme is the beautful collboration of Buena Vista Social Club performing El Cuarto de Tula (Tula's Room). A lovely construction with so much going on in the music that my head just lolls with the beat.

And finally, for those who don't remember Donald Fagan's 1982 album The Nightfly, which includes the song New Frontiers that could quite possibly compete with my top Rush favorites, here is another one that you probably will remember, I.G.Y.

For you younger viewers who may not know, that revolving contraption above is called a record player. That's what we had before laser beams and shit.

P.S. I would really like to embed the New Frontiers video here, but since Warner Brothers gets it's panties in a wad over copyright, no one is allowed to post it anywhere outside of YouTube, which to me is ignorant. Simply by sharing might possibly mean more revenues for WB in the long run. But what the fuck do I know, after all, The Nightfly, written by one of the whitest crackers in music reached #24 of the Black Album charts in 1982, which is a conundrum enough in itself.

Wednesday's Water. . .

>> Wednesday, January 7, 2009 – bad weather, flooding, photo, rain, train

An old, abandonded train trestle up the street from our office. This creek is usually ankle deep, yesterday it was 10 feet deep.

I'd say it rained a little.

The Goracle Strikes Again. . .

>> Wednesday, December 10, 2008 – bad weather, high winds, rain, tornado

So, Al? Is this global warming or cooling?

Last night it was 70 degree temps, tornadoes, high winds, hail, and torrential rains. Tonight, accumulations of 2 to 4 inches of snow possible with another 1 to to inches Thursday night!!!

Geez Al, WTF!! Make up your mind already! I thought you were in charge of the weather!

To all friends, hope y'all or doin' ok. I know Yazoo City got hit pretty hard last night. You ok up there Cudi Bug?

Thanks Be To The Heavens. . .

>> Thursday, August 7, 2008 – bad weather, no roux for you, no work for me, rain, thunderstorms

Yes!!!!

Aarrggghh Matey!!!

>> Wednesday, July 30, 2008 – bad weather, no work for me, rain, red sky, sailor's warning

There is an old adage from the world of sailing and circumnavigation that states:

"Red sky morning, sailor's warning, red sky night, sailor's delight."

Today is one of those red sky mornings and I'm just tickled pink, which is a shade of red.

I don't need no fancy doppler radar to tell me it's going to rain today. The sky has spoken.