So this picture is our first night in Columbus, OH. A tornado was sighted and we ALL got to go to the basement of the building. Ah the swimming sea of humanity. Can you spot how many people are on cell phones?
More to come from the convention.
peace and Tornado grease
So I survived the heat yesterday. I did not ride home in the afternoon. There were important errands to run with Stacey, including, picking up the Blackberry Curve she got me for my birthday.
In one day, I feel I have not figured out a damn thing on this. But I did get a few pictures taken.
This is of Stacey driving away from the Verizon Store. Not at all fast like one would image most people do after visiting a Verizon Store.
She was driving us to see Garrett preform as the Narrator #1 in the Shadow puppet play “How Wolf and Turtle learned to befriends to everyone in the forest”. That wasnt the actual title but it was very close. We got there for most of it. Garrett’s whole first grade class put on a well done performance. Their teacher actually cried a little.
But the best thing out of all this. I got this really terrible picture of Lewis Black.
Lewis was on Talk of the Nation some NPR show that I don’t know too much about. Which goes for about any of the shows at NPR. I smile knowingly when people talk about them, but the most I know is that Stacey works on some of them and then others she doesn’t. Back to the topic.
Lewis Black was promoting his new Book “Me of Little Faith” I would suggest everyone go out and get it. One because of what I read so far of it, it resonates with me. I truly appreciate anyone who searches for answers, be it science, justice, religion. But I also appreciate someone who has a sense of humor about the search. That is Lewis Black in a nutshell. Nutshell is a pretty good term for him too. Second, I am shameless in promoting things for folks that I like. Thirdly, did I mention you should just buy the book. If you encourage Mr Black, he may write more, if he writes more , we all may laugh more. If we all laugh a little more, the world – de facto – becomes a better place.
The audience was pretty good. I am happy to say that I was one of the few people that didn’t work at NPR that watch the interview. I enjoyed the guy sitting behind me who talked on and on about some other junk and then asked his friend “So who is this guy?”. I almost had a moment but contained myself. I just turned //Insert Age HERE// and I think I am now mature enough to not turn around and call someone an idiot.
There was a caller from somewhere that set Lewis off. The guy called him militant, and several other things, and then proceeded to dance around the point that he had never really seen, read or heard anything Lewis Black had ever done. Lewis said it was like the Tucker Carlson episode that Jon Stewart went off on a rant.
I can also say that I was one of 2 people from the in studio audience to ask Lewis a question. Dont ask me what it was, but something either Neal Conan or Lewis Black said made me get up to ask it.
The picture was as Lewis was being herded out and he got a photo op, which made me think…HEY I got this new Blackberry that can take pictures… So by the time got it out and figured how to get the camera part it was almost too late. So the picture is kinda crappy but I got it. I did get to shake his hand. All in all a great day. I can put it up there with the day that Michael Palin kicked me in the stomach
But that is a story for another day
I wonder i I keep writing Lewis Black, Lewis Black, Lewis Black it will move me up on Google
peace and ecclesiastical grease
June 9…a day that will live in history….AS A GODDAMN HOT DAY. So what does your hero do today? The dumb arse rides his bike into work. I had to because its my birthday and why wouldn’t you ride in.
So I updated the “Recognize your Abbott/Buckley” post. I found a few other pictures.
I am heading out into the heat to meet up with my sweetie pie.
peace and birthday grease
