The Fountain of Youth

Mind your manners.

Today I drove by this house on my way to work that had a tiny handwritten sign that was taped to the very bottom of a mailbox post, halfway covered up by tall grass, the sign read "HUGE YARD SALE" Sweet! A yard sale on a Thursday and no one can know this exist because of the camouflaged sign. Well, when I pulled up I was pleasantly surprised by the Jazz albums they had for only .50 cents a pop. I snatched up a few. And then I found some other cool things that I know I can get a small fortune for on eBay. But one thing I'm keeping(besides the albums) is this little black Vest Pocket Handbook of Etiquette I found. It was written in 1956. And boy have times changed. I'll try and post an Etiquette at least once a week. Such good stuff.

Here's an example of Etiquette from the 50's.

Men's Manners toward Women. a. Offering Her A Cigarette. If you take one yourself, always offer one to any woman you're talking to. If the lady says just "No, thank you," or "Not now, thank you," you must offer them again every time you light one yourself. If she settles the matter by saying, "I don't smoke, thank you," you take her at her word, and don't offer them again. There's no need to get up and run across the room to light her cigarette, but if your close enough you always do. You always light her cigarette when your sitting at the same table or on the same couch, or when you both take cigarettes at once. If you're very thoughtful, you'll carry matches even if you don't smoke.

Band's I've seen.

It just occurred to me today that I haven't gone to a show in 3 years. Now I know this is partly because I have 2 kids and I'm too busy putting on concerts (or vice versa) for them to actually attend one myself. And partly because I haven't really been excited about bands that have played around here recently. So now I'm going to attempt to remember and list all the bands I've seen.

1.Dead Milkmen- Atlanta
2.Julio Iglesias- Chatt. (took my Grandmother. She sat up 2 lawn chairs in the front row. The worst. But it made her happy.)
3.Belle and Sebastian- Lawrence (A dream come true.)
4.Brendon Benson- Lawrence
5.Ben Kweller- Lawrence
6.Rasputina- Lawrence
7.Radiohead- New york City
8.Radiohead- St. Louis
9.White Stripes- Kansas City
10.Elliott Smith- New York City
11.Blur- NYC
12.Beastie Boys- NYC
13.Guided By Voices- KC
14.Anniversary- KC
15.David Bowie- KC
16.Steven Maulkimus and the Jiks- KC
17.Stereophonics- KC
18.The Strokes- KC
19.The Ravonettes- KC
20.Interpol- KC
21.Calla- KC
22.Wax Wings- Lawrence
23.Yo La Tengo- Lawrence
24.Mars Volta- Lawrence
25.Saul Williams- Lawrence
26.Grandaddy- Lawrence
27.Starlight Mints- Lawrence
28.And you'll know us by the trail of dead- Lawrence(for whomever reads this, Please, Please, if you ever get the chance to see this band live, go. It will change your life. I promise)
29.And You'll Know Us By The Trail Of Dead- KC
30.Secret Machines- KC
31.Explosions in the Sky- Lawrence
32.Pernice Brothers- Lawrence
33.Pete Yorn- Lawrence
Now I know there are more bands I've seen, but that will be another list titled, Bands I've Seen That I Should Be Too Embarrassed To List.

St. Pete.

"It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea---whether it is to sail or to watch it---we are going back from whence we came."

- John F. Kennedy

Britain Invades!!

To all who have missed me lately(1 person, maybe 2), I am back. It has come to my attention that it's been 6 weeks since my last blog. I've thought about blogging everyday. I had such juicy bits to write about but I was being stalked and probably still am by a young, creepy, weaselly, not mentally or emotional stable man, named Britain. A couple of months ago I was at my store checking out my fave blogs when I felt the presence of someone walk into the office. I didn't turn around. Then I hear the voice of Britain being nosey as usual say, "What are you reading?" I said, "none of your business" and then he began reading aloud the title of the blog I was reading and he says "interesting" and left. To make a long story short he went and searched for the blog I was reading. Found it and then I'm sure he had to go way back and read every comment till he found one that I left on this person page and that's how he found my blog. He alerted me that he bookmarked it. Now he's going to know everything about me. So I'm hoping that enough time has gone by and he's giving up hope of me ever blogging again. we'll see.