Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 20, 2012

She thought he’d say no… but she figured it was worth a shot…

…rite between teh four’ed in 3…..2……1…………

Burt gonna be sorry once Shep gets his gun out of the holster.

I got nothin’. I had something about a Dodge Dart, but it was too lame. Better luck tomorrow.

He’s already doing Or Something.

Don’t mess with me man

When playing with your pet, one should really pay attention to the signs.

<<< apologizes for consuming too much File Gumbo…

<<<but is still enjoying Buckwheat Zydeco @ 2007 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival…

uh oh..best stop enjoying myself so much…nope, I am gonna hear more zydeco and stomp my feet and lift myself onto that cajun street…out on the middle of a big dance floor, gonna hear that fiddle, gonna beg for more, gonna dance from a band from Lousiane, tonight…

Best Cajun Song Ever!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0hKzamp_R4&feature=related

Linda is hushing up now….

an outstanding cartooner

This is the reason Bruce was kicked out of the Ballard Street Archery & Botanical Arts Club.

Suction cups don’t normally stick to fur. Either Bruce is using glue on the darts, or the dog needs a bath. Because dogs aren’t normally purple, I’d guess the latter.

Fuzzy Navels on sail at teh Argyle Sweater….!!!!

the kitten wants to play also.

Oh good grief. We just ended one war and he may well start another. Better go check my emergency supplies. Ah! I’m low on ammo and whiskey! Must get the whiskey fast before it’s too late. May not be on here much for the next few days. Lot’s to do. Have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!

He’s pretending he’s d’Art-agnan and she’s Constance.

Bruce is so anxious to reload, having Mabel’s forehead and schnoz next in mind, that he’s actually bitten his tongue.

I use to do the same thing with those Nerf darts.I would sit in the chair and one of the dogs would walk by. I would tap itwith a dart. At first the dog would jump looking all PO’d about it. Later the dog would just ignore me.The wife was not of the same disposition. Did it once to her lovely butt. I slept on the couch for a week.I was lucky the gun was easy to remove after she stuck it somewhere. I did not remember much after the concussion.

Et vidimus gloriam eius to you too.

Trivia for Red… (an anyone else that cares to weigh in)What is the common link between Kenny Wayne Shepard and SRV (besides being great blues guitar players that play Stratocasters… my personal choice of gitters)….????Free 32 oz schooner of Red’s “Red Ale” an a trashcan lid of munkey’s yak ribs fer the winner…!!!

Sorry Red no disrespect meant.Now ask me about the critical speed of a curve using the Yaw formula I can do that.Lets see take the first 100 feet which is now the chord, drop a (line) and get the middle ordinate. Take the chord squared divided by 8 times the middle ordinate plus the middle ordinate divided by 2. This gives you the radius. Take that and put it into the square root of 15 times the radius times the drag factor (resistance to rubber skidding remembering to plus or minus the slope of the curve) and TADA I can tell you just how fact you can take that curve. Accurate to plus or minus one mile an hour.You want to take on Conservation of Linear Momentum.C’mon its easy.Momentum is Weight times Speed displayed as MOM.Newtons laws say what goes in has to come out the same. (There is a little loss due to a factor called deformation before actuation but it is mimimal to say the least)MOM1before plus the MOM2before equals the MOM1after plus MOM2after. Simple. Just remember all the angles in a crash have to be accounted for as the angles can change the MOM by adding or taking away energy.See how much a Trooper has to know and thats the easy stuff.I am not even going into the Airbourne Formula. Which is how far it went is determined by how much speed at the time of launch.

I just walked into the Tiki and asked Benton for some hair of the dog, and decided to go visit the “powder room”…when I got back to my stool, there was a small pile of beige fur…Benton, really?!? Benton really has a sick sense of humor….now please, give me a bloody mary and please use the Boston bar guide recipe…NO actual blood to be used!

Linda D… um… maybe cos his name is Fenton.Or… LOL…. maybe cos he saw what happened last night.

Don’t worry…by now he’s getting off shift…and Tuesday evenings, unless the Monkey himself takes over, the bartender is a certain fireman who specialises in margaritas, being eye candy, and chatting with Ms. Beviek.

He’s very accomodating.

Monkey et all…yeah, I was going to guess not reading music…but then I googled Stevie Ray and found out he studied music for a short while in school, so maybe he could read it…

I’ve heard he was a nice guy though…. not egotistical at all.

Who knows… but I hope the “kid” doesn’t follow the destructive path that SRV did for too long.

I remember when they did the fire cover album and that plane crashed occured killing the ones in the flames on the albumCREEPY.

a little clue might help here… maybe not so much a “link” or common “trait”, but an actual “connection”…. KWS was definitely influenced by SRV… “How/when did that happen?”

@ SusanOr… LOL…. maybe cos he saw what happened last night.

um, is there something else I should be red-faced about???…I swear I am never drinking again…until the next time anyway…

@ Susan (again)Tuesday evenings, unless the Monkey himself takes over, the bartender is a certain fireman who specialises in margaritas, being eye candy, and chatting with Ms. Beviek.

He’s very accomodating______________ohhh, cant wait to meet him…got a pic so I can get a preview of what I will view?

OKey Red… ah gess ah’ll hafta drank that Red Ail mahself…!!!! Oh, an ahl share mah ribs with all yall anyways….-——-ahem… well, it seams that a young KWS used ta go to work with his dad ever now an then… an his dad was a music promoter in the day… most notably…. on teh summer of 84 when he companied his dad to a show an he got to see up front, while sitting on the main pa speaker, an amazin’ bluesman… SRV…. they became aquaintenances pretty quick… an the rest is history…

All over that Bev!!!

Whew…. running in from the rain…Unfortunately, I have to go out again….

Just wanted to grab a bite to eat…. mmmm…. ribs now, yak steak later?…and say hi to everybody before I go… (you notice which comes first….sorry, but as my Dad used to say, we come from a long line of people who “live to eat”… not people who “eat to live.”)

BTW … for Bev and Linda….here’s an off-duty picture of “our” fireman (Bev thinks he’s “her” fireman…. but in reality…. sigh…he’s probably just very sweet to older ladies….. )

Monkey! My answer didn’t count?

I’d sniffle a bit…. but you’ve never denied me a yak rib or a drink anyway …. so I can’t!

And I’m grateful.:)

And you are one smart monkey, too!

Meanwhile… I’m sorry for not answering people last night, including around the turn this morning….Once again…. I dozed off.

That’ll teach me to drink when I’m tired.So…. Red…. I really appreciate your answer….unfortunately, it doesn’t work for my needs….it would be great if I had the few hundred dollars, and wanted to spend it on my own equipment instead of dropping it all on a demo CD…But all I want is that one CD….maybe another sometime down the line if necessary…(with great luck it it never would be necessary….)ONE 5-minute CD… or maybe just an mp3 or avi file… no singing, no instruments, just talking….just to send to a few people, on an off chance somebody likes it…. without spending hundreds of dollars.

And X … that was fun!Thank you.You should dance more often….

Oh… almost forgot…Linda, I wouldn’t worry.Dogs have short memories, even if they can remember a long list of mixed drink recipes…Fenton would never hold a grudge. He may look stern… but he’s a sweetie.That’s one thing I love about dogs.

BTW… He told me an interesting tale…his father and grandfather were bartenders…his mother loved all the glassware…

and started collecting art glass.“Fenton” is the company that made some of the most beautiful ever…He’s proud of his name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyGU4nzhirI&feature=related

you ladies all know Mr.Fireman can’t possibly be REAL, don’t you? (sigh)

oh well, kick back and listen to some Waterboys girls… Somehow I think Mr. Fireman has list longer than this…

Lindsay was my first loveshe was in my classI would have loved to take her outbut I was too shy to askThe fullness of my feelingwas never made clearbut I send her my loveand a bang on the ear

Nora was my girlwhen I first was in a groupI can still see her to this daystirring chicken soupNow she’s living in Australiaworking for an auctioneerBut I send her my loveand a bang on the ear

Deborah broke my heartand I the willing foolI fell for her one summeron the road to LiverpoolI thought it was foreverbut it was over within the year (oh dear)But I send her my loveand a bang on the ear

The home I made with Bellabecame a house of painWe weathered it togetherbound by a ball and chainIt started up in FifeIt ended up in tearsBut I send her my loveand a bang on the ear

Krista was a roverfrom Canada she hailedWe crossed swords in San FranciscoWe both lived to tell the taleI don’t know now where she isOh, but if I had her hereI’d give her my loveand a bang on the ear

So my woman of the hearth fireharbour of my soulI watch you lightly sleepingI sense the dream that does unfold .. like goldYou to me are treasureYou to me are dearSo I’ll give you my loveand a bang on the ear

@beviek: Pretty glass. but a pain to dust!

whoa beviek. That is intense glass.

aka pinball machine…

sending Bev a box full of 20 #’s of Minnesota organic dairy farms butter to aid in the production of Snickerdoodles and a hug from the Heart of America’s Heartland!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=j1IoLMqpRY4

@beviek: If you liked that, you might like a bit of HOT SAX!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL5L5Y61Jyk&feature=BFa&list=AL94UKMTqg-9CxU8psXHoLe1HsIoRYFBx-

@Beviek – ‘bang on the ear’ – bang is irish slang for a kiss, so a ‘bang on the ear’ is like saying a ‘kiss on the cheek’.

now get your mind out of that gutter! rofl.

omg… freaking best video ever! … at least if you like country humor…so good, I used my few techie skills…lmaoooooooo…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJytm34HzJQ&feature=related

having trouble with YouTube today Linda… will bookmark that video to watch when the planets align again with the southern satellites… or whatever is going on.

@beviek. Waterboys have been around forever and a day. Although the band lineup changes constantly, Mike Scott is the driving and constant force. Check out ‘The Whole of the Moon’ – I am sure you will recognise it.