a little reggae punk

For the fans of old school punk bands, here we play 999 Homicide... but reggae..

I threw up today

but it wasn;t because of my allergies which is a daily occurance with me... it was because of television. The New Kids on the block were on the today show....and people clapped, and they sucked beyond hideously....

Still

Everyone in The band that I am in, has a nickname.... i still don't have a nickname....and being I am in a Reggae Band, I'm supposedly required to have one... though I don't know why. One of my customers is a rastafarian. His name as he told me is Do-Chuck, his real name is Melvin.. but he goes by Do-Chuck.... He asked me one afternoon why I had so many guitars and amos in my store, so i told him why, "I play music" "what kind man?" I said, "Reggae" he lit up and said, "Ah, I knew it man you are a reggae man yes?" I replied, "I write songs and play guitar" then he asked me what my name was, I said, "Frank, you know that already.." he replied, "yeah man, but what's your reggae name brother?" I said I didn't have one, so he told me I had to have one, especially if I was creating Reggae music....I just sighed and told him I never had a nickname, except for whatever my sister wanted to call me at the time, which wasn't normally a nice word cause I bugged her when I was a kid.... he laughed and said you can't use one of those names.
I told him I wasn't a rastafarian I just love reggae music, and believe in humans being kind to each other, when they aren't I turn my back to them. He said, don;t turn your back, open your arms... I said I wasn;t capable of doing that just yet. He said, in time those who have scorned you will seek forgiveness and it is righteous to forgive and selfish not to.
Hmm, I felt what he was saying.
He got back on the nickname or reggae name thing. Even some of my friends who had dreads have nicknames one of them I still call him by it. Rama.. it just stuck and it suits him more so than his namesake..
But I don;t have a nickname, My band members do Mike is nicknamed Obee, Bruce is Broozer, and John is Mazz, the other members who are in the band par time are Hoagland his name is Hoagy and Steve is Chompy.
I'm just uh, Frank. So, Melvin er.... Do-Chuck told me and he was serious and intense about it, that I need a nickname he won't speak my english name ever again.... I was scared he didn't like me or something or I did something offensive by breaking a golden rule... but I didn't know I needed a nickname... or not a nick name but another name for another community.....
*sigh* now what do I do?......I'm just Frank I wouldn;t even know how I could get a reggae name?... is it like something you do or are, or like?... i dunno.....

probablly the best

I have been going to pepper's cafe in Ardmore for a long time, really long time. The food never ceases to amaze me, it's always fresh and prepared perfectly. There's lots of places to grab a bite just about anywhere in our community, but for one of the best unique eateries, Pepper's is on the top of my list.

I hate Stephen Hawking and his paper asshole.

But he's supposed to be the smartest human alive. I watched then read a transcript on his dissertation regarding the big bang and God. He's pretty synical, or at least comes off as so. I know I'm being harsh here, but something he said just strikes a nerve in me. He stated that "in his opinion" the mere fact that aliens only show themselves to cooks and weirdos is proof that they don't exist, is probablly not correct simply because none of these people have ever been daignosed with any form of mental dysfunction or neglegent in mental capacity. It's an off-handed comment, not a fact in anyway. He pulls the old smarter than though attitude with his, if there were aliens visiting us, why haven't "we" made contact with them? "We" meaning him, and whomever else he deems worthy of an E.T. visit. I call bullshit on him. Maybe they don't like us, and being they are carbon based more likely than unlikely, may make a mistake and make themselves visible for a short time. it's possible, Maybe they don;t like people like Stephen Hawking because they won;t be able to communicate with him, I mean the guy never goes anywhere, but he can, he can wheelhimself around in a cow pasture or downtown mexico somewhere and experience a sighting like anyone else can. He seems borderline jealous of the "loonies" who may have had some form of experience. He's bitter. So, I say this Dr. Hawking, have someone help you put on some Cargo pants, and a comfy hawaiian shirt a nice cowboy hat with a camera mounted to it that react with your blinking motions and park it somewhere. maybe they'll come check you out. Afterall I don;t think aliens are too much into breaking and entering, scaring the great minds of our time, cause if you hide away, they'll never find you. I'l even help push you around or ride sidecar to you captaining your steed. this way you have a witness if need be. I can keep you entertained for a couple of weeks, I know all sorts of filthy jokes, I can play music for you but I'm a horrible dancer so dancing is out, and i know a few card tricks. I'd be a good candidate for a sidekick.

infinite creation and the paper assholes at NASA.

Scientists have long debated the fate of the "finite" mass of our universe, finite meaning there is a finite or definite amount of carbon, helium, oxygen, etc, etc, etc... and that's it.... the production of these particles has never changed or will never exceed any particular amount. But they don't have any definitive "head count" on what those numbers are, persay.
Alright, I call bullshit on that. Humans alone create carbon everytime we generate or create a new life form. which results in a growth of that said life form. so, carbon based Human life forms that are created largely outnumber the ones that die off. we are expanding so to speak. That's just humans.

The ultra scientists who believe this is merely a collective lucky throw of the dice in stating that we can create as many human life forms as we want, there's always more carbon particles being destroyed to balance the "system" out...
That's fucking cooky. are they serious? How would they know, I mean who;s feeding these guys their daily dose of LSD and bullshit anyway?
Wow, I don;t believe there is a finite amount of anything in the uiverse or it would just shut off one day and stall, like a balloon being blow up. if you're blowing up a balloon and just run out of something to make it expand, then it just stops where it is. I don;t know what is making the universe expand persay, but It's most likely opposed gravity, or magnetic relevation, causing planets and outerstellar groupings and constellations, masses, clouds to push away from each other then pick up speed while in space. Then comes the question what is space anyway? I believe space is just what it is, space. Ignore the roman usage of the word, it was derived from a latin term for one's dwelling and occupying of a specific land area to tax people on their land... throw that definition out the window. Space as carl Sagan described it, and described it best when he said, "Space is simply something we can not simplify, it is there for our existence and the potential and likely existence of other life forms to use to gain intelligence and live in harmony and peace. Space is our stellar neutral zone, unending, unyeilding, unblemished and undeniably vast, more so than our creative minds could ever imagine."
I heard him say that when I was in 4th grade and it sounded cool to me then, it sounds cooler now.
I feel that we humans are at a scientific egomaniacal crossroads of sorts. we think we know things and due to our technology "at hand" then are disproven in a relatively immediate manner causing scientists to sound more like philosophers than fact borne plathagerists, people who speak what is true.
Truth is, Science is a science of learning not grandstanding and "air time". Seems the science community is coveting a "new look" attitude toward something that is more about being beyond what they know and more about beyond what they don't know. In a nutshell, it's a shit show, dog and pony, poodles jumping through flaming hoops, stuff like that... metaphorically.
I miss the Carl Sagan's of the science world, yeah he was a dreamer and maybe the first "face" of science but he didn't talk with a paper asshole either.

Since some folks are asking.....

About when I'm going to be visible on a bike, anywhere... on the road, or in the woods.. on the roof... anywhere, I don't have an answer, truely I don't have one. It's not for any other reason other than motivation. Understand me when I say "I want to ride", then understand me when I say, "I don't feel like getting up at 4-5am to ride" also understand me when I say, "I don't want to ride at 5-6-7 pm or later" I just don't want to. Those evening times are for my wife and Kids, family time, also home maintenence time, i've got projects to do/finish/re-do. I'm just not there with the riding. I'd love to hit Belmont or White clay on the shotgun, geez I dream about it twice per week. But I don't have the motivation to do it.
My allergies are really becoming some sort of Cosmic blackhole for my health lately. I coughed up blood last week, which was fun if you're into that sort of thing, i'm not.
I'm drowning in repair work which is really nice after such a weak fall and winter. But I've been hearing from other shop owners it was rough for them as well. So, that's comforting in it's own unique way.
Good luck To Elaina Deitz in her quest for a new team, she's a special athlete and deserves special treatment for sure. She's an ACE and strikes fear in anyone who lines up with her.

Vandalism and Angelo Cataldi's stupidity.

How could police drive by and let things like this happen? THis is not a hockey/loyal post, it's about alowing anyone to alter city monuments without a permit. It's a city ordinance and should be dealt with accordingly.
WIP has acted on the rash of threats and previous modification to this particular monument by hosting a calling out, read about it here http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/nhl_experts/post/Saving-Rocky-from-Penguins-fan-desecration-Flye?urn=nhl,81444
There are numerous security guards walking the grounds of the art museum 24 hours every day of the year, this should have been dealt with properly instead of making it a media opportunity for Angelo Cataldi, why not go there himself and deal with it? Why risk someone elses potential fate, I mean if assholes are willing to blow off a cops head why not shoot someone over something like this which seems to be a very personal insult to the philadelphia die-hard hockey fans or Flyers fans. I feel his plea is extremely ignorant and grotesque.
So, I call out Angelo Cataldi to camp his ass out there until the series is over, after all if he feels so offended by the actions and threats he should be the one to act on his own submission. Not some blind and furious fan willing to do his deed.
You suck Angelo.

beer me

I spent roughly 5 hours power washing the rear deck of my house today, surprisingly I enjoyed it immensely. Jen's boyfriend Tim, was s huge help today as well. I had a relaxing manual labor intensive day. After the deck cleaning Pam and I heqded to Melissa's softball game with mojito's neatly concealed in travel mugs... more genius.

Scientology and my balls

Round 2 or Ronde-do-over for Tom Cruise is approaching for our viewing displeasure. Oprah must have some money invested in him, or worse yet she's working her way up the Thetan ladder and is cruising (no pun intended) for some alien-nation perks.
So, once again we will be steamrolled with media footage of Tom behaving ... like the douche bag that he is, with some form of submarined dialogue explaining how great he is as he flails around like an incomplete cheerleader with parental...issues
So, does anyone.. care?.. before anyone blurts.. "but YOU are writing about it".. uh, like 7 people read my blog so it's more of an intimate bitch fest for me, I don;t have an audience like some bloggers do... so, no kicking me in the nuts over this. And, no I don't have a monkey on my back about him, I am simply honest about what I see and hear and basically Tom Cruise must have hit the dumbass luck lottery somehow. Regardless, women will scream and cry as he moonwalks onto Oprah's stage, simply because someone deemed him desrving of god-like treatment, essentially reinforcing his own pseudo-psycho self inflated id..... I basically despise everything he is about, he epitomizes how stupid people can be about celebrities.
I blame Travolta for his elite status. If Travolta would have staye here on Earth with.. you know, US he would have held his throne of King bad ass in Hollywood, but.. he made a sequel to one of the greatest movies ever, not that the movie was great, he was great in it... Stallone had it nailed with the first Rocky movie, almost overthrowing Travolta.. but, he fucked up also, making a sequel....more than once.. so, he's just a dumbass.. But, sadly Travolta became a bloated parade float parody of himself and good 'ol Tom just slid into the winners circle with literally 1 role that meteorically flung him into the underpants of women world wide.. all because James Spader shot the role down, guffawing at the prospect of risky business even making it into theaters at all.... nice move, now we are all stuck with you know who as the spokesperson for American movie superstardom...... my balls can act better than Tom Cruise on his best day.
In my feeble bitching and in conclusion to one of my more useless posts, I Blame Scientology for ruining my vision of a hollywood hero.
Good luck on Oprah Tom, try not to stick your dick in your own ear this time you idiot, or better yet, why not run onto Oprah's set and dry hump her, that would basically guarantee you a spot in the six o'clock news and solidify 1st place on the hollywood blunders list for maybe this entire millenium.