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Matthew 3:7-10

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


Stupid Fact of the Week
There was only one civilian casualty during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg

30 March, 2006
The War on Christianity
Call me a liberal... call me a hypocrite... call me anti-America... call me anti-Christianity... call me anti-whatever... call me intolerant...

...but this is the kind of shit that pisses me off:

"Never before in American history have Christians experienced being hated for following Jesus Christ as they are today."


posted by Rockel @ 5:49 PM   5 comments
Why?
Prayer and Science
posted by Rockel @ 5:40 PM   1 comments
29 March, 2006
Your Liberal News
Today's Lead Story
Today's Picture:
Today's Cartoon:
Today's Bushism:

"He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had declared, you are a state sponsor of terror." —George W. Bush, on Saddam Hussein, Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006


Today's Board Game
Today's TDS Clip
posted by Rockel @ 6:51 PM   1 comments
"DAMMIT!"
Ok. So... Yeah, I watch it. From watching it the past couple of weeks and subsequent perusing of the world wide web, I have developed my own version of the:

"24"/JACK BAUER DRINKING GAME
(your suggestions are, as always, welcome)
Keepin' it simple. All penalties are one drink, and are to be taken whenever...

- JACK BAUER says, "Dammit!"
- ANYONE says, "Jack Bauer." (Full name)
- ANYONE is prepared for interrogation.
- ANYONE AT CTU says, "Protocol."
- JACK BAUER takes/makes a phone call
(extra drink if that call is to/from the President)
- JACK BAUER has something downloaded to his screen.
- JACK BAUER says, "Drop your weapon!"
- JACK BAUER tells anyone to "Get Down!"
- JACK BAUER is assigned, or volunteers, to "run point" on a mission.
- ANYONE says, "Trust me," "Do you trust me?" "I need you to trust me," "You have to trust me," or the like.
- ANYONE makes a reference to something happening "within the hour."
- ANYONE makes a reference to there being "not enough time."
- ANY VEHICLE blows up
(extra drink if JACK BAUER blew it up)
- JACK BAUER kills somebody
(extra drink for hand to hand kill)
- the time is displayed.

DRINK AWAY
posted by Rockel @ 6:14 PM   2 comments
27 March, 2006
The Future...
...of drink

...of clothes
posted by Rockel @ 7:56 PM   2 comments
This Just In...
Iraqis lovin' up on the U.S., Bush, and the safety our troops provide:

"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's ruling parties demanded U.S. forces cede control of security on Monday as the government launched an inquiry into a raid on a Shi'ite mosque that ministers said saw "cold blooded" killings by U.S.-led troops....

"'The Alliance calls for a rapid restoration of (control of) security matters to the Iraqi government,' Jawad al-Maliki, a senior spokesman of the Shi'ite Islamist Alliance and ally of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, told a news conference....

"Baghdad provincial governor Hussein al-Tahan said he would halt all cooperation with U.S. forces."

(source)
posted by Rockel @ 6:33 PM   0 comments
I Know What I Want For Christmas
I know guys aren't supposed to play with dolls...

but this one looks like a lot of fun.
posted by Rockel @ 6:26 PM   0 comments
23 March, 2006
Great Question
posted by Rockel @ 7:38 PM   5 comments
22 March, 2006
Quote of the Day
"Nobody likes beheadings."
posted by Rockel @ 8:18 PM   0 comments
Liberalism: Boston Legal Style

Alan Shore: When the weapons of mass destruction thing turned out to be not true, I expected the American people to rise up. Ha! They didn't.

Then, when the Abu Ghraib torture thing surfaced and it was revealed that our government participated in rendition, a practice where we kidnap people and turn them over to regimes who specialize in torture, I was sure then the American people would be heard from. We stood mute.

Then came the news that we jailed thousands of so-called terrorists suspects, locked them up without the right to a trial or even the right to confront their accusers. Certainly, we would never stand for that. We did.

And now, it's been discovered the executive branch has been conducting massive, illegal, domestic surveillance on its own citizens. You and me. And I at least consoled myself that finally, finally the American people will have had enough. Evidentially, we haven't.

In fact, if the people of this country have spoken, the message is we're okay with it all. Torture, warrantless search and seizure, illegal wiretappings, prison without a fair trial - or any trial, war on false pretenses. We, as a citizenry, are apparently not offended.

There are no demonstrations on college campuses. In fact, there's no clear indication that young people seem to notice.

Well, Melissa Hughes noticed. Now, you might think, instead of withholding her taxes, she could have protested the old fashioned way. Made a placard and demonstrated at a Presidential or Vice-Presidential appearance, but we've lost the right to that as well. The Secret Service can now declare free speech zones to contain, control and, in effect, criminalize protest.

Stop for a second and try to fathom that.

At a presidential rally, parade or appearance, if you have on a supportive t-shirt, you can be there. If you are wearing or carrying something in protest, you can be removed.

This, in the United States of America. This in the United States of America. Is Melissa Hughes the only one embarrassed?

*Alan sits down abruptly in the witness chair next to the judge*

Judge Robert Sanders: Mr. Shore. That's a chair for witnesses only.

Alan: Really long speeches make me so tired sometimes.

Judge Sanders: Please get out of the chair.

Alan: Actually, I'm sick and tired.

Judge Sanders: Get out of the chair!

Alan: And what I'm most sick and tired of is how every time somebody disagrees with how the government is running things, he or she is labeled unAmerican.

U.S. Attorney Jonathan Shapiro: Evidentally, it's speech time.

Alan: And speech in this country is free, you hack! Free for me, free for you. Free for Melissa Hughes to stand up to her government and say "Stick it"!

U.S. Attorney Jonathan Shapiro: Objection!

Alan: I object to government abusing its power to squash the constitutional freedoms of its citizenry. And, God forbid, anybody challenge it. They're smeared as being a heretic. Melissa Hughes is an American. Melissa Hughes is an American. Melissa Hughes is an American!

Judge Sanders: Mr. Shore. Unless you have anything new and fresh to say, please sit down. You've breached the decorum of my courtroom with all this hooting.

Alan: Last night, I went to bed with a book. Not as much fun as a 29 year old, but the book contained a speech by Adlai Stevenson. The year was 1952. He said, "The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live and fear breeds repression. Too often, sinister threats to the Bill of Rights, to freedom of the mind are concealed under the patriotic cloak of anti-Communism."

Today, it's the cloak of anti-terrorism. Stevenson also remarked, "It's far easier to fight for principles than to live up to them."

I know we are all afraid, but the Bill of Rights - we have to live up to that. We simply must. That's all Melissa Hughes was trying to say. She was speaking for you. I would ask you now to go back to that room and speak for her.

posted by Rockel @ 7:01 PM   2 comments
From Street to Circle
The Rockel has been offered a job, and he has accepted.

Come April 3, 2006, I will be working for the Triple Izzay, at their Carolina (n and s) Headquarters, located at 6600 Executive Circle, Charlotte, NC.

That means that the last day of March, 2006, will be my final day of work at Symcor, located at 2200 Executive Street, Charlotte, NC.
posted by Rockel @ 6:09 PM   2 comments
21 March, 2006
Wacky Tobaccy Soundtracky
So... I've finally managed to locate and acquire some of the songs from "Reefer Madness."

I will load them up in the soundblox very soon. Look for them. Included will be:

"Reefer Madness"
Title Track. Opening number. Alan Cumming, as the Lecturer, singing a word of warning to the local PTA members concerning "Public Enemy Number One."
My favorite lyric: "Marijuana is that drug!"

"Romeo & Juliet"
The Love Song. One of my favs, hands down. Betwixt Jimmy (Christian Campbell) and Mary (Kristen Bell). So cute. So funny.
My favorite lyric: "I guess that's why they invented Shakespeare."

"The Stuff"
Just your typical abused woman's lament, laced with plenty of hilarious anti-drug messages. Sung by Ana Gasteyer (of SNL fame).
My favorite lyric: "He shoves me down the stairs, but deep inside he cares, he buys me lingerie."

"Down at the Ol' Five and Dime"
Company Number. Everyone report to the dance floor. Small appearance by Neve Campbell. Best thing about this number (apart from the dancing, which doesn't translate well to audio) is the dialogue between the two young lovers in the middle. Also, at the end, we are introduced to Jack Stone, the antagonist/drug pusher/abuser of Ana Gasteyer. Jack is played by Steven Weber, who is BRILLIANT in this role.
My favorite lyric: "Sometimes men will come to call who stink of sin and Barbasol."

"Jimmy Takes a Hit"
This song is sung when... Jimmy takes a hit. Innocence lost.
My favorite lyric: "Toke it, you may choke at first, but then the worst is over."

"Lonely Pew"
Now that Jimmy is a drug addict, he has no time for Mary or Church, so Mary laments the empty spot next to her on the holy bench.
My favorite lyric: "The wafers now don't taste so great. They won't transubstantiate."

"The Brownie Song"
Oh yeah. Jimmy realizes the error of his ways and decides to leave Mary Jane for Mary Lane (yup, they did). Unfortunately, he is duped by the deceptive Jack Stone and his homemade brownies.
My favorite lyric: "This brownie is yummy."

"Little Mary Sunshine"
Mary goes looking for Jimmy only to find Ralph, the horny, ex-frat boy looking for a good time by way of a good girl and some good weed. She partakes. His plan backfires.
My favorite lyric: "Don't be tricked, he's strictly quadrilateral."

"Mary's Death"
She inhaled. So she has to die. Those are the rules. A reprise of "Romeo & Juliet."
My favorite lyric: "That's good. I love babies."

Still trying to get:
"Listen to Jesus, Jimmy"
Tied with "R&J" for the position of Rockel's favorite song. Jesus tries to get Jimmy to drop the dope and "take a hit of God. You think you can handle the high?"
Some may find this one offensive. I find it terribly appropriate. And hysterically funny.
"Loved by Mary Lane"
Written for the movie, a very cute middle-of-the-show love song, where Jimmy realizes there's only room for one Mary in his life.
Favorite lyric: "Bunnies? I don't know what you're talking about, Jimmy Harper, but I like the sound of it!"
"The Orgy"
"Dead Old Man"
"Jimmy on the Lam"
"The Monkey Song"
"Lullaby"
"Murder"
"The Trial"
"We Know Best"
"Weather Changes"
posted by Rockel @ 5:48 PM   3 comments
18 March, 2006
Film Recommendation of the Week
This year... if you only see one tongue-in-cheek, raucous musical comedy shown at the Sundance Film Festival, inspired by a 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film, and starring Kristen Bell, Christian Campbell, and Alan Cumming, see...

Reefer Madness
now on video
posted by Rockel @ 11:23 AM   0 comments
17 March, 2006
What's Plastic and Irish and Stays Outside?
Patrick lived in the fifth century, a time of rapid change and transition. In many ways we might say that those times of turbulence and uncertainty were not unlike our own. The Roman Empire was beginning to break up, and Europe was about to enter the so-called Dark Ages. Rome fell to barbarian invaders in 410. Within ten years of that time, the Roman forces began to leave Britain to return to Rome to defend positions back home. Life, once so orderly and predictable under Roman domination, now became chaotic and uncertain. Patrick entered the world of that time.


The British Church of Patrick's time was also intimately connected with the Roman Empire. Missionaries from the continent followed the development of Roman towns, travelling over the system of good Roman roads. This was an urban Church with bishops establishing their centers in these Roman towns. The great ecumenical councils, beginning with that in Nicea in 325, doctrinally solidified a developing and common faith throughout this Church.


As Ireland had not come under the Roman Empire, it was for the most part unnoticed and untended by the developing Church. There were some Irish Christians, mostly on the eastern and southeastern coast. Many of these were probably British slaves who had been taken into captivity by the Irish. There is a record of a Bishop Palladius being sent to Ireland before Patrick. But the mission of Patrick was unique. There had been, up to this time, no other organized or concerted missionary effort to convert any pagan peoples beyond the confines of the Roman Empire. Patrick's efforts to do this, in fact, were criticized as being a useless project. His call had come to him in a personal vision. Although it must have been validated by some ecclesiastical superior, it was a cause of jealousy and ridicule on the part of other churchmen. The more we see Patrick in the setting of his time, the more we must admire his courage, vision and faith. But we also see that his path brought him pain and suffering. Acclaimed as a great hero in ensuing centuries, he himself felt nothing of the sort in his own time.


Patrick, then, is an intensely human person and not a plaster saint to admire from afar. He offers us a Christian vision of life honed out of his own experience and trials. He offers us a challenge to live our own Christian life today in changing and turbulent times. He comforts us when we are criticized and ridiculed. He gives to us the Celtic vision of the intimate presence of God in creation, in the Church, in people and in Scripture. He is a model for us, giving us an example to follow as we struggle to live authentically our own Christian lives in our own difficult times.
posted by Rockel @ 5:03 PM   0 comments
14 March, 2006
"A Whole New Drinking Experience"
Well it's about time. The old drinking experience was getting... old.

I'll try it.
posted by Rockel @ 6:27 PM   0 comments
Fear Not, Jimmy...
My good friend, and brother in Christ, Mr. James has some serious concerns over a favorable tournament showing for our beloved, demonic basketball team.

I hope to alleviate some of his concern...

Duke lost their final two games leading up to the ACC tournament. Discouraging? Yes. And I believe Mr. James' concerns are quite valid despite the Devils heading to the dance with the ACC trophy in hand.

So why am I not worried?

Duke lost to Carolina... at Cameron, none-the-less. As much as it pains me to say it, UNC is a great team. They are incredibly well coached, disciplined, and very deserving of their resting spot at the brink of the national top ten. The talk of the game seemed to be the comparison of the performances of J.J. and Tyler. Tyler Hansborough is an incredible player, not even taking into account the fact that he is a mere freshman, however he is no J.J. Redick. J.J. however, had an incredibly off night, and nobody else from Duke stepped up. UNC out-shot Duke from the field, from the line, and from behind the arc, and out-rebounded the devils at both ends of the floor.

Duke lost to FSU. FSU!!! How could that happen, you ask? If the UNC game was one of those 1-in-20 "off" performances, the FSU game was a 1-in-a-million answer to a lucky FSU fan's prayer. The Seminoles shot 34% from the field. 34!!! They shot 33 from 3-point land. But this game came down to one stat. Free throws. Duke, one of the best FT-shooting teams in the country, shot a miserable 58% from the line. And FSU? 80%! Now think about the number 22. That's not the number of FT Florida State attempted. It's not the number of FT Florida State made.
22 is how many MORE Free Throws FSU made than Duke. 22! Some quick arithmetic means that that is.... 22 points. And even more than the points is the fact that the 40 free throws were the result of 30 team fouls, placing many of the starting 5 in foul trouble, essentially crippling a team that is nowhere near as deep as one might hope.

Duke made it happen in the ACC Tourney. They've improved a lot on the boards and have gotten more consistent support from the bench.

Senior Power: J.J., Sheldon, Dockery, Melchionni. Three ACC Championships, Two ACC Regular Season Championships, Three Sweet 16s, One Final Four.

Mike Krzyzewski: 10 Final Fours, three national titles, an NCAA-record 66 tournament wins.
posted by Rockel @ 4:51 PM   1 comments
12 March, 2006
Yup Yup
posted by Rockel @ 12:48 PM   1 comments
11 March, 2006
Happy Weekend, Everybody!!!
Congratulations, you made it.

Well, let's see... what's happend? what's happening?...

Duke won.
Carolina lost.
What more could you ask for?

Chuck is talkin' about Christians
Ryan is talkin about Oscars
Andie is showin' off her necklace and her child
Shaun is talkin' about the Decemberists
posted by Rockel @ 3:42 PM   0 comments
09 March, 2006
New (to me) Bloggers
RANDYJGIRAD
THE SCRIBE
posted by Rockel @ 6:59 PM   1 comments
Click these for a good time
Too Cute
"Consider yourself normal if you pass gas 10-20 times a day."
posted by Rockel @ 6:53 PM   2 comments
Of course this would happen
As soon as I bring to light the greatest headline of all time, more excellent contenders for the title emerge...

runers up:
A Church
A Whale
posted by Rockel @ 6:48 PM   1 comments
08 March, 2006
News of the Day
Yanni
Hasselhoff
Bank Robbery
Bank Robbery?
Dumb Crook
Peace in the Middle East
My Space to the Rescue!
What Not to Take to Show-n-Tell
Why You Shouldn't Smoke

Ahhh... Bush Pictures

This is it... I have found it...
THE GREATEST HEADLINE... EVER!
posted by Rockel @ 7:50 PM   3 comments
Same War, New Name
"The Long War"

No kidding.
posted by Rockel @ 5:54 PM   1 comments
What's Going On?
Democrats are passing anti-abortion legislation, while Republican's are passing anti-Bush legislation!
posted by Rockel @ 5:23 PM   0 comments
07 March, 2006
I'm Not Completely Sure...
...but I think it's mine.
posted by Rockel @ 7:29 PM   0 comments
Gotta Love Natalie...
Portman, that is.
posted by Rockel @ 5:41 PM   0 comments
Methamphetamines
The new terrorists.
posted by Rockel @ 5:35 PM   0 comments
06 March, 2006
Alright... This Time, I Mean It
Elisha is GOING to be on 24 tonight... She's got to be... she made the episode preview for crying out loud... plus, there are TWO episodes on tonight... Double the opportunity... Double the Elisha...
posted by Rockel @ 4:50 PM   2 comments
Best Quote from the 78th Academy Awards
"For those of you keeping score at home.... Martin Scorsese, zero Oscars. Three 6 Mafia, one." - Jon Stewart.
posted by Rockel @ 4:35 PM   1 comments
Well... It's Not A Cure For Cancer
But think of the possibilities.
posted by Rockel @ 4:31 PM   0 comments
This Just In...
"New Zealand police have an unusual ally in their annual crackdown on the country's illegal marijuana harvest - possums.

"'They love it, absolutely love it,' [said] Detective John Nicholls." (story)

When reached for comment, a local possum who wished to remain anonymous, commented, "Check this out. I have a pouch. You see that? Isn't that crazy? A f***ing pouch, man! Alright."

Related story: This chick is totally baked... and really hot.
posted by Rockel @ 4:25 PM   0 comments
Best Freakin' Actor
"Thank you so much. And my mom's name is Marilyn O'Connor, and she's here tonight. And I'd like if you see her tonight to congratulate her. Because she brought up four kids alone, and she deserves a congratulations for that. Oh, I'm at the party, mom, you know? And she took me to my first play, and she stayed up with me and watched the NCAA final four. And my passions, her passions became my passions. And, you know, be proud, mom, because I'm proud of you, and we're here tonight, and it's so good. Thank you."
posted by Rockel @ 3:00 AM   2 comments
05 March, 2006
54%
Woof... 13 out of 24 categories... I'll hafta do better next year.
posted by Rockel @ 8:27 PM   1 comments
Oscar Night
Actor - Leading
Philip Seymour Hoffman!!!

Actor - Supporting
Paul Giamatti
(George Clooney)

Actress - Leading
Felicity Huffman
(Reese Witherspoon)

Actress - Supporting
Rachel Weisz

Animated Feature
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Art Direction
Memoirs of a Geisha

Cinematography
Memoirs of a Geisha

Costume Design
Memoirs of a Geisha

Director
Ang Lee

Documentary Feature
March of the Penguins

Documentary Short
God Sleeps in Rwanda
(A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin)

Film Editing
Walk The Line
(Crash)

Foreign Language Film
Tsotsi

Makeup
Cinderella Man
(Chronicles of Narnia)

Original Score
Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain

Original Song
"Travelin' Thru" - Transamerica
("It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" - Hustle & Flow)

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
(Crash)

Short Film - Animated
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
(The Moon and the Sun: An Imagined Conversation)

Short Film - Live Action
Ausreisser
(Six Shooter)

Sound Editing
King Kong

Sound Mixing
Walk the Line
(King Kong)

Visual Effects
King Kong

Screenplay - Adapted
Brokeback Mountain

...and, my dark horse...
Screenplay - Original
The Squid and The Whale
(Crash)
posted by Rockel @ 5:22 PM   0 comments
My Favorite Colbert Clip
Took me a while to find it (for some reason they took it off the Com. Central page), but here it is.
posted by Rockel @ 1:55 PM   0 comments
04 March, 2006
Game On!
Update: Offical Timeout
DUKE BY 10!

Update: Official Timeout
Duke missed six shots in a row. Did UNC Capitalize? No. DUKE BY 6!

Update: Official Timeout
DUKE BY 3!

Update: Official Timeout
DUKE BY 2!

Update: Timeout - Duke
TIE GAME! 1:08 left in the 1st

Update: Halftime
DUKE BY 1!
So... I'm not too worried. As anticipated, Duke started out hott... home court, senior day, etc...
As anticipated, UNC roared back...
Williams isn't in too much foul trouble, and J.J., who started out near perfect, has gone ice cold... the game is still close, and I look for it to remain so, with J.J. heating up and helping keep Duke out in front until the closing minutes when Duke will walk away with it...
having said that...
let the second half begin...
HEELS SUCK!

Update: Official Timeout
Heels by 2
Somebody Guard Hansbrough!

Update: Official Timeout
Heels by 1
Alright... J.J. hit a three... he's gonna heat up any second now.

Update: Timeout - Duke
Heels by 8
Anytime, J.J.

Update: Official Timeout
Heels by 8
Anytime.....J.J.......

Update: Timeout UNC
Heels by 3
Show 'em how it's done, Nelson

Update: Timeout UNC
Heels by 3
00:23 left. Last chance, J.J.

Update: Timeout Duke
Heels by 3
00:17 left. Last last chance, J.J.

J.J.... ya let me down. Don't let it happen in the Tourney
posted by Rockel @ 6:31 PM   0 comments
Awesome Flash
We Will Not Be Silenced.

Yeah. It's a bit liberal.
posted by Rockel @ 5:00 PM   1 comments
Oscars
Alright... here I go...

Actor - Leading
Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Actor - Supporting
Paul Giamatti

Actress - Leading
Felicity Huffman

Actress - Supporting
Rachel Weisz

Animated Feature
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Art Direction
Memoirs of a Geisha

Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain

Costume Design
Memoirs of a Geisha

Director
Ang Lee

Documentary Feature
March of the Penguins

Documentary Short
God Sleeps in Rwanda

Film Editing
Walk The Line

Foreign Language Film
Tsotsi

Makeup
Cinderella Man

Original Score
Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain

Original Song
"Travelin' Thru" - Transamerica

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain

Short Film - Animated
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

Short Film - Live Action
Ausreisser

Sound Editing
King Kong

Sound Mixing
Walk the Line

Visual Effects
King Kong

Screenplay - Adapted
Brokeback Mountain

...and, my dark horse...
Screenplay - Original
The Squid and The Whale
posted by Rockel @ 10:08 AM   0 comments
03 March, 2006
What I Learned Tonight...
...By Listening To Talk Radio.

The Charlotte Observer, whose profit margins are higher than those of all the American Oil Companies, is attempting to sell its distribution, and having no luck, because subscriptions are at an all-time low.

I may need someone to explain that one to me.
posted by Rockel @ 4:27 PM   0 comments
02 March, 2006
Sources of (Not-So-)Good News
Chicago Tribune
ABC
Washington Post
Political Wire
posted by Rockel @ 7:33 PM   0 comments
Wow..
So... obviously Simon got Paula drunk last night and totally tapped that...

anybody else see how they acted yesterday vs. today?

Wow...
posted by Rockel @ 6:53 PM   0 comments
01 March, 2006
March First
Madness is right around the corner...

A month has gone by, and I ate my Burrito...

Duke/Carolina, round two aproaches...

Oscars... my predictions are coming soon...

Redirect:
Ego
Awesome Flick
Burnside (hat tip, Melissa)
posted by Rockel @ 6:10 PM   0 comments
Give it up fer God
Lent starts today.
posted by Rockel @ 6:09 PM   5 comments
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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits

("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.

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