Passing of a Giant

Remind me not to be sitting at a bar with a 24 year old the next time someone famous over the age of 40 dies. I was doing just that at about 9 pm on April 18, 2012 when I saw Dick Clark's face on a muted TV and commented, Oh, he finally looks old. Which drew no response from my cohort. I said he looked the same age for decades but now since his stroke he has finally aged. No discernible response. Then the words Dick Clark dies at 82 come up on the screen. A wave of sadness comes over me. I loudly, impulsively say Dick Clark died. To which my friend replies, Oh.

Oh. And then he returns to talking about what ever banality he was speaking of. Then we get caught up in the game of trivia that was going on around us, and the moment is lost. Michal Jackson dies and the country gasps and the internet has a stroke. Whitney Houston dies and no one can speak of anything else for 2 weeks. Dick Clark dies and no one under 35 even notices. Dick Clark may have never written a song, or recorded one, but almost single handedly did more for American music, especially Rock N Roll that almost anyone else. He kept in on the radio and more importantly kept it on TV. The youth of today watches music videos constantly now, mostly on You Tube I suppose, but there was a time when you could see new bands and performers LIVE, daily from 1957 until 1963, and then weekly for another 24 years. Live bands. Every week. Why that doesn't exist today is hard to fathom. The presumption would be our lack of attention span.

I mourn the loss of not just Dick Clark, but a generation, and a culture.

 Long live Rock-n-Roll.

 Long live Dick Clark.

When planning your life just make sure it has a good beat and you can dance to it.

Are we really all just stupid cattle?

I need something to restore my faith in humanity. Right now I just believe that the are all stupid and incapable of common sense or of taking care of them selves. How do we fix this problem?

For reference

Talking to a woman for 10 minutes who asks your age and you say 37 during her pause and then she says I would have guessed 32 will set you back 20 min and a whole bar on a pub crawl.

You'd think I'd know better

Cajun Chicken Sandwich for dinner + alcohol + White Castle at 2am + Chicken Fingers and fries for lunch the next day = Bad Idea.

For reference

Talking to a woman for 10 minutes who asks your age and you say 37 during her pause and then she says I would have guessed 32 will set you back 20 min and a whole bar on a pub crawl.

My pocket posted

Why is irteasier to get a guys #? I pushed the crawl forward yet got left behind.

Because I love you all

7 drinks 3 shots. Last one with an Australian. Why is easier to get a guy # q a qQ

Because I Love You

6 drinks 2 shots.

Stay tuned. Beware of Mud Sharks. Keep a good attitude.


PS- The conductor is already off the rails.

Long time no talk

I save it for the important stuff. Like a bar crawl update.

15:00 5 drinks. 1 car bomb

Stay tuned

In For The Long Haul

I've been ignoring you

I never seem to have enough time. But I am going to Vegas soon and am determined to actually get this trip on paper, so to speak.

Stay tuned.

Found on the busblog

Thank you tony

F*&* YOU

By Cee Lo Green



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