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It takes genius!

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Bailout Bill $700 billion
Additional Pork $150 billion
Dow (-484) in 3 hours $600 billion
Total carnage to you, The Taxpayer $1.45 trillion

Don't you love it when congress gets together with George Bush? Patriot Act... Iraq War... and now Bailouts for Bankers. You think this was going to save your 401k? What are you, nuts!?!?! Read more about It takes genius!

HARDLY STRICTLY 8 - Sure to be a Barnes Burner!!

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This year's lineup is stellar as usual. Saturday is a barnburner and Sunday is ALSO a barnburner. Or should I say Barnes Burner because Mr. Danny Barnes has the potential to play w/ 5 or 6 acts.

FRIDAY NIGHT FRUMP

T Bone Burnett again brings a band, but this time w/ unknowns such as Robert Plant and a fiddler named Alison Krauss. Nothing to see here!

SPECIAL SATURDAY RECIPE

I'm just skipping the banjo stage altogether. I can hear Steve Earle rant some other time. Read more about HARDLY STRICTLY 8 - Sure to be a Barnes Burner!!

Send them love! Send them duckies and bunnies!!

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Safe for now.

Today's congressional vote against George Bush's bailout plan for bankers was perhaps the most glorious thing to happen in grass roots politics since the 60's. Especially after the sudden crammage of the Patriot Act and that duct tape-induced madness leading up to the Iraq War, I was expecting dogs and ponies.

But instead, they in fact LISTENED to us!

Well I know the pigmen are persistent, so they'll be back with another plan soon. Read more about Send them love! Send them duckies and bunnies!!

Too early for Halloween?

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Heatwave Man

We just ticked September (Northern California heat wave!) and Henry is already sifting through his costumes. Last year, he went through 7 different configurations on Halloween night... scaring the BEJEEZUS out of trick-or-treaters on our haunted porch with his various accessories (fangs, masks, reversible cape, fog machine, microphone/amp rig, spiderman gloves, etc.)

We actually had to apologize to a girl from school the next day at school for scaring a bit too much. Read more about Too early for Halloween?

Five Great Summer 2008 Concerts You Probably Missed This Year But Can Download For Free

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We didn't catch a whole lot of shows this summer, and only one on this list, but thanks to some generous artists and savvy tapers you can enjoy these from the comfort of your MP3 player. I recommend downloading the variable bit rate MP3's as a zip file, unzipping, and then importing into iTunes. Read more about Five Great Summer 2008 Concerts You Probably Missed This Year But Can Download For Free

Simon tests for blue belt in Kuk Sool Won

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The test is harder than it looks... Master Lee takes them through a grueling workout session before testing on forms and techniques. Simon accepted the challenge to attend sparring class before his test... so he could be "burly".

Tom Scharff had just flown in from Wisconsin and contributed most of the pictures so I could videotape. Someday I'll edit that. Read more about Simon tests for blue belt in Kuk Sool Won

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