working in a candy story means...

eating really good halloween candy that nobody bought...
right before bed...

Hammond's handmade candy

Art Candy
While our Art Candy may have the same beginning as our Candy Canes and Lollipops, it is put together quite differently. After the candy has cooled enough and color has been added, our candymakers transform small amounts of the candy into the shapes, which they know they need from years of experience. Skillfully, they arrange these shapes together to form one large 'picture'. They must work quickly, not allowing the candy to harden. This large 'picture' will then be wrapped up into a jacket (just like the candy canes) and placed onto the batch roller. Next, it is pulled by hand into a smaller and smaller diameter, until it resembles a long rope. As the candy is beginning to harden, the long 'rope' is sliced into small half-inch long pieces, and the reduced-size 'picture' is visible.

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A mix of interesting music from Kid Ornery and his associates.
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Dave's Long Box: ELECTION DAY 2006 - WHOSE SIDE IS YOUR FAVORITE SUPERHERO ON?

Dave's Long Box: ELECTION DAY 2006 - WHOSE SIDE IS YOUR FAVORITE SUPERHERO ON?:
"It's times like these that make me wonder how superheroes would vote. Is Captain America a Republican or a Democrat? What about Batman? It's tempting to attribute one's own political beliefs to one's childhood heroes, but that would be wrong. We're in a No-Spin Zone here at Dave's Long Box, so I have examined the evidence and decided on a political party affiliation for some of my favorite heroes without regard to my personal beliefs.
So, in an effort to piss off readers of all political persuasions, here then is the breakdown. I can't wait for the Green Lantern fans to start flaming me in the comments section..."

funny stuff...
and I think fairly accurate....

Global Orgasm - December 22nd, 2006 - Peace through Global Ecstasy

Global Orgasm - December 22nd, 2006 - Peace through Global Ecstasy

Great idea...
or something,
but the music on the site
does not make me hard.

hmmm...

So TDU has this weekly gig now
and so we're looking for some
promotional ideas...
Working in a candy store I've been aware
of custom printing on m&m's via tha intraweb.

You get two lines - 8 characters per line -
two messages...
In trying to come up with appropriate phrases
for free m&m's at a TDU show I tried -
"Make Noise" "Not War"
and I got this message...
"sorry we cannot print offensive or potentially inappropriate messages."
with a phone # to contact them...
grrr...

Celebrate Amerca Day!

I decided to declare today
"Celebrate America Day!"

I celebrated America all right!
got up
got high
(on America)
went and voted
For Democrats when available
For Libertariants when not
and never for Republicans
never
came home
smoked some more
America
and went to see
Borat
disappointed
still a nice ride
on a beautiful day
then to the
other candy store
the one in the village
visited a bit
and bought some candy
then half price books
strindberg
shakespeare
beckett
and
the theatre guild anthology
first edition
1936
14 plays
I can't wait to read
and a great bike ride home
on a beautiful day

CELEBRATE AMERICA!

Go Vote!

Unless you were planning on voting for the bad guys,
then it's o.k. to stay home...

fr the rcrd:

Chris Bell gets my vote for governor.
His ethics complaint started the ball rolling
that eventually rolled over Tom Delay.
As far as I'm concerned he can do
anything but get as bad as Tom Delay
and he will now and forever have my
vote...
Maybe some of you folks don't understand
just how important that was. The man
had a stranglehold on our democracy
and Chris Bell stood up and pointed out
what everyone knew but nobody would
say, "The man is a crook."
The end result was Delay's resignation
and Nick Lampson's almost assured
win today.
So Bell gets my vote for anything
pretty much forever.

miscellaneous heathen / politics/061105dhs-papers.html

miscellaneous heathen / politics/061105dhs-papers.html:

"It doesn't matter if you have a U.S. Passport - a 'travel document' that now, absent a court order to the contrary, gives you a virtually unqualified right to enter or leave the United States, any time you want. When the DHS system comes into effect next January, if the agency says 'no' to a clearance request, or doesn't answer the request at all, you won't be permitted to enter-or leave-the United States."

land of the free my ass...
we are quickly becoming slaves,
and it is our cowardice making us so...

grr.

Infernal Forum: The Arts and Civic Engagement

Infernal Forum: The Arts and Civic Engagement:

"While foundations and arts organizations increasingly have been taking isolated steps to staunch the bleeding away of younger patrons, Iyengar hopes the NEA's survey results will help galvanize a more unified effort. A 2005 study by the Rand Corp. contended that exposure to the arts in childhood is the most important predictor of whether a person will appreciate them as an adult."

It worked on me...
and my dad was a band director,
so it's not like I was even exposed
to good art...

nothing I can say

to you people I ain't already said
i try
real hard
to give ya
the things
that you want

and all
I want
is the things
I can't have

is that
too much
to ask?

Home

Bohemeos

The Wednesday night gig went great...
we'll be there most Wednesdays with Fist of Kong,
and maybe some other folks filling in from time to time...

if you live in the neighborhood and wish there was more cool
stuff to do around here you should support this place...
They plan on having a lot of live music,
and they're really great folks...


even if you can't come by on Wednesdays come by and get a coffee, something sweet and talk to the owners...

maybe stop there for dessert after you eat some Thai food at Kanomwan...
it's right across the parking lot.

NonAlignment Pact: Music in Seven Days from Seven Writers

this blog does and will kick ass...

NonAlignment Pact: Music in Seven Days from Seven Writers


go ahead and bookmark it now...

Cognitive Daily: Halloween special: Does Batman party with SpongeBob?

Cognitive Daily: Halloween special: Does Batman party with SpongeBob?:
"So it appears that children even as young as four distinguish between different fantasy worlds in the same way as adults do. Batman doesn't party with SpongeBob. "

a story

when i
was in fifth grade
we had
a talent show.
I was
going to do
some magic.
I had picked
two cute girls
to be
my assistants.
In the end
I decided not
to do the magic show
and did impressions instead.
I dedicated
my Barry Manilow impression
to my
would be
assistants.
I am music
and I
write the songs.

Fwd: [TDU] Czech it out, Bohemian Music

a missive from our percussionist/madman re: wednesday night's show

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Thomas Zermeno
Date: Oct 30, 2006 7:08 PM
Subject: [TDU] Czech it out, Bohemian Music
To:


Oh, what a perty, perty day.  Today was one of them days that makes
Houston famous.  Now, I'm not talking about those days filled with
smog, or humidity, or rain; I'm talking about those 3 weeks of
perfection that get scattered through out spring and fall.  I'm
talkin' blue skies, soft winds, kind bud, and no where to be until
mid-afternoon.  Ah yeah.  I'm talking about Houston Heaven.

Nice.

So, anyway, all you fans and fanettes, you'll be happy to know about
the awesome show this Wednesday.  We're tearing up a new coffee house
on the East Side (wow, they serve coffee in that part of town?),
BOHEMEO'S.  This is a nice little place with two stages, a patio,
great coffee, and... get this .. it's BYOB.  Wow!

Czech us out Wednesday, at 9:30 pm.  The address is 708 Telephone, at
the corner of Telephone and Lockwood.  (Check their website for
directions, www.bohemeos.com, but it's over by UH Central.)  Did I
mention that the cover was cheap? That's right!

CHEAP COVER - $3 / $5 couples, under 21 $5.

Wow! That's like...  supercheap! Those are like 1980's prices, what's
going on? why is TDU pimping themselves out for such an affordable
price?  Well, kids, I'm glad that you asked. We hope that we, as super
improv gods, will bring in enough people to this wonderous little
coffee house to start an improv weekly.

Can you imagine?  Weekly jazz at affordable prices?  And I'm not
talking about that crappy smooth jazz kenny g shit. I'm talking about
the real McCoy:  squanking, funking, wah-wah, bang-bang,
DamnitJimI'mI'mAMusician, who the hell let that llama into the room,
improv jazz.

Shit, you can't beat that for $3.

Grab a bottle; Grab a girl; Grab a guy; Grab yourself and come on down
to Bohemeo's.  Wednesday, 9:30.

AUTOGRAPHED CDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE


--
-TZ

"When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only
think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the
solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong."
    - Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)

oh yeah....

TDU's playing wednesday night...
right around the corner somewhere...
watch this space for details...

feeling relatively
spirit filled
I expect this show
will be good...

drunk blogging

so

i had an incredible day today

how 'bout you?

went to a wedding

of a friend

and the way
the good will flowed

watching it

watching people just
being nice to each other

was invigorating

2nd time ever drunk on wine
so we'll see how tomorrow feels

all I can do to keep from going dancing

RIGHT NOW!

but since I spent
the groceries
on whiskey
last night
somehow
dancing isn't
a realistic option

and I think
that says a lot

a

lot

but right now
I'm kinda drunk
and kinda high
and really amazed
that people
maybe aren't
as damned awful
as I expect

on that note
I'm off

maybe tomorrow
I'll still like all of you

we'll see

Ned Lamont for Senate | Barack Obama Writes Emails

Ned Lamont for Senate | Barack Obama Writes Emails:

"Ned earned the Democratic Senate nomination through his hard work and clear message. And his victory paved the way for an entire crop of Democratic challengers to stand up and fight for the common good. Today the candidacies of Diane Farrell, Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy are integral to the Democrats’ strategy to regain the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

A majority of Connecticut Democrats supported Ned Lamont in the August primary. I hope they will see this impressive movement through to the end by volunteering their time with Ned in these next two weeks.

http://www.nedlamont.com/downthestretch

Sincerely,

U.S. Senator Barack Obama"

A living wage for Wal-Mart workers | The Progressive

A living wage for Wal-Mart workers | The Progressive:

"Wal-Mart could lift the average salary of its 1.3 million U.S. workers by a hefty$4,000 a year without raising the price of its pickles or Pampers even one penny."

Gore Vidal Interview | The Progressive

Via Real Art...

Gore Vidal Interview | The Progressive:

"Q: What do you think of the conspiracy theories about September 11?

Vidal: I’m willing to believe practically any mischief on the part of the Bush people. No, I don’t think they did it, as some conspiracy people think. Why? Because it was too intelligently done. This is beyond the competence of Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld. They couldn’t pull off a caper like 9/11. They are too clumsy."

I generally try to post link to any and all Gore Vidal interviews I run across...
the man is just so damned smart.