Twitter stalking

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So, in an effort to try to make Twitter yet even more useful, I added everyone in Manhattan to my “following” list. I found this link on one of their tweets. It’s a Photoshop thread and is quite good.

Anthony Lake

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What a time we had yesterday at the lake of Anthony! We gave away the ballance of the Republican shirts as they, like the song, have a hopefully limited lifespan of about 199 days. Guse opened up with some face-melting balls-rock. 5 minutes later…. So I’m pounding away here at the house, getting ready for […]

Power hop

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Looks like Jim’s going to play the show in Minneapolis with me tomorrow. We haven’t played a show together in years. It’s going to be a hoot, that’s what it’s going to be. I finally fixed the tire on my dolly today. It’s the one that G and dad always gave me a hard time […]

Minneapolis

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Looks like we’ll be playing a show in Minneapolis this weekend. Come drink with us.

Softball and graduation

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19-8 was the score in tonight’s softball game. It was a late game, but the first we played with a full compliment of girls. We were able to perform much better with the ability to field ten players instead of eight and not and to bat an entire lineup without taking an automatic out. My […]

Archipelago video

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From Bobby T’s in Manhattan, Kansas, on 29 March, 2008, this video of Aaron Traffas Band playing Archipelago features Aaron Traffas, Mason Powell, Chris Goering and Lucas Maddy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVJNKRZ0M58[/youtube] For more YouTube goodness, view this gem. Rob told me about it the other day. It’s for all you asshole racists out there. This shows how […]

Published

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Today I received two copies of Kansas English: The Journal of the Kansas Association of Teachers of English. The twice-yearly-published compendium includes poems, song lyrics and essays from a range of authors in Kansas. This issue featured “Red Dirt Farm” on page 65. Thanks for G to getting it listed and sending me copies. ATS […]

Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings

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I’m not a fan of commercials. I know that not really anyone is, but I’m pretty good at being immune to any and all forms of direct and indirect product placement. Yesterday on Facebook, however, I got my ass kicked. Facebook has been experimenting with different kinds of advertising techniques with varying degrees of success […]