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Happy July

In a few more hours. I have much planned to bring you into the upcoming Holiday including a new feature. Stay tuned.

And by the way I do know this is the 666th post on this blog. Why else?

U. S. Soccer and The World Cup

The Coach of our own U. S. Soccer team prays that all of us stay home from work today in order to watch the match with Germany. His idea is that us Americans, much like the rest of the world, should be able to watch the artistry and the beauty of this sport while rooting our team to victory.

But aren't most of us home already? I say this because like much of the rest of the world we have emulated their economies and philosophies thus rendering our work ethic and entrepreneurial opportunities impotent?

Just my socio-political rant for the day.

I will be back with a classic book review and a quick look at the Old Hag and her influence on sleep paralysis.

U-S-A U-S-A.

Happy Birthday Ambrose Bierce

You may be sick of me promoting the bitter one but he should be in your library. Born in 1842 and a battle hardened veteran of the Civil War his works stand as a major bedrock of American literature. My Weird Tales article on this master will be out soon.

Breaking News Now!!

Ladies and gentlemen and all ships at sea Amelia Earhart has Lois Lerner's emails but she demanding a plane before she turns them over.

So we tweeted about Link Wray

And I was stunned by the reception in one way but not in another way.

My tweet was why isn't Link Wray in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Well, why?

It seems to me that innovators are punished these days; ignored and even shunned in favor of the shiny, the bland and the new.

Literature and music are very much intertwined the same way typing and noise are. To those who are true artists, and true means you are an artist by birth, as opposed to having a degree saying you are an artist; art is innate and spiritual; art is internal and visceral and true art changes those who come after.

Link Wray did that.

So why isn't he in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

This one bothers me.

So There I was, was.....

accompanied by my associates....

Hey, a little diversion; something completely different from a mind always possessed and obsessed.