 Sneezed' title,(Why,..oh why didn't I come up with that?)..Life is so unfair!..maybe I'll eat some worms.
We're up to our asses in alligators at work.
I was just barely able to start the job today,that's been scheduled for installation,well,..yesterday.
The alligators ate my homework!
It's probably become clear to you at this point,that I'm just typing words to hear myself blog.
Here's a picture of The Lizzard King's new Satellite Clipper!
Sometimes,a little catastrophic vehicular misadventure can be a good thing.
...because we don't need an excuse!
Several times a year,and for reasons which continue to elude me,the residents of O-Town gather about the streets and back alleys of our little shire to spend the day drinking beer,eating chili,and generally misbehaving.
As you might imagine,this works out quite well for me!
The festivities begin with a grand parade down Montgomery avenue.
I've prepared a brief synopsis of said paradage,in video format,for your shopping convenience...Enjoy!
Afterwards,we all head downtown for an afternoon of well organized debauchery.
This is where we can force small children to scale great jagged monoliths,..
..or throw Little Newt down a steep incline!...5 times.
But this isn't the only form of entertainment to be had.
There's an absolutely astounding array of classic cars lining every possible nook and cranny.
PLUS!..The Hell's Angels annual picnic and gang bang coincides with the celebration!
As the day draws to a close,I head over to the craft fair at Sank Park,and pick up this little beauty to add to my genuine reproduction tin sign collection.
All in all,it was a rip roarin' good time!
Comes now,the time to wish all they that qualify,a Most Happy Mother's Day!
My dear friend Yellowdog Granny sent me this video.
Goddess Bless West,Texas!
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Back in the late 70's and early 80's,It was more or less routine for me to get together with my good friend Mark on the weekends,and pick guitars.
Along with family and friends,we'd gather in the back yard,drink great quantities of Jack Daniels,snort cocaine till it dripped out of our noses,and toss chords and pickin' runs about as if we knew exactly what we were doing.
In truth,we weren't half bad.
Over time,he and I put together a nice little repertoire of acoustics.
The Doobie brothers.
The Beatles...You know,all that mellow C,D,and G stuff that spoke to most twenty-somethings at the time.
Eventually,we could anticipate each other's next change,and elaborate with our own interpretation..It was indescribably satisfying!
By an amazing coincidence,it sounded absolutely nothing like this...
I took a chance after work,and dropped by Dr. Mengele's little shop of optometrics and muffler repair to see if my new specs had arrived,and they did!
This is my first pair of bi-focals,and they are seriously messin' with my head.
I look like Ben Turpin playing Buddy Holly as an old man.
My left eye doesn't seem to know what my right eye is thinking,and the whole,up/down,near/far transition thing very nearly caused me to get my foot stuck in the ceiling fan.
I understand this is normal,or at least as normal as I'll ever hope to achieve,and my brain should make the adjustment in short order.
What is the proper order of information as regards someone close to you being involved in a ginormous traffic accident?
I think it's most important to let everyone know up front that Every.Single.Body,is fine!
Now then,..Lizzard King escaped just such a hiway confrontation Monday night, perfectly unscathed.
His beloved truck however,was TOTALLY scathed!
Yep,..A mere four months into the relationship,and 'The Satellite Clipper' is forced into retirement.
The good news is,it appears that she'll be replaced very soon with a younger,and more beautiful model!
..every man's dream.
..and home improvement.
As Spring progresses,and Summer begins to rear it's sultry head,the weather here in O-Town is getting decidedly warmer.
The nights however,remain cool,crisp,and refreshing!
What with the price of everything from Sling's Domain,to cheese and rice on the rise,(Yeah,..a burrito suddenly becomes a major financial commitment),Lizzard King and I have decided to introduce a new concept in Summer cooling to the homestead.
Something that doesn't require great buttloads of electricity to operate.
Something that will help keep the joint at a comfortable temperature,and at the same time,save some o' that precious energy you've heard tell about.
We like to call it,..'Fresh air'!..
Keeping in mind that there be womenfolk about that deserve some measure of personal security,we've gone about replacing this!,..
..and by 'we',..I mean,Lizzard King..
With this state of the art titanium deadbolt,and wrought iron marvel!
It functions wonderfully,in tri-fold fashion.
A) It allows us to keep cool at night,without running the swamp cooler.
B) We're able to incarcerate Little Newt securely behind bars,..PLUS!
3) It prevents nefarious types from gaining easy access to the interior of our home while we sleep,and having their way with me.
We're having BBQ'd chicken tonight!
When I started on this blogging adventure back in 1963,I figured I'd get to spit out a few rants and raves,and maybe every once in a while someone would accidentally land on my blog,and tell me to get a real job.
Almost immediately,and to my utter amazement,sparkly people arrived!
They glittered and shone,and by mere words alone,..
(Aren't you glad I didn't wax all poetic on yer ass?).
Hat,Lorraine,and The Child will be arriving in O-Town via helicopter,or private jet,..whichever,.. long about the 14th!
..It was too dark to get any clear photos of the dungeon.
I haven't forgotten that it's video jukebox Friday!..
You know how you hear music during a commercial that you just can't get outta yer noggin'?
Well,it sounds like this.Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) has announced the launch of two Amazon CloudFront Edge locations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Located in Dubai and Fujairah, now has a global network of 138 Points of Presence (including 127 Edge Locations and 11 Regional Edge Caches) in 63 cities across 29 countries.
In addition to the new Amazon CloudFront Edge locations, AWS also launched AWS Direct Connect in Dubai in August. AWS Direct Connect makes it easy for customers to establish a dedicated private network connection between AWS and their datacenter, office, or colocation environment. With AWS Direct Connect, customers can connect to all their AWS resources in any global AWS Region and transfer their business critical data directly between their premises and AWS.
“We are thrilled to continue expanding our presence in the Middle East and to be bringing even more advanced cloud technologies to customers in the UAE,” said Andy Isherwood, AWS Vice President and Managing Director EMEA. “The Middle East is an important region for AWS and the UAE is a key hub for many of the Middle East’s most innovative start-ups and enterprises. We look forward to further supporting these organizations with our new Edge location infrastructure as they accelerate their cloud adoption.”
Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer speeds, all within a developer-friendly environment.
Many organizations are welcoming the launch, including Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC Group). MBC Group is the largest media company in the Middle East and delivers premium content to over 150 million people across the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) region. Adriaan Bloem, Senior Manager Online Platforms, MBC Group said of the news, “We have been using AWS extensively for our digital properties including SHAHID.net, MBC.net, and GOBOZ, MBC’s Video on Demand service for kids. With the availability of these local Amazon CloudFront locations, we acquire better ways to manage our costs and gain a tremendous amount of flexibility – thus being able to offer an even better experience for our end-users.“
Also welcoming the launch of AWS Edge locations in UAE is Anghami, the number one music platform in the MENA region. Anghami today has over 50 million users and offers instant access to over 26 million songs. Elie Habib, Co-Founder and CTO at Anghami said of the launch, “We are very excited by the opportunities that the new AWS Edge locations will bring to our service, particularly being able to cope with dramatic peaks in traffic. For example, we see peaks of usage at night, in the morning, and especially when new music is released, which can mean