iPhone App Looks Up Girls' Skirts

The headline says what the app is about.

But if you watch the video there's no way you'll ever need the app.

Because they show everything there is, apparently.

It's cute ... worthless ... but worth a look.

Constant Comment Tea

Ummm ....

Before I say this let me make a full disclosure. I have not received any Bigelow Constant Comment tea free or at a reduced price. I have no ties whatsoever with the company. My opinions about this product are freely given with no inducement. [I read a thing that bloggers now have to reveal any incentives they might have to recommend a product or disclaim the same.]

As I was saying, Ummm ....

I've been drinking a lot of tea lately. I was drinking a lot of "Eight O'Clock" coffee [The same disclaimer applies to any product I mention. I don't have anything to do with any company.] But then I got to drinking tea and haven't turned back ... yet. Everything gets its day eventually!

Regular tea. Green tea. Flavored tea. Lady Grey. Earl Grey. Irish Breakfast. And now Bigelow Constant Comment, which I think I like best.

I has a kind of orangeish flavor, with orange rinds being one of the ingredients they mention. And spices. It's very tasty stuff.

[If anyone from the Bigelow company sees this, please don't send me any free tea. I want to keep my opinions free and clear. Thank you.]

Republicans Begging For Stimulus Money They Voted Against

Too funny.

"The stimulus money won't do any good," the Republicans told us. Now they not only want it, they're begging for it.

Charles Grassley, a Republican senator from Iowa who voted against the stimulus, and said that it "is not working," and about its positive effect on the economy, said that it had "none whatsoever," seems to have changed his tune:

Grassley announced two grants totaling $399,875 to Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa and Goodwill Industries of the Heartland through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration program. “These funds will give a hand up to our veterans who have fought bravely and selflessly for our country,” Grassley said. The funds were authorized by the Recovery Act.

The hypocrisy is mind numbing.

Why Songs

"Tell me why-y-y-y you cried and why you lied to me ..." - The Beatles.

"Why, why, why, why? 'Cause I love you that's why ..." - Carl Smith.

"Why, baby, why don't you treat me, like you used to do ..." - Pat Boone.

"Tell me why, baby, why, baby, why, baby, why, you cry, baby, cry, baby... " - Can't remember who.

"Why don't you love me like you used to do?" - Hank Williams.

Out of these few songs -- and I'm sure there are lots more -- I like the Carl Smith record probably the best. It's very smooth and nice. The Beatles' song is thrilling too.

The Coolest Records I Heard Today

I'm still working through a box of records (45s) I got at a garage sale a little over a week ago.

There's some cool stuff in there, some gems.

I've never been terribly interested in "Tops" records. They were knockoffs of hits by no name artists, to sell cheaply and make a quick buck. I read some of their interesting story at this link.

I probably have a few more Tops records around. But there was one in this box (that I know of). It has four songs, as they generally did. One of them is a cover of "Peggy Sue" by a guy named Jack Sheldon. It's kind of humorous. He made a valiant effort at it ... but of course he's no Buddy Holly. In short, I loved it! That's one I'm going to listen to a few more times (on an MP3).

The other songs are about the same thing. They must have practiced up a song, then just went in and recorded it ... BANG, first take, we're done.

It's fascinating listening (I'm easily fascinated.)

The other coolest records were Hank Thompson's "Someone Can Steal Your Love From Me"; Jimmy Newman, "Blue Lonely Winter / The Devil Was Laughing At Me," Carl Butler, "Wonder Drug," Chet Atkins, "Yakety Axe," and the Wilburn Brothers, "Hurt Her Once For Me."

Hank's record there makes a good point. If I can steal your love from someone, someone can steel your love from me! And Jimmy Newman's "Devil" song has some cool sound effects. Carl Butler's "Wonder Drug" references Dr. Salk! And rhymes penicillin with killin'.

This is a great way to find music ... if you can manage it. Where I live (and go), boxes of 45s are very very rare.

A Few Old Country Boys

I was listening to a record a while ago, and I've decided I want to get more old country records.

There was an old label years ago called Artistic. It looks like maybe it was a mail order record. I don't know if they sold them in stores.

The typical Artistic record has eight songs on it. It's 7" and 33 rpm. The songs tend to be mostly very short, maybe to fit them on. I don't know if they're edited versions of longer songs, but that would be my suspicion.

A couple of songs on the one I was listening to tonight were under a minute and a half. I think one was 1:19. So is that the complete song? It has a beginning and an ending, but there might be something spliced out in the middle.

A couple of old names on this record were ones I wasn't familiar with, including Pete Pike and Slim Willet. But they sound very cool, old and rustic. I'd like to have more by them. I looked at eBay and almost everything by Slim is on 78 rpm records. One guy has an album for around $50. (I don't think so.)

There's some interesting old country stuff, though. One by Ferlin Husky is "Electrified Donkey." And one by Webb Pierce, a guy I'm reasonably familiar with (along with Ferlin), called "High Geared Daddy." You know a song called "High Geared Daddy" has to be good ... and it is.

It's The Pelvic Thrust

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, mono songs from the film.

I love this movie. Just saw it again the other day, first time in six months or so.

The Lost Symbol

Well, friends, how's this? I, who am literate (let me tell that to you right up front), but hardly ever get a book all the way read, did indeed start and actually finish a book.

It was the popular book "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown. There's something else startling about this. I hardly ever buy a new book, since I inhabit thrift stores, garage sales, and used book sales (when there's one around).

But I got started. Then as I became familiar with the whole thing I was able to buzz through faster and faster.

I hate to describe anything about it, because I'd hate to ruin anything for anyone reading it currently or about to. There was one thing about it that I didn't find all that compelling (or as big a threat was it seemed to present in the book), but that's just me. I think the public could easily handle it.

I liked it. And because I have a problem finishing books, this is a gold star moment for me. Like back in 4th grade.

It's National Calendar Poem Day

"30 days hath September..."

Happy National Calendar Poem Day! Maybe even international. I don't know if other countries have that poem. But poetry being universal -- maybe -- it seems like they'd have it.

Anyway, it's the opening line to the most useful poem I know, the one I use to keep track of how many days are in each month.

It's just too bad about February being at the end to scruff it up, rag it out, and make it uneven. But that's what you get with loopholes.

It's too late, though, to get rid of February, since everyone who has a birthday or anniversary then would be up in arms and would riot.

September. We're at the very end of this sexy month. But the end is a very good place to be in this particular case, because of the poem.

The Annotated Puano Post

If bat poop is guano, is pigeon poop puano?

Bat poop is indeed called guano. There's probably some very good reason for that. But there's no reason that other poops would rhyme with guano. And certainly there's no logical reason why the name for bat poop would have any bearing on what the name for pigeon poop is. In the question, it seems to be looking for an alliterative significance between the P in "pigeon" and the P replacing the G in "guano." But alliteration surely has nothing to do with it, as is seen in the example of bat poop, starting with a B and guano starting with a G.


I heard bats aren't birds and whales aren't fish. You can't trust your senses.

You actually can trust your senses. But maybe not if your senses are so self-limiting, such as thinking that everything that flies is a bird and everything that swims is a fish. Scientists, who are in the know about the various species, make observations of bats, birds, whales, and fish. They have analyzed their structures, their behaviors, etc., and have classified them, as is the wont of scientists, generally given to much classifying of information. (That's one reason you should keep scientists away from graph paper, because they go bananas when given the opportunity to graph and quantify things.)

Scientists come to various conclusions about the species and so, trusting their senses, state that bats are not birds and whales are not fish.

The statement above to the contrary does speak of senses and conclusions, but draws a conclusion hastily, without exercising sense knowledge or following it through to definite knowledge.