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Thursday, March 27, 2003

the Sound of Music soundtrack lyrics the Children - So Long, Farewell [Children:] There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall And the bells in the steeple too And up in the nursery an absurd little bird Is popping out to say "cuckoo" [Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:] Cuckoo, cuckoo [Children: Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: ] Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo To say goodbye . . . [Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:] Cuckoo! [Children:] . . . to you [Children:] So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night [Marta:] I hate to go and leave this pretty sight [Children:] So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu [Friedrich:] Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu [Children:] So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen [Liesl:] I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne [Children:] So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye [Kurt:] I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye! [Brigitta:] I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie [Louisa:] I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly [Gretl:] The sun has gone to bed and so must I [Children:] So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye [Guests:] Goodbye! 8:49:54 PM    comment []

The Bean Thieves   Bean thieves was my heart of gold Bean thieves was my delight     A company named POD-NERS, LLC, perhaps in tribute to John Wayne, has added a 21st century chapter to the Conquistador epic. They bought mayocoba beans in Mexico, grown there for centuries and probably developed by the ancient Mayans, and patented them. Then they sued the Mexican exporters they bought them from for patent infringement.   That happened in 2000 and I can still buy mayocoba beans in this attractive package. I hope that means POD-NERS, LLC got their comeuppance. They called them “Enola Beans” (too close to “Ebola” for me) and patented them for their yellow color. 5:38:07 PM    comment []

Kim Jong Il would be a fool to wait his turn in the axis of evil line since he has already been given notice that the US will attack without international support and without provocation.  He will launch an attack against the south once US troops become more fully committed to Iraq, now that Rumsfeld's shock and awe has given way to traditional infantry strategy. US troops in South Korea have already pulled back (in a feint, perhaps to tempt him?) - though it has not been widely publicized. Kim Jong Il might believe he could gain territory (notably Seoul, heartland of US computers) and use it as a bargaining chip to force negotiations, if he takes the bait or goes carpe diem. No one will approve of it, but it is unwise to believe he will not try to maximize his position now that the rules are gone. He knows his survival is on the line. Attack weakness, avoid strength. About 25% of our active+reserve forces are committed to Iraq, though it is obvious now more are needed. We can only hope the remaining 75% are Rumsfeld's ace in the hole even if Korea does not escalate. If, God forbid, China decides that the diem to carpe is Taiwan, the US computer industry is even more screwed. Fortunately, Mainland China is producing computer parts and a host of other things and has a negative economic incentive to screw up relations with the US, but Formosa is an old wound that has never healed. Then there is India, home to low wage tech support, and their old Cricket rival Pakistan. Both of these guys have nukes and have bragged about their abilities to knock down wickets with a little help from their fissionable friends. That's not even on the front page yet, but Pakistan has cited regret over not using "unconventional weapons" in last year's Kashmir test and India is blatantly testing some strong-armed bowlers that could knock down Musharraf. Then we'll have all the Al-Qaeda who escaped from Afghanistan forming a government that has at least 30 nukes. There is no joy in saying any of this, only foreboding. May the gallows take me before you, because I could not bear to see you hanged. 5:10:12 PM    comment []

A Bridge Over Still Waters   For some reason, I got goose bumps when I read the news. There’s not much good news of late, nothing to make you smile. They’re naming a bridge after James Taylor. No big deal. It’s just a bridge over a creek, not even over a river. When JT grew up in Chapel Hill, his family had a house overlooking Morgan Creek and he mentioned it in his song Copperline.   Not all his memories of Chapel Hill were pleasant ones. At school, he was an outsider. The experience was so unpleasant for him that he vowed to never return there. Each year, the senior class at Chapel Hill High invites him to their graduation. Each year, he sends a polite letter declining the invitation. There are still lots of people around here who remember him. When they do, they say he was quiet and isolated. He was a little strange, some say. They remember him sitting in the hallways, lightly strumming his guitar, eyes closed, resembling Picasso's Old Guitarist as a young man. He never cared much for school or it for him.   He does return professionally, playing to sold-out concerts at the Dean Dome, but no one knew if he would come back for the ceremony when the bridge is renamed. The county commissioners approved the name change. One of them said, “Sure, it will make people happy.”   James Taylor Day is April 26. It will be held at the Dean Dome and they expect 10,000 people. High school bands will play JT’s music with 76 trombone enthusiasm. The university chancellor will be there. The mayor will be there and so will the governor. Most importantly, James Taylor will be there too. 1:47:22 PM    comment []

Schuetzen Powder, LLC What is the deal with ATF?! How does the new laws concerning Homeland Security effect your abilities to purchase black powder? It doesn't! The exemption (27 CFR 55.141(b)) is not effected by the new changes in Federal Law as long as the purchase of black powder meet the following conditions: No more than 50 pounds For Sporting, recreational or cultural purposes only Any other use (i.e. pyrotechnics, etc.) the exemption does not apply and a license will be required from the BATF   Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky and purchase 50 pounds of sweet black powder for our RV 3:35:57 AM    comment []