to absent friends

I noticed Grady hadn't posted in a while, and I went to look at his calendar view to see if it had really been as long as I thought. He's gone. So then I noticed that he started a new journal called grady. He's on sabbatical.

Good luck Grady.

I wonder

who got journal number 222,222

(no subject)

Amnesty International charges that China, in its Strike Hard Against Crime campaign, has executed over 1800 criminals in the last three months, including people convicted of bribery and stealing gasoline.

Hallowed Ground

"The prophet is a fool, the spirtual man is mad,
for the multitude of thine inequity, and the great hatred." (Hosea 9:7)

Everyone's trying to decide,
where to go when there's no place to hide.
I follow the bombs as they're coming down.
This must have been hallowed ground.

No matter what they decide to have done.
Burn up the clouds, block out the sun.
My hope is in one they can't bring down.
My soul is in hallowed ground.

I see the fear, it's on the rise.
Let's catch the enemy by surprise.
Bury your treasure where it can't be found.
Bury it deep in hallowed ground.



Gordon Gano: Vocals, Electric Guitar
Brian Ritchie: Electric Bass, Vocals
Victor DeLorenzo: Drums, Vocals

Produced by Mark Van Hecke
Recorded at Secret Sound Studio, New York City

© Gorno Music reprinted without permission

the nature of conflict (sometimes)

There's an odd form of conflict that I run into sometimes. The nature of that conflict invariably causes one particular side to lose.

My country wants peace, and yours wants war. Since neither of us is willing to give in to the other, we must fight about it. So even if my country wins the fight, we lose because we fought.

I run into this at work all the time. I feel we should do something the same way all the time, and someone else disagrees. So I do it my way, and he does it his. Is there a balance? Is each of us happy? No. I wanted consistency. I lose.

This is why you have to have cooperation. You can't always win by brute force.

Bizarro

today's cartoon

Machine (for J)

I got a machine
And I took over the world
In one weekend
I took over the world
With my machine
I did it because
I was looking for a project
And it was either
Take over the world or learn French
So I took over the world
And next weekend
I can learn French
I got a machine
And I took over the world
But nothing changed
That wouldn't be fair


Gordon Gano: vocal
Brian Ritchie: keyboards, theremin, short wave, upright bass, electronics

Recorded and Mixed by David Vartanian at DV's Perversion Room, Milwaukee, WI

© Gorno Music reprinted without permission