The site is slow to load today because two of the external sites from which I pull content seem to be down. The moblog block on the right is pulling from Flickr and the block below it pulls from AllConsuming. If they don’t return in the next couple of days, I’ll yank the blocks.
I can’t believe that this is a news item that CNN deems worthy of posting. At the risk of sounding like a Mallard Fillmore strip, what the hell is wrong with education and kids today?
We spent the afternoon at the Flyrite Choppers Open House yesterday. I blogged about the generalities over on Metroblogging. It was the first time that either of the kids have had a chance to see me play drums. I took about a 4 year hiatus because it was just too much to be in a band and have small children. I think they really enjoyed it. It must’ve wiped out The La. She was asleep before we got halfway home and stayed that way for a couple of hours.
I updated the “picture of the week”. The Boy’s is from yesterday. The La’s is from a couple of weeks ago when The Boy was out of town on spring break with Nana. We didn’t get any decent shots of her yesterday.
After managing to remember that yesterday was the day to turn the clocks ahead, the family and I spent the afternoon at the Flyrite Choppers Open House. It coincided with the Lone Star Round Up this weekend. If you were anywhere near South Congress, you probably saw an abundance of hot rods and custom cars lining both sides of the street.
My band was on the bill along with Crow, Hot Rod Hillbillys, Go Fast and Honky. I’ve included a shot that I took of Crow early on in the afternoon. Anytime he breaks out that bass, I have flashbacks to my first couple of years at UT and going to Liberty Lunch to see Agony Column. Meeeeeeeeemories…sorry. Anyway, his new stuff is work checking out. You’ve got to love any band with a song titled after a dog food brand. They also do a good cover of Nirvana’s “Sliver”.
It was perfect weather. I saw many people that I recognized from the Continental Club and the Black Cat. There was tons of BBQ, beer, choppers and hot rods. What more could you want from a spring Sunday afternoon?