It happens to all of us

still it's a dam shame.

This morning we feature two artists that inhabited two extremes of the music spectrum.

Stompin' Tom ( 77) probably best known for this wee ditty:



But every good Canadian knows he was so much more.



Pretty sure me Dad and Tom are sharing a quart right about now.

Alvin Lee, (68) a wizard,

It happens to all of us

to all of us eventually but it is still a damn shame.

In memory of  Otis Damon Harris, lead singer of Temptations,




Brings back Memories of my childhood, My Mamma loved and listened to this allllll the time.

This is Libby Davies

Darn it, I despise when bloggers pick the least flattering photo to make a point, I do not want to be one of those bloggers so can I have a do over?

This is Libby Davies.



Marginal improvement. Surely I can do better.  Shall I try again?

This is Libby Davies.



I give up, I guess Libby is just NOT what you would call photogenic.

So this is a fair representation of what Libby Davies looks like.



Libby Davies is a politician. Not just any politician but a member of her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Not just any member of her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, but the NDP critic of Health.  Health you say? Yup Health.

This is Libby Davies.



She has tabled a Private Member's Bill in an effort  to restrict the little people's salt intake, all in the name of Health of course. Because you can tell she is all about being healthy....right?

Physician (she's not) heal thy self first (she wont).

To be fair I would oppose the Libby Davies / nanny staters of life even if they appeared  in Victoria Secret's runway show or the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. However the blatant hypocrisy and  stupidity of these types is usually not this obvious....It's rather stunning really.

Talk about your bloated overlord......

A little ditty that comes to mind when ever I think of dear Libby, that's fairly normal right?

Are you ready for some football?

Cattleman cooking up his world ( family) favorite Jambalaya and corn bread to bring to the potluck. Gathering with Family, family no matter how you make it, is a goooood thing.

Hello again!

So here I am back, after about a year of off/ on, off/on

Me thinks I am on again.

Took the time off because Life got scary for a while,

Life got weird,

Life was busy,

Life gave us a miracle,

Life got very personal,

Life became life and intruded on my "reality" and family.

Life became Life and taught me a few things that I should have already known.

Number one: Oh I know this is trite and a cliche but it's soooo true:

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.

Which in essence means you can't really live or survive intact if you let fear, anxiety take over, plow on sister!

You can't control life, you can only control how you react to it.

I forgot that, I'm ready to start dancing again!

Paramilitary police state on parade

A music Video. Warning graphic language and visuals.

You know I'm going to have to....

heap curses on the head of the evil person that put THIS song in my head.




May a camel spit in their tea, may boils visit upon their derrière, may your neighbour's dog bark alllll night long, may your balls only find the sand traps, may the elephants at the zoo escape and flatten your....oh you get the idea.

Lice, why'd it have to be lice

I hate lice..

So I have been working the de-licing (or is it de-lousing?) assembly line and oddly enough every time I think of lice it reminds me of one Jimmy Hendrix.  I once read in an biography that when he died he had 52 different species of lice residing in his hair....Ewwwww. I can't  tell ya anything else about that book, the name of author or the  title, but I will never forget those dang 52 species of lice. So I was nit picking , combing, shampooing  away while rocking it out Hendrix in my mind.

I have to go do my own hair now, something about being around a bunch of heads full of lice makes my head itch, real or imagined I'm taking care of business. Wonder how many varieties of lice he had when he played this?

All right I give in

There are a lot of jubilant youtubes about these days to celebrate the Brown win of that "Kennedy" seat.

Here are a few that tickled me funny bone the most:



And the next one with a H/T to Joel



I know, everybody and their dog has beaten that horse to death, but still funny...........