Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Once upon a time you dressed so fine...

Happy Birthday to Bob Dylan...



Like a rolling stone

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you ?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but know you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Nunca hay lluvia...

This thunderhead swept by in a glancing blow the other day, dropping only 150,000 drops on us, hustling off to the north and east in short order. In the photos below, the anvil head is about 30-40 miles away, roughly 20 miles east of Austin, more or less on top of Bastrop, Texas.

It hasn't really rained since September of 2010, with no end to the drought in sight.

This storm was at the very tail end of the system that swept through the southeast spawning all the tornadic activity of biblical proportions over the past two to three days. Rough times for those poor folks in the path of destruction in Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. The death toll is now passing 300, and they are saying there are another 400 folks "unaccounted for".

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Cool

Expect to be hearing more from me.

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"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas."

Austin Sky 3

Austin Sky 2

Austin Sky 1

NPR.org » To Invent The Future You Must Build Upon The Past

http://m.npr.org/story/135342943?url=/blogs/13.7/2011/04/12/135342943/to-invent-the-future-you-must-build-upon-the-past&sc=fb&cc=fp


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Only in Austin

Being Blog

http://blog.onbeing.org/post/4577129584/remembering-juliano-mer-khamis-and-his-theater-of-hope


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Physicists discover new way to visualize warped space-time | Space | EarthSky

http://earthsky.org/space/physicists-discover-new-way-to-visualize-warped-space-and-time


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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Shout out to Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan!

Hello and thanks for reading!

Здравствуйте и спасибо за чтение!

Merhaba ve okuma için teşekkür ederiz!

Привіт і спасибі за читання!

ہیلو اور پڑھنے کے لیے شکریہ!

Përshëndetje dhe faleminderit për lexim!

Salam və oxu üçün təşəkkür edirik!

Добры дзень і дзякуй за чытанне!

Sorry, but there's no translator for Uzbek or Karakalpak.

How is the tango scene in Tashkent?

Извините, но нет переводчика для узбекском или каракалпакском.

Как танго сцены в Ташкенте?