Panhandling

The proposed panhandling law might make it illegal for musicians working the clubs on Broadway to ask for tips. OMFG, how ineffably moronic can these politicians be? These musicians are actually working, not pestering people on the street, and they only make about $20, and they need a little tip money to cover gas, parking and tickets the pigs will write for myriad of real and imagined offenses against the city.

Movies

So it's going to be more expensive for a night at the movies, around $9 a pop. Whew. I'm not a big movie fan.

Slasher movies are getting pretty boring, after seeing a few hundred kids get it over the years. Car chases still haven't topped the one in "Bullit". In the fragmented society which is America I just don't care about a lot of the people and social situations depicted.

DiNiro and Pacino are the only actors I can think of that I even like these days, and they haven't supplanted Bogart and Cary Grant in my mind. I'll take a 40's film noir over anything in the theaters right now.

It pisses me off that some of these movies stars make such ridiculous amounts of money, which of course escalates the price to see them on the big screen. I'm sick of hearing about there off-screen escapades. I don't care if they wear panties or not, or who they're fucking, or how difficult their lives are because of the papparazzi.

The last time I saw a movie in a theater I had to sit through 15 minutes of commercials and endure noisy kids and uncomfortable seats. And, hey, I like to have a smoke, drink a beer, turn down the volume when a helicopter explodes and pause the action for a pee break. And maybe even stop in the middle and continue later.

I'm good at home with my 42" plasma and cheap popcorn.

No wonder The Pirate Bay is so popular.

John Hughey is dead

He played steel guitar on most of Conway Twitty's hits, and later worked with Vince Gill. Recently he was part of the Time Jumpers band at the Station Inn on Mondays. He was a true giant in the steel guitar field.

Driving around Nashville (1st of many)

People drive like hell until they come to a rear bumper or a cop and then they slam on the brakes. Goddamn, can't you see what's up ahead and just let off the gas pedal and slow down before you get there? OK, fine, wear out your brakes, kill your gas mileage, risk a ticket or an collision. Dumb bastards.

National Adoption Day

Prospective adopters have to show all kinds of moral and financial responsibility to adopt. Yet any crack-head high school dropout can have all the kids his or her fecundity will allow. Kids are stupid, and they shouldn't be allowed to fuck around and beget more kids. But their parents were probably the same way, and that's why they exist.

Barry Bonds

I see where Barry Bonds had gotten in a world of shit about his alleged steroid use. I'm thinking he probably did use, but so did a lot of other players, including pitchers, so he didn't have an unfair advantage at all.

Lying to a grand jury is another matter, however, and that's where he does have an advantage - how many other players had the opportunity to do that?

Panhandling

Aggressive panhandling is getting out of control in Nashville, according to a story in the Tennessean. Is the solution a new law? Nope. Lawyers and government employees are alway on the lookout for new projects that seem to justify their paychecks and their very existence, but no, we don't need a new law to protect us from ourselves. If people would quit handing out money the panhandlers would gradually realize that it was no longer profitable and they would change their behavior. Problem solved. This one, anyway.

75% of Tennesseans want illegal aliens deported

No shit. And seize their assets to finance their processing and deportation costs.

Criminals walk the streets

So Francis Guess was assaulted and almost killed by Kenneth John Gipson, an ex-convict who has been charged with 97 offenses since 1987. In a society ruled by common sense, somebody would have killed this pest a long time ago. But, we live in a society ruled by politicians and lawyers. So Gipson remained free to strike again.

TDOT Sucks

I moved to a location near Briley and I-40 a long time ago because I used to drink a lot and it was easy to get home from I-40, heading east and exiting at Briley south. I've patiently endured the road construction in that area the last few years, and now that exit is a fucking nightmare. The exit ramp is way too short for a safe merge and I can't see what's coming and I have to merge across 2 lanes. And then the 2 right-hand lanes disappear after Karen Dr. and there's always some freakin' idiot who doesn't realize that and tries to merge into my truck.

Welcome Back

I had a blog with this title a couple of years ago and some bastard highjacked it and put up some porno/gay/drivel kind of shit. Well, it became available, so it's mine again.