#58 | Posted by Danforth

He may have circumstances similar to a guy married to a waitress I knew back in the day;

He was a small gay man, she a Swede twice his size who bossed him around, sometimes with physical encouragement.

It's not who you know.
It's who knows you.

#18 | Posted by snoofy

Knows you're a good person who shows up on time, has great chops, get along well with others, comes prepared, and does a top notch job. Always worked well both ways with musicians and me ...

"Hegseth prays at Pentagon service for overwhelming violence' against enemies

Jesus instructed his followers to love their enemies, bless those who curse them, and pray for those who persecute or abuse them, marking a sharp contrast to conventional beliefs about hating enemies. Followers are commanded Christ to pray specifically for those who mistreat or persecute them.

Luke 6:27-28: But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Like you, I wouldn't have had the nerve to ask a stripper for a ... date. When I was 18, a friend told me this hot 24-year-old spinner of a stripper wanted to ---- me. Knocked on her door the next day. Oh la la!! Without knowing what it was at the time, she took me through the Kama Sutra over the next couple of weeks, so to speak.

One of the places we rehearsed at was Monkey Hill Studios near a stripper place full of 'come hither'-looking Russian debushkas.

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Nice! Were any of the strippers named Ivana Humpalot? (kudos to Mel Brooks)

I"m not in a cult...and regardless of that stupid effing chit being on a speed dial or something

it won't make it so....YOU HOWEVER are another voice reciting the same gibberish / same

stupid chit with same comments from every other leftist here...post after post...day after

day....issue upon issue.

so look in the mirror.....enstein. (try: "Einstein, Einstein)

#24 | Posted by shrimptacodan

Most cult members deny they're in a cult. You most definitely are scalp-deep in a cult!

More market manipulation from Trump, extending the "deadline" to 10 days.

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The apartment is suffused with a nice aroma which is perfect since I'm hosting bridge tonight.

Sound delicious :-) Good luck at your bridge game!

Brent crude is the more significant global benchmark for determining gasoline prices. Currently at $107+.

$4+ gas is coming everywhere. Got my 100 "I did that" stickers in the mail this week, Trump pointing to the right. My wife gassed up this morning and left a couple; one pointing to the total and the other to the price per gallon.

He did that all by himself. Inflation is going to rise significantly on top of already higher prices thanks to Trump's tariffs. Everything we buy is shipped and delivered on trucks that use diesel. $6 a gallon so far around here. And rising. Just like the prices on everything are now thanks to the "NO MORE ENDLESS WARS" Dotard and his tariffs.

Deficits only matter when democrats are in power. Of course.

#20 | Posted by donnerboy

Trump and MAGA/GOP already added $1T to the national debt in the first five months of the current fiscal year that began in Sept.

#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

A longtime friend just finished a book about his combat platoon days in Vietnam and sent me a copy on a thumb drive. Quite a bit of fragging of officers went on, according to him, including a butter bar Lt in his unit who was getting a lot of guys killed. My friend was not a participant.

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

I was recording at the Record Plant studio complex in L.A. many years ago. Out of the studio next to the one I was working in walks Paul McCartney, who invited me in to listen to a track he was working on. Cool guy.

Flash forward to the Super Bowl pregame show in 2005. All of the sudden, I leaned to looked closer at the TV. "What the heck?!" There on stage was a buddy of mine playing with Paul. I emailed him a few days later and asked how that came about (he was flying to their base in Paris on a Gulfstream :-)

Cool story. That show was his AUDITION. He'd never rehearsed with Paul.

He told me he'd woodshedded for two months after being told he'd have an audition (thanks to his friendship with Abraham Laborial, Jr, Paul's incredible drummer with whom he'd been doing low paying pickup gigs with in Europe before Abe got the gig), learning every part on guitar, bass, and background vocals, not knowing the audition was going to be the SB party.

"I was sure that after the gig Paul would clap me on the back and say, "nice to meet you," he said, and that would be that. Paul did get up after dinner, clap me on the back, and say, "great job! We'll see you at rehearsals." Still with Paul after 20+ years. I flew up to Detroit for a Paul gig several years ago. Gotta tell ya, he's is one of the nicest people you could ever meet.

My friend went from being a semi-poor 50-ish musician to building a beachfront house in Santa Monica a few years ago. Couldn't have happened to a better guy.

I'd considered moving to NYC back in the day (session musician), so I spent two weeks there checking things out.

The logistics of moving gear nixed that idea.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack

Comedian Alanso Bowden had a hilarious joke about going to a NASCAR race in Tuscaloosa, AL: (I'll paraphrase):

"So, I was booked for a gig in Tuscaloosa.

The agent asked, "where's that?"

He replied, "southern Alabama."

I thought, "why the heck do they need a SOUTHERN alabama?! It's already way down there."

So, at my gig, a couple invited me to go to a NASCAR race, which I did. I was the only fleck of pepper in the saltshaker. The longer the race went on, the more belligerent the crowd got. When the race was over they started chasing me. 'Round and 'round we went. I turned right. Lost 'em!"

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

I enjoy driving. The last time I went to NYC was for fun. I really enjoyed stopping in places along the way. Among others, one of the neatest overnight stops was Kurztown in Amish country PA. Years before, I'd read Michener's "Centennial," which provided insight into some of the sights you see like hex signs on barns and such. Had some of the best pie I've ever eaten. With family all over the NYC area, my first stop was on Long Island. Then I parked in long term at ISLIP and rode into the city for a few days to visit family in Manhattan, Long Island City in Queens, and Brooklyn.

Flying used to be fun before 9/11.