Update
Stay tuned for a brianshrader.com redesign. That's where I've been the past few days.
4:38 AM
I have a friend who uses Twitter, and she's doing a fine job remembering to add stuff to it.
I have no use for Twitter, except to send you little text alerts when there's good, new stuff on brianshrader.com. I won't bug you with Tweets all day. I'll send you a text only when the situation warrants one. I don't cheapen the currency.
Click on the headline to go to my Twitter thing and sign up to get them on your phone. I don't really know how you do that, but you can try.
4:37 PM
Fledge Sandelmann
I'm pleased to welcome a new sponsor to brianshrader.com -- "The Fledge Sandelmann Show" from KRAP Talk Radio 1050 AM. He calls show "America's Clarion Call" and offers that you take the "Fledge Pledge."
I haven't heard his show, so I can't offer any opinions, but you can poke around on his site for some audio and video of Fledge "angrily defending this nation against all things foreign and domestic." Hmmm.
3:54 PM
Economic Thought of the Day
Don't you think that oil companies would undercut each other on gas prices if it were possible?
If it were possible to sell gas profitably at $3.50 or less a gallon, wouldn't an oil company do that? They'd have more business than they could handle.
We don't have enough supply to meet demand at lower price levels.
7:31 AM
Wonderful World
What better excuse to write a tribute song than Luther the Rooster's death? I've been waiting for an emotionally distant event to provide some material.
So, please enjoy this demo of "Wonderful World," a musical tribute to Luther that I wrote, recorded and mixed this afternoon.
Wonderful World (Demo) - Brian Shrader.mp3
WONDERFUL WORLD
(Shrader)
Somebody asked him,
"Why do chickens cross the road?"
He just smiled and he said,
"I guess that's the path they chose"
Luther wondered, but he said,
"Don't trust anybody else"
He wanted to know, and he had
To find out for himself
Luther always said,
"This is a wonderful world
"This is a world where we can love
"In this life, you have to pick
"Between the corn and the grubs."
8:08 PM
It soon adds up to real money
How many more letters will the IRS send me to say that I'm getting a economic stimulus payment?
9:45 AM
Luther: ?-2008
It's a sad duty to report that poor Luther is dead.
I last heard him crowing Monday afternoon. No one had seen him since.
Trevor was out running errands this afternoon and discovered Luther's body along a road near the neighborhood. He appeared to be sitting down -- rooster-style. Something appears to have snapped his neck. A car probably hit him.
We will miss him and are sustained in knowing that Luther enjoyed comfort in the final months of his life.
5:23 PM
Pan American
Thanks to the magic of the Mac and GarageBand, I'm back in the music production business. What a pleasure it is to use GarageBand. So simple.
Here is Pan-American, a song I wrote in 2003. At the time, I recorded crudely on the inexpensive software of the day and I have no idea where the file is. I recorded it freshly today with GarageBand and mixed it all together in about an hour.
7:47 PM
The Great Ruth Carr
Her version of "Come Over," courtesy TimandEric.com:
3:02 PM
Gov. Bubba?
Today's Los Angeles Times has a story from Goldsboro about the primary election here in North Carolina:
[Governor Mike ]Easley, a NASCAR fan known locally as Gov. Bubba, made a splash last week by endorsing Clinton. But, unlike chief executives in some other states, he
doesn't control a large political machine.
I have lived in North Carolina all of my life. I have never heard anyone call Easley "Governor Bubba." Hmmm.
10:42 AM
A Trip to Colorado
Click here to watch the newest travelogue.
10:39 AM
Infallible logic
"Dissent is the highest form or patriotism. Treason is the highest form of dissent. Therefore, treason is the highest form of patriotism."
-- John O'Sullivan, National Review
10:37 AM