A Busy Weekend

Happy weekend, all! It's been a busy day so far here. We got up early to take in Mrs. Scoakat's car. Proceeded to the grocery store. Went home, changed and did food prep, and we were on the boat by just after 10:00 am!





We picked up the car from the shop on the way home, about 3 o'clock. (Bigger repairs, unfortunately. Exhaust, tune-up, and a few other things.) I love being on the water. It is relaxing, but I'm still tired when I get home, so next on the agenda is a nap. After all, I must be good to go again by 7:00!

GO PACKERS!

Yes, tonight is finally Packers football. It's always such a long wait until next season, I don't even care that it's just a pre-season game. Watching baseball is mostly just biding time til football season starts.

I wanted to do a project in the basement today to help address the catbox situation, but that will have to wait. I might get it done tomorrow, but there are already plans made for tomorrow as well. I plan on putting the catbox just off the stairs, on a shelf. Sounds easy, doesn't it? It is a bit of a project to do, though.

Now, about that nap...

Sorry, just a catbox update

Well, last night I moved the catbox down 1 step again. As I have every couple of weeks in my effort to get it downstairs. This time made it 4 steps, and she didn't like it. I came home to a wonderful surprise in my office. (I was tempted to take a pic for the blog, but I wouldnt do that to you.) I was ticked. I'm not gonna go after her but now she will no longer has access to this room (or the porch that she loves) when I'm not in it. I also moved the catbox back up to step 3 where it was before.
Grrr- she better use it, demmit.

Bloglist Addition

Tears Before Pearls now added to my bloglist on the right!

50 Bands I've Seen Live

Here's an idea from Delcatto at Tears Before Pearls. Let me see if I can remember 50 bands that I've seen:

1 Kiss
2 Ace Frehley
3 Quireboys
4 LA Guns
5 Dokken
6 Dio
7 Ted Nugent
8 Iron Maiden
9 Faster Pussycat
10 Rough Cutt
11 Saxon
12 Hanover
13 Megadeth
14 Metallica
15 WASP
16 Metal Church
17 Foreigner
18 White Zombie
19 Accept
20 Bon Jovi
21 Garbage
22 Judas Priest
23 Krokus
24 Loudness
25 Motley Crue
26 Wendy O Williams
27 Ozzy Osbourne
28 Widowmaker
29 Slaughter
30 Winger
31 Pink Floyd
32 Pantera
33 Savatage
34 Ratt
35 Queensryche
36 Lisa Loeb
37 Tesla
38 Joe Walsh
39 Nine Inch Nails
40 Veruca Salt
41 Neil Young
42 Toad the Wet Sprocket
43 Ben Folds Five
44 The Murmers
45 Alice Cooper
46 Beck
47 Dementia
48 Anthrax
49 Kula Shaker
50 Primus

I've sprained my brain right now trying to remember enough to get to 50. There are still several I'm forgetting. I can think of about half a dozen that were pretty good 20 years ago, but nothing since, and now I can't remember the names. And there are some on the list I'm not fans of but they were the opening act. So for tonight my memory fails me but I will update at least 2 more later, when they come to me.

Edit: Well, I managed to finish off the 50, I'm positive I'm forgetting many others, but that's enough. It was fun, then and now.

UDO - Black and White

I almost forgot - New Today! - U.D.O.'s new video for 'Black and White' from the upcoming (August 21) album, 'Dominator'.

U.D.O. - Black And White

CKY - Knee Deep

It's my blog and I'll ROCK if I want to!

Housewarming

We had a few people over on Saturday for just a little housewarming/meet the neighbors kind of thing. Some neighbors did show others didn't, but I did kind of rely on word of mouth through the neighbors I do know and talking to others when I would see them out. Most all I've met seem very very nice. I say most because of one who has already made an enemy of us.

Same thing for friends, some showed and a few didn't. That's okay, we didn't require an RSVP so had no idea what to expect. At 4:00, one person had shown up, I was getting nervous. Then shortly after much more began arriving. Some left early, some showed up later, some we enjoyed the whole time! It was over by 8 or 8:30, as I recall, darkness had arrived and it was getting a bit chilly.

Overall I think it turned out well. We had plenty of food with not much left over, I think I got about a case too much beer, though. Oh well, leftovers!

Netherlands

And as I just mentioned it last night, here is a little snippet of the Netherlands (again thanks Attu).



Keep in mind, the Netherlands is only about 16 million people.
Good Night.

Health Care Reform

There's been alot of talk of President Obama's Health Care Reform lately.




Here's an alternate view, via Attu.


"Health care may be the number one issue at the moment in America. Those who are left-of-center favor a “single payer” model, in which the federal government creates a new and frighteningly strong power as the keeper of the nation’s health. Those right-of-center want to keep the present system, which demands from the (lower) middle classes excessive chunks of their income.

"Is there a third way? Is it possible for a mature and self-conscious society to organize national health care without unnecessarily limiting the freedoms of both the healthy and the sick?

"Yes, it exists. The third way is the Dutch way — a functioning and greatly performing model that is regarded at the moment as the best answer to the question of universal health care."


I found it an interesting read. I've become partial to The Netherlands, actually. It always sounded like it would be more relaxed and a happier existence there. Then again, I only read what I click on, so further research would be required. But why spoil a fantasy?

Favre Out

BREAKING NEWS (if you care...)

Brett Favre say he will stay retired. Season hasn't started yet. And either way, the talk of it will permeate at least the early part of the season. Hopefully it won't linger, it will be let go.

Sunday Happenings

Happy Sunday, everyone. I hope you are having a good weekend.

Mrs. Scoakat is on the boat today. I stayed back to do a few small projects around here. We are having a little get-together for friends soon, so there some things we want to take care of before then. I got a light fixture replaced today, among other little things. Two trips to Ace Hardware! But I forgot money each time so got halfway there and had to turn around. Oh well, it's only Sunday traffic, so not so bad. I think we found a very nice house. Smaller, yes. Older, yes. But the condition of the place is wonderful. Of course there's always small projects on my list but all are small and nothing is urgent. Thankfully, this house has been kept up very well over the years by the prior owner and her family.

I moved the catbox down 1 step again. It is now down 3 steps for her. She handled two for a couple weeks, so I hope she just deals with it easily. We took down the sheets on either side of the staircase about a week ago. First on one side and a couple days later the other side. I was getting tired of them and my wife thought they had no effect one way or the other to the cat. She seemed to be right, the cat didn't get fazed as far as I can tell. I also moved a night light closer to the catbox for her. The big palm tree pot is still covered in aluminum foil, just in case, of course.

The Brewers just lost - again. They're breaking my heart.

Slade

When I come across something like this I can just keep watching video after video. I got my Andrew Bird tickets recently, so I'm sure I'll have a post on him in a month or so. But, hmm dinner's ready, I lost my train of thought. Watch this:



I was a little young to enjoy Slade properly, most of their songs I heard first as covers by so many other bands. But I have heard the originals and love them even more.

Got to go now, corn on the cob tonight!