Frank didn't tell me he's running for governor of Missouri. I might be like Bill Clinton, First Gentleman of Missouri! (I think this road trip is making me a little loopy.)
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Category Archives: Meaningful Labor
Pokemon Going
I found four Pokemons. What'll I get for 'em? They're not Pokemons? No? Shoot.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Choo Choo
Finally, some excitement! A train! (US 36 in northern Missouri is great and immensely less stressful thab the hellish I70 bryween KC and Stl… at the price of great boredom.)
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, August 7, 2016
Incredible Day
So this happened: An amazing, wonderful, unique, bittersweet, laughter through tears, hugs and finely developed senses…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, August 6, 2016
Falls City, 50 Years On
Two awesome pieces in the Lincoln, NE, Journal Star by Peter Salter explain why I'm in this neck of the woods. Great…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, August 5, 2016
Illinois!
Illinois!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, August 4, 2016
Kentucky!
Kentucky!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, August 4, 2016
Off I Go
Off I go! Road trip to Falls City, NE, to speak in honor of victims of Braniff flight 250, crashed 50 years ago this Saturday. This one is a road trip; I'm driving.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, August 4, 2016
Fergus, Post-Surgery
Taking Fergus home after some surgery to remove a couple of skin tags, his teeth thoroughly cleaned and some testing. He…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, August 1, 2016
Crescent Moon Chasing Sun
Crescent moon (upper left) chasing sun to the horizon over a hot Hermitage.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, July 10, 2016
Trees, Part Deaux
Trees, Part Deaux
(cont'd) … but it fell onto the neighbors' yard, barely missing their porch and stuff.
Its carcass…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, July 1, 2016
Trees, Part Une
Trees, Part Une:
"I think that I shall never see
"A nasty devil like a tree.
"They always fall over on me,
"Leaving a…Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, July 1, 2016
Ole Yeller
His Imperial Highness, #IAmTheRoux, and His Imperial Clown Prince, #GooseIsLoose, wish it known that They do not exert…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, June 30, 2016
Sunset Over Hermitage
Sunset over Hermitage.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, June 21, 2016
The Cumberland Rolls
The Cumberland flows on between Gallatin and Lebanon on a scorching hot afternoon.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, June 13, 2016
Bang Bang, Crash Crash.
Not surprised. Grieved. Shell-shocked. But not surprised. Worst death toll yet in Orlando, five in a domestic in hometown Roswell, another one averted in West Hollywood where friends are marching for our right to live and love today. It’s an endless list … they’re just like car wrecks now … 32,675 dead on the roadways in 2014 didn’t make us blink, while 475 dead in 372 mass shootings in 2015 made us yearn for more anger and violence … so there’s lots of room for more … the merrier. There’s tons of land for cemeteries.
Sing it: “This land is your land, this land is my land … this necropolis was made for you and me.”
Overwhelmed at the Waltz
Goose was overwhelmed by all the hounds at the Basset Waltz and needed lots of lap time and reassurance. But he had a great time and enjoyed meeting everyone!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, June 4, 2016
The Dawn of Childish Just Me
William Bradley’s ‘The Dawn of ‘Just Me’: Zack Snyder’s Neoliberal Superheroes’, just published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, contains a telling paragraph, the first part of which exactly sums up someone I personally know. I suppose it’s true of Zack Snyder, the person and the director, as well. Seems bang on:
‘In the end, I don’t know that Zack Snyder’s Superman films demonstrate a coherent philosophy. They seem to be the reflections of a guy who read a lot of superhero comic books as a child, made his action figures fight each other, saw a lot of special effects-driven blockbusters, read some Ayn Rand, got stoned, listened to some Rush, and then, as an adult, was loaned copies of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and The Dark Knight Returns and came to believe that the entertainment of his childhood could be made acceptable for an adult audience if it was just made a little bloodier.’
—William Bradley, The Los Angeles Review of Books
This paragraph also captures an aspect of this kind of persona rather well:
‘Or the scene toward the beginning of Watchmen (2009), during the weekly “beer session†shared between Dan and Hollis. Note how Dan announces that he needs to get going, despite the fact that he still has about two-thirds of his beer left. Imagine you had a guest over, and that guest opened a beer while you were talking, and then promptly set the beer down and announced, “I must leave now.†You would assume that you had said something offensive to prompt such an abrupt exit. That, or your guest is an android who does not yet properly understand human protocol surrounding conversations over drinks.’
—Ibid.
Mr. Bradley appears to have met some of the same people I’ve met.
Rip, Gronk, Rip!
My very first animated gif:
The Displeasure of Hounds
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Tessa Wants Chickens
Tessa dog kept a close eye on her mommy's plate during dinner. Grilled chickens! Yum!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, May 6, 2016
AARP … NO!
Oh AARP, no you did NOT just address me as "AARP Grandparent"!! My siblings, my cousins are the grandparents (and proud…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Blinded by the Lights
Nothing techno, really. Just the LED colored lights over the deck as reflected in the shiny metal miniblinds in our patio glass door.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, May 1, 2016
Spring Deck Goodness
Naw, the deck's not on fire. Just the new fire pit column, patio furniture, LED lights and tiki torches. Never knew owning a deck could be so fun. And festive. Y'all come over anytime.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, May 1, 2016
Goosey Video Goodness
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, April 29, 2016
Percy Priest Lake Dam
Crossing the dam at a picture-perfect Lake Percy Priest on a beautiful spring afternoon.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Andy and His Opies
The second post from Shorpy for today is another famous Desilu Production: Here's Andy Griffith in 1962, playing…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, April 24, 2016
Dinah and Desi
Love Shorpy, the 100-year-old photo blog. Here's a couple of blasts from the past: April 3, 1960, Dinah Shore grooving…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, April 24, 2016
A Bout of Gout
His Imperial Highness Prince #IAmTheRoux wishes his Loyal Subjects at home and Dear Friends Abroad, that, owing to an…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, April 14, 2016
Chilly Early Sunset
Beautiful but chilly early spring sunset in Donelson/Hermitage tonight.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, April 8, 2016
Goosey Choices
Exhibit A: On the left, a specially designed combo dog toy, with rope tug and BPA-free chewing knobs, locally sourced,…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, April 4, 2016
Protecting the Manse
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, March 31, 2016
In Flight
We figured out how #TheGoose got his name: On the left is the white marking on his back near his tail. And on the right,…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Ancient History
Facebook wants to know what were we doing 15 years ago? Let's see … I remember … besides Frank Lester (middle), San…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Sleepy Easter
On a rainy, cool, early Spring, Easter Sunday afternoon, the absolute best thing to do is to #BeLikeTheGoose and sleep.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, March 27, 2016
Cookeville?
Is it Cookeville? … YES! … but why?!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, March 26, 2016
Baxter?
Is it Baxter? Noooooo …
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, March 26, 2016
Smithville?
Is it Smithville? McMinnville throughthat very dirty windshield? Nooooooo …
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, March 26, 2016
Carthage?
Is it Carthage? Nooooooooo …
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, March 26, 2016
Lebanon?
Is it Lebanon? Nooooooo …
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, March 26, 2016
Gallatin?
Is it Gallatin? Nooooooo …
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, March 26, 2016
Surprise Road Trip
Us? On a road trip? On a Saturday morning?! Now what's up with this? <Shhhhhh! It's a surprise! His Majesty The Roux monitors my Instagram stream while we're gone.>
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, March 26, 2016
Rainy Hermitage
It's a gloomy, rainy Saturday afternoon in Hermitage; but more trees are blooming, so the long, dark winter is almost done.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, March 12, 2016
Springing Spring
Spring is springing upon Hermitage.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Blooming Jeep
The tree in the driveway is in full bloom on this nice late winter evening in Hermitage. I'll take a better pic tomorrow.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Sunday, March 6, 2016
Piranha Club, Bang On
From longtime favorite strip, "Piranha Club," (still known as "Ernie" in Scandinavia), a 'toon from October 1999 that I…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, March 3, 2016
Thank God THAT Thing is Gone
[Gross picture alert. You've been warned! Unfazed? Well, I warned ya. Besides, you got two of these inside you,…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, March 1, 2016
ENMMC, Early 60s
What ENMMC in Roswell looked like when I made my debut in the world. So spiffy and clean and it had shiny floors and a…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, February 29, 2016
Me Homer
Today's Facebook Quiz:Which MRI image is Homer Simpson and which is me?
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, February 25, 2016
More Ugly Hospital Cactus Booties
Guess what came back with me from Minnesota? Yup, the ugly green hospital cactus booties. But for some reason, His…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, February 15, 2016