Riders On the Storm

if you give this man a ride, sweet family will die

My ballot is in the mail but I am tired of all these goddam feckless Republicans sticking their noses in everybody's business..and dancing Democrats obsessing over which bathroom to use...while children are being slaughtered in school by the NRA MAGA bobble-heads...how hard can it be to keep an AR-15 out of a sociopath's hands? how hard can it be to secure the public schools?

I like Reinette Senum for governor whose promise to "rebuild our topsoil and pollinator populations" suits me just fine...and she's a little controversial 

I'm not surprised that former Carp Councilman and News-Press columnist Joe Armadillo is mixed up with a corrupt marijuana company in SLO?  Joe brought shame to his time on the city council with DUIs and drugs and this and that

The Natural Healing Center/Dayspring debacle is just some drug dealers fucking up everything they touch...but there's Mr. Armadillo working for the NHC begging the gov't not to shut it down..all those good jobs 'n all...and all those folks who need pot to heal and all the money..and..and...OMG, it's just a mess of corrupt mayors, dope dealers, con artists, bribes, suicide, and cocaine 

but I've changed my tune a bit on legal pot...smoking pot will not heal anything but it's nuts to bust a stoner with a joint or two, put him in jail and waste my tax dollars with a trial...

supply and demand, amigos, supply and demand...

Tiny Dancer

Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer, count the headlights on the highway...

The News Press has listed their endorsements (WHOOPIE!!) for the upcoming election and they are all right-wing religious fascists or Q-Anon believers which means they won't win..but if they do win you won't be able to have sex unless you are a married man and woman with Christian values like the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts...

I don't think Roe vs Wade will be overturned and we can't let these crazy Christians stick their noses into our bedrooms or our business...abortion is ugly but the decisions are between family and doctor, not the church or the gov't mules...INBREEDING IS NOT OK unless you're a Channel Island fox or from Alabama

now, since the gorgeous lunar eclipse, animals and birds have been acting strange... the birds, the bears, the lions and the tigers, oh my..I hope it's not poison but they seem disoriented..

like me

Big Yellow Taxi

they paved paradise and put up a parking lot

as reported by Snoozhawk, there's a little war brewing up in the Montecito hills between lowly hikers and well-heeled residents.. I used to be well- heeled, but not anymore

I would think the News-Press might be on this story but they get just sloppy seconds...

now, the hikers park by the side of the road and go for a hike up the Hot Springs trail and the rich folk don't like people parking close to them...just up the road is the Cold Springs trail which I love...it is beautiful! when I was a lad, I used to take my guitar up there, sit on a rock and sing to the weasels..

but as these areas became more popular, the celebs would put big rocks by the roadside to discourage parking...works better than a NO PARKING SIGN BUT how stupid and immature...and all it did was encourage accidents!

then the fire and floods hit a few years ago and wiped out everything in their path

but time heals and the trail heads are intact and during COVID, sun seekers went outside for some fresh air up in the hills only to be hounded by the big cheese living there...

this is Mountain Drive, the legendary Brigadoon... and understandably people want to protect it from other people

but hoping Das Williams will help is helplessly hoping...Das likes pot farms and development and in Carp wants to build a giant dog /pedestrian path between Santa Claus Lane and Carp, right in front of the Salt Marsh preserve!!! 

I've screamed at everybody but no one listens so the sweet beachy rural Santa Claus Lane vibe will soon be a thing of the past...

like a hike on Mountain Drive

Hound Dog

you ain't nothing but a hound dog...

why be a pet? they clip and snip you, if you're a cat they declaw you...sick!! some California cities still allow declawing..how can this be?? Maryland just outlawed it..the whole state...good for them

so I'm reading EDHAT and they now have an annoying sports video showing while I'm trying to read...this is classic passive-aggressive behavior from the Edhat chicks for people who don't pay a subscription fee!

now, a dog's behavior is pretty simple: you feed the dog, the dog will stay

but the DOG chick at EDHAT wants to complicate the relationship with your dog: "Do you ever consider if the words we use matter when we approach training our canine companions? Do terms that reflect a positive, supportive outlook have physical, mental and emotional effects on us and our relationships with our pets? Conversely, what about an authoritative mindset where we’re having to tell our dogs what to do and when to do it? Perhaps you can see how, from that perspective, if a dog doesn’t listen, we’re likely to get upset and frustrated."

"Humane, force-free dog training requires a different understanding. Instead of having to tell our dogs what to do, we can teach them ‘Life Skills’ so they learn to make good choices on their own."

WTF?? life skills??  "you've been a very bad dog, I think you need to re-evaluate your life choices!"

and now I can't even swear in front of a dog?? fuck that, man!!

look, if a dog doesn't listen to me, I won't get upset because he's probably THINKING ABOUT wolfing around with the girl-dogs, or bitches

and I don't blame him...

Spooky

love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you...

I was reading in the SB Independent Nick Welsh's very funny report on the Bird Refuge in good ol' Santa Barbara...Nick outlined everything the City of SB has tried to kill the stench without success...I have posted on this many times and my fix for this sorry cesspool is to let the waters flow in and out from the ocean and turn it into a marsh like Carpinteria's beautiful salt marsh...

and it appears that's what the city is going to do..however they need to be careful..the plan to remove 24 non-native trees is unnecessary...bionativism is a hoax and planting native trees instead won't solve the stench...

now we all know this haunted pond is or was part of the Clark Estate just up the hill..a spookier mansion you won't find but I think Huguette deserves better than the foul septic tank it has become...

the fix should have been in years ago so all the well-heeled visitors can enjoy the grounds...is Parks and Rec gal Jill involved in the new plans or has she been"relocated" to a cabana??

welp, these warm, beautiful evenings are perfect for get-togethers on the lawn with hot dogs and hamburgs and laughter...joyous laughter

and Easter is coming up!

A Case of You

oh I could drink a case of you...

first, there are no drought tolerant plants...all living things need water so when some little garden girly says "plant native plants, they are drought tolerant" tell her she's full of it! 

ice plant is a good ground cover and it's not invasive, it's evasive, like me...

so everyone says everyone else is trying to "change the narrative"...it's a buzz phrase now...."you're trying to change the narrative!" it's like these people learned a  new word "narrative" and they use it all the time now....at breakfast, lunch and dinner.. "Honey pass the salt please" "NO..Stop trying to change the narrative!!"

besides, you can't change the narrative if you didn't write it, you can comment on it, write your own story but you can't change the narrative because there is no narrative..it's all an illusion

social media dud Truth Social doesn't even work but with Devin Nunes as Donald's CEO, what could possible go wrong?? ERROR!!!!

Putin can dress up in an LL Bean parka and a J. Peterman turtleneck sweater  and do a Trump-like propaganda rally, but he's still a murderous crazed beast...I like Sen Lindsay Graham's idea to assassinate Putin so let's get crackin' boys

I was sad to see big boy Craig Case in the news for some malfeasance...the Wine Country show on KEYT was cheesy as hell but funny...Craig is definitely a bon vivant!

and I see that Mike Stoker is running for State Assembly against Greg Hart who annoys me..

if you don't try to change the narrative, Mike, you might just win!!

Ghosts of War