Last night’s jam session had its moments. The drummer, an older fellow, must have organized it. He brought in his kit and a sequencer. The sequencer was too loud but the crowd was glad that it drowned out my guitar.

I played Man of Constant and Three is a Magic number, like always. Everybody left, but then came back when I stopped playing.

One of the managers from a NY jazz club in the 50s recalled booking Bird this one time, and Bird in turn booked a really bad country group to go on in between sets. People got up and left in droaves. The manager told them to stop playing and get off the stage. Parker said if they go he goes too. He was a-schemin’, you see, to get more turnaround by vacating seats for each set. Pretty sneaky, Sis.

The house party was a real riot. It was still hopping when we got back around 4. The entire house looked like a warzone the next day. Someone lost the key to my loo, but it was found the next day. Martin’s bike was stolen.
Wee was a big hit; she gave an utmost eloquent and lengthy toast to the coming of a new year. She reminded us to cherish the boundless possibilities that lie ahead of us rather than waste one single drop more of precious energy brooding over the unrevertable errors of the past. Well, she said it much better than I could; she is truly wise beyond her months.

Interesting fact of the day.

“Caligula” means “little boots”. My buddy Sarah’s cat is named Lil Boots. He’s not completely unlike Caligula; Boots once nominated Wee consul of Rome. But after that the parallels diminish with assuredly unastonishing rapidity.
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And speaking of drinking beer…

Floridian Witzbold Dave Barry looks back on 2003.

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Today on Fresh Air they reaired interviews with Bob Dorough and Fred Rogers. I had heard both before but were worth hearing again. I am definitely a Bob Dorough freak. Three is indeed a magic number.

But what knocked me off my ass was a story Mr Rogers told. When asked if the crew ever played pranks on him, he recalled in his inimitable manner how the crew once put an inflatable date in the closet.

Poor Richard set us up the bomb
AP - The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning. . . The FBI noted that use of almanacs or maps may be innocent, "the product of legitimate recreational or commercial activities."

LWD the magic bunny.
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Mousetrap styley car commercial. Over 600 takes to get it right.

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Little Wee Diary escapes the “more” section.

Wee and I are having a lovely Saturday. What with the shops open this morn, I went down to Plus searching for hay. They didn’t have it, but the petshop did. Three bucks, ouch. But it was worth it because one of the cages at the shop had several cavies and a larger grey hare. One of the guinea pigs was literally riding on the back of the hare. That was very cute.

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