On The Cover of the Rolling Stone...
Our friend joop posted this 1972 cover picture of David Cassidy from Rolling Stone magazine on the message boards recently and it brought back some very steamy memories. David Cassidy was a big teen idol then due to the popularity of the TV show, The Partridge Family and he was kind of cute and all, but this was a very hot new image of him. At the time, I don't think any other pop star posed for such a revealing picture, let alone a cover picture for the biggest music mag in the world. It was taped to my bedroom wall for years. There was a lot of speculation at the time about his sexuality; he was almost never seen in photographs with a woman and there seemed to be the same "good friend" in the back ground of most of his pics, (although that might have been due to the standard sort of way than teen idols were handled then; they had to be available for everyone's fantasy.) He's aged well, you know, not bad for 50+....
While his career is perhaps not what it was once, he's still out performing and there are fan sites all over the internet. His Official Site.
Travelogue, The Wonderful World of Oz.
My dear friends David and Glennie sent me these pics of a recent walk they did near the base of North Brother Mountain a couple of miles from where they live. The "Three Brothers Mountains" sit on the north coast of New South Wales in Australia and Captain Cook used them for navigational reference points when exploring the coastline. He named them "The Three Brothers" but the name was also used by the Aboriginal people going back to the ancient "dream time" in their history. No one knows if he adopted the local name, or if it was just an amazing coincidence.
David took this wonderful shot of these two kukuboros. It's mating season and he said they were making a lot of noise. The first time I heard the kukuboro's distinctive call when I was staying at David and Glennie's house, I thought someone was watching old cartoons on a near-by television set; the call they make was used by the people that did sound for early cartoons. I had no idea that the sound came from anything real and was totally stunned when I finally met one of the 9 inch tall birds beak to face! (I mean it was sort of like meeting Woody Woodpecker in the flesh....)
BTW, I might add that these pics do very scant justice to the paradise that David and Glennie live in; while I stayed there for three weeks, we went to a different place to walk every day and each one was incredibly beautiful; mountains one day, beaches the next and a rain forest walk the next. All within a few minutes drive from their home. ~sigh~ (They will be here in New Orleans for a visit this year, late summer! Can't wait to see them again!)
Hell, Perhaps.
I have been waiting for two weeks for a background check to be completed before I can start my new job. Don't get too excited about this fact; it's just a simple look up to see if I have ever been convicted of murder or drug dealing, etc., just standard pre-employment stuff. But thanks to some new system in the city records department, this simple check, which used to take a couple of days, is now taking for freakin' ever! Our new mayor is very high tech and somehow, I am sure that the records people are trying some scheme to prove that they are indispensable and that they can not be replaced by one computer with internet access, sort of like a very unromantic civil service version of that classic Tracy/Hepburn movie "Desk Set"! My natural inclination is to try and expedite the situation, but there is absolutely nothing I can do. It is a bit like my version of a personal hell.
Oh, and Finally, a Broken Bone and an Uncle's Sorrow.
My totally fearless 2.5 yr. old niece, Emma, in total disregard of her parents repeated warnings that she might hurt herself, jumped on the bed last night and bounced off and broke her elbow! Doctors and X-rays this ayem and an appointment with a kiddie ortho-specialist this afternoon. (I am told that she has been very brave and for the moment a bit subdued.) I personally think that they are unnecessarily coddling the child! Why in my day, we'd just go down to the pond and make a cast out of the mud, let it dry and then it was back to work!
bwahahahahaha! If I had been there I would have been awash in tears for her discomfort! I am so besotted; she totally has her Uncle Bunny's number. My bro just e-mailed me to tell me that her cast is a lovely shade of purple and that they had opted for the special Gortex waterproof upgrade. U.B. approves because he totally loves his neice.
Do you wonder why?
durlx
pee ess, remember, you're encouraged to make a comment on these entries... just click on the word "comments" and let me know what you think.
Our friend joop posted this 1972 cover picture of David Cassidy from Rolling Stone magazine on the message boards recently and it brought back some very steamy memories. David Cassidy was a big teen idol then due to the popularity of the TV show, The Partridge Family and he was kind of cute and all, but this was a very hot new image of him. At the time, I don't think any other pop star posed for such a revealing picture, let alone a cover picture for the biggest music mag in the world. It was taped to my bedroom wall for years. There was a lot of speculation at the time about his sexuality; he was almost never seen in photographs with a woman and there seemed to be the same "good friend" in the back ground of most of his pics, (although that might have been due to the standard sort of way than teen idols were handled then; they had to be available for everyone's fantasy.) He's aged well, you know, not bad for 50+....
While his career is perhaps not what it was once, he's still out performing and there are fan sites all over the internet. His Official Site.
Travelogue, The Wonderful World of Oz.
My dear friends David and Glennie sent me these pics of a recent walk they did near the base of North Brother Mountain a couple of miles from where they live. The "Three Brothers Mountains" sit on the north coast of New South Wales in Australia and Captain Cook used them for navigational reference points when exploring the coastline. He named them "The Three Brothers" but the name was also used by the Aboriginal people going back to the ancient "dream time" in their history. No one knows if he adopted the local name, or if it was just an amazing coincidence.
David took this wonderful shot of these two kukuboros. It's mating season and he said they were making a lot of noise. The first time I heard the kukuboro's distinctive call when I was staying at David and Glennie's house, I thought someone was watching old cartoons on a near-by television set; the call they make was used by the people that did sound for early cartoons. I had no idea that the sound came from anything real and was totally stunned when I finally met one of the 9 inch tall birds beak to face! (I mean it was sort of like meeting Woody Woodpecker in the flesh....)
BTW, I might add that these pics do very scant justice to the paradise that David and Glennie live in; while I stayed there for three weeks, we went to a different place to walk every day and each one was incredibly beautiful; mountains one day, beaches the next and a rain forest walk the next. All within a few minutes drive from their home. ~sigh~ (They will be here in New Orleans for a visit this year, late summer! Can't wait to see them again!)
Hell, Perhaps.
I have been waiting for two weeks for a background check to be completed before I can start my new job. Don't get too excited about this fact; it's just a simple look up to see if I have ever been convicted of murder or drug dealing, etc., just standard pre-employment stuff. But thanks to some new system in the city records department, this simple check, which used to take a couple of days, is now taking for freakin' ever! Our new mayor is very high tech and somehow, I am sure that the records people are trying some scheme to prove that they are indispensable and that they can not be replaced by one computer with internet access, sort of like a very unromantic civil service version of that classic Tracy/Hepburn movie "Desk Set"! My natural inclination is to try and expedite the situation, but there is absolutely nothing I can do. It is a bit like my version of a personal hell.
Oh, and Finally, a Broken Bone and an Uncle's Sorrow.
My totally fearless 2.5 yr. old niece, Emma, in total disregard of her parents repeated warnings that she might hurt herself, jumped on the bed last night and bounced off and broke her elbow! Doctors and X-rays this ayem and an appointment with a kiddie ortho-specialist this afternoon. (I am told that she has been very brave and for the moment a bit subdued.) I personally think that they are unnecessarily coddling the child! Why in my day, we'd just go down to the pond and make a cast out of the mud, let it dry and then it was back to work!
bwahahahahaha! If I had been there I would have been awash in tears for her discomfort! I am so besotted; she totally has her Uncle Bunny's number. My bro just e-mailed me to tell me that her cast is a lovely shade of purple and that they had opted for the special Gortex waterproof upgrade. U.B. approves because he totally loves his neice.
Do you wonder why?
durlx
pee ess, remember, you're encouraged to make a comment on these entries... just click on the word "comments" and let me know what you think.
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