» by flahute in: Music on November 2nd, 2008 at 03:41:24 UTC |
TWO GALLANTS - STEADY ROLLIN’
You might have seen me ‘neath the pool hall lights.
Well baby I go back each night.
If you got a throat I got a knife.
Steady rollin’, I keep goin’.
I don’t mind how quick the seasons change.
You know to me they’s every one the same.
The sweetest sunshine drips the drain.
Death’s comin’, I’m still runnin’.
Well I come from the old time baby,
too late for you to save me.
If I remain then I’m to blame.
But if you should ever need me,
I’ll go where’er you lead me.
It’s all the same, the same old game.
My lovin’ lady she’s a ball and chain.
I still can travel but my speed has changed.
I bring the money, I take the blame.
Steady rollin’, I keep goin’.
But I shot my wife today,
dropped her body in the Frisco bay.
I had no choice it was the only way.
Death’s comin’, I’m still runnin’.
Well I come from the old time baby,
too late for you to save me.
If I remain then I’m to blame.
But if you should ever need me,
I’ll go where’er you lead me.
It’s all the same, the same old game.
Out waltzin’ with the Holy Ghost,
from the Bowery to the Barbary Coast.
The land I’m from you know I love the most.
Steady rollin’, I keep goin’.
And everyday is just another town.
The more I search you know the less I’ve found.
Me, I’m a sucker, just a slave to sound.
Death’s comin’, I’m still runnin’.
Well I come from the old town baby,
where all the kids are crazy.
If I remain then I’m to blame.
But if you should ever need me,
I’ll go where’er you lead me.
It’s all the same, the same old game.
In Feltre, Italy, this week, just 15km away from the memorial to Tullio Campagnolo at the summit of the Croce d’Aune pass, Campagnolo reintroduced its Super Record racing group.
Super Record was Campagnolo’s mystical racing group, but it has been decommissioned for more than 20 years. For 2009, it, along with new Record and Chorus groups, will help celebrate the brand’s 75th anniversary. In addition to the groups, Campagnolo will offer new versions of its four top wheelsets: Hyperon Ultra Two, Bora Ultra Two, Shamal 2-Way Fit and Eurus 2-Way Fit.
The technologies and the range of products presented are nothing short of truly impressive. With SRAM’s Red, the new Shimano 7900 Dura-Ace group and now Campagnolo’s three new groups, 2009 will offer more choice and technology than ever before for those in the market for a new set of components.
But this is about Campagnolo. Its new products highlight the brand’s willingness to approach its competitors head on with its own innovation and new technology. On another hand, Campagnolo hasn’t lost its passion or respect for its own heritage; the new groups are as artful and stylish as any it has ever produced. And the new components are all still produced in Campagnolo’s factory in Vicenza, Italy. The three groups are based on and share technologies surrounding two key features: the third edition of Ergopower, which is called Ergopower Ultra-Shift, and an 11-speed cassette.
I know, I know … I should actually ride more before I start drooling over more bike parts; but you have to admit this group is absolutely gorgeous!!!
» by flahute in: Life on May 24th, 2008 at 05:15:42 UTC |
A friend of mine told me today that “Confidence is sexy. Self-deprecation is not. Choose sexy.”
Life is about making choices … some are easy; but most are not.
That’s been my dilemma for most of my life … what choice to make. Most of the time, I get so paralyzed with fear that I make no choice at all, and I get stuck; mired in a funk of my own making.
And yet, I know that I have the capacity to make choices; strong choices, hard decisions. And generally they’ve been the right decisions. So why do I lack the confidence to continue to make choices? Why do I make fun of myself? Why do I put myself down? And why should I expect anyone else to care about me and want to hang out with me, which I don’t even want to hang out with myself?
Not all choices are easy … but in its own way, even indecision is a choice that people make … and much to my detriment, this seems to be the choice I make the most often.
Right now, I think I’m going to choose to go to bed … maybe my head will be a little more clear in the morning, and I can better articulate what I’m thinking and feeling right now.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards endorsed Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
“The reason I’m here tonight is because the Democratic voters have made their choice, and so have I,” he told the boisterous crowd.
“There is one man who knows and understands that this is a time for bold leadership. There is one man that knows how to create the change, the lasting change, that you have to build from the ground up,” Edwards said. “There is one man who knows in his heart there is time to create one America, not two … and that man is Barack Obama.”
Extremely good news for Barack Obama, as the endorsement from John Edwards should help Obama with the demographic that is currently legitimately supporting Hillary Clinton. Please make note of the use of the word “legitimately” …
(CNN) — Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reiterated her vow to stay in the Democratic presidential race, but she said it would be a “terrible mistake” for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.
“Anybody who has ever voted for me or voted for Barack has much more in common in terms of what we want to see happen in our country and in the world with the other than they do with John McCain,” Clinton said on CNN’s “The Situation Room.”
“I’m going to work my heart out for whoever our nominee is. Obviously, I’m still hoping to be that nominee, but I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that anyone who supported me … understands what a grave error it would be not to vote for Sen. Obama.”
Clinton was responding to a question from a CNN iReporter who asked why she thought so many of her supporters would choose McCain over Obama.
Now, back to that word “legitimately” … keep in mind many Republicans are crossing party lines to vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Party’s open primaries; these are people who have NO intention of voting for a Democrat in November, and are voting currently as part of Rush Limbaugh’s “Operation Chaos”, and amount to as much as 20% of Clinton’s vote totals in many states.
With that in mind, it’s really hard for me to take anything Hillary Clinton says seriously at this point … tick tock tock tock tick tock …
… about my life these days is balancing contradictory emotions.
Things like allowing people to do something for me because I could use the help, when the pride in me wants to prove that I can do it on my own without anyone else’s assistance.
Things like deciding whether or not to help someone else out to make it easier for them when they’re doing something when, quite frankly, I’d really rather they were making other choices.
It becomes even more difficult when the person involved is one of the most important people in your life; someone to whom, more than anyone else, you want to prove that you can make it; someone whom, more than anyone else, you would generally be willing to do anything for.
Am I being a fool if I don’t accept help when it’s offered?
Am I being a jerk if I don’t help out my friends when they ask?
Many things to ponder, and in a week when I’m not seeing my counselor … I’ve got to make these decisions on my own.
Super Record was Campagnolo’s mystical racing group, but it has been decommissioned for more than 20 years. For 2009, it, along with new Record and Chorus groups, will help celebrate the brand’s 75th anniversary. In addition to the groups, Campagnolo will offer new versions of its four top wheelsets: Hyperon Ultra Two, Bora Ultra Two, Shamal 2-Way Fit and Eurus 2-Way Fit.
