More disjointed ramblings
Leading off as it were, congratulations to the Rice Owls for advancing to the NCAA Baseball Super Regionals. Having taken out Northwestern St. (LA) and LSU, Rice now gets to go for the Louisiana trifecta against overall top seed Tulane. Should be an interesting weekend for the 3 of us that follow it.
It's been a fairly quiet month here for notable stories but I have to thank the brilliant politicians and puppeteers of Tulsa Oklahoma for the latest bit of political comedy I've seen. It appears a three page code of ethics with actual penalties for not disclosing conflicts of interest is complicated enough to require an additional month of study. Nevermind it's been in the works in its present form for more than a year and had been previously informally approved by all concerned parties. I know those of you not from there are probably thinking what could possibly be wrong with Tulsa? Trust me there are enough parallel storylines to compose about a 15 page entry. Luckily my caffeine-induced ADD will not allow me to expound beyond the following:
Two city councilors are being recalled. One of the councilors not under recall lied on his election forms and doesn't live in the district he represents. One of the allegedly clean councilors is under investigation by the FAA for unfair business practices at the airport. Something to the extent of increasing holdings and preferential signage because he appointed his best customer to head the Tulsa Airport Authority. The chairman of the council got a death threat last week because he wants to continue the airport investigation. One former council was rewarded for a controversial vote change with an $80,000 raise and a cabinet position in a city whose budget cannot afford to light the freeways but can afford to pay him.
That's just the tip of the conflict of interest iceberg. yet the situation is not worthy of a simple 3-page code of ethics. Maybe they'll have it in place when the airport gets shut down and I have to fly back to OKC and hitchhike 90 miles to get home.
Ok enough political ranting. If you're still reading at this point, thank you. You either are a really good friend or are pretty damn bored, but I will close with a series of randomly happy music notes.
Our Lady Peace's new disc "Healthy in Paranoid Times" arrives August 16th (July 26th in Canada -- God Bless internet shopping).
System of a Down announced a tour date in Houston metro August 13th (I think I'm going to miss it unfortunately due to prior concert scheduling.)
Sunday will be entertaining with a free SouthFM show.
There are 3 Houston area bands I've been alerted to recently that after hearing I must insist you check out: Deep Ella, iSOLA. and Five Dollar Friend.
Finally acquired the Ludo CD again. God bless Ebay.
Notable absences upcoming 6/12 SouthFM at Scout, 6/17 iSOLA at Helios, 7/23 Upside at Scout
Song lyrics of the day
"Singing nonsense songs
In 12 bars
To the Jaguars"
Ludo - "Hum Along"
It's been a fairly quiet month here for notable stories but I have to thank the brilliant politicians and puppeteers of Tulsa Oklahoma for the latest bit of political comedy I've seen. It appears a three page code of ethics with actual penalties for not disclosing conflicts of interest is complicated enough to require an additional month of study. Nevermind it's been in the works in its present form for more than a year and had been previously informally approved by all concerned parties. I know those of you not from there are probably thinking what could possibly be wrong with Tulsa? Trust me there are enough parallel storylines to compose about a 15 page entry. Luckily my caffeine-induced ADD will not allow me to expound beyond the following:
Two city councilors are being recalled. One of the councilors not under recall lied on his election forms and doesn't live in the district he represents. One of the allegedly clean councilors is under investigation by the FAA for unfair business practices at the airport. Something to the extent of increasing holdings and preferential signage because he appointed his best customer to head the Tulsa Airport Authority. The chairman of the council got a death threat last week because he wants to continue the airport investigation. One former council was rewarded for a controversial vote change with an $80,000 raise and a cabinet position in a city whose budget cannot afford to light the freeways but can afford to pay him.
That's just the tip of the conflict of interest iceberg. yet the situation is not worthy of a simple 3-page code of ethics. Maybe they'll have it in place when the airport gets shut down and I have to fly back to OKC and hitchhike 90 miles to get home.
Ok enough political ranting. If you're still reading at this point, thank you. You either are a really good friend or are pretty damn bored, but I will close with a series of randomly happy music notes.
Our Lady Peace's new disc "Healthy in Paranoid Times" arrives August 16th (July 26th in Canada -- God Bless internet shopping).
System of a Down announced a tour date in Houston metro August 13th (I think I'm going to miss it unfortunately due to prior concert scheduling.)
Sunday will be entertaining with a free SouthFM show.
There are 3 Houston area bands I've been alerted to recently that after hearing I must insist you check out: Deep Ella, iSOLA. and Five Dollar Friend.
Finally acquired the Ludo CD again. God bless Ebay.
Notable absences upcoming 6/12 SouthFM at Scout, 6/17 iSOLA at Helios, 7/23 Upside at Scout
Song lyrics of the day
"Singing nonsense songs
In 12 bars
To the Jaguars"
Ludo - "Hum Along"
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