AM Speed Lines

J.W. .... hey....dat no flex fin.

Test..Test, test.....ugh......TEST!

Diana back, this time scanned with an Epson V500 Perfection scanner which has me a bit baffled. 1st; the 120 negs don't fit in the stock layout (not a big deal, just freehanding for now) and the 35mm fit wrong as well if you want the full effect. Seems the setting up the printer for the right color and film settings will be a learning process. Next time i plan to get the 120 developed on disc and scan the negs to see the difference. It could be that these pix i just messed up in the 1st place. Any suggestions, fellow plastic lens trendoid brethren?

October Jam no 1

Early Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green, Danny Kirwin, etc. My favorite line-up.

Good Will Hunters

When getting a new board ya really don't expect much more than a boss craft! Well, i got that yet an accompaniment was a photo shoot they did themed towards my blog title. I'd say a little better than a free leash, stickers, wax and t-shirt. It gives me hope when I come across people that will go out of their way for others. Photo; Kyle Lightner 7'2" Hull: Ryan Lovelace thank you.

Change?

Monsanto bills being rushed through Congress set to destroy organic agriculture? Criminalize Organic Farming? see video on BILLS: HR 875 and S 425 Dear Friends and collegues, We feel the unhealthful consequences of the legislation discussed below to be so disconcerting it was important to send it to the entire Holistic Community. Snopes and other sources indicate this is real. The US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening. Main backer and lobbyist is Monsanto – chemical and genetic engineering giant corporation (and Cargill, ADM, and about 35 other related agri-giants) . This bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated by the newly formed agency to "make sure there is no danger to the public food supply". This will include backyard gardens that grow food only for a family and not for sales. If this passes then NO more heirloom clean seeds but only Monsanto genetically altered seeds that are now showing up with unexpected diseases in humans. There is a video on the subject. http://pr1.netatlan tic.com/t/ 9661579/7781556/ 598242/0/ The name on this outrageous food plan is Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (bill HR 875). PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL CONCERNED ON YOUR MAILING LISTS & CALL YOUR SENATE REPRESENTETIVES TODAY! Get on that phone and burn up the wires. Get anyone else you can to do the same thing. The House and Senate WILL pass this if they are not massively threatened with loss of their position.... they only fear your voice and your vote. The best thing to do is go to http://pr1.netatlan tic.com/t/ 9661579/7781556/ 598244/0/ All you have to do is put in your zip and it will give you your congressperson and how to get in touch with them. When you call their office someone will answer the phone, politely and respectfully just tell them that you are calling to express your views on HR 875. Tell them your views, they'll take your name and address and pass your comments along to the congressperson. The following link http://pr1.netatlan tic.com/t/ 9661579/7781556/ 598245/0/ is a list of the U.S. senators with their contact info. Thank you all for taking such quick action on this important threat to our health and wellness. Monsanto House of the Future. For those of you unfamiliar, it was a famous attraction at Disneyland's Tomorrowland from 1957 to 1967. Sponsored by the Monsanto corporation, it showcased their plastic products, and was a conceptual "house of the future..."

Always Forever

Latin Oldies... Cruisin' - Smokey listen here

Juanita

Dressed and ready for the Chubasco club on a friday night, she stops only to find her namesake, in a surfboard. She high heel's it away "with a conscience so clean", thinking only of trim and the definition of the same. "Oh, mama, sweet mama Can you tell me what to say She's brought back the life That i once threw away" (mostly GP) Cast; Juanita as herself... "Juanita" (7'2" displacement hull by Ryan Lovelace) as herself..

Vexations

Vexations is a noted musical work by Erik Satie. It consists of a short chordal passage and a bass line which is repeated twice in each repetition of the piece. The piece is to be repeated 840 times and on the score, it is suggested that, "In order to play this motif 840 times consecutively to oneself, it will be useful to prepare oneself beforehand, and in utter silence, by grave immobilities." The work was first played in public the requisite 840 times, by a team of pianists: John Cage, David Tudor, Christian Wolff, Philip Corner, Viola Farber, Robert Wood, MacRae Cook, John Cale, David Del Tredici, James Tenney, Howard Klein and Joshua Rifkin, with two reserves, on September 9, 1963, from 6 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. the following day. One person was present for the entire performance: Karl Schenzer. Harmonically the Vexations appear to be an exercise in non-resolving tritones, one of the anathemata of conventional harmony (in conventional harmony tritones are not forbidden as such, but they should be immediately resolved in the next chord, what doesn't happen in the Vexations). Satie was introduced as a "gymnopedist" in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. Later, he also referred to himself as a "phonometrograph" or "phonometrician" (meaning "someone who measures (and writes down) sounds") preferring this designation to that of "musician," after having been called "a clumsy but subtle technician" in a book on contemporary French composers published in 1911. Self portrait of Erik Satie. The text reads (translated from French): Project for a bust of Mr. Erik Satie (painted by the same), with a thought: "I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old" note; i had the luck to see a performance of this piece by a friend of mine.(with others of course) I almost made it to the end. This version was like an opium den of music as people were nodding out in a meditative bliss. Others just slept. Listen to Satie HERE. sorry this post does not do the piece or the man's genius justice as i need to SLEEEP.

Tropicalia

The Floater Outfoxed

A recently constructed section of the controversial US-Mexico border fence expansion project crosses previously pristine desert sands at sunrise on March 14, 2009 between Yuma, Arizona and Calexico, California. A top Homeland Security official told a House panel that the department could ultimately respond to escalating violence of warring Mexican drug cartels by deploying military personnel and equipment to the region. 6,290 people were killed in the violence in Mexico in 2008, according to Mexican officials, and more than 1,000 in the first eight weeks of this year. Hundreds of kidnappings in Phoenix during the same time period were blamed on the drug trade. The new barrier between the US and Mexico stands 15 feet tall and sits on top of the sand so it can lifted by a machine and repositioned whenever the migrating desert dunes begin to bury it. The almost seven miles of floating fence cost about $6 million per mile to build. The tracks of a fox in Mexico are seen from the US through a recently constructed section of the controversial US-Mexico border fence expansion on previously pristine desert sands on March 14, 2009 between Yuma, Arizona and Calexico, California. A border patrol vehicle drags the sand to make any new footprints of border crossers more visible . All Via Zimbio....thanks Wayne. Tunnel passages across an international border into the United States have become a real problem. There are 40 such tunnels that have been discovered since 9/11, and the great bulk of them are on the southern border. Large-scale smuggling of drugs, weapons, and immigrants takes place today through these tunnels. One tunnel running from San Diego to Tijuana was marked by inordinate sophistication. It was a half mile long. It went 60 to 80 feet deep, 8 feet tall. It had a concrete floor. It was wired for electricity. It had drainage. At one end, 300 pounds of marijuana were found, and at the other end, 300 pounds of marijuana. What was interesting is that the California entry into the tunnel was a very modern warehouse, a huge warehouse compartmented but empty and kept empty for a year. In one office there was a hatch in the floor. It looked much like the hatch which Saddam had secreted himself in. But lifting that hatch disclosed a very sophisticated tunnel. It went under other buildings all the way across the double fence into Mexico and up in Mexico in a building as well. More from Global Security... end.

Crispy Little Ones

took a little drive with an amigo northbound and found a combo very worthwhile.

Run Through The Jungle

CCR classic swamp rockin... white boys... from san francisco. but they do ROCK..... HERE (my fav)

Beyond The Hull

Frame grabs from "A Winter's Tale" of MP riding beach break on later period boards than "Morning....." and ripping along with Simon on a single, Wayne, PT, Ian C. and others. I hope to get that movie section uploaded yet my copy is Fuckt up. In addition the new documentary "Searching For Michael Peterson" has bits on you tube HERE, but i really don't see any new footage, so far.(except that nice barrel @ Kirra)

How Can I Tell You

cat stevens live watch/listen here....

Romancing The Spoon

This is the" bottom half" 2'' thick , built in SB in 74 or 75 for SK. retro-fit by Tim Bowler and KP. sexy hot rod. actually paddles well yet neutral buoyancy!

Dust Mechanics

many major shaping bays are controlled by this massive vacuum/processing system. pics by Diana.

Tender Buttons

Broadcast Listen Here....

White House Vegetable Garden

via;http://www.southwillard.com/ By MARIAN BURROS NY Times Published: March 19, 2009 WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut. While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern. In an interview in her office, Mrs. Obama said, “My hope is that through children, they will begin to educate their families and that will, in turn, begin to educate our communities.” Twenty-three fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington will help her dig up the soil for the 1,100-square-foot plot in a spot visible to passers-by on E Street. (It’s just below the Obama girls’ swing set.) Students from the school, which has had a garden since 2001, will also help plant, harvest and cook the vegetables, berries and herbs. Almost the entire Obama family, including the president, will pull weeds, “whether they like it or not,” Mrs. Obama said laughing. “Now Grandma, my mom, I don’t know.” Her mother, she said, would probably sit back and say: “Isn’t that lovely. You missed a spot.” Whether there would be a White House garden has been more than a matter of landscaping. It’s taken on political and environmental symbolism as the Obamas have been lobbied for months by advocates who believe that growing more food locally could lead to healthier eating and lessen reliance on huge industrial farms that use more oil for transportation and chemicals for fertilizer. In the meantime, promoting healthful eating has become an important part of Mrs. Obama’s agenda. “The power of Michelle Obama and the garden can create a very powerful message about eating healthy and more delicious food,” said Dan Barber, an owner of Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, N.Y., an organic restaurant that grows many of its own ingredients. “I don’t think it’s a stretch to say it could translate into real change.” The Clintons grew some vegetables in pots on the roof of the White House. But the Obamas’ garden will have 55 varieties of vegetables — from a wish list of the kitchen staff — grown from organic seedlings started at the executive mansion’s greenhouses. The Obamas will feed their love of Mexican food with cilantro, tomatilloes and hot peppers. Lettuces will include red romaine, green oak leaf, butterhead, red leaf and galactic. There will be spinach, chard, collards and black kale. For desserts, there will be a patch of berries. And herbs will include some more unusual varieties, like anise hyssop and Thai basil. A White House carpenter who is a beekeeper will tend two hives for honey. Total cost for the seeds, mulch, etc., is $200. The plots will be in raised beds fertilized with White House compost, crab meal from the Chesapeake Bay, lime and green sand. Ladybugs and praying mantises will help control harmful bugs. Cristeta Comerford, the White House’s executive chef, is eager to plan menus around the garden, and Bill Yosses, the pastry chef, is looking forward to berry season. Sam Kass, an assistant White House chef who prepared healthful meals for the Obama family in Chicago and is an advocate of local food, will oversee the garden. The White House grounds crew and kitchen staff will do most of the work, but other White House staff members have volunteered. “First of all,” Mrs. Obama said, “there’s nothing really cooler than coming to the White House and harvesting some of the vegetables and being in the kitchen with Cris and Sam and Bill, and cutting and cooking and actually experiencing the joys of your work.” Mrs. Obama, who said that she never had a vegetable garden before, said the idea for it came from her experiences as a working mother trying to feed her daughters, Malia and Sasha, a good diet. Eating out three times a week, ordering a pizza, having a sandwich for dinner took it’s toll. The children’s pediatrician told her she needed to be thinking about nutrition. “He raised a flag for us,” she said, and within months the children lost weight. For children, she said, food is all about taste, and fresh and local taste better. “A real delicious heirloom tomato is one of the sweetest things that you’ll ever eat,” she said. “And my children know the difference, and that’s how I’ve been able to get them to try different things. “I wanted to be able to bring what I learned to a broader base of people. And what better way to do it than to plant a vegetable garden in the South Lawn of the White House.” The country’s one million community gardens, she said, can also play an important role for urban dwellers who have no backyards. But, sitting in her office in the East Wing, Mrs. Obama stressed that she doesn’t want people to feel guilty if they don’t have the time to have a garden: there are still many small changes they can make. “You can begin in your own cupboard by eliminating processed food, trying to cook a meal a little more often, trying to incorporate more fruits and vegetables,” she said.

Burnt

Gamboa gets a harsh burning by the evil lurking troll.

Design Forum

secret concaves and rails make for high tech platforms and hydrodynamic planes. we'll never tell.

A Minuteman, a Firehose and a Tugboat

watch/listen/dig... ..and much more. Ball Hog and Tugboat - Mike Watt and superfriends. on the mellower side of the El Segundo's Firebird Flannel Superhero.