it's cold at Ocean Beach

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A and R r again thinking about houseboat living. Looked at one on Commodore Dock yesterday in Sausalito.
Is this real? Is it just me or is it hard2 tell these days?
No tour or shows or anything..2busy trying 2 find links that work.
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once again, it's steve albini's birthday

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Hope u enjoyed your birthday cake Steve! Rock on, bro!
No tour or shows or anything...2busy volunteering at the ASPCA.
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A and R's mini-vacay 6

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You've reached the end of A AND R's MINI-VACAY entries.
Scroll down to A AND R'S MINI-VACAY 1 and start there, at the beginning, a very good place 2 start.

Every trip 2 Sausalito includes spotting cool cars like these. But u dont really need a car there, u can get 2 everything by bike.
No tour or shows or anything...2 busy recovering from blog session of 3 hours.
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A and R's mini-vacay 5

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There's a new place 2 eat in Sausalito, Cibo's. (say CHEE-boze) Highly recommended:the tapioca with blueberries. AND they serve Blue Bottle coffee.
Thank u Cibo's!!! (Those r big cans of Napoli tomatoes being used as a doorstop). We ordered our panini without the pancetta.
More pix on the way.

A and R's mini-vacay 4

A and R's mini-vacay 3

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The houseboat came with a cat that R named Pickles.
I dont know why Blogger is not letting me manipulate the order of my pix or control the placement of my text. Wow i sound a little like Paul Dodd, discussing the tech innerworkings(Ooooooh. -Ed.)of my blog. Anyway, i know these vacay entries look like ass but i dont know how 2 fix it.
More pix coming.

A and R's mini-vacay 2b

A and R's mini-vacay 2

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R pulled up 2 the houseboat bumper and i handed him a yogurt fruit and granola bowl. Then R paddled off. I hope the pix get arranged in the order that shows R paddling away. (If that doesnt happen, please imagine it that way.)
More pix2 follow.

A and R's mini-vacay 1

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It was fantastic being back on a houseboat. This time we stayed on a different one than b4. This one is an actual boat so it moved from side2side whenever we walked around. We wore the seasick armbands which really worked; we werent bothered at all by the motion.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy watching an insect fly in circles.
(And speaking of insects),have u ever see one play the piano?
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when i first came to california...

...i thought "wow, even the parking lots r beautiful." This is a parking lot in Sausalito, a little b4 sundown yesterday.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy working on follow-up entry about recent houseboat mini-vacay!
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i want this hair

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Boy am i mad. This afternoon at my food co-op a super-cute girl employee told me "I hope i look as good as u do when i'm your age." Fuck.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy looking online 4 those clamps u put on underneath your hair and the clamps pull your face back.
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a penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss, a dimebag if u tell me that u love me

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While performing a photo assignment last week, i found this by Jeff Koons. My search term was "monkey train", and it turns out that Jeff has a series with that name. The monkey train image comes in various colors, like "blue monkey train", etc., and u can get a really bitchin' skateboard with the monkey train image on it.
A few years ago i ordered these, but they were a lot smaller than i wanted so i gave them as a gift. I wonder if that person still has them.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy hangin' with my homie.
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hair r your aerials. they pick up signals from the cosmos and transmit them directly into the brain

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I love Dean Wareham, that's all there is 2 it. Here's his big hair in Dunfermline, Scotland. It was Dean who reminded me of the great quote used 4 the title above, spoken by Danny, the dealer in Withnail and I.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy looking 4 funny pix of ppl with big hair. And speaking of pix, apologies for non-working links here. I dont understand how they can work one minute and not the next. Grrrrrr.
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5th beatle, er jackson

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Last night when i couldnt sleep, i laid in bed trying to think of the names of all 5 jackson brothers but could come up with only 4...Tito, Jermain, Randy and M. So now ima google and find out. Of course! Marlon.
Also while not sleeping, went on a virtual walk of all the trails and lil roads i loved when A and R lived in Mill Valley. Looks nice there, huh? If it's so nice, u may b thinking, why did A and R move? Here's why. I loved the redwoods b4 i lived with them. But they r like black holes, swallowing up all light, and casting giant dark shadows. R used to tell me "cant u pretend the redwoods r hugging u? That's what i do. They're cozy." "Cozy my ass", I'd say, "pass the flamethrower."
No tour or shows or anything...2busy disrobing in anticipation of the arrival of massage therapist.
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this just in

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Just talked to a crazy guy in Glasgow who had just seen Dean And Britta's 13 Most Beautiful in Dunfermline. His review: Mighty Tasty.
Thanks for the call, Chief. We look 4ward 2 your full-on report after u haul yer bahookie up outta yer scratcher.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy re-booting.
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more chicken!

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Have u noticed the new linkydink on my linkydink list? From your friend and mine, THE Rich Stim. That's what someone said on the phone 2 Rich the other day: "Am I speaking to THE Rich Stim?" Yup, the one and only.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy looking at chairs.
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hope u all enjoyed your bar-b-q

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No tour or shows or anything...2busy with a photo assignment.
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glory of love

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And speaking of love, 2day is George Earth's birthday. Happy Birthday G!
I fuckin' love u.
I saw this and couldnt resist getting it for u. Enjoy!
I remember when i first met George, around his 30th birthday. I heard him say softly 2 his girlfriend Tommy, "it's all downhill from here." I had no sympathy.
And speaking of genius guitar players, A and R had a bet about some Lou Reed lyrics on Glory of Love and it looks like A is the loser. A thought it was "somethin' like a circus or a _________ but the correct lyric is "somethin' like a circus or a ___________".
Time 2 pony up.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy trying 2 determine if this is 4 real.
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honk if u hate the 4th of july

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My sentiments ezzackly.

No tour or shows or anything..2busy being patriotic.
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various and sundry

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Had lunch here just now, it was bold, colorful, fresh.
Saw a guy with his german shepherd working in his garden, and i missed a certain bad-ass bossy beautiful somebody.
Hey,what about this?
No tour or shows or anything...2busy taking in one of the major food groups with my afternoon coffee..
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