10 Signs To Help You Tell When We Are Really Living In The Future:

1) Wearing blue jeans is something that old people do.

2) The Rolling Stones are considered corny.

3) References to Ronald Reagan on TV are always prefaced by the explanation that he was President of the United States from 1981 - 1989.

4) People laugh when you use words like 'Television' or 'Telephone'.

5) You start to tell stories about what you had to do to maintain your 'Gasoline Car'.

6) You have a sentimental collection of physical money items such as coins and dollar bills.

7) References to the most prevalent popular music form of the late 20th century are misspelled "Rock and Roll".

8) People smoking Marijuana are asked which medical problem they are using it for.

 9) People put down "Catholic Popes?" as the answer to "Who were John, Paul, George, and Ringo?"

10) You read about some group of politicians calling themselves "Republicans" who claim that they were the ones that first warned the country about global warming.

the spirit hand writes in the language of sleep
a kind of breath that two may speak in
alluding, asynchronous, discarnate
no clearer than you remember dreaming it

it writes us as a sign that sees,
as an instant of the night made sun,
more whole than any moon,
and yet
sadder still, even in an ecstacy of blind signifying light

two songs

Bend Or Break

Before The Fall

despite some muffed chords, mushy patches in the rhythm, video flaws, and a weird light effect on my right hand, here are a couple of songs that i wrote

my 1967 gibson J-50 (modified)

here is the J-50 i bought in 1972 relaxing at home. i had the adjustable bridge and heavy pick guard removed back in the 1970s, and my friend sharon johnson painted the rose