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Jacob's Ladder is just an ok song with a few monstrous moments, imo, and Entre Nous, while a great song no doubt, isn't necessarily the band's crowning achievement. MP would win for me if not for one tiny, 9 minute and 17 second long detail. Natural Science is not only the best piece that Rush has ever written, but it's probably most musically exciting song I've ever heard. It is so perfect that words fail to describe it's grandeur. From the beauty of "Tidal Pools" to the driving intensity of "Hyperspace" to the total victory of "Permanent Waves" Rush created something that I feel transcends Rock music. Lyrically, it can't be beat. Here you have a song that basically encapsulates the entire history of civilization, past, present and future into less than ten minutes. Untouchable perfection. Not a note out of place, not a word wasted. The quickest ten minutes of music I've ever heard. In case you can't tell, I like that song.

He can no longer be charged with perjury, so he can now admit to what he did with no fear of prison. IMO, his plan is to take his lumps now, behave himself for a while, and someday compete again...be it in cycling, triathalon events, or whatever. His "confession" is just one part of his career plans.

^^Scooter is a girl. She's probably seen some "monsters", she's a bit shy you see... sees monsters everywhere! We didn't name her. She came to us when she was about 7/8. She talks a lot too!

Scooter in the snow... http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb414/lyndseyg2112/F81F58E4-F91C-4B5B-92B7-6C1071048C68-281-000000279C3C26B4.jpg

The man is a very good drummer who rose to the occasion on some of the greatest songs ever written and recorded. Ringo bashing is ignorance defined.

What do you do when your employer allows the reinstatement of a corrupt punk co-worker, who was fired for gross misconduct and vandalism of company property? What do you do when this punk (who was a popular member of the union good-old boy club) made your life hell everyday for the past two years, via his intentional sabotage of your job.....in addition to blackballing you because you dared to stand up to his buddy, a drunken loser who was abusive to you everyday (and got himself fired for it)? What do you do when your employer tells you that this punk is being reinstated to his job after SEVEN MONTHS? What do you do when you are being forcibly demoted back to your old job, on the SAME SHIFT as this punk, destined to endure the same abuse and disrespect for who knows how long.....? Years, perhaps....? YOU QUIT. That is what you do. I don't care about the huge loss of revenue. I don't care about the uncertainty of my future. I don't care about having to move in with my mother until I can start all over again....which may be never. ANYTHING is better than going back to that horrible job with such impotent management and such horrible co-workers. Grain dust everywhere. Freezing cold. Working 6-7 days a week. Asshole union goonbahs. Cowardly and incompetent managers. http://www.lixlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/quitlol.gif

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I Hope you had a great birthday! :cheers:

My favourite tweet re: LA's drug use, "So @LanceArmstrong should be applauded for being able to ride a bike so well on drugs. I tried it once. Hit a dog and fell into the canal."

Happy belated birthday LABT...go play disc golf when it gets warmer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/laserspray/internet%20stuff/smilies/_party__by_LeoLeonardo.gif Hope you had a great day!!

A big happy birthday to one of my favorite people on the forum! :haz:

Righteous!! Dude!

Righteous!!

Beer Shepherd.

This guy, Joe Bonamassa in April in Portland, Oregon. I met him last time I saw him after the show, he signed my shirt. http://www.charlesdaughtry.com/Guitars/Joe-Bonamassa-Nashville/i-VQ8F6dt/0/XL/Joe%20Bonamassa%20Nashville%20concert%20721-XL.jpg

Just let me know the next time you go. I will guide you.

Holy cow, IPA connoisseur!! I'm taking your list with me to the beer store next time I go. Cool that you have the Dogfish Head in the fridge. Will def. pair very nicely with the Reverb. Whoo!

Favorite IPA is probably Bell's Two Heated Ale. I've tried so many, all of them great. One favorite was New River Pale Ale brewed by Old Dominion. Right now, I have a Dogfish Head 60 and 90 minute IPA in my fridge so I can make an Alehouse 75 Minute IPA. And it will match my new amp!

Dogfish Head is good too. What's your favorite?

Sierra Nevada Torpedo is prolly my favorite.

Well yeah, duh. Tell me what you like!

I know a guy at work who drinks that. He's gay. Eh, it was left over from Thanksgiving. It's kind of pretty awful, actually. I ran out of the IPA I had. Maybe I'll do some Scotch rocks instead! <--------- LOVE this stuff! Wait... You like IPA's? Tell me about it. Yep, India Pale Ale. Hoppy! You too?

Dalmatian http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s410/datura67/Screenshot_1-2_zpsef6fc9ab.png

Great Dane, Golden Retriever, Labrador, Husky..? :hi: :cheers: Btw, thanks for the tag, laughedatbytime! :haz:

:smoke: :D :haz: Thanks for the tag, Duck! :smoke: :D :haz:

:hi: Principled Man! :hi: :D

I know a guy at work who drinks that. He's gay. Eh, it was left over from Thanksgiving. It's kind of pretty awful, actually. I ran out of the IPA I had. Maybe I'll do some Scotch rocks instead! <--------- LOVE this stuff!

Many thanks to 1001001 for the name change!! :notworthy: Starting a new chapter......taking that new road......with eyes wide open, a few doubts, but a lot of confidence...... B) B)

I know a guy at work who drinks that. He's gay.

Stunning late news from Patriot camp: At first, heartwarming, then, horrific. http://o.onionstatic.com/images/19/19266/original/700.jpg?2086 http://www.theonion.com/articles/bill-belichick-builds-new-tight-end-from-mutilated,30952/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=standard-post:headline:default

So now we can reinstate Greg LeMond as the greatest and only American to win the Tour De France. http://www.thescore.ie/lance-armstrong-interview-3-time-tour-champ-greg-lemond-takes-aim-at-former-friend-759308-Jan2013/ “I didn’t see the need for redemption, the remorse of someone who is truly sorry,” he said. ”I was impressed by Oprah’s questions; it was the ideal way to see the real Armstrong. It shed a light on him and I think people could see he is not remorseful.” -Greg LeMond

So, what to do to celebrate... I've got a road map of Jupiter A radar fix on the stars All along the highway I've got a liquid-crystal compass A picture book of the rivers Under the Sahara I've got a star map of Hollywood A list of cheap motels All along the freeway Decisions, decisions I've got a sister out in Vegas The promise of a decent job Far away from my hometown

:goodone: That's a great way to have a day made! And now you've made me smile. Thank you. :)

More than anything, I'd love to see them just play the whole Clockwork Angels album start to finish...other than Moving Pictures (which they took a few parts out) they've never really just gone and DONE that! Come out in the first set, play it top to bottom, finish the first set with a few things while the strings are on stage that they did this tour, MAYBE add Losing it and take an intermission, Then come out and play the rest of the show....

Tell me about it. I had to leave out Blackwater Park! But still, it's all in good fun. adace1: great selection, man!!

The ketchup ruined it. I might have been okay with just the box 'o mac and the Spam.... I love how the Canadians call it Kraft Dinner, and we call it mac-and-cheese.

http://i.imgur.com/ADb6g.jpg Here's me out in the desert playing my Geddy Lee Jazz Fender bass! (same sticker too!)

Gorgeous!

Me before I lost 22 pounds recently. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/spiritcreekmountain/IMG_20120904_171117_Bob.jpg Me playing with a friends kit. Friend with the kit was playing his digeridoos also. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/spiritcreekmountain/IMAG0007.jpg Bass I caught out in John Day. I'm 30 lbs lighter. I haven't gone fishing near enough. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/spiritcreekmountain/IMG_20120820_171021.jpg My loves. The blue one is my Ninja, the brown one is Luna. 17 hand TB mare that was given to me by my mawmaw. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/spiritcreekmountain/IMAG0533_edit0.jpg

Yep! http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/LOLlapalooza/fmnOq.gif

Nope, raw right out of package!!!!!! :drool: :drool: Need a barf bag??

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Okay, who besides me likes raw bacon right out of the package (not cooked)??? :drool: :drool:

I come bearing gifts for the Geddy girls: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8242593984_d14caa3760.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8242589142_0b546291d8.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8486/8242574248_178f7685a0.jpg Even I find this one hott! http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8350/8241472603_db8b25f496.jpg I also posted some Ged-and-Alex in the "Band Photos" thread.

Feeling a little grumpy right now (got a cold, and this house I really wanted to buy just sold before I could get my finances together), so thought I'd pick a few nice Geddy photos to combat the grumpies! There's something about Geddy photos that help to take away negativity! http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g454/GoddessMika/Rush/gedscrsvr.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g454/GoddessMika/Rush/RUSH031.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g454/GoddessMika/Rush/RUSH022.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g454/GoddessMika/Rush/5878456.jpg There. That's better! :)

Beautiful fella :sigh: http://cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/images/books/classic-rock-01.2013/classic-rock-01.2013-2.jpg

Found some more Geddy pictures from Cleveland on my sd card that I never uploaded: http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn108/hetfieldinn/Rush%20Cleveland/IMG_1712-1.jpg http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn108/hetfieldinn/Rush%20Cleveland/IMG_1699-1.jpg http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn108/hetfieldinn/Rush%20Cleveland/IMG_1700.jpg http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn108/hetfieldinn/Rush%20Cleveland/IMG_1689.jpg http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn108/hetfieldinn/Rush%20Cleveland/IMG_1680.jpg http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn108/hetfieldinn/Rush%20Cleveland/IMG_1634-1.jpg http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn108/hetfieldinn/Rush%20Cleveland/IMG_1681.jpg http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn108/hetfieldinn/Rush%20Cleveland/IMG_1734-1.jpg

:D Love it, Mika! Here's another: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8045/8098591713_15bd064d2f_b.jpg :drool: :drool:

Okay, I always feel a little guilty when I turn a beautiful man into meat, but I do have a certain collection of photos that are appropriate to today's posts in this thread, and I'm home alone sick with a need of cheering up. So, here's a sampling from that collection: Same as above, but different: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5194/7425639182_5c29084d4a_b.jpg Hot! Probably literally, if you consider the implications of jumping around onstage with a heavy bass guitar wearing leather: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7452365270_7b16fbb9da_b.jpg This one is mysterious. But what a nice view! http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/7452365362_d2b65f8ee5_z.jpg Not just shapely, but agile, too! http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8225997222_eeb596454f_c.jpg This was from the Sept 9th, 2012 gig in Bristow, VA. It was my perfect day! I am actually visible in this shot, in the 3rd row of the second level, but only if you know it's me. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8456/8064097188_690a2e25f7_c.jpg