You know what's neat?

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Little man here, who at this point isn't much more than a sentient digestive system, has all the information encoded in his little brain to eventually be able to sit up on his own, and then crawl, and then walk and talk.  There is pretty much nothing that will stop this progression of events, and little needed to help it along.

Whether you believe in God or not, you've got to admit humans are amazing creatures.  I don't know whether it was (to borrow a phrase from an old song) the Spirit in the Sky who made him this way, or millions of years of evolution--or both--but I do know the end result is awe-inspiring.

Ronnie Dunn - Cost Of Livin'

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Happy Birthday Ronnie Dunn! As a birthday present Feature Friday includes "Cost of Livin'". Ronnie Dunn is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn. In 2011, Dunn began working as a solo artist following the breakup of Brooks & Dunn. He released his self-titled debut album for Arista Nashville on June 7, 2011, reaching top 10 with its lead-off single "Bleed Red". Cost of Livin' peaked at 19 on the US Country Charts. (Source)

Phil Vassar - "Don't Miss Your Life"

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Jared and I were watching the Country Music channel the other day and this song came on. It is so great. I said to Jared, "He is a great song writer." Well that is how he started. Enjoy this video and don't miss your life!
 
Phil Vassar  is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw ("For a Little While", "My Next Thirty Years"), Jo Dee Messina ("Bye, Bye", "I'm Alright"), Collin Raye ("Little Red Rodeo"), and Alan Jackson ("Right on the Money"). In 1999, he was named by American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) as Country Songwriter of the Year. (Source)

Hank Williams Jr & Sr - There's A Tear In My Beer

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This Western Wednesday post takes us all the way back to 1950. "There's a Tear in My Beer" is a country song written and recorded by Hank Williams, and later re-recorded by his son in 1988. The original version was written and recorded by Hank Williams during one of his Nashville sessions in 1950-51, but he decided against releasing it. It was not until many years later, in 1989, that the original song would get its first official release. (Source)
 

Hank Williams, Jr.'s version is a duet with his father created using electronic merging technology. As the song had been previously recorded with Hank Williams playing the guitar as the sole instrument, his son and his band simply "filled in the blanks" and recorded additional vocals. The music video for the song combined television footage that had existed of Hank Williams performing, onto which electronic merging technology impressed the recordings of Hank Jr., which then made it appear as if he were actually playing with his father. The video was both a critical and commercial success, and was named Video Of The Year by both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country music. Hank Williams, Sr. & Jr., would go on to "share" a Grammy award win in 1990 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration. (Source)

My Life's Been a Country Song by Chris Cagle

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My Life's Been a Country Song is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Chris Cagle. It was released in February 2008 on Capitol Records Nashville. The album's lead-off single was "What Kinda Gone", which peaked at No. 3 on the country music charts in April 2008, the second single, "No Love Songs", peaked at No. 53, while the third single, "Never Ever Gone", failed to chart. (Source)
 

The album debuted at number eight on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 37,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. [3] It is also Cagle's final album for Capitol.The song "I Don't Wanna Live" was also recorded by Josh Gracin on his 2008 album We Weren't Crazy as "I Don't Want to Live". "Keep Me From Loving You" was also recorded by Clay Walker on his 2010 album, She Won't Be Lonely Long. (Source)

I thought this song was much newer than it is. I hope you all like it. Leave a comment if your life has been a country song including what song. Happy Thursday.

Pretty sure that's exactly as promised...

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I pointed out to a friend on Facebook that the claims of Obama supporting marriage equality are absolute bullshit.  I've posted about this before, back in '08.  The President's much-ballyhooed "evolution" on the topic has finally pulled him up roughly level with Dick Cheney, but for some reason there are still lots of people who believe that voting for Obama is a vote for marriage equality, when he's out there on the campaign trail saying shit like this:

During a live interview today inside the White House, President Obama told MTV viewers that when it comes to same-sex marriage, it would be up to future generations of Americans to implement meaningful reform. 

Asked if he would use his second term as a platform to extend same-sex marriage to more states, the president demurred, saying he viewed it as an issue for the states to decide. 

"For us to try to legislate federally into this area is probably the wrong way to go," Obama told MTV presenter Sway Calloway, who asked questions submitted by youth voters.

I'd say it's amazing how lip service is enough for some people, but the President has plainly given up all pretense of even that.

Naturally, bring up reality to a liberal and watch the goal posts get moved.  This time it was someone else chiming in about the glories of Obamacare.  Seems she's saving money left and right.  It's been nothing but a good thing for her.

Great.  I'm glad.  Really.  After all, she's upper-middle-class, and isn't that whom Obama pledged to help?

Oh, it's not?  He promised it would help poor people, didn't he?  Interestingly enough, it's not the lower-middle-class or the poor people on my Facebook who are singing Obama's praises...it's people who didn't need help to begin with.

Imagine that.  Guantanamo Bay is still open, our presence in Afghanistan has been carried forward for the foreseeable future, warrantless wiretapping continues apace, teh gayz still can't get married, and poor people are still poor (only, now lots of 'em are even more tied to the government, and therefore with less chance to ever get ahead in life).

Yep, definitely a road worth staying on.

I'm not really feeling it.

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The ticker over there to the left is accurate.  I am nearly a week past due, with no real signs of impending anything.

Well, that's not strictly true.  Over the past three days, I've had periods, several-hours-long, of regular, timeable, fairly intense contractions, that abruptly stop.  Without a baby.  Add into that several people thinking they're being clever by bugging me about having the baby, and it's getting more and more tempting to do it in total secret and tell no one until a week later.

Annoying a woman into labor doesn't work, folks.  It also doesn't bode well for her to not lock the doors and refuse to let anyone in the house, including her husband if he's accompanied by anyone's relatives.  (He'd understand.  I think.)

Introverts, how do they work?

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Here's a picture from our Sunday drive:


Taken, obviously, through the windshield, thus the bugs and such.  This was on the drive from Helotes to Bandera (though we turned off toward Boerne before hitting Bandera).  It was supposed to be a short jaunt to pass a bit of time.

Moral of the story?  Let the man who studies map books for fun do the navigating.

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I'm having trouble being in the proper frame of mind for Veterans Day.  I know a good many, of course, and would like to tell myself I appreciate them on every day.

I mean, I put up with my brother, don't I?  (I jest; this is here only 'cause I know he reads my blog.)

Of course, certain liberal Facebook friends have managed to include the President in their "thanks veterans" posts today.  Why do I keep them around?  It's like a train wreck, that's why.

Anyhow, thanks, guys.  And gals.  You know who you are.

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'Tis Marie's birthday today.  We celebrated it on Halloween, because I was thinking I'd have a newborn by now.  Shows what I get for thinking.  She cares naught for today.  The important day to her was the one where she got toys.  Typical toddler; also, she is way more into toys than her sisters were at her age.

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I hate it when I don't know what to say about something.  So go to JayG's blog and get the low-down on the fundraiser going on for Tam.  I am never really sure whether it's okay to tell someone who professes no particular faith that you're praying for them, but at this point it's all I've got.  I'll get to the money when I can.