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Surfing :: 02005-08-11

8:00 AM Warner 0-1 poor It was cloudy when I got out, so I decided to stay out until the weather improved. Lots of fish and dolphins in the water – there was no surf so I spent a lot of time watching the birds and stuff. Got into the meditative zone several times. Had…
Head Sets :: 02005-08-11

Jim Ladd95.5 FM KLOSThursday August 11, 2005 _______ThemeDreams ______Songs12:07:40 Intro12:08:31 “Is Everybody In”12:09:45 Reo Speedwagon – Dream Weaver12:13:20 Poet – Unknown “On the Threshold of a Dream” (?)12:14:10 Freddy Jones Band – In a Day Dream12:19:00 the Doors – “ever had that feeling if you are awake or dreaming” “all the time” “it is called…
Georges Perec

Spaces have multiplied, been broken up, and have diversified. There are spaces today of every kind and every size, for every use and every function. To live is to pass from one space to another, while doing your very best not to bump yourself.
Lewis Carrol

He had bought a large map representing the sea,Without the least vestige of land:And the crew were much pleased when they found it to beA map they could all understand. “What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators, Tropics, Zones and Meridian Lines?”So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply,“They are merely…
Marcus Novak

music seems to explain everything…;it is the metaphor with which it all begins and ends.
William Faulkner

I belive that man will not merely endur: he will prevail. He is immortal, not becausehe alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
Peter Schjeldahl

The over-all effect suggests frenetic depression, mental energies dedicated to forfending thought.
Surah I

Praise be to God , the lord of the worlds, the merciful, the compassionate, the ruler on the day of Judgment.You alone we serve, from you alone we seek our help.Lead us on the straight path, the path of those whom you have given grace, not on the path of those upon whom your wrath…
Head Sets :: 02005-07-13

Jim Ladd95.5 FM KLOSThursday July 13, 2005 —–songs1/ Leonard Cohen – Joan of Arc2/ Afro Celt Sound System – Release3/ Robert Plant – Shine it all Around4/ Paul Young – Song for the Common People5/ <<>> – ended with stuff about hunger (sounded like Jewel)6/ <<>> – Amazing Grace (in some other language —–notesI deleted…
Surfing :: 02005-07-13

So, I had my best session yet at Bolsa Chica today. Wes and I paddled out for a 70 minute session. The surf was not all that good, but the water temperature was excellent & I am regaining a lot of my lost skills. There was a dad out with his kids – who I…