An alternative to bad news. Take a moment to Celebrate the Wonderful Music of Country Joe McDonald. He died this week of Parkinson's disease... But while alive, He wrote some great songs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRl6-bHlz-4

Feel Like I'm Fixing to Die Rag - Woodstock '69

and I HAD to learn to play that song and record it and post it on my YouTube channel... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLpHivc8iIA

Satire! The Acid Commercial...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tGfzRbTMcw

Country Joe & The Fish-Janis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaRppv4fgjo

Country Joe was a "red diaper" baby... His parents were communists and they nicknamed him Country Joe just like Country Joe Stalin... He became famous for playing at anti-war protest marches in Berkeley...

And then at the Ram Dass funeral Wavy Gravy modified The Cheer to say: "give me an F, give me a U, give me an N... What's that spell? FUN!

The origin of the "Fish" part of Country Joe and the Fish... Mao Zedong’s famous analogy, often quoted as "The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea", comes from his 1937 work On Guerrilla Warfare. It signifies that revolutionary troops depend on the support of the populace (the water) to survive, hide, and thrive.

I've had a lot of joy dating smart and powerful women... I married two of them... And we always figured out what to do with our lives by having long detailed honest conversations and then taking action.... Like the time we decided to leave Santa Clara, California and move to Columbia, Maryland so she could take a fancy pants government job.. And I went to college for a year studying computer programming... But then the money got tight so I went to work as a civilian designer/draftsman making equipment for the Air Force.... That was a decision that worked out great...

Another time we were living in Chico, California and it was just hotter than hell in the summer and we didn't have air conditioning so she said: "If you're so goddamn smart, why don't you figure out some way to get us out of here?" so another lady at the AA meeting taught me how to get a FAFSA student loan and we moved to Eureka California and I went to college at Humboldt State University for 4 years and then graduated with a BS in computer information systems. Then I got job at the county of Humboldt... Working at the DHHS interviewing people applying for food stamps, medical assistance and general relief... I Worked there for 7 years and then my dad died... My brother and I inherited a house in San Jose... Sold it for 1.6 million dollars... We split the money... And I've never worked since... Because once you get some money, you can hire a guy to invest it for you and it'll make endless profit...