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Scarecrow Tom

It is not for you, Saruman! say just that!

About Me

If I only had a brain...

My Interests

The straight and natural country blues, and the people who still play it. Bicycle racing. Feedback. Body surfing. Casseien.

I'd like to meet:

Jim Bridger. Glen Matlock. the Nine. Miruts Yifter. Isolde. Aretha Franklin. Ronnie Drew. Thomas Jefferson. Ed. Sharks. Alan Lomax. Folks with the compassion borne of suffering and hopelessness. The aberrant.

Music:

Johnny Shines. Link Wray. Fred McDowell. Blind Willie Johnson. Me. Dick Dale. Elmore James. Furry Lewis, FOR SURE. Bob Wills. Lonesome George (Thorogood). David Lindley. Howlin Wolf and Hubert Sumlin. Q.T. Jones and his Sex Pistols. Jeff Beck. Ludwig Van. The Monks. the Sham. Jeremy Spencer. The Dubliners. Pat Metheny. Little Feat. The Minutemen. The New York Dolls. The Cramps. The Pogues. La Caravane Elektro. Motorhead. The Gun Club. X. And, of course, Jimmy Page.

Movies:

Seven. Sid and Nancy. Bin Jip.

Television:

UFO. Bugs Bunny and Popeye. Nova. Schoolhouse Rock. Jeopardy. Commercials.

Books:

Jack London. Howard Pyle. J.R.R. Tolkein. The Cask of Amontillado! Samuel Langhorne. Stephen King. Louis L'amour. Joseph Conrad. Halliday and Resnick.

Heroes:

Me auld da. My friends Fran and Chris.

My Blog

Anskimals

I went up to Encinitas last weekend with the man that I married a few years ago for a big Father's Day bash that was, this year, ixnayed. I was going to bring my daughter, but I remembered that I don'...
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:42:00 PST

Second chances

Sometimes tomorrow's too late.
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:16:00 PST

My friend Bill

 The Bill of Rights; the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution. Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise ...
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:54:00 PST

I use your eyeballs for dials

TV SET...It seems as if everything that ever mattered I did alone, whilst everything that I did with someone else was like watching  the TV set.
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:27:00 PST

Ask me the questions, Bridgekeeper!

Ok, Debbie, I'll return the truth-or-dare privelege! Each of you may ask me five questions...no, THREE questions...and I'll answer them. Since many of my friends are 14, the only answers that I c...
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:08:00 PST

First Impressions

Hmmm, I was just reminded...without fail, people who k-now me well tell me that what they first thought of me and what I'm actually like are completely different. Maskirovka! Perhaps I was soviet in m...
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:59:00 PST

FLOXED!

Tens of thousands of people are damaged by quinolone (Cipro, Levaquin, Floxin, Noroxin, etc.) antibiotics each year, yet nearly all those damaged remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Some are diagnosed...
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:43:00 PST

There's a bit of an edge to the air (or through my hair)

Right! I did it. My roots are pining for their long lost split ends. " Oh, tress! Oh, lock! Why didst thou so forsaken me? Hast thou no shame, shear? Art thou but cold steel, with nary a shred of...
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:14:00 PST

Open mouth, insert foot.

Or, "How to make a fool of yourself in two easy steps." Can easily be adapted for the modhren  man : 1. Hit keys 2. Press send.
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:26:00 PST

Tom Swiftie

OK, this one will be short; I'll end it right here in mid-
Posted by Scarecrow Tom on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:49:00 PST