Sweet Baby James

My sister Ali asked for the lyrics to the Lullaby mentioned in the previous post. Ask for and though shalt get it, from me anyway...

Lyrics to Sweet Baby James (from http://lyrics.astraweb.com/)

There is a young cowboy, he lives on the range
His horse and his cattle are his only companions
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
Waiting for summer, his pastures to change

And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Thinking about women and glasses of beer
And closing his eyes as the doggies retire
He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear
As if maybe someone could hear

(chorus)
Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby james
Deep greens and blues are the colors i choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby james

Now the first of december was covered with snow
And so was the turnpike from stockbridge to boston
Lord, the berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go

There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
A song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
But singing works just fine for me

- chorus -

Women and Beer

The other night as Christa was putting Alden in the crib for bedtime, she heard him singing softly to himself. As she listened closely, she heard him repeating over and over one of the stanzas from his favorite lullaby, "Sweet Baby James." What stanza was it?

"Thinking 'bout women, and glasses of beer."

I love my boy.

That Gone Star State of Mind...

The Astro's lose (without a single win), Miers down in flames, indictments instead of invitations. It was with a tinge of glee this morning that I realized Texas may NOT be the cultural juggernaut it once thought it was. The whole family snuggled on the bed this morning listening to the news of Harriet's withdrawal. Isaac smiled the whole time while Alden declared "Bubbles!" as he finished his milk and made...bubbles.
However, my glee is tinged with a little sadness for our country. What did we do to deserve this schmuck? Three more years of this? At this rate, there will be over 4500 dead Americans at the end of Bush's term (It is likely though the rate won't stay the same, but no telling whether it goes up or down). Now, not only is the country divided, it's leaderless and weak. Ford ran an add last night touting it's innovations, and my only thought was, "Your 3 years too late, I'll buy the car from the guys who have three years of hybrid motors under their belts, Toyota." Bill Ford even used the tag "Foriegn Oil." Someday, we'll wake up and realize that ALL oil is foreign to us. It's non-renewable, comes from the ground, and we better hurry up and start saving it fast if we want to continue to use plastics, modern medical devices, etc...
Anyway, sorry to my friends who were rooting for the Astro's. Sorry to my friends who were rooting for Bush. Sorry Harriet, no one was even rooting for you.

Got an ouchie?

Christa and Isaac return today! Alden and I made it through with flying colors, although today Alden lost 2/3's of a fingernail during a fall outside. Ouchie! He seems to be handling it well, asking for a kiss to "make it better" only every now and then. It was in the lower 90's today. Can't wait to leave this town for some place with season's.

I do get to go back to work full time starting tomorrow. List of things to do...

- Get at least 3 extractions done.
- Build LN dewer stands for all 8 ports on the new extraction line.
- Drop in on Andrea to see the spine thin sections (Exciting!).
- Schedule time in the RC lab to process more 14C samples.
- Make Isaac smile for me.