Jack over at Letters from Desolation Row posted his Top Ten Song List.

I posted my list in his comments but then I decided to post it here too:

Oooh you kids and your Rockin’ Roll.
Here’s a Geezer perspective in no order.
I wanted to list my favorite, slightly obscure songs. I had trouble keeping it down to 15.

Little River Band – Long Way There
Featuring one of the all time best guitar solos… ever.

Loggins and Messina – Angry Eyes
7 minutes and 42 seconds chock full of excellent Guitar, Flute, and Sax solos behind a driving Bass and Drum bottom.

Foreigner – Urgent
Speaking of Killer Sax Solos, rumor was that Junior Walker just happened to be recording in an adjacent studio and they needed a Sax lick. The rest is history.

Alannah Myles – Our World, Our Times
She of Black Velvet fame. When I played this song on my iPod for one of the Showgirls in my show, she said “Man, that’s Humpin’ Music”.
Enough said.

Doors – Riders on the Storm
Dark Poetry from a guy who was born on the same day as me. Simple trio music. One reason I like it is that I taught myself to play the piano solo note-for-note.

Mike & The Mechanics – Mea Culpa
From my all-time-favorite-album, Begger on a Beach of Gold. It was hard to pick just one song for this list.

Journey – Separate Ways
Steve Perry’s amazing voice, strong instrumentation… I have it as a Ringtone on my cellphone.

Boston – Foreplay/Long Time
Sure all their songs sound the same but they were radically different when they first came out.

Lorena McKennett – Prologue / Mummers Dance
Blew me away the first time I heard the album. You’ve heard this too but you might not know it.

Doobie Brothers – Clear As The Driven Snow
I had the honor of doing their lighting one night in Vegas when they showed up at my hotel without a Lighting Director.

Eagles – Get Over It
An Anthem for our time.

Fleetwood Mac – Gold Dust Woman
Something about this song just turns me on.

Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered Dreams
One of those ‘perfect songs’ everything worked; intro, lyrics, tune, solos, vocals.

Afro Celt Sound System – Eireann
Who? …Yeah, I like some ‘World Music’ too. You might also.

It’s A Beautiful Day – White Bird
Sixties group that mixed good vocals with excellent violin solos.

I guess Albino Fawn would have been a sufficient title for this post.

I think this little feller was caught somewhere near Glen Rose, Texas.

The kids in the family named him “Powder”.

This is from the letter that accompanied the email:

“…Well, he is THE neatest thing any of us ever seen. And such a ‘freak of nature’, that only 1 in more than a million are even born. He took his bottle of food, followed us around the house, doing great…”

H/T Kelso.

Discover the terrible consequences of drinking Real Beer instead of Root Beer.

If, on the other hand, you are going to drink Real Beer…

Drink Sensibly.

Looks like it did a Ground Loop, except it’s on water…

I bet it was pretty exciting for the people on the beach.

It appears that there were no serious injuries.

H/T Kelso.

It only takes 15 seconds out of your life.
You won’t get spammed.
You won’t have to sign up for anything.
Yada yada.

Just click here and vote for Sondra K.

My friend sent me some photos of a freighter that ran aground about 1.5 miles away from his house in Mexico.

I’ll post more photos if y’all want.

H/T Kelso.

It’s been raining off and on for about 10 days. The pasture has turned into an acre of chocolate cake batter.

Mrs. Geezer is out there in her Super Suit, trying to fill in the low spots, drain the puddles and convince the horses that standing in the rain is a bad thing.

Me? I’m inside, eating a bowl of hot oatmeal and taking photos…

Here’s a chance to make some much-needed-cash this winter.

All you need is a sign.

And some Snow.

Some assembly required.

Remember in the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy meets the Tin Man?

His jaw is rusted shut so he says, “Oil Can” in a scratchy little voice.

I usually get up early and get on the computer. When Mrs. Geezer wakes up she usually says “Oil Can”, (in her best Tin Man voice), which I know means that she needs some coffee.

Just do as these Smart Drinkers are doing…

Limit yourself to Just One Drink.

And have a Designated Driver.

Or take a taxi.

Happy New Year.

The preceeding was a public service message from Blog Idaho.

Do you Jog?

Nahhh, me neither but if I ever start, I’m going to remember to stretch afterward.

Learn why in this little QuickTime Video.

Got some old tires laying around?

Get some scissors and glue and make one of these.

Go ahead, give it a try.

There appears to be an unlimited supply of…

…writing fluid.

http://pi.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/snow.html

“That depends — are you talking arcade, console, or PC? According to Time Magazine, The Sims is the bestselling PC game of all time. It passed perennial powerhouse MYST in 2002….”

I never could get into the Sims. My all time favorite is Half-Life which I’ve played mostly on a PC. I’ve played it on a PS-2 also but the PC version is better. The only reason I would buy an expensive PC with a good graphics card is to play Half-Life 2. I think it’s available for X-box also.

What’s the bestselling video game of all time?

One of the winners in my 50,000th visitor contest is Rex Dart, Eskimo Spy. I hope I don’t blow his cover if I tell you he’s from Beaver Creek, Minnesota. He was kind enough to send this photo of his horse Whitey, proudly wearing the blogidaho.com cap and biting the hand that feeds him. Rex’s nose is a little red because the temperature is about 0 degrees.

Whitey is a Registered Spanish Mustang, here’s a photo of him and his main squeeze, Cheyenne, in warmer times. The rolling hills kind of look like Idaho (the Banana Belt anyway).

Rex has recently started his own blog at

http://rexdarteskimospy.blogspot.com

I’ll post photos of the other two winners when they send them.

Compare this photo to the one a couple of posts below.

This is a visual clue why people don’t like the dreaded Inversion.

The sun kind of looks like a huge brush fire, doesn’t it.

As always, click the photo to see a bigger virgin.

Regular readers will attest to my fondness for Sunrise/Sunset photos. Here is an excellent photo sent to me by my son, Flyin’ Brian (the pilot).

The thingy on the front of the Hughes 500-D is a magnatometer. He was doing a survey for the USGS, searching for minerals in the rocks that would detect underground water (or whatever).

The job was in northern New Mexico, the average temperature was about 10 degrees below zero in the mornings and the wind chill was anywhere between negative 30-40 below and the afternoon high was 20 above.

Got pretty chilly, flying with the Door Off.

Click the photo for a larger view.

It’s kind of like a Three Dog Night, only different.

I got up this morning and stood out on my front porch in the cold, waiting for the sunrise. I shot about 45 photos, trying to capture the moment.

Click the photo to enlarge it enough to see the 3 birds.
3 birds… what birds?
The closest bird, on the pine tree is a Magpie.
You can see two Red-Tailed Hawks, one on the top horizontal bar on the left power pole and one on the next power pole. They are a mated pair. The one on the left just swooped down and got a gopher (I hope) or mouse.

There are two bunnies on the ground below the pine tree, out of the picture.