GeeCee's Not-Entirely-Original Miscellany

YouTube is almost as bad as Wikipedia as far as the "oooh, clicky!" factor goes.

I know several of you on my f-list are already quite aware of Happy Rhodes. Those of you who aren't should take a peek at these (or at least turn them on and listen to them in the background as you do other stuff). The sound on the "Mercy Street" cover is better since it was apparently a soundboard feed.

Happy and Bon Lozaga cover Peter Gabriel's "Mercy Street":


( Happy performs Feed the Fire )

more Happy on YouTube

Time for a new engine in my car, to the tune of more than the car is actually worth at this point. My decision now is: 1) drop the money to replace the engine and fix the leaking exhaust manifold into this car and keep driving it; 2) buy a beater for about an equivalent amount of money; or 3) suck it up and just go hunting for a new car and hope to get $250 or so for trade-in on my poor little Protege.

It's not completely unexpected news, but I was hoping that wasn't going to be the answer.

On the positive side, after the last couple of days I can recommend Ferris Automotive. You wouldn't think a mechanic would recommend buying a new car rather than giving them a several-thousand dollar job. I wouldn't anyway, not based on previous experience with different mechanics. Now I'm kicking myself for not having gone to them first.