These Ladies Rock ...

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Lot of you know that I do like my rock and roll, of many types. This band was recently brought to my attention ...

Man, these ladies can play!

I think I need to see them live, they are damned good!

So good, that I have another video for you.

In other news ...

As I mentioned gestern, The Missus Herself and Your Humble Scribe went out to dinner on Friday evening. Good time, good company, good food.

It's "Lobster Fest" at the Old Grist Mill, so, as I had a hankering for lobster (or lobstah, if you will), guess what I ordered? Fortunately, The Missus Herself likes lobster rolls, because I saw this on the Book of Faces ...

Lobster Roll for Two
The Old Grist Mill Tavern
Seekonk, MA
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One pound of lobster meat, minimal lettuce, all in a really tasty roll, with a bit of fried taters on the side.

The picture looked like it was big, either that or the lady holding it was rather small.

Nope, normal size lady, massive lobster roll.

Oh my, it was delicious, exquisito if you will. Huge, it was huge, The Missus Herself ate one-third, I ate the rest. (Got most of the fries as well.)

Also had a very nice Kölsch, draft of course. If you've never had one of those, I highly recommend the experience. Goes well with lobster rolls, if that helps.

Speaking of lobster rolls, I learned something yesterday. Now I'm used to there being two varieties of this classic New England dish. One is served cold as a lobster salad (mixed with mayo, sometimes celery as well), the other is served hot, with butter. Both are excellent, I have had both, kinda lean towards the cold variety, it's what I grew up with.

I didn't know that the cold type is referred to as "New England style," the warm is known as "Connecticut style." A bit confusing as Connecticut is actually in New England.

Did you know there are also three forms of clam chowder, white, clear, and "Manhattan style" (for such it was known when I was nobbut a lad)? The latter is also known as red chowder.

Now growing up there was only one clam chowder (chowdah, dontcha know?) and that was the white variety. I had heard of the red variety, which my parental units disdained. The clear kind I had never heard of until I moved to Little Rhody.

I've had the clear kind (which I've heard referred to as "Rhode Island style" also "Connecticut style") and while it was okay, I wouldn't order it if the real stuff was on the menu, I'm funny like that. I mean, it ain't bad, but as my eldest grandson says, "It's not my favorite."

So there ya go, music and food, what more could you ask for on a weekend?

As to the next fictional offering ...

Still up in the air on that one, I really want to continue the Hernandez, Paddock, von Lüttwitz saga. I reread the last chapter of Part One of the Prequel, I liked it, I really did. Hell, I'd buy a copy even if I didn't write it.

Yup, that's me, humble.

Ciao!

When the Levee Breaks

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If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break

Yeah, about that ...

I'm taking a pause from the book, let the Muse catch her breath for a day or two. Truth be told, I gotta stop blaming the Muse, it's me that's bloody exhausted. Too many late nights, too many "toss and turn" nights over the past fortnight. Quite honestly, there's too much going on in my head right now to actually try and sleep.

While I can't make it stop raining, I can cut back on one or two of my creative activities, just to catch my breath, so to speak. Never thought that writing would be such hard work.

I hope you all like Paweł's reports from Poland on what's going on in Ukraine from a European perspective. When he sends me another, it will go to the top of the queue. He keeps writing, I'll keep publishing. The only thing I do to Paweł's posts is correct typos, he uses the English spelling of words, which occasionally differs from the American spelling, I leave those as is. Paweł's English is pretty darned good, far better than my Polish (or German for that matter).

The war in Ukraine concerns me, I had thought that we'd gotten past that sort of behavior. No matter Mad Vlad's take on history, he's got his own version, most big shots do, here's how I see things -

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
Ilya Repin

Ukrainian soldiers, writing a letter to Putin.
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Ukrainian deputies writing a letter to Putin
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Yup, I side with Ukraine, they didn't invade Russia, Russia invaded them. I never side with a bully.

Now as for the post title, it goes with my over-tiredness, the situation in Ukraine, and it's a pretty damned fine song. I first heard it done by Led Zeppelin, way back in the day. (1972 it was.) Great song, awesome drums by John Bonham. 

My mother was never a big fan of the song, primarily because of this line -

Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good

(It was the latter half of the phrase she didn't like.) I've always loved that song. But, and I say this with some reluctance, I think I've heard a version I like even more than Zeppelin's. First heard it over at Diogenes' Middle Finger, this one -

That's some toe-tappin', foot stompin' music right there, done by a bunch of very talented musicians from around the world.

Good stuff.

See you on the morrow.