Jeff Hartzer's Duke City Fix page

It doesn't help that under the best circumstances, I still hate the whole process of buying eye glasses. First comes the dilated eyes for a 'prescription' which is only valid for a year. Then comes the 2 for 1 sales where you go in and find that the only glasses for the cheapo price really and truly suck. No really, the $38.00 glasses wouldn't suit a mummified monkey.

Oh yeah, don't forget to add in the SCRATCH resistant lenses, only $29.00 on the first pair; $19.00 more for that 'free'… Continue

My wife, Debra Landau, shares this note:

I've never been much into the whole celebrity sightings/gossip thing, but then I live in Albuquerque. But what's a girl to do when the celebrity encounters her? OK, I was sitting in Flying Star, reading the Journal and, as usual, wondering why I was reading the Journal, when I heard, "Excuse me ..." And there before mine eyes did appear the handsome and talented actor, Giancarlo Esposito… Continue

All the news about Woodstock has taken me back over the weekend.
About as close as I will ever get to seeing the Jefferson Airplane et al is taking a guitar class with Jorma Kaukonen. Or, although Stella Blue has gone beaucoups francaise thinking back to '03 when Paul Kantner came to Albuquerque. It was a fun night for the audience.

JUST-in from SpaceWeather.com:->MONDAY MORNING SKY SHOW: Set your alarm for dawn. On Monday morning, Aug. 17th, Venus and the crescent Moon will gather beautifully close together in the eastern sky. For many observers in North America, the International Space Station (ISS) will make an appearance, too. It's a fantastic way to begin the day.

WOODSTOCK-3 Days of Peace and Music, 40 Years of Memories...August 10,11,12, 1969.

You know you wanta, go ahead and Google WOODSTOCK; thanks for the mammaries.