Olive and Dingo, rockNroll clowns.

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chinasport

I don't like things manufactured in other countries mostly for patriotic reasons but I particularly dislike "chinasport" items.
In the Clown House we called things like bikes made in China "Chinasport" because no matter how crappy the thing, it would always have the word "sport" somewhere on it.
Think of the pollution chain when something like a deck chair is made, shipped overseas, trucked to Walmart, (it lasts less than a couple years) then it rots on the landfill off-gassing more pollution.
Every town could be as livable as a college town if it weren't for outfits like Walmart undercutting the American worker.
Walmart is the single biggest employer in the nation. That's gross. Another Chinasport item that could use some local manufacturing is mic stands.
The guy at the music store tells me that all the mic stands are such cheap chinasport that they never last very long.
We have to replace our mic stand at least once a year, I thought it was just us being rough and tumble with our gear...turns out it was designed to fail.
The guy said that get a long lasting mic stand that is light enough for our bikes, we need to find vintage ones made in America.
I would pay extra for a modern one made in America. I think people should be offended to be called "consumers" and strive to be called "contributors" (fer the reals).
OK rant out, have a good day, go make stuff.

Looking for a job?

Looking for a job?
Here's a trick I used to get any job I wanted even though I looked rough and/or wasn't qualified.
Instead of making a resume I would just grab a stack of Wendy's applications.
I would fill them out, add better info before delivering them to every place near my house.
That way your employment request never gets lost in a sea of resumes.
Management WILL notice the bright pink one with the fast food logo and bring your ap out for scrutiny.
Also, if they hire you, you know they are the type of folks who would put up with whatever other hi-jinks come with having you as an employee.

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 I once got a job driving a gas truck in Dallas Texas and it was months before anyone realized I not only didn't have a commercial license, I didn't have any license.
The station was near my house and I wanted a night job. I got the gig with a hilarious McDonald's application that never asked license info.

I'm stuck home

I'm stuck home with a tree/tallbike related shoulder injury.
It's a drag feeling useless but I still found a chance to try and make a difference. Olive was grocery shopping, i was sipping coffee and trying to stay still.
Then a homelessamerican looking man tried to buy a small coffee but didn't have enough.
I searched myself and could find no cutter so I left my coffee on the table and darted off to get some cash from Olive. Eventually I found her, got 2 bucks but then couldn't find the dude who needed coffee.
I ran all over looking for him eventually finding him outside. He was turning a corner so I yelled "HEY!"
(Yeah that was all I could get to fall out of my face, I'm injured and groggy.)
Well, the man surprised me. He took off running.
By the time I got to the corner he had already crossed 2 big streets and hopped on a bus.
So there ya go.
Even injured I solved the homeless problem.
You're welcome.
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Mother Goose Rock 1

Doing a gig for Nikki Brown Clown!

Sometimes we bomb.

That means sometimes things don't go as planned and our show stinks up the place. We could have an equipment malfunction, our gear may not match the stage gear,
We could be in the blaring sun or freezing cold.
A heckler could wreck us or simply a loud conversation nearby. Often we think our fireworks didn't go off but the crowd was none the wiser because they had a great time. We noticed though.
Sometimes the patrons do notice and gripe me out. Mostly people remember the great shows and forget the good or bad shows unless something epic happens, then it graduates to a great show by default.
Once Olive passed out while singing and fell into the crowd (exhaustion/dehydration, she was fine), that was memorable lol.
We have a good bag of tricks to stay out of trouble. We have double speak and tactics to help us control what's going on. Luckily we didn't bomb today's 2 shows but bombing is inevitable, it used to destroy me.
I used to think I was finished after a bad show.
Now we just move on. No bad show is a career ender, stopping the show is a career ender.

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