Bella is the newest resident of my home. We adopted her from The Animal Rescue Center in Phoenix, Arizona. She is four years old, and very active. Her previous master became sick and her mistress couldn’t take care of her. We had been searching for a Boston since Annie died, and we finally found the perfect match.

Josh Rouse - Quiet Town

Not a whole lot happened in my St. Patrick’s Day celebration. But I did get to see some live music, and that’s always a good thing.

Booya, a local band, played at the Fountain Hills festival. They were a really great Irish jam band that flowed well together. They played some of their own music, as well as Flogging Molly, Johnny Cash, and Led Zeppelin covers. Three cheers to them for headlining on St. Patrick’s Day!

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Flogging Molly - Pub Song
Led Zeppelin - Tangerine

In Arizona, people do things differently. The bad thing about living here is I find that I’m becoming like them. Weird.

For instance, it’s raining right now. This is the first time it’s rained in 145 days. It’s amazing, I know. The rain is amazing, not the fact that it hadn’t rained for 145 days.

So when people spot rain, chaos ensues.

School is cancelled.
Car wrecks happen at every intersection, every country road, and every where there happens to be a car.
The local newscaster says, “Forget about that story that talks about some ‘radical religious leader’ who blew up and killed a couple thousand people. Folks, it’s raining!”
Little kids cry because they don’t understand who is spraying them with water.
Grandpa’s spontaneously combust.

Everyone has been confused for the past few days because there were clouds in the sky. What are those puffy white things? Why are they blocking the sun, the beautiful sun? Why are they spitting at us?

Now I need to go investigate this “water” to see if it’s actually what the weather man says it is. It could be toxic acid from aliens. I’m not totally sure what it is.

The Format - She Doesn’t Get It (Acoustic)