"and there's also some REAL good recovery in Austin....."

I despise 12 Step platitudes....always have. An old buddy of mine used to repeat them to me now and again just to watch me groan and shudder I think. This Betty bit is new...aty least to me. I hope you relish it as do I....

Oh Lady Bird...where art thou....

LadyBird Johnson....the old girl finally sloughed off this mortal coil and bought the farm in 2007. Now I love Texas, and I love Austin, but a terrible thing happened while I was living back in New Mexico. At some point between the time Lady Bird Johnson went into the light and now, our central lake, AKA the Colorodo River, AKA Lake Austin, AKA Town Lake, has been renamned...embarassingly, Lady Bird Lake. I just groaned when I saw the sign, and I'd been back here quite a while before I noticed.


It's just hokey and corney and really stereotypically Texas. It's just so King of the Hill. I love King of the Hill by the way, and I especially love the K.O.T.H AdultSwim billboard we have on Burnett Rd. Austin's just never really felt like Texas to me. Lubbock is Texas....Amarillo is Texas. I can grasp a Lady Bird Lake in one of those two loo-loo's, but not here in Asustin. I'd have preferred "Lake Leslie" I think. Anyway...who cares about a "mescun's" opinion anyway....lol. R.I.P Lady Bird!

Pain

Pain, without love,

Pain, I can't get enough.

Pain, I like it rough'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all.

You're sick of feeling numbYou're not the only one.

I'll take you by the hand,

And I'll show you a world that you can understand.

This life is filled with hurt,

When happiness doesn't work.

Trust me and take my hand,

When the lights go out you'll understand.

Pain, without love,

Pain, I can't get enough.

Pain, I like it rough

'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all.

Pain, without love.

Pain, I can't get enough.

Pain, I like it rough,

'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all.

Anger and agony,

Are better than misery.

Trust me, I've got a plan

When the lights go off you'll understand.

Pain, without love,

Pain, I can't get enough.

Pain, I like it rough',

Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all.

Pain, without love,

Pain, I can't get enough.

Pain, I like it rough,

'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing,

Rather feel pain......

I know (I know I know I know I know)That you're wounded.

You know (You know you know you know you know)That I'm here to save you.

You know (You know you know you know you know)I'm always here for youI know (I know I know I know I know)

That you'll thank me later.

Pain, without love,

Pain, can't get enough.

Pain, I like it roughm

'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all.

Pain, without love,

Pain, I can't get enough.

Pain, I like it rough,

'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all.

'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all,

Rather feel pain than nothing at all,

Rather feel pain .......