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Biography

Every once in a while in life, you stumble upon something that grabs you, shakes you, touches you deep inside. And even in the moment, before it can fully sink in, you realize you have found that rarest of commodities in this airbrushed world of fakery and frauds: authenticity.

The Avett Brothers ( /ˈeɪvɨt/) are a folk rock band from Concord, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers—Scott Avett, playing the banjo and Seth Avett, playing the guitar—and Bob Crawford, who plays the stand-up bass. Joe Kwon, cello, and Jacob Edwards, drums, are touring members of the band, with Kwon featured on recordings from 2007's Emotionalism and later.



You have to to to YouTube and watch them sing 'Tear Down the House'.  Brother, that song is really speaking to me today.

Tear down the house
That I grew up in
I'll never be the same again
Take everything that I’ve collected
And throw it in a pile

Bulldoze the woods
That I ran through
Carry the pictures of me and you
I have no memory of who I once was
And I don't remember your name

Park the old car
That I love the best
(The) inspections due and it won’t pass the test
It’s funny how I have to put it to rest
And how one day…I will join it

I remember crying over you
And I don't mean like a couple of tears
And then I'm blue
I’m talkin’ about collapsing
And screaming at the moon
But I'm a better man
For having gone through it
Yes, I'm a better man
For having gone through…

Ever since I learned how to curse
I’ve been using those sorry old words
But, I’m talkin’ to these children
And I’m keeping it clean
I don’t need those words
To say what I mean
No, I don’t need those words
To say what I mean

Tear down the house
That I grew up in
I'll never be the same again
Take everything that I used to own
And burn it in a pile

And, bulldoze the woods
That I ran through
Carry the pictures of me and you
I have no memory of who I once was
And I don't remember your name 



I just can't escape this song!

Let's get the album up...

I spent most of my free time tonight putting about 300 pictures of Head up on my other blog.

You better look quick, she is going to cull the one's she doesn't like tomorrow.

I'm waiting for her to go to bed, I bought flowers and I want to have them waiting when she wakes up.  I went to the grocery again tonight to make sure she had her special creamer.  The sky's the limit.

Let's get the Tao in now...

Chapter 36

If one wishes to shrink it
One must first expand it
If one wishes to weaken it
One must first strengthen it
If one wishes to discard it
One must first promote it
If one wishes to seize it
One must first give it
This is called subtle clarity

The soft and weak overcomes the tough and strong
Fish cannot leave the depths
The sharp instruments of the state
Cannot be shown to the people

The part about 'fish cannot leave the depths' reminds me of you. You'll have to find a way to make it work, mate.  Put on your thinking cap.  The answer is there for you to find.  I have found it isn't what I don't know, its' what I know that ain't so that causes me problems.  Look there first.

Merry fucking Christmas!