It's the Korean harvest festival holiday Oct. 5-9. 추석; 秋夕; lit. 'autumn eve.' Big holiday in South Korea 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Variations of the holiday are celebrated in the other East Asian countries.

The story below on the US SSBN missile launches in September was just published, I believe by Simone Chun. As far as I know these launches are unprecedented. Usually, I thought they'd launch just one as a test exercise. Looks like it drew a reaction in North Korea.

The Enemy Within?

Did you hear the speeches at the Generals and Admirals gathering. Trump suggested training the armed forces in US cities. We have met the enemy and he is us...WTF. War abroad and at home. So on the target list we have Venezuela, Iran, Russia, China, and democratic party led cities? Quite the list for a peace president. You can't make it up...

As the Turkish proverb goes: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus”.

Afternoon folks!

Here we go. Starting off we've got a couple of live albums, one from Albert King and one a compendium of live performances at the Montreux Blues Festival over the years by Luther Allison. After that, we have an album of zydeco from Clifton Chenier. Then shifting gears to blues-rock we have Roy Buchanan's for many years unreleased first album and some later live recordings. We finish up in the diversity bag with Los Straitjackets doing a kind of revved-up surf/rockabilly kinda thing.

Enjoy the tunes, have a great weekend!

Good morning, good people!

Notice how zippy the site has been of late? Like old times?

Happy Friday everyone. Welcome to Friday Night Photos your once a week escape from the day to day insanity of the world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music or whatever else you find of interest that helps tune out the madness.

Nothing new or exciting to report on in San Diego. The weather has been beautiful (sunny, low 80s) , groceries are still expensive, the Padres were eliminated from the playoffs yesterday (bummer), and gas was $4.49 a gallon last time I filled up.

I went to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park for a few hours Tuesday morning. 

Male African Lion

I contacted the Ogden Police Dept. who got me in touch with the person who could discuss the autopsy report on the cause of death of our great friend, snoopydawg, a/k/a, Tracy Baker.
She died from a heart attack. Date of death was likely the 21st or 22nd of June. Her last comment here was the 20th of June.
Sam has been placed, so she will be fine.