Mr. Ryding you have two minutes until the doors close!!

I kid you not, that is what I heard at the airport last night. The flight time got moved ahead 20 minutes. I am so glad that I plan out my time...I was fifty yards from the gate. Before I get ahead of myself....

This is my Playlist for the trip to Kansas. Most of it has to do with the titles of songs....people, places meaning and such. Here you go,

Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
Lets Stay Together - Al Green
Blues At Sunrise - Albert King
Alabama Boy - Alice Peacock
Send My Heart Back Home - Alice Peacock
Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band
Let It Rain - Amanda Marshall
Fall From Grace - Amanda Marshall
Loneliness - Annie Lennox
Stay By Me - Annie Lennox
Non Stop Flight - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - B.B. King
Tears Of Rage -The Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
Hello City (acoustic) - Barenaked Ladies
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
Help! - The Beatles
Where The Trees Stand Still - Bebo Norman
Long Way Home - Bebo Norman
Song For Sunshine - Belle and Sebastian
Cadillac Man - Belushi - Aykroyd
This Time Of Year - Better Than Ezra
Another Man's Done Gone - Billy Bragg & Wilco
The Unwelcome Guest - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Wiser Time - The Black Crowes
Could I've Been So Blind - The Black Crowes
Part Of Your History - Blue Merle
Stir It Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
I Will Not Be Broken - Bonnie Raitt
Papa Come Quick (Jody And Chico) - Bonnie Raitt
Take Me To You - Brad Hoshaw
With God On Our Side - The Brothers Frantzich
Fly Like an Eagle - The Brothers Frantzich
Rebel Boy - The Brothers Frantzich
Rainbow's Cadillac - Bruce Hornsby
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
All Systems Red - Calexico
The First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens
Feels Like Home - Chantal Kreviazuk
Worked It Out Wrong - Chris Isaak
Clumsy - Chris Rice
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - Coldplay
Friend of the Devil - Counting Crows
Cannonball - Damien Rice
Where Are You Going - Dave Matthews Band
Easy Way To Cry - David Gray
Never Enough - David Wilcox
Cry Me A River - Diana Krall
I'm Pulling Through - Diana Krall
Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
Time Is A Healer - Eva Cassidy
Track 08 - Fiona Apple
Cold Day In The Sun - Foo Fighters
Fall Away - The Fray
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - The Georgia Satellites
I Dream A Highway - Gillian Welch
Going Through The Motions - Hall & Oates
Who Is Your Midwest Representation? - Happy Apple
I'm Goin' Home - Hootie & The Blowfish
Standing In The Sun - Howie Day
The Rooster Moans - Iron & Wine
Family Reunion - Jill Scott
Kansas City - Joey DeFrancesco
Goodbye Again - John Denver
Small Town - John Mellencamp
Point of Know Return - Kansas
Smile Like You Mean It - The Killers
The Other Side - Lenny Kravitz
The Wanderer - Marc Broussard
Things We've Handed Down - Marc Cohn
Track 03 - Marc Cohn
When You Go Home - Mark Schultz
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Breathe - Melissa Etheridge
Cupid's Got A Brand New Gun - Michael Penn
One Moment More - Mindy Smith
Step Up To The Microphone - Newsboys
Carnival Town - Norah Jones
Comet - Omaha Opera House
Hard to Handle - Otis Redding
Alive - P.O.D.
Fly Away - Paul Wright
Life After Death - Paul Wright
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Amie - Pure Prairie League
Lesson Learned - Ray LaMontagne
Gone Away from Me - Ray LaMontagne
Jolene - Ray LaMontagne
Shattered - The Rolling Stones
Honey - Romantica
One More Day - Rosie Thomas
Something Changed - Sara Groves
Loving a Person - Sara Groves
Fly - Sara Groves
This Journey Is My Own - Sara Groves
Hello Lord - Sara Groves
Push - Sarah McLachlan
Do What You Have To Do - Sarah McLachlan
Beautiful Wreck - Shawn Mullins
Untitled 5 - Sigur Rós
It's Beginning To Get To Me - Snow Patrol
Headlights On Dark Roads - Snow Patrol
Pains To Life - Solomon's Porch
Shadows In The Rain - Sting
Consider Me Gone - Sting
Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants
Don't Bring Me Down - Tobymac
Still Here Waiting - Todd Agnew
This Fragile Breath - Todd Agnew
Get Back Up - Tom Cochrane
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Hopeless - Train
End Of The Line - Traveling Wilburys
Exit - U2
Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer
Will It Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston
Something's Gotta Give - Sammy Davis Jr.
Bittersweet - Big Head Todd & The Monsters
Catch My Disease (Live Version) - Ben Lee
Warning Sign - Coldplay
Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
A New Family - Colour Revolt
Slip Away (live) - The Muckrakers
Don't Take My Sunshine Away - Sparklehorse
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - The Caesars
Brother - Toad The Wet Sprocket


Yup, it was a good experience. I do not think anybody wants their family members to die, but my uncle was 'getting on' in years. I had not seen him since my father's funeral. The funeral was a small family affair. It was good to see my relatives from the area, who I see at these events. I will upload some pictures next go around. We went out to where my family had a farm back in the day. It was good to see how things were holding up. I am thinking about doing some paintings based on this trip. I did a quick sketch while we were out there. For all of the realities of life, I had a really fun time with the family. I almost feel like I have lost parts of my memory at times like this, because so much has happened and it is hard to believe the years that have passed before me.
The traveling part was interesting......and by that I mean - WHO makes the plane that small? The average person CAN NOT fit into these seats. It was an 'airlink' flight, four seats across. I was assigned the window seat. The smaller person next to me took the middle arm rest and sat close to me. Unbelieveable!! I am not looking forward to the flight back to Minnesota at Christmas. A little shout out to the friends that came out to the airport...THANK YOU!! It was great to see you and it meant a lot. I even had repeat customers. Thanks.

Well, time to get back down to business and focus on the rest of the tri-mester. I want my students to pass art. Yes, there are some that are not getting above a C. These are the ones that are trying for a bad grade. I try to tell them. I try to make it easy. Some lessons you can only learn for yourself. Not good. I have one kid that uses some naughty words, I corrected him AND the next thing out of his mouth was the EXACT same word. He left the class. The next student started to back talk out of the blue. I was FLOORED! I told him to stop , buuuuuuuuuttt no he just kept going. I told him to leave. I saw him waiting outside the class. I went out and informed him that he was to get his things and go to the office. It was not a good finish to the day. The topping was that I came to find out that the second kid never went to the office. If you ever wanted to know what a kid on fire smells like, come to my school tomorrow when I light him up. It is like the line from Cool Hand Luke, " What we have here is failure to communicate. I don't like this anymore than you do, ......"

Thanks for the long read. I start at the theater on Friday. I will be working 40+ hours Thanksgiving weekend, with time and a half on the day. I asked for a double shift. I was also told that I will be the ticket taker. She thought I would be good at that position. Letting people know what they can not bring in and enforcing it. I also get free movies and can bring a friend along. I know, NICE. Oh yeah, no friends.

BYE BYE