Ugh. Who knew downloading free software and using it to blog would be such a pain? The WordPress software I’m using routinely manages to “lose” the admin password making it impossible to log in. I need to go into MySQL using phpManager and set up a new password. While not that difficult, it’s highly annoying.

Pictures of our trip to the Porcupine Mountain Wilderness Area are now up and viewable. Athena has officially sworn off civilization in favor of living in the wild. We heard coyotes howl one night in Minocqua and were afraid that Athena was going off to run with them and leave us forever. Instead, she just flopped down between us and fell back asleep.

Mixed reviews in Amazon for the re-release of London Calling in the “Legacy Edition.” I guess the DVD is just outtakes from “West Way to the World,” of which I have only seen part. But there are still the bootlegs to consider and the fact that I’ve only got a crappy burned copy of “London Calling” because I never bothered to replace it again after it was stolen for the third time.

Joe Strummer has been dead for 642 days. It depresses me to even write that as I’ve mostly been listening to the Clash and his solo stuff for the past six months. Just last night driving to puppy class I got the chills listening to “Clampdown,” thinking Joe Strummer will never sing another song. Sad, indeed.

“London Calling” was originally released on January 1, 1980, two weeks before my sixth birthday. I remember waiting in line outside the record shop at midnight waiting to buy a copy.