The Royce Files

Still working the dreaded print shop. I think I may have worked 50 hours this week. The irony of it all is that I am putting together the catlog for a former client of my former employer, MTL . I have practically memorized ever sub division of item that they sell. (Them being Rice Lake Weighing Systems). Today I protest in silence as I ride my bike to distant places. I hope to restart geocaching again. My start last weekend ended up without a find. I am hoping to find some garage sale deals today too. Well I need to go it's almost noon.

Is there a reason for anger? Well gas prices certainly come to mind. Why a gallon costs $1.94 just up the street from me. Highway robbery I say! I should write a song concerning it. Better yet, resurrect my old band The Angry Minnesotans and have loud protest concerts outside of gas stations. I have been pondering getting the band back together this week. Although it might not be the same AMs as from the Morris years. We were a monolith in Morris band culture. Not noteworthy but we appeared on the radar as a resurrection was occuring in the music scene in Morris (the population 5,000 town in west central MN). We were one of the first in a long line of groups that took the stage at Karl's Coffee - Morris' original coffee shop. Note: Although now defunct, Ardelle's Cafe could claim to be the first coffee klatch zone in town- but I'm not a townie on this info. So where were we- bands in Morris. Now a group called Children 18:3 seem to be catapulting themselves fro...

Garage sale season has started and I hope to gobble up the deals and junk the is a treasure to me. The big weekend is coming up. This is only a small preview of what is to come. I must go. I must seek. I will deal!! How to Tell a Decent Garage Sale without going in 1. Stroll, lull, or use surveillance equipment to discover if merchandise is pouring out the garage to at least half way down the drive way. 2. Flags. No questions about it but the flags signal "This is the U.S.S. Garage Sale" 3. Multiple tables, benches, and other contrivances which hold the merchandise and boxes on the sides. How to Tell a Real Garage Sale from a Fake Wannabe 1. Prices range from 5 cents to 2 dollars with only a few items in the 5-10 dollar range. 2. Boxes to dig through that contain nick nack treasures. 3. Constant traffic. Only a few hours out of the sale should there be a lull of activity.

Gas prices in my neck of the woods have been inching up towards 1.90 a gallon. This is ludicrous for myself, an occasional driver. I purposely ride my bike so gas prices would plummet. North of here about 80 miles gas is almost 2.00 a gallon. I may be glad I bike a lot but for those long hauls I am not sure my peddle power will produce. I should fill my tank up before these prices skyrocket anymore. Americans if there is a time to start the switch to alternative fuels, it is now! The gasoline apocalypse is upon us. Forget Iraq and the dirty pictures! I want alternative energy!!!! Troops will need to be sent home to protect the nation's gas stations and refineries from rebel armies of alternativo energios freedom fighters. Yo Joe!!

It has been a while but I have been thinking about blog. Unfortunately my connection is going nuts. In Fargo today the mercury hit 86 degrees. Sweltering hot. But then after 4:30 PM some hefty winds came in and really shot the temp down. These were strong 50 mph winds. Not sure if the wind speed is accurate but we were under a wind advisory. Tomorrow the cold returns. There is also a possibility for snow. Hey it's Fargo, stuff like this happens. Possibly one reason this city has the stigma it has. Oh well.

Good news! Bill was hired as Donald Trump's Apprentice. Bad News. That Bill was not this Bill. Entrepeneur? Well, I am hoping and seeking this out. I'm not too big on selling cigars but I certainly have prospects for a few service oriented businesses: 1. Mintrel-o-rama - Hire me to provide party entertainment from music to drama to games. 2. Need Tech - Consulting non-technology folks in choosing technology. Providing solutions for those who are in a bind with current tech. 3. Inklings - Creative writing service specializing in feature articles, website content, and technical writing. 4. Lehigh Productions - Consulting group that aids in digital video media production. Providing direction through whole productions. 5. Scribblers - Dramatic writing service specializing in idea and script development for radio, television, film, commercial, and industrial media productions. Of course my 6th could be the social critic business but everybody wants to be a critic.

I am reworking some old songs I wrote while I was part of the trio The Angry Minnesotans . Hoping to make a decent recording of a few of the songs for posterity and a possible comeback. I was inspired listening to an old AMs recording from the UMM PE Annex. It has the stadium sound with the amps up loud. Of course the songs I wished were recorded on this tape were not. There are about 3 original songs and a bunch of Velvet Underground, R.E.M. and Hindu Love Gods covers. It does have the last recording known of "Mr. Spaceman" - my first song I wrote while with Tulipeter in 1994. I sure need to get a history of the bands I was in online. It is the stuff of urban legend that needs the truth to refute it. Otherwise I'll have people saying "He sang Raspberry Beret with Prince and Dave Pernier on the mall in Morris." Never happened.