Monday, March 09, 2026

Weekend

Biercamp

We tried the sausages at a local sausage and beer specialist.
It was lunch time on Sunday, so we had a milkshake and a coke, not beer.

Reading

The Good Liar by Denise Mina.
I didn’t particularly enjoy this book. The characters aren’t likeable.

Very Early Spring in our Garden

It’s sunny and almost room temperature outdoors!

Very Early Spring in the Countryside

Little sign of green on our Sunday afternoon ride.
Monday: I could see a tiny bit more green.

A Sixties Icon Gone

Country Joe McDonald, antiwar counterculture icon, dies at 84

His “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that made an impact at Woodstock.

The most memorable song from Country Joe, who died this weekend, was the anti-Vietnam War
song “Feel Like I’m Fixn’ to Die.” It is horrifyingly relevant this week, alas.

I Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag

Well, come on all of you big strong men

Uncle Sam needs your help again

Got himself in a terrible jam

Way down yonder in Vietnam

Put down your books and pick up a gun

We're going to have a whole lot of fun

And it's 1, 2, 3

What are we fighting for?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn

Next stop is Vietnam

And it's 5, 6, 7

Open up the pearly gates

Well, there ain't no time to wonder why

Whoopee!

We're all going to die.