tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post6763746566114904299..comments2024-03-28T14:07:21.692-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: Five questions from MomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-87505770907273370222022-11-14T19:00:00.971-08:002022-11-14T19:00:00.971-08:00Dan Hicks played chess on the guitar with fiddles,...Dan Hicks played chess on the guitar with fiddles, a bass, and several other instruments behind him with some killer girl harmony singers on the side. Can't speak for Mr Basman, and now he can't speak for himself.<br /><br />Johnjohnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-64752326865156749862022-11-14T16:10:50.222-08:002022-11-14T16:10:50.222-08:00What if Michael Basman had made music and Dan Hick...What if Michael Basman had made music and Dan Hicks had played chess?Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-40923490673086214392022-11-13T12:41:35.678-08:002022-11-13T12:41:35.678-08:00Thanks for the Michael Basman obit. Everybody who ...Thanks for the Michael Basman obit. Everybody who has ever glanced at a chess board should take seven minutes of their lives to read it. He was a slightly eccentric player, but a damned good one.<br /><br />And thanks for the Dan Hicks song. Sometimes I worry that he and his terrific bands will be forgotten; other times I remember Henry's caution and know that all will be forgot.<br /><br />johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-40866304995378466772022-11-13T09:11:58.819-08:002022-11-13T09:11:58.819-08:00Zing!<i>Zing!</i>Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-47368332166123664062022-11-13T02:07:11.083-08:002022-11-13T02:07:11.083-08:00"The best possible news from COP27 would be y..."The best possible news from COP27 would be yet another new international agreement, which will be both nowhere near enough and ignored, like COP26, COP25, COP24..."<br /><br />You're saying all COPs are bad COPs?Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com