Wadi Stones

I have two stones that I found on separate occasions in a wadi in Iraq in 2004. That was the year that killing and mayhem in Iraq markedly increased with roadside IEDs and VBIEDs. It was a horrible but unremarkable escalation of violence against occupiers, tribes and sects. On one, a large three-sided stone, I wrote, "Simplify" On the other, smaller stone, more akin to a stone you'd use to skip across a stream or lake surface, I wrote on one side, "Love Life." On the other side I wrote, "Dream." They have been on my toilet tank cover since I returned. They are the first objects I see every morning when i wake and the last things I see every night before bed. Ten years later, those words from a younger and wiser war-fighter me, written on wadi rocks with a black Sharpie, continue to inform my life. And for what it's worth, those wadie stones inform the lives of my employees; they just don't know it.

The Beck Setlist from ACL (with video links)

Beck and his band put on an amazing show. Here are the youtube/vevo versions of his setlist.

Devil's Haircut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3rBVb3v4g

Black Tambourine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEXaEYpifhg

Think I'm in Love / I Feel Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZ1P5AM6Dc

Soul of a Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYaaAI6ENc0

One Foot in the Grave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx-rFMXJvIM

Blue Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFuu512Fjo

Sissyneck / Billie Jean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCM-wMZUj1I

Hell Yes
http://www.vevo.com/watch/beck/Hell-Yes/USUV70501566

Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkCg-3nxT8E

Timebomb
no official version is available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtZ1TqMq4g

Loser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE

E-Pro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIrG6xBW5Wk

Sexx Laws
http://www.vevo.com/watch/beck/Sexx-Laws/USIV29900039

Debra 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuvR9d73OlI

Where It's At
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPfmNxKLDG4