recent pickups

Had some time to visit Zingg Records in Warren and got these two sealed LP's. The No Doubt LP Return to Saturn ($10 cost, $20+ value) and Death Cab for Cutie LP ($20 cost, $60 value) made the trip well worth it.

I then headed over to Sunset Records in Somerset and got a cheap David + David LP ($4, no value) and a OOP LP from the now defunct V2 label featuring Whirlwind Heat ($4, unknown ebay value) it was produced by Jack White. I've been trying to plan a trip back because there is a $100 LP sitting in the bin that is on sale for $18. I also picked up the Beulah original Elephant 6 cd for $8 on ebay (value $25).

Rember longboxes? The 12" x 6" cardboard/plastic packaging that cd's came with during the 80's and early 90's. Well they are now hot, hot, hot. These things are so cool and I smile every time I get another sealed one. Below are 3 deals I just got. The Lemonheads ($10), Springsteen ($16) and Genesis ($16) are not my music but they are fun to collect. My collection includes about 20 sealed, original boxes and hoping to get lots more. The Nirvana boxes have always been on my want list and over the summer I was able to grab a sealed Bleach cd for $110. It was a steal.

A recent trip to the local consignment shop produced this great item for $17. A sealed, new Out Of Print KISS chip and dip set for $17 (ebay value $80+). It measures 16" x 16" x 6".

A new house with hangar on The Cape.

a new beginning

marxisant

you are marxisant you wear a black turtleneck, you shave only every few days, you discuss Sartre at great length in bistros, and you kiss the feet of every decrepit soixante-huitard whom you encounter. It’s a social posture, designed to indicate that you are a member of an upscale elite.

they might work in the social services, or with an environmental group, or for Legal Aid, or in a vegetarian food-cooperative. These are the people who get righteously indignant over global warming, George Bush, racism, and whatever else is on National Public Radio’s current hate list. The fakery and the phoniness are palpable.

A population with living imaginations isn’t dependably predictable in its reactions. It can actually think for itself, which is profoundly terrifying to bureaucrats, politicians, and the business community. For all their stupid blather about entrepreneurial initiative and innovation, businessmen are the least imaginative people on earth.

The rest of this definition is here. http://thepennsylvaniareview.com/2008/08/marxisant/

where are my damn tickets?

socialism is the opiate of the intelligentsia

As we pick up the pieces from a Congress that let us down again, but we allow them to fix it with taxpayer money. Get it thru your partisan head, every member is owned by Wall Street (a.k.a. they receive money from companies they oversee). On the media: It's too funny how every foriegn-policy talking head is now an economic analayst. No one has any solutions, just more whining and partisan cheap shots to keep you watching.

From what I've gathered so far, the backbone of this collapse was brought on by the Fed allowing people to borrow money they couldn't pay back, then allowing companies to buy/sell them for paper profit they could cash in, no regulation (but encouragement) at the Congressional level and lastly, Alan Greenspan.

Got any solutions? Here are actual solutions that I've found interesting:

By Gretzel: A better plan to fix liquidity for less than $700 Billion :
1)Moratorium all mortgage payments on all residential real estate for 5 years or until the houses are sold. This is cheaper and guaranteed to jump start the economy. This will give the market time to sort out real estate prices and stop the foreclosures that are bringing down prices in a spiral.
2) raise the FDIC insurance to $1 million on bank accounts; this will get money out of treasuries and into bank deposits: liquidity.
3) Means test all new home loans on 29% and 33% debt ratios and minimum down payments from 10% to 33% depending on the home cost.
4) Home equity loans should be for home improvements only.
5) Credit cards should be on net 30 basis only; if you can not afford it do not buy it. 6) special finance arrangements should be available for longer term purchases like cars, but not toasters and certainly not soap.

Solution by Congress:
Proposal Number Five was to bring about the “centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.” If Karl Marx were to rise from the dead today, he might be delighted to discover that most economists and financial commentators, including many who claim to favour the free market, agree with him.

head spinner

Wow. The pick of Gov. Palin as VP came as a shock but I immediately smiled because I knew how tough she is with Big Oil and corruption. Over the last year I had been breezing thru some articles highlighting the good things she did back in Alaska. What a bold choice. The only thing that has surprised me so far is that she is the 3rd of 4 children and not the oldest sibling. Are we in bizzaro world? Go get 'em Sarah, the anti-shillary.

With the media in a frenzy, the best comment I have read so far was on Anchor Rising posted by Mike C:

The left wing hate machine is exposing themselves for just what they are - a bunch of bigoted, sexist hypocrites. It's so easy to see just what they despise about Sarah Palin - she is the typical, normal, sacrificing American woman that has gotten ahead through hard work, determinaton and perseverance.

And they hate her for it. She hasn't been brought up looking for handouts, and sucking off the public, showing that, yes, you can make it through life if you are so determined. She understands clearly that people have responsibilities, not rights. And she lives by it, unlike the "Do as I say, not as I do" left wing trash.

If she was a divorced lesbian on welfare, who pushed her daughter to have an abortion, the left-wing hate machine would be so enamored with her. But no, she is your normal everyday American hero that the "tolerant and progressive liberals" want to tear down, because she understandably exposes their disgusting agenda for the big fat lie that it is, and [she] makes them feel so inferior and [like] such a failure. They should feel that way.

room for more

It’s been an interesting summer and I’ll briefly touch on a few subjects and see if you notice a theme. The above photo shows the south of Bristol from the top of the proposed windmill in Barrington. The highlighted areas show a recent land purchase by the town and now off the market.

Last week the town of Barrington reviewed five bids to discuss which company can make your heart aflutter (and make up for any of your consumption guilt) by stealing our tax dollars for a good cause. A quick review of the 2.5M offers to generate a maximum 190K savings per year shows one company skimming 20K off the top every year and another will build it for “free” if the company buys any power generated back at 10x the going rate. Buyer Beware. This renewable energy market is where you will currently find the former oil speculators finding out how easy it is get laws passed and keep the money coming. Usually forever.

















I took on my first interior modeling job and the results were pretty good. The overhead views went over well and entry view, kitchen and great room.

On the collectible hunt I have been pretty quiet. Picked up a limited Hentchmen 7" with trading cards, Les Savy Fav PD and a couple Southern Lord vinyls but missed out on the Sub Pop Singles Club V3. Also put my Elephant 6 collection up for purchase and continue to pull out items for a Fall sale.

















Softball news. Bristol team finished with the #2 seed and have been playing better. Barrington over-30 finished with #1 seed but lost first round of playoffs and now have to win 5 games. Wooden bats have been fun and the over-40 league is slowly moving along. Played a few tournaments and feeling good while having fun. This weekend is a large 43-team tourney with teams from all over New England and we start with Team Electrolux from Maine.

RI Baseball May, 1984

The list above is from the Evening Bulletin. At first glance it doesn’t seem like much but after a close review there are a dozen guys I have played softball with or against thru the years. I also received a bunch of original WHS ’83 football season clippings and I’m planning on starting a separate blog to document the season and stats. If I can figure it out, I will post the video from the Superbowl at Brown Stadium.

Purchases over the last few weeks include signed cd’s from Liz Phair , The Melvins and Rob Dickensen from Newbury Comics. Hopefully I can continue to update, comb-over some issues and lob some bombs thru the summer.

now be nice to him, pet him if you have to

If you pre-order Mudhoney’s new LP The Lucky Ones from Sub Pop they will throw in a bonus 7” single. Insound has Weezer’s new LP with a bonus 7".

Antiques Roadshow has now archived a couple of item and it’s great fun to see such great items. The only vinyl related item was this record. Here is the entire list of items from their stop in Providence.

Smart shoppers will grab a hand-numbered limited About A Son: Kurt Cobain LP now available from Barsuk Records.

When people see the show, they'll think of my business

Limited numbers of Dirtbombs / Kelley Stoltz tour singles are now available from Cass Records and highly recommended. The previous singles I recommended are now all sold out. Here is a rare white vinyl version of Sliver that may approach the purple Smashing Pumpkins mentioned below (100 copies).

Here is a two-story modular addition with a handicap accessible in-law.

Here is a second story modular addition for a typical ranch.

It's not like I'm going to stop and be a baker or anything

I’ve always been struck by night images of large cities.

Click here to find out what city is shown.








Record Store Day ruled and still shifting thru lots of free stuff. Starting at Zingg music in Warren I chatted up owner Chris and handed over two dozen copies of the now OOP Staggering Statistics EP. He didn’t have any of the limited vinyl available for the day but I grabbed an Elliott Smith and Just Ice LP and got this grab bag of goodies for $34. Then headed for Newbury at Providence Mall and got all the vinyl I wanted for $48. After suffering thru the new parking setup, I scored this bag of free stuff and satisfied that I made the trek.

Vinyl collecting in general has again picked up steam and it shows in the price of a Love Buzz. Recently prices include four copies averaging about $2,700 including 501, 151, 239 and a promo version. Also out-of-site was this 100 copy version of the Smashing Pumpkins 7" single. I think the value of my super-rare molly's lips single just went up.

My global cooling wacko-of-the-week goes to this guy in CA. This tree-hater sued to cut down his neighbor’s privacy because they blocked his over-priced solar panels.

we met some cool dudes, they were just like us

Here is the approved design for the large house and in-law. Design docs have been issued but I still have to put together the structurals. Overall we reduced the square footage to 3,000 plus 1,000 s.f. in-law + 700 s.f. playroom over the garage.






























Highly recommend two 7” tour singles from The Dirtbombs and Jay Reatard from Aussie label Stained Circles. Or grab The Ractonteurs new LP from Best Buy for half price.

surprise

Imagine my surprise to see this beauty at the edge of my roof.
What the hell is it?






















Looking to spend a couple of dollars? The new Dirtbombs 7 is limited to 200 copies and available from Infirmary Phonographic, American Laundromat has a couple copies of The Pixies Tribute 7" and a limited Gore Gore Girls single can be pre-ordered at the bellyache candy shoppe. And don't forget a free 7” if you preorder Smile from insound.

I feel kind of bad that wind energy was left out of my barrage yesterday, so here is a slice of news from a Portland Press Herald piece about Saco, ME and their wind turbine. This single 1.2M (assumed) piece of equipment was completed last month but the darned wind has not cooperated to meet the town's pathetically low goal of saving $13K per year (90K kw/h). The barely spinning blade has only generated about $200 worth of electricity so far but one local resident still believes it was a good deal. Gil of nearby Transalvania tried to stay positive by glowingly stating: "She may not work well but she sure is pretty."

the solar scam

This solar energy subsidy giveaway has got to stop but I’m not surprised to read how the game is played. Venture capitol lobbyists go to state law writers to try and force National Grid to buy any energy they produce at 6 times the going rate for the next 20 years. We pay about .8 cents per kw/h (most normal house cost about $1,200 per year (15,000 kw/h) but they want users to pay .48 cents per hour for their ‘special’ energy. Do you get it? They figure out all the costs, overhead, permitting, payoffs and bonuses for the next twenty years and divide it by 20 years = amount they charge users. All Guaranteed.

The ethanol scam is even better. The government pays farmers to stop growing food and plant corn. Not only is it completely destroying the Mississippi with dangerous chemicals but our own food prices our now rising to compound all our problems. But at least all you idiots believe the earth feels better. The march toward income redistribution continues.

The Gutter Twins rocked Letterman with Idle Hands.




Solid Mail This Week including this Guided By Voices test press Briefcase 2 with original artwork proof signed by Robert Pollard, Relaxation Test Press and Edison Demos also signed. A rare sealed longbox copy of Mother Love Bone’s (pearl jam members) only cd with bonus disc. OOP numbered LP’s of Elliott Smith’s XO and Figure 8.

I’ve been selling to raise funds for a number of projects this spring but there’s so much good stuff to buy. Including new LP’s from Southern Lord and The Raconteurs. Here is their very cool video.

cantilevers

Plenty of cantilevers on this framing.

water view

Just another example for fine-tuning good design.

bristol house

The beginning of a mcmansion + in-law.

norwood design

Here is a large remodel for a house in Ma that wants to add square footage and an in-law.

watertown sunroom

Here is a proposed sunroom for a pub in Watertown, MA.

shingle style on beach

Here are some of the projects that have passed my desk over the last few weeks. This house on the water down The Cape required me to create a virtural beach, which isn't as easy as it sounds.

blitz

Can’t believe it’s been over three weeks since I posted. I’ve worked on some really good designs and got a couple of new jobs, more on that tomorrow. Hopefully I can get the energy to get some steam off my chest while head-down, focused on getting a head start on the Spring.

Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices fame just launched a March Madness Sale to raise funds for the Miami Valley Housing Opportunities P.A.T.H. Program. Helping the homelessness in Montgomery County, Ohio. For $150 I got three items. Two from page 8 and one from page nine but your going to have to wait to find out what the items are. Everything sold out fast.

Two Of Montreal LP’s have been re-issued on color vinyl at Polyvinyl. Sunlandic Twins on blue and yellow vinyl and Satanic Panic in the Attic on white vinyl.

I purchased, and now own the rights to, three unpublished Kurt Cobain photos. I got them from the original photographer who took them on November 12, 1993 at the George Wallace Civic Center in Springfield, MA. If you missed Vampire Weekend on last week’s SNL give these guys a chance.

Here’s my list of the top 10 things to say to your friend when you see their band play live and they suck. Big Time.
10.) “It sounds really good and balanced out front.”
9.) “You guys seemed really into it, keep it up.”
8.) "You could start a cult with that shit."
7.) "I love the way you've broken free of your influences."
6.) "Your bass player was really HOLDING IT DOWN ."
5.) "You guys sounded really good from downstairs" and/or "You guys have gotten a lot better"
4.) “You were very professional when the sound guy cut your sound.”
3.) “it's weird that you guys had to open”
2.) "Man, I'm SO wasted right now...How was your set?"

and the #1 thing I like to say: “I heard Nester’s band needs a bass player”

Right there, but not making the list:
"You can tell you guys listen to really good music."
"You guys really knew the shit out of your songs."
"Jesus you guys suck"
"These bozos just don't get you bro."
Many thanks to chunklet for making my afternoon roar.

more goodies

Where you the winner of the Largest Record Collection Ever that sold recently on ebay? 3 Million bucks did get you a lot of chances to find something cool. The description states the owner had been offered much more and has been valued at over 20M.

Pre-orders are starting to show up for The Gutter Twins with signed booklets available from Newbury Comics and bonus items (not mentioned on the web site) with the vinyl LP at Sub Pop to the first 200 people to order.

Great, new blues/rock band called Cut In The Hill Gang has a limited single out on The Little Room Record Company.

Southern Lord has the new Boris 7” on gold vinyl and limited to 1K copies. While Inoxia Records has the new cd Smile, limited shirt and 12” single available for pre-order.

Yep Rock Records has the new Apples In Stereo cd + LP, Electronic Project For Musicians, and the first 200 orders get a signed cd.

Here is an interesting commentary about the Angry White Man which is a direct reaction to the hate-america elitists with BDS (bush derangemant syndrome) who are in fashion right now. Unionized Socialism will not work for most of America and if it takes us 4 years to find out, so be it. It's funny to see Billary go down against the extreme left-wing candidate she fabricated to show how centrist her views were. Maybe if she promised to finish trashing The White House and steal everything she left behind it would excite her 'base'.

clean this place up

Aural Exploits has the exclusive presale of the Elliott Smith XO and Figure 8 LP’s on color vinyl in a limited pressing of 500 each. The regular pressing will be on black vinyl.

Smarties who purchased the Chunklett Whirlyball single with ticket and DCFC Transatlanticism LP make the correct choices.

You have not surfed the web until you have seen it on a monitor tilted 90 degrees. This oversized screen measures 13" wide x 21" tall and it's like reading the newspaper. I never thought I would like it so much. Now I need to clean my office and put everything in place over the weekend to start being productive. This is my first upgrade in over 3 years and I must have 100 wires and a dozen peripherals to put in it's proper location.

Lost fans. Do you ever wonder what Sawyer would nickname you? Don’t pass up the chance to find out with this special nickname game. He has skulled me as JumboTron.

not in my backyard

Super limited full length LP from Kelley Stoltz is available from Cass Records.

A little hint to this year’s big backyard project.

Well the Patriot loss was hard to swallow because of the huge letdown in the level of play by the offensive line. But not nearly as devastating as sudden as the ground ball in ’86 nor as heart breaking as the homerun in 2003. The Giants outplayed us.

New, limited Earth LP is now available from Southern Lord. Altar picture disks are still available in spite of bidders purchasing them for over $100 on ebay.

Here is another, local example of the typical environmental (notice mental) argument against alternative energy that makes no sense (hey, it is RI). When someone tries to get off big oil by installing an outdoor wood boiler, begins to save real money then suddenly the neighbors cry foul. Just wait until someone wants to put up their own 'personal' wind tower. Once again the wackos prove: your are free to do what we tell you.

RI: dead state walking

Lost – Once again the best show on television delivers and expands. Fans check out the Easter Egg Shots (no spoilers) to try and keep up. Just incredible.

Robert Pollard has a new LP limited to 500 copies.

Chunklet has reissued a 500 press, limited Harvy Milk LP that is close to sold out and added another press for the Whirlyball Single.

RI Socialism 301: Are there more RI’ers willing to take a 2-3% hit on their taxes to keep (or expand) their social services and gold-plated state worker benefits OR more residents that don't get subsidies from the state and want to limit social services while trying to stop with this expansion of income redistribution?

The Poverty Pimps are out in full force, so anyone who has a job, get ready for a tax hike and more fees to cripple our local economy. But have no fear, here is our state’s first official 'thank you' in the form of a poem from an anonymous crimalien, with a big heads-up to Anchor Rising.

I come for visit, get treated regal,
So I stay, who care I illegal?
I cross border, poor and broke,
Take bus, see employment folk.

Nice man treat me good in there,
Say I need to see welfare.
Welfare man says "no learn English,"
Fills out some forms in Spanish.

Then he say, "You come no more,
We send cash right to your door."
Next whispers in my native tougue,
You also qualify for Food Stamps, did you bring anyone?

Welfare checks, they make you wealthy,
Medicaid it keep you healthy!
By and by, I got plenty money,
Thanks to you, American dummy.

We have hobby--it's called breeding,
Rite-Care pay for baby feeding.
RI'ers crazy! They pay all year,
To keep welfare running here.

We think RI darn good place!
Too darn good for the working white man race.
If you no like us, you can go,
Got lots of room in Mexico!”

get back in line

I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that Patches: an insane, druggie redhead who represents RI, his murderous, drunk father who represents MA and a third aristocrat who happened to be born while being a staunch anti-environmentalist would together endorse a first term senator from IL for president because he wants change. What does an entrenched lifetime appointed senator have to do with change?

If any kennedy wanted to support change (whatever that is) they would quit and go in rehab and let change take place. But like usual with liars, the half-truth comes out at the end of his sermon: As long as your winning Obama, I'm on your side. If not, well I'm being plugged back into the machine. Now that's Kennedy Leadership.

This move must completely piss off Billary and that is never good for your health and well-being. The two candidates completely ignored each other last night at the State of the Union speech and barely had the courtesy to support the President without displaying their snob appeal. Is it now impossible for the two to run together?

Here is some classic early B-52's to calm you down.

thaw the freeze

Still more interesting developments on the White Stripes Conquest singles. Apparently with a little patience, tweezers and sharp fingernails the newly applied ‘corrected’ stickers can be removed. Boy, what a mess.

The super-limited debut single by Modern Action on white vinyl sold out in 3 days and the 350 copy repress is now available on black vinyl at interpunk.

Here’s another chance at a signed Muldoons 7" single and you might as well pick up their solid full length while it’s on sale.

The Gutter Twins are steaming down the track with Idle Hands as Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan team up for what they term as the Eisley Brothers on acid. Highly recommended and they are visiting Boston in March.

fingers crossed

I've been trying to find a way to archive and list all the great projects that have been crossing my desk recently. Any good ideas welcome. Expecting a big mail day today. Stay tuned.

The limited 7” single for the Whirlyball show are now available and there will be another Les Savy Fav color repress soon.

Amazing find of the week. A box of Death Cab For Cutie’s Transatlanticism was found at Sonic Boom Records. Grab one if you can.



Updated design for the Rehoboth Cape that want to add a new second floor and expanded to a rather large Colonial.









The first pass at expanding the first floor and add a second floor Master Suite to a Plymouth Ranch near the ocean.

full week

From the ashes of the original Curly’s Pub in Taunton, MA rises the new and improved version with side entry. It’s been a year since the fire and the owner is finally ready to rebuild and expand.


I have started work on converting a Rehoboth Cape into a full size Colonial or mid-size McMansion.




Here are some photos of the limited Altar picture discs on ebay and here is a sample of the hand-sketched Christmas On The Moon singles from The Go.

Circuit City released a exclusive, limited edition version of some classic albums that include cool ipod covers. I visited the local store and cleared them out of the Nirvana and Sublime releases at $10 each and picked up a Weezer for good measure.

vinyl trend

We got out and measured a Barrington Contemporary on the water in the Rumstick Point section as shown on the right. You get there by going to the end of the road and going down a private lane at the edge of town. Lots of space and the owner wants to expand on the right.

More info on the misprinted Conquest singles. I was able to convince a seller from Colorado to put a set up for $60 and grabbed it immediately. Some sets have sold (and been listed) on ebay in the $120+ range but no one knows how many singles are out there.

Snapped this photo as a helicopter passed directly overhead this past weekend. Incredible how noising it is before they arrive and strangely silent immediately after they pass by. Notice the giant tree in the way? That's the one that keeps most of my backyard in the shade. Hopefully we can get rid of it soon enough.

Surprised to read about vinyl records in Time Magazine. The stat that stood out at me was the total of 990K vinyl records pressed this year. I question how they could come up with that number. Now I unfortuately admit that this rag arrives at my house via paid subscription. This democratic party newsletter is fun for the global cooling crowd and the letters are usually fun to read. And I'm sick of Joe Clinton-Klein who never fails to kiss ass with some clever clintonbot spin. Of course, the subscription "deal" I got runs out in November of this year. How convenient.

Don’t wait on this single. Here is the new super-group, Modern Action with their debut 7” single available from Interpunk.

you just do as your told

The final design for a Barrington Ranch (on the right) has been sent out for bidding. Overall, the house looks good but zoning approval could be an issue for the porches.

Entering the home stretch on my Beatles Longbox transaction. The buyer sent over payment and the item has been shipped to a legitimate address in CA. Just waiting for feedback and then I can try to grab one of my most wanted items.

A few interesting items recently including a limited press Picture Disc version of the Sunn o)) / Boris collaboration, Altar. A little expensive at $50 each and Southern Lord has two more different colors available for the vinyl press. The pressing info states there are now 10,000 copies pressed on vinyl and most have sold.

The LP for Death Cab For Cutie full length Plans is still available at Barsuk Records but will be OOP very shortly. Don’t miss out. All the bands’ now OOP vinyl has gone up in value, along with any and all Modest Mouse stuff.

An interesting development with the three different Conquest 7” singles that were released last week from The White Stripes. Apparently the first press of the singles had the wrong sticker applied (YDKWLI) and were shipped before Warner Bros. recalled them. So now the ebay wackos are driving up the price. I was not one of the lucky few, as I cancelled my order from Insound and Interpunk (uggghh) after getting the bonus slipmat ordered from KungFu. Warner has stated they will be putting the correct stickers over the wrong stickers and some collectors are comparing the items to The Beatles Y&T collectible.

low expectations

Guitar superstar is the best gift ever!! There will be many hours spent playing Iron Man, You Really Got Me and Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix. The game includes 7 other classic guitar songs with alternate songs titles and no lyrics. Lots of fun.



Recent projects include the new house pictured above that is being proposed on The Cape. Here’s the rear of the building. The Barrington Ranch renovation has been scaled down a little on the second floor but we have added a side porch entry and moved the kitchen.

Great new song and single is available from a revitalized Italy Records. The Go released Christmas On The Moon and information to order the limited vinyl is available under the posts section.

10 cent listing day on ebay always brings out rare items with very high prices and last week was no exception. Tons of rare Nirvana vinyl was listed and I was able to re-list some unsold items and added a few more at a discounted price. To my surprise, the Beatles White Album Longbox has taken off in price. I’m still not sure if the bids are real but the two bidders seem legit and it may end up being my best deal ever.

As RI tumbles into a financial toilet our fearless leader, the states best drunk-driving lawyer, BMurphy opened the '08 session yesterday with some classic stuff. He said “the financial problems our General Assembly created around this state have caused the pheasants (or taxpayers) to rise up and we cannot bring the negativity to this chamber. If we keep our fingers in our ears and continue to mumble la la la la, we will be able to raise taxes, keep crimaliens in our schools, get more people on state funding and continue to overpay all of our state employees. Just hold the line boys and blame the governor.”