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	*MONK RULES* *WELCOME to the Thelonious Sphere Monk* Memorial WebLog** Wanna listen to Just A Gigolo by Monk. Or Play "Some Other Toonz" by Monk Go to My page on Saatchi Gallery: UPDATED Go HERE.
	*February Y2K7* Here's The Plan If this site disappears in the near future, I will move to my own domain and build a new site. You will find me @ http://www.dannydries.com The new site is not there yet. Until then I will take advantage of this current site and continue the WebLog. Cost of the War in Iraq (JavaScript Error) To see more details, click here.
	2/28/07 Click HERE for the latest totals. More Americans now dead in Iraq & Afghanistan than killed on 9-11. Plus 655,000 Iraqis dead. Hallelujah AP bans stories on that Hilton Bimbo. Anyone else care to join in? Go HERE. Wolfgang's Vault New 1997 Talking Heads concert & 1978 Rolling Stones this week. Go HERE. American Medicine-Day 4 A family member has breast cancer and had a mastectomy and now begins her chemo. She said it would be OK to publish the following progress reports: Had my second treatment this morning and so far, so good. My blood work, etc. was excellent so that's good. I did however, have a shock this morning. While I was in the shower, washed my hair and I thought... "my hair hurts".... yup, when I got out of the shower and saw all the hair laying at the bottom of the tub, I realized why it hurt. Ever since, it has been falling out all over everything. Yuk. One good thing, Sanford Health (formerly Sioux Valley Hospital) now has a wig salon right next door. The oncologist gave me a slip for a "FREE" wig, so I went over there. They have some on order, so she'll call me when it comes in (gray seems to be their most popular color as they were out of them). Then when she calls and I go over there to pick it up, she said she'd shave my head for me. Cool!! I was wondering if I should go to my regular beauty shop or what. All right!! We're getting snow right now and more is supposed to be headed this way on Thursday night and Friday. I'll get back to you later. So far, I feel pretty darned good. It was really strange, for the first 3-4 days I was just wiped out. Then I got my strength back and I was just like normal (well, normal for me). Doc said this morning that since I had gotten through the first one with no real problems (other than fatigue, light-headed), I probably wouldn't have much of a problem with the rest of them, except the fatigue gets worse. Said that since I was losing hair this morning, probably by next week this time, I'll be bald. Someone suggested I could get a tatoo on my head too!! No way. Also apparently my hair could come back a different color and curly... we shall see. I'm just hoping I don't get red hair (my mom was a redhead). I suppose I could always dye it. S took me for my treatment, went to the Sheriff's Office to turn in his slip, and then came back and sat with me. I think it was an 'eye-opener' for him (plus there is a cute nurse there). Then we picked up my anti-nausea meds, I bought him lunch and then home. It's snowing pretty good, and there's another storm headed in. Sure am glad my neighbor has been cleaning out my driveway for me. McLean Attack! And check Horace Parlan's hands. Surprise! Well, I thought we were gone again yesterday but we're back.
	2/27/07 Wha's Happnin'? I don't know, site disappeared most of the day. Back up now. Stay tuned. Finally Kucinich Gets A Listen Hasn't got a prayer against the medias Billary/Obama-Rama but... Go HERE. A For Effort They missed. For Cheney a live tyrant is better than a dead one. Wonder if the dead Talibani is enjoying his 13 virgins. 18 other Afghanis dead. Wall street was only concerned with the Chinese market dumping. Back to the couch for me.
	2/26/07 Another Paul Brady Say What You Feel Oscar Well, I got 5 out of 6 of the majors right. Better than I usually do. Can't Stay Off The Couch I wanna sleep the rest of winter away. Wake me in April. Tomorrow
	2/25/07 More Waits One of my faves. The New Iran/Contra Sy Hersch once again has the poop. Go HERE. Liberal Guiliani Judge delays Benito's welfare gutting. Go HERE. Also Go HERE for Benito ridiculing a man with Parkinson's. Happy Birthday George 4-5 Generals A newspaper source says some generals are prepared to resign if The Shrub orders attack on Iran. Go HERE. Rev. Al Sharpton's ancestors were once owned by the family of Strom Thurmond. Ain't that sumthin'? Go HERE. Oscar Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Alan Arkin, Martin Scorcese, The Queen. Half Nelson Don't have any idea what the name means but it's pretty touching story. Like Sherrybaby it's about another drug addict tryin to get his life together. On DVD Half Nelson
	2/24/07 Paul Brady One of my stories. Oh What a World Spirits Colliding Say What You Feel Slavery Was Abolished Think again. Mistrial - Now Recharged DVDs Sherrybaby Get it! Maggie Gyllenhal is excellent and beautiful. Sherrybaby Running With Scissors is awful. Totally corrupted the grimy texture of the book. Pass it by. Another Pitbull Mauling The dog's name was fatal and the owner says he is gentle. Gentle enough to jump in the window of a car and gnaw on a kids legs.
	2/23/07 More From Jackson One of the better videos I've seen. YouTube As you see I've become a huge addict but one thing puzzles me: How do they pay the bills and now supposedly they will begin to share revenues with uploaders. I don't see much advertising on the site and then there is the © question. The 70s Carter Endorses Gore And Gore says he'd support Carter if he ran. Go HERE. We All Agree "I don't think it's a big deal whether I get elected president or not." -- Former Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska Tom Waits Vilsack Out That was quick and too bad. The media never gave him any attention. Too busy counting Billary's farts and Obama's burps.
	2/22/07 The P.O. The Donut Man just sent me a letter. He is a Luddite and has not taken to the new ways of the Internet, email and such. It took me 3 days to condescend to actually repsond. I would not do this for just anyone but he always has interesting things and ideas to offer. His letters are the only ones I save; I have a manilla envelope full of his letters, poems, drawings he has sent over the past 40 plus years. Oh! Oprah! I've never been a fan of Big O but her recent drag-out of Bill O'Reilly to talk about child abuse is despicable. She has now put herself into the same crap-infested trench as himself. Anything for viewers eager for shock and contoversy. Eat shit and die Oprah/O'Reilly. Go HERE. The Great Buddy Miller Cortez The Killer PSA To Hardaway Marvin & Tammi Equal Pay For Less Play Wimbeldon will now pay women winners the same as men. Except women only have to play best of 3 sets. Via WlfSng A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license. First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test. The optician showed him a card with the letters: 'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.' "Can you read this?" the optician asked. "Read it?" the Polish guy replied, "I know the guy." Our Greatest President Since FDR Jimmy Carter. He's 80 something, he was trashed by Teddy and his own party after winning the Presidency. He is a Nobel Peace Price winner. He was maligned for the results of Reaqan's economy and since leaving office has gone on to do his best work. Go HERE and see the video about his current work.
	2/21/07 Saint McCain Should intelligent design be taught in schools? "I think that there has to be all points of view presented. But they've got to be thoroughly presented. So to say that you can only teach one line of thinking I don't think is - or one belief on how people and the world was created - I think there's nothing wrong with teaching different schools of thought. -- John McCain 2005 "I think Americans should be exposed to every point of view. I happen to believe in evolution. I respect those who think the world was created in seven days. Should it be taught as a science class? Probably not." -- John McCain 2006 Let's see what he says when he speaks to The Discovery Institute this week. You Should Be Scared Very scared. The defense budget has a new provision that make it easier for Cheny/Bush to declare martial law. Now The Shrub is no way near smart enough to figure out these things. So who is the evil genius who feels the need for such powers. Cheney? Gonzalez? Rove? Go HERE. Ash Wednesday Just went out for some sushi and realized that one day a year it becomes obvious how many Catholics there are in Bunker City. Not that many. In honor of Mardi Gras, I'll put on a Blind Boys Of Alabama CD. Praying Time And then there are The Dixie Hummingbirds. The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds Sammi Smith Just received my copy of Help Me Make It Through The Night the Best of the greatest under recorded country artist of all time. Help Me Make It Through the Night Get it! Billary/Obama-Rama Billary says only she is concerned about terrorism. Other Dems, not so much. Go HERE. Satch & Billie While you're there check out all the Billie videos. Have It Your Way Dickhead The Brits & Denmark are removing their troops which is not cut and run but a sign of success acording to Cheney. Meanwhile 20 plus thousands of American troops is not an escalation but rather an augmentation, a surge, if you will. How many people buy such diddling with the truth.
	2/20/07 VoteVets.org The care of the thousands of wounded Americans. It's pretty shocking and those who support this war probably do not care beyond a yellow magnet on their SUVs. Go HERE. Amazing Medicine ABCNews has an amazing slide show of the recovery of Bob Woodward. Go HERE. Iran Bombing Plans Revealed Go HERE. Saint McCain "I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history," McCain said today to applause in So.Carolina. "While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service," McCain said last year when Rumsfeld stepped down. For more on two-faced John: Go HERE.
	2/19/07 Hell's Angels Go HERE. Saint McCain Go HERE. A Couple Of Things I Know If you want the phone to ring, go to the bathroom. A chronic itch will always be on that unreachable area around your shoulder blade. June 11, 1963 Remember Thich Quang Duc? Duc was 73 and I was 22. There was a lot going on that week. Go HERE. New Tech Look familiar?
	2/18/07 A Single Person If anyone doubts the power of an individual you just have to posit Ralph Nader. In response to the claim that he cost Al Gore the presidency in 2000, Nader likes to say that Al Gore cost him the presidency. True, despite that fact that Gore should have kicked Bush's ass all over the country. Now those of us who fear a McCain or Guiliani presidency begin to shudder when he talks of running in '08 if The Dumb Dems nominate Billary. And he is doing just that. Don't underestimate the power of 3rd parties. Perot got Clinton elected in '92. A New Dirty Word Scrotum in now a dirty word. Call it the S word. What happens when you get two competing F word or N words. Why not Appendix? Or Filtrum. Bet you don't even know what a filtrum is, do you? First person to tell me, no looking it up, wins a CD mix of good tunes. Go HERE. My Boy Ryan Whiskeytown sings Gram Parsons. Goodbye Great song, great singers. Duh Of The Day NYT Headline: Planning Seen Behind Attacks On U.S. Helicopters. Carlinisms "That's why they call it the American Dream. Because you gotta be asleep to believe in it." -- George Carlin Go HERE for more links. The Shrub's Themesong Rudi The Diva $100,000 plus a few perks. Go HERE. Not All New ABC News has a whole front page section devoted to Anna Nichole Smith. Hurry hurry, she's still dead. They also have a larger section on Britney going bald.
	2/17/07 Beef Stew Nothing like it on a cold winter day. Got a pot going right now. Bite sized chunks of beef, salted & peppered. Dusted with flour. Caramelize in hot Extra virgin Olive oil in a heavy dutch oven. Add Chopped up large yellow onion, large red pepper or two, a few baby carrots or more. 1/2 cup of fresh mushroooms. (I use a packet of my frozen chanterelles from last summer) 1 tsp of celery seed. 1 tsp of fennel seed Stir to deglaze the pan. Add a cup of thawed frozen peas. Add quartered tiny potatoes. Add a half cup of red wine, stir and deglaze fully. Stir to mix then add a can of beef broth and a can of crushed stewed tomatoes. Taste for seasoning and adjust. Simmer until the potatoes are tender. At least an hour. Eat! Make a big pot so you can freeze the left-overs. Quote Of The Day "I don't give a damn if someone hates me for being gay. I'm fine with it. If you're not, I'm fine with that too. Just leave me alone, and we'll get along just fine. Now, when the government officially discriminates against gays, it's another thing entirely. The government should treat its citizens equally, period. But the rest of you? As you please. I'd much rather live in a free country where people are free to be bigots than a p.c. country where everyone is legally required to be nice. Hate is a permanent human condition. Trying to ban it is folly. What the gay rights movement should be about is simple public civil equality. Period. Let us marry, serve in the military and then spew whatever bile you want. Deal?" -- Andrew Sullivan Molly Ivens The Dildo Diaries. The thing to realize is these guys are serious. It would be funny if actual people were not in jail for such things. Go HERE. So Much For The Majority Bogus Senate fails to pass the "non-binding" resolution. So it goes. Carl Perkins Some People Have Too Much Money Some idiot paid 3 million dollars for the window Oswald leaned on to shoot JFK. I'm gonna take a nap. Tomorrow Is Today Somehow I lost a day. Thought today was Friday.
	2/16/07 Rodney Crowell Doc Watson & Friends Mark O'Connor, Jack Lawrence, Jerry Douglas, Roy Huskey Jr. While there check for more from The Doctor. 1000 Words In The Nabe Reception Sat. 17th - 5-9 Go HERE. Catatonia Got a bad case for the past two days. Get up about 10:30, wash, brush, drain the mailine, check blood sugar, have coffee & toast, check the email then go to the couch for a nap. That gets me to about 1pm. Getting up is the hardest part. Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows Franken & Huffington. Hillarious. Go HERE. From WlfSng Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational, which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. The 2006 winners are: 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying (or building) a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time. 2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole. 3 Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize that it was your money to start with. 4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. 9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness. 11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) 12. Karmageddon: It's when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes and it's a serious bummer. 13. Decafalon: (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 14. Glibido: All talk and no action. 15. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 16. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web. 17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating. The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are: 1. Coffee, (n.) the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted, (adj.) appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained. 3. Abdicate, (v.) to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade, (v.) to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-Nilly, (adj.) impotent. 6. Negligent, (adj.) absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown. 7. Lymph, (v.) to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle, (n.) olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence, (n.) emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller. 10. Balderdash, (n.) a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle, (n.) a humorous question on an exam. 12. Rectitude, (n.) the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. 13. Pokemon, (n.) a Rastafarian proctologist. 14. Oyster, (n.) a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. 15. Frisbeetarianism, (n.) the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
	2/15/07 FDR Now there was a President. American Medicine-Day 3 A family member has breast cancer and had a mastectomy and now begins her chemo. She said it would be OK to publish the following progress reports: I'm not feeling as perky today. The doc had told me if I got sick, it would probably be the third day... so that explains it. I haven't done much but lay around all day. I did force myself to take a shower this morning, and I went out to get the mail but that's about it. Maybe tomorrow will be a lot better. NSFW&C How to clean the inside of your screen. AVISO: Soft Porn Go HERE. Don't Say Anything FOX Does Daily Show Henry Grimes / Connie Crothers At The Stone, 1O p.m. March 1st (separate admission, $15), northwest corner of Ave. C and 2nd St. Go HERE to read Grimes remarkable comeback story. Connie Crothers was a student of Lennie Tristano and was Kate's piano teacher for many years. Be there or be square. "Connie Crothers is the most original musician it has ever been my privilege to work with." -- Lennie Tristano Go HERE for more on Connie. An Enlightened City Passed out on the street on Valentine's day.
	2/14/07 Quote Of The Day "It's hard for me, living in this beautiful White House, to give you a firsthand assessment. I haven't been there. You have. I haven't." -- George W. Bush, asked by ABC reporter Martha Raddatz if there is a civil war in Iraq Run Al!!!!!! Gore is at 26% and he's not even running. I think he's gonna let Billary/Obama-Rama implode for awhile then burn-out and then jump in. Hope it works. He's got a lot of good choices for running mates. Edwards, Richardson, Dean. Anybody would be better than Lieberman. American Medicine-Day 2 A family member has breast cancer and a mastectomy and now begins her chemo. She said it would be OK to publish the following progress reports: Since I slept away most of yesterday, today I feel much better. The meds made me a little dizzy this morning but not as bad. I'm not moving really fast but am getting a few things done around here. Thanks for all your good wishes and prayers... they are much appreciated. I'm hoping I will be up to par, so I can go to the Stampede hockey game on Friday. I just hate missing them. Al Franken 4 Senate Al jumps into the frigid icey waters of 10,000 lakes. Go HERE. JFK Two For Your Valentine Sade And Marvin Gaye American Medicine-Day 1 A family member has breast cancer and a mastectomy and now begins her chemo. She said it would be OK to publish the following: Hi there! I got done with the chemo at about Noon and then had to go get three meds at the pharmacy. The one is Emend (for nausea) and costs $100 a pill and I have to take one a day for three days. Thank goodness I only had to pay $60 total for the three. The other two only cost me $4 each. Not too bad I didn't think. I didn't get much sleep last night... kept thinking about things to ask when I got there; and things I needed to take; and thought about having to shovel, etc. All together I think I got 'maybe' 3-4 hours of sleep. Anyway, it's kind of hard to judge whether the weakness I felt when done was because of the chemo, or if it's because I was so tired. I only shoveled a path through on the driveway to get out to Scott's vehicle but I was pooped so I quit. My neighbors have cleaned it out now so that's awesome. KNOCK WOOD!! I haven't gotten sick yet. I laid down and took about a 3 hour nap. That probably wasn't too good an idea but I think my body needed it. Also, I was feeling a little light headed so I'm thinking that was probably the chemo. I'll know more next time. Oh, and I am scheduled to go back in two weeks (the 28th), and then again on March 15th. That's all the appointments that are set up so far. I better get an email sent out to people now. I'm sure everyone is wondering. I think I'll probably go to bed early tonight ~ so far, so good. Merde That crappy white polution fell last night. And it's still falling. Saint Valentine's Day . You know who you are.
	2/13/07 How Stupid Are You? Really!?! Wolfgang's Vault Van Morrison at The Bottom Line- 1978. Go HERE. Why Apologize? Is it not true? "We now have spent $400 billion and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted." -- Sen. Barak Obama Clapton, Crow & Sanborn Posted before but in case you missed it... get up with it. Watch Sanborn grin after he blows his ass off. He knows, Clapton knows, and Crow knows they've just done one of the great covers of all time. Leon, Willie & Ray A Song For You. Watch Willie start to cry as Ray stretches out on the last verse. Put A Spell On You Remember This? And Here It Comes Too good to last. 6-10 inches of snow, sleet & rain on the way. Friday The 13th ...comes on a Tuesday this month.
	2/12/07 Anna Nichole Smith Getting a bit sick of this press orgy on the blonde bimbo who did the big puke. I think they might better consider covering a few troops dying daily who leave loving family behind. YMAO. Patty Does Bruce In a great way. And Go HERE for Rain. Bogus video but great song. Nothing Much Of Interest Today But this is weird. Dixie Chicks The Chicks won 5 Grammys. Finally actual musicians win instead of posers.
	2/11/07 White Boy Soul Go HERE for the original by The Sylistics. Cheney's Mein Kampf Cheney/Rummy had it all plotted out pre-Shrub. Go HERE. How Much Does It Cost Go HERE for a running tally on the Iraq war compared to what the money might have bought. Darfur I'm sure you've heard of the place. Mia Farrow has posted a photo essay. Go HERE. Journalism 101 According to Tim Russert's testimony at Scooter Libby's trial, when any senior government official calls him, they are presumptively off the record. That's not reporting, that's enabling. Cheney Can't Take It Sammi Smith The only one on YouTube. One of the greatest under recorded artist of all time. Help Me Make It Through the Night Get it! South Dakota Art ©2007 Dick Krueger
	2/10/07 Al Green One of my Faves. I think tomorrow I'll do a Gospel set. Also Go HERE. The Belle Album My fave but anything by The Rev. is fine with me. Edwards Gets Tough Quote Of The Day "[The U.S. military is more] afraid of gay people than they are terrorists... If the terrorists ever got hold of this information, they'd get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad." -- Rep. Gary Ackerman, on policy of discharging gay and lesbian servicemembers, including Arabic translators. Ole & Lena* Ole, from a little farm community in Nebraska, married an attractive local farm girl, Lena, half his age. After several months, Lena complained that she had never climaxed during sex; and according to her Grandma, all Norwegian farm women are entitled to a climax once in a while. So, to resolve the problem, they went to see the large-animal Vet since there was no trustworthy doctor anywhere in the little community. The Vet didn't have any sure-fire ideas, but he did recall how, during the hot summer, his Mother and Dad, Olga and Sven, would fan a cow that was having any difficulty birthing a calf to cool her down, relax her, and make her struggles easier. So, the Vet suggested that they might hire someone to wave a towel over them while they were having sex. This, the Vet said, might cause the young wife to relax and climax. Not wanting the word of their troubles to spread around the local community, the couple hired Lars, a young college student from Lincoln to wave a towel over them as the Vet suggested. After several efforts, there was still no climax for Lena. They went back to the Vet. The Vet thought some more and then suggested that Lena change partners and let Lars have sex with her while Ole tried waving the towel. They tried it that night and Lena went into wild, shuddering, ear-splitting climaxes, one after another. When it was over, Ole smugly looked down at Lars and said, "Ya see, ya city slicker, now dat's da vay ya vave a towel !! * via Grupp Flying Rats Some people like these creatures. Some even feed them. I don't. They think my window sills are their toilets, roost there, crap there an coo loudly too early in the morning. Plus, they are not Squab or I would eat them. John Mellencamp I know people who adore Mellencamp and I've tried a few times but just can't make myself believe him. He ain't John Prine and not Steve Earle either. Not even close. You try. Barry Obama's Turn I forget who's running and who's exploring but Barry's emulating Abraham. L.A. Derby Dolls This is Gretchen's new weekend fun.
	2/9/07 Under-rated Helen Merrill is my friend Munce's fave. Search! There is more to be found on YouTube. Sorry the visuals are so bogus. That's Entertainment Quote Of The Day "I don't want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas." -- Karl Rove explains the Shrub's immigration plan. Go HERE. The Last Waltz Look at the way Joni looks at Robbie. And further on up the road Eric and Robbie lock horns. Tricky Kate just showed me a trick. If you have a Mac, try this: Hold down Control/Option/Apple and hit the 8 key. If you can read the screen it will save energy and battery power. No Gore Seems all but certain that Al won't be running. Go HERE. Don't Know The site was down all day yesterday and now it's back up. Keep in touch until it's gone for good. Meanwhile I'll look for a new server.
	2/7/07 363 Tons Of Cash Holy buckets of bills, Batman!!!! Go HERE. Ain't That Sweet Go HERE. Feelings We all have 'em. Mistrial Military judge Lieutenant Colonel John Head halted the case involving First Lieutenant Ehren Watada (see below) following possible inconsistencies concerning a "stipulation of fact" agreed before the hearing. New trial in March. Stay tuned MacDries says, "One mis-step for man. One giant leap for justice." Go HERE. I Miss Jimmy GOP Says Billary Inevitable Now that is almost as scary as McCain. Go HERE. Don't Know... about you but I'm getting sick of internet video reports. Usually I just want the details and don't want to wait for the player to crank up and listen to an ad first. JMO. It's not as if all stories are porn; just a bunch of talking heads repeating the headline. Mark Bittman on NYTimes, however does show you a few good quick recipes. Today it was poached Mackerel, Japanese style. Not that I cook anymore but I do love cooking shows and my Sparkler and I are addicted to Top Chef and Iron Chef America. Still Here Spent the better part of yesterday and this morning trying to get my internet connection re-configured. Finally accomplished, knock wood. My web site is still working so we'll keep blogging until it disappears.
	2/6/07 More Americans now dead in Iraq & Afghanistan than killed on 9-11. Plus 655,000 Iraqis dead. Wolfgang's Vault Great 1984 Bobby Bare concert @ The (defunct) Lone Star here in NYC. Such classics as Up Against The Wall, Redneck Mother, Drop Kick Me, Jesus Qualudes Again, Pour Me Another Tequilla, Sheila and Detroit City. Go HERE. ACHTUNG! AVISO: The future of this blog and my site is now in limbo. All of a sudden my email stopped working and the message on the Walrus site is this: Walrus Internet, one of the first ISP's, has closed it's doors as a commercial enterprise. Thank you for your years of support. It would have been nice if they had informed their clients but, NOT. Thus I'll have to make other arrangements. If you would like to be informed and I don't have your email, send it to me and I'll let you know where and when I go. Or, maybe I'll just hang it up. My incoming mail is still working but outgoing server is not. I've changed my email noted on the jpg at the top of the page. 1000 Words Looks like a good idea; still under 20 degrees. Nap time.
	2/5/07 The Resurrection Just found an old friend from back in the days when we were both doing too much hard living and consumming mass quantities. I'd lost touch with him and thought it was probable that he was dead after 20 years. I found him on the internet by chance when I also found a reference to another old friend. Turns out he's alive and has cleaned up his act as well. Welcome back Bob. Benito Giuliani Jumps In I'm gonna say "MERDE". I'm declaring McCain/Benito as the worst possible outcome in '08. Austin City Limits Caught two good acts last night. First Wilco and then Conor Oberst called Bright Eyes. Wilco keeps growing on me and I'd only heard one song by Bright Eyes called When The President Talks To God A Ghost Is Born Wilco. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Bright Eyes The Wilburys Eric von Schmidt 74, RIP Living on the Trail "He could sing the bird off the wire and the rubber off the tire. He can separate the men from the boys and the note from the noise. The bridle from the saddle and the cow from the cattle. He can play the tune of the moon. The why of the sky and the commotion of the ocean." -- Bob Dylan Feels Like Zero If it feels like zero, it is.
	11/05/06 Dad's Gonna Kill Me Richard Thompson's new anti-Iraq war song. Dad is grunt speak for Baghdad. Go HERE. Work Day Finished proofing The Island Is Gone and now need to do one more formatting proof of the the two novels and then we go to press. Couple more days to put the final varnish on them and then to press. The Old Grey Lady NYTimes couldn't handle Mollie Ivins' humor 25 years ago; still has to edit her obit. Go HERE. Watch The Greatest Steve Earle Back In Prison For a concert. Another Pitbull Mauling Go HERE.
	2/3/07 NEW Patty Griffin CD Children Running Through Coming Next Week. DNC Convention Standing Ovations: Edwards-5 Billary-3 Obama-2 Biden-4 Richardson-7 Vilsack-3 Clark-0 St. John McCain The double talk express has hired many of the ad men who attacked him in 2000 and the guys who did the attack ads on Kerry and Ford in Tennesee. He must be getting serious about running. Go HERE. The King? Looks pretty gay to me. Billary/Obama-Rama Blah blah blah. SEN. OBAMA: (Cheers, applause.) What's going on, Democrats! (Cheers, applause.) Oh, you look fired up! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. I see some familiar faces around here. We got some Illinoisans in the house. (Cheers.) "U.S. policy must be clear and unequivocal: We cannot, we should not, we must not permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons. In dealing with this threat ... no option can be taken off the table." -- Billary speaks to American Israel Public Affairs Committee Court Martial Feb. 5th Support Lt. Ehren Watada Go HERE.
	2/2/07 The Girl Next Door Bill Gates Checks Out Vista Smelly Orange Snow? In Russia but could just as well happen here. Go HERE. Noble Dickhead 1000 Words Sharapova Of Pole Vault Her record is 16' 5 1/2". Her body is awesome.
	2/1/07 You Wish Thanx to Grupp Sound Familiar?* Kissinger says Shrub has secret plan to end the war. Go HERE. MacDries says, "If it's like Kissinger/Nixon's plan in Vietnam we can count on a few more years before we'll be escaping by helicopters from the embassy in Baghdad." Run Al, Run Gore nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, plus he'll probably win the Oscar. Running on air. Or Go HERE. There is also a rumor on the Internets that Rush Limbaugh has been nominated. Fact is: there are no Open Nominations. I cannot, nor can just anyone nominate. Go HERE. Linus Pauling is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes - the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. Also, here is an interesting fact: Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. They were awarded the Prize for negotiating the Vietnam peace accord. Le Doc Tho said that he was not in a position to accept the Prize, citing the situation in Vietnam as his reason. MacDries says, "Suck on that Henry. Why HK was never tried as a war criminal and is still recognized as some sort of diplomatic authority is beyond me." Rolling Thunder Review Streaming from Wolfgang's Vault. Go HERE. Or maybe not. It's mostly Dylan's minions and not that great. Or Go HERE for Commander Cody with Nicolette Larson- 1977. Mama's Shrub An old southern country preacher had a teenage son, and it was getting time the boy should give some thought to choosing a profession. Like many young men, the boy didn't really know what he wanted to do, and he didn't seem too concerned about it. One day, while the boy was away at school, his father decided to try an experiment. He went into the boy's room and placed on his study table four objects: - a Bible - a silver dollar - a bottle of whisky and - a Playboy magazine "I'll just hide behind the door," the old preacher said to himself, "when he comes home from school this afternoon, I'll see which object he picks up. If it's the Bible, he's going to be a preacher like me, and what a blessing that would be! If he picks up the dollar, he's going to be a businessman, and that would be okay, too. But if he picks up the bottle, he's going to be a no-good drunkard, and, Lord, what a shame that would be. And worst of all, if he picks up that magazine he's gonna be a skirt-chasin' bum." The old man waited anxiously, and soon heard his son's footsteps as he entered the house whistling and headed for his room. The boy tossed his books on the bed, and as he turned to leave the room he spotted the objects on the table. With curiosity in his eye, he walked over to inspect them. Finally, he picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked up the silver dollar and dropped it into his pocket. He uncorked the bottle and took a big drink while he admired this month's Centerfold. "Lord have mercy," the old preacher disgustedly whispered, "he's gonna be a Congressman! *via WlfSng
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