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	6/30/07 Click HERE for the latest totals. More Americans now dead in Iraq & Afghanistan than killed on 9-11. Plus 655,000 Iraqis dead. Another Month Shot To Hell Duchamp 101 The latest Urinal exibited as a Fountain in the art world is in the form of Anti-Graffiti. Go HERE. As you may have noticed most public art is quite atrocious; begin with Calder, add Lichtenstein and end up with Jeff Koons. I liked graffiti on the beat-up old trains but don't like public advertising, billboards or the meaningless scribbling of tags sprayed, scrawled and scratched onto every surface imaginable. I once saw a bill board advertising billboards. It read: People Read Billboards. You Just Read This One. I also hate the paranoid fear inducing audio everywhere that tells us "if you see something, say something". 28301-016 Formerly Irvin Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Major Accomplishment Just spent a frustrating hour trying to fix the cable tv. Managed to screw it up and then re-configure it. Like toothaches, these techie gremlins usually occur on weekends when tech support is not around. I know my way around computers in & out buy I hate video devices. Elizabeth Edwards Probably the best spouse in the race rips Anorexic Coulter a new one. Gently. Go HERE. And Go HERE. Last Dance
	6/29/07 Kate Recommends New Zealand musician/comics, Flight Of The Concords, from HBO. Follow the links from YouTube. My kids are so ahead of me. Headline: Congress "Threatens" To Enforce Subpeonas. No You're Not. Yes I Am. Make Me! Dare Ya!. Double dare! Go HERE. Bullets On Lay-A-Way Someone To Watch Over Me We Will Not Always Have Paris Someone sent me a link to the infamous Paris video. Against my better judgement I clicked. Then I clicked again to start the video. It took 30 seconds (of a 30 minute video) to reveal 2 things. The quality was awful. And the porn factor was awful too. Rule A for porn: The participants should appear to be enjoying themselves or B: The participants should appear to be captives. Paris and Pal appear to be idiots. Pause. Another Call For Impeachment Bruce Fein, former Deputy AG under Reagan is the one today. Go HERE. Steve Jobs Day Might as well give it to Steve. He has the iPhone debut today as well as Ratatouille his latest from Pixar. Add a few more millions to his bundle. Go HERE. Go HERE.
	6/28/07 4th Branch Of Gov Not a huge fan of Rahm but he nailed it with this one. SCOTUS The Supremes 5-4 say price-fixing is OK! Go for it! Get greedy. Greed is good. Greed is American. The same 5-4 also say that school districts can get creative with Brown v. Board Of Education. Andy Goldsworthy If you don't know this beautiful artist: Go HERE. And Go HERE. Wisdom Comes With Age A Florida couple, both well into their 80s, go to a sex therapist's office. The doctor asks, "What can I do for you?" The man says, "Will you watch us have sexual intercourse?" The doctor raises both eyebrows, but he is so amazed that such an elderly couple is asking for sexual advice that he agrees. When the couple finishes, the doctor says, "There's absolutely nothing wrong with the way you have intercourse." He thanks them for coming, wishes them good luck, charges them $50 and says good bye. The next week, the couple returns and asks the sex therapist to watch again. The sex therapist is a bit puzzled, but agrees. This happens several weeks in a row. The couple makes an appointment, has intercourse with no problems, pays the doctor, then leave. Finally, after 3 months of this routine, the doctor says, "I'm sorry, but I have to ask. Just what are you trying to find out?" The man says, "We're not trying to find out anything. She's married and we can't go to her house. I'm married and we can't go to my house. The Holiday Inn charges $98. The Hilton charges $139. We do it here for $50, and I get $43 back from Medicare. via WlfSng Street Art* The Wooster Collective is dedicated to street art. Go HERE. Artist Of the Day Watch till the end.
	6/27/07 X-Y I was raised in a poor yet not white trash enviroment. Thus I have many hangovers about spending money. I have arrived at a point in life when I can take a cab when I want but still take the subway. I can turn on the heat or the AC when I need to, yet still resist. Sometimes because I'm a stoic and sometimes just because I'm cheap. Many people are not either cheap or flush. I'm now at the end game. I have enough money to get through this life and a bit more to pass on to my children. Not a lot but more than (the apocraphal) Willie Nelson, if he was sincere, when he said that he hoped the check to his undertker would bounce. Anyway, lighten up about this world. Get through as well as you can. It's over soon enough. Joe Cocker From Wolfgang's Vault - 1982. Go HERE. If you don't know Joe, you don't know Rock'n Roll. At least check our his cover of Procul Harems's Whiter Shade Of Pale. Christie Comes Clean But why didn't she kick Dickhead in the nuts on the way out. We need a few strong politicians to tell it like it is when it is. Not 6 years later. Just think of the crap that will start falling after 2009 rolls around and everyone has a lucrative book deal. I hear rummy has one in the works. Go HERE. Summertime Emma is off to her penultimate year at Camp Oneka after scoring a 95.4 average in her first year of H.S. She's pround, I'm proud, Mom's proud, Kate too though she is working her butt off and not basking by the lake. Warren Buffett My main rich man speaks out again. Hit the rich, amoung whom he is right up there with Gates. Go HERE. American Medicine-16 Last chemo was today. Hoorraaayyyyy!!! There were times when I thought this day would never come but it has, and it is done! Now it's on to the pills, which are much cheaper (cost me $12 for three months!). I stopped at Bagel Boy this morning and took some bagels to the Infusion Center for all the nurses... they loved that, so I guess I did a good thing. Everyone asked if I was going to celebrate tonight.. but probably I won't. Maybe next week. Thanks again to all of you for all the good wishes and prayers. I am certain they helped. Pets In General I am not a pet lover. However, I have a number of friends who have pets and I don't hold it against them as long as they don't insist on me recognizing them as equals or especially other people or surrogate children. Some pet lovers are quite normal and others are incredibly neurotic. I'm just not interested in them outside of their natural habitat, wherein I find them quite beautiful. That said, you may have noticed I have a pet peeve in the extreme about Pit Bulls and the people who own them. They have been bred as fighting animals. And may be and are easily encouraged in that direction by feeding them small varieties of canine and cats. One of my friends sent me the following: "Any dog, treated harshly or trained to attack, may bite a person. Any dog can be turned into a dangerous dog. Any teenager, treated harshly or trained to attack, may kill a person. Any teenager can be turned into a dangerous teenager. In the US from 1979 to 1996, 304 people in the US died from dog attacks. In the US from 1979 to 1996, 6000 people in the US died from teenage attacks." I can't verify his stats but I don't question them. What he says is true. As a child I was bit at least twice by unprovoked junk yard mutts which may explain my lack of interest in pets. I grew up in the country where dogs lived in doghouses and cats lived in the barn. Ditto with horses, cows, chickens etc. I was also once told by a pet owner who I love that perhaps I didn't truly love my youngest daughter because I did not want a pet in my house. I almost wrote that loved one off except I knew she meant well. I have the occasional mouse and I also try to kill them. A pidgeon flew in the open window the other day and I managed to hustle it out the window. Flies, I swat.
	6/26/07 New York Street Scene Š2007 Danny Dries Kiss My Ass Henry Maybe Dr. Strangelove was spot on. Go HERE. Heck Of A Job, Georgie Boy George 43 buys off George Tenet. Is a Medal Of Freedom worth that much? Go HERE. Wimbledon It's begun and the early matches are not that thrilling but you can Google it to get early results. I'll start watching towards the end of the week. Maybe time for Roddick to show his stuff but not likely unless Federer breaks a wrist. Maria is my fave but she has more competition than Roger. So it goes. People Are Pigs Even in the Eternal City. It's difficult not to be a misantrope if you have your eyes open. Go HERE. The Sitler Suite The Sinking Ship Lugar is the latest rat to abandon The Shrub. Will there be enough time and will to actually impeach Cheney and Bush. Don't think so. But one thing is clear the Conservatives will CTA by claiming Bush was never a true Conservative. Consider how he trashed the economy and grew PresidentiaL power. This Generation 50 top students hand The Shrub a note. He read it but he didn't comprehend it. Go HERE. Pit Bulls Redux Baltimore woman gnarled over 90% of her body by two of the adorable pups.
	6/25/07 Lara Logan Perhaps one of the few who are actually reporting on Iraq. Go HERE. Or find her on CNN. The Lion Sleeps Tonight Who knew someone actually wrote it? Looks like Tom Snyder. What ever happened to Tom? War For Oil? I don't think so. It's a religious war, Jews, Arabs, Muslims with Christians trying to stick their noses into it. And I don't even believe Bush is a Christian? "Do unto others...?" Osama is a Muslim, nuts of course, deal with it. Go HERE. Don't Ask Or Tell Me I understand that homosexuals have a rough row to hoe but I'm just tired of hearing about anyone's sexuality. Just as I've never enjoyed any hetero drunk bragging about his/her sexual conquests, I don't want to hear anything about pitchers & catchers, fems and butches. It's just not very interesting as conversation. So to clear the air re: gay marriage or civil commitments, etc. Bottom line is I believe in equality. No hedges. Marriage is two things: It is a legal contract (civil committment) to protect the finacial rights of each spouse and each child. It is also a religious ceremony sanctioned by various religions. The federal or state government has no right to deny anyone a license to enter into such legal contracts. Once the license is issued, any religious entity has perfect right to deny sanctioning to whomever they choose based on the "principles" of said "religion". I remember the day when a Catholic could not marry a Lutheran, or Jew/Gentile (& vice-versa) in their respective churchs/synagogues. Not to mention that Catholics were not allowed to divorce but did have an escape clause called "annulment". Time to stop the hipocracy. Equalty trumps religion. I read recently of the first Gay couple to file for disolution of their commitment. Join the club. I married twice, once in the church for 8 years and once in City Hall for 19. Both "marriages" are down the tubes as are the majority of yours. So what are you fighting for? It's all rhetoric. Summertime Kate's working two part times jobs and Emma's packing for camp. I'll drive her up there on Wednesday. She'll be gone for 3 weeks. Pre-surgical approval tomorrow with my Cardio guy. Then finger surgery in July. Then I have to wait to have my Pacemaker battery replaced before I can make a get-away. Gretchen's coming to town for a couple Yankee's games on the 4th. Then Carl and sis Dee and her Kate are coming mid-August for a few days. Summertime
	6/24/07 George Jones Two versions of the greatest country song of all time. President Cheney Republicans probably admire him. He scares me and makes me wonder who's gonna stop him. Go HERE. Yellow Journalism The Old Grey Lady tried to smear Edwards Go HERE. TPM smacks her down. Go HERE. Tequila Smart Georgia Brown 2 years, 10 months and an IQ of 152. Joins Mensa. Go HERE. Claire Seidel June Fitzpatrick Gallery 112 High St., Portland,Maine 207-772-1961 *July 6 - 28, 2007 Photographs Reception 5 - 8 Friday, July 6
	6/23/07 Cheney Is Nuts I think everyone knows this. Some think he is also EVIL. Where is the shrink who will certify him? Who will bring him down. If no one in congress recognizes this basic flaw, who are we to piss and moan. First Play New RT CD arrived and it bids to be one of his best of all time. Up there with Daring Adventures. I'd get it if I were me. Check especially Bad Monkey and Dad's Gonna Kill Me. Sweet Warrior If you want to hear music you've never heard before (some don't) you could do worse than anything by Richard Thompson. Poet, guitar master, complete musician. Perhaps, dare I say, even better than Dylan? Achtung! Actual depiction of male circumcision. I wouldn't go there unless you need to. It's obviously brutal and graphic. You will be asked to confirm you want to see it. Go HERE. The Shrub's Waterloo Go HERE. Shadow Art Go HERE. My Favorite Things
	6/22/07 Heartbreak Hotel Repeat. RT & Zimmie Oh, To Be A Snake Dickhead's Putsch Remember way back in the day when The Shrub chose Cheney to search for his Veep? And voilŕ, Cheney picked Cheney. That was the day American Democracy died. Cheney now claims he is not part of the Executive Branch and thus... what? Nothing applies to him. Who is gonna stop him? Waxman? Don't think so. Guess again. Go HERE. Street Art Don't need to take it so seriously. It's a good antidote to MoMA and Gagosian. Go HERE. Have You Some Marley Who Can Stop Them The world's rogue state Israel is planning to take out Iran's demi-nukes. Go HERE. Washed Out Got there early and got good seats. Old friend Andrea was there too so she joined us. While waiting a rain storm poured but it was a nice warm rain so we just got soaked and dealt with it. I twisted out my shirt and suffered with it. Some nice guy offered me an old t-shirt and I stupidly declined. An hour later the bogus warm-up band Ollabelle began and began and began and even did an encore. One of the chick singers was Amy Helm, daughter of Levon. Then a 20 minute break while they set-up for RT. K&E were under an umbrella and had brought books to read so they were cool. Andrea didn't complain. Just as RT began his first song a second squall began and umbrellas and blankets went up everywhere, blocking the view to the stage. I gave up and left. The girls decided to stay. And I got soaked further in the few blocks to the subway. Everyone looked shocked to see someone get caught in the rain. And Indian guy kept stroking my sleeve, smiling and saying, "Rain. Rain." I said, yes, rain.
	6/21/07 Down To 26% How low can he go? 4-03 was the last time he hit 50% according to Newsweek. Go HERE. iPhone Just bought some Apple stock so y'all go out and buy one. Richard Thompson & Band Tonight, 21st 7pm. Prospect Park W. Bandshell. Free. $3 donation. I'm there. So is Kate and My Sparkler. Kewl Video Tom Petty, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway. Go HERE. Mike Recommends The Handsome Family. Go HERE. Also check out the sections of Seaching For The Wrong-eyed Jesus. Go HERE. It's Not Facist When We Do It 14 characteristics of Facist Regimes. Go HERE. American Medicine- 15 Next week is my last chemo... finally! Got to see the doctor today and then had the chemo. Labs were good so I didn't have to have a shot. Found out that I have to go back and see him in October ~ he wants to make sure that I don't have any bad effects from the Tamoxifen pills that I will be on. Now I'm debating if I should have the "port" removed now or wait until all of that is done. It really bugs me, because it rubs against the car seat belt and clothes. Guess I'll have to think about it. Doc said normally he sees people every six months, but he wants to make sure I don't have an bad effects from the Tamoxifen... then I guess it will be every six months for five years. That isn't too bad. One bad thing for me is that because of the mastectomy I can only have blood draws, IVs, etc. from the left side and I'm thinking maybe my left arm might get a little sore. The port has been great for doing the labs and chemo IVs. A deep breath and it's over. Doc said a lot of people want to leave it in as a 'comfort' kind of thing... mine does stick out as bad as some people's, but it's still aggravating. I think it's because I have a bony collar bone area and they couldn't get it down in any further. I still might have the surgeon take it out maybe in July or August... don't want it there for when I go to the class reunion in September. On a side note... Doc said maybe I'd meet one of my old classmates and fall in love again ~ I said "not hardly"... he said "you never know". I think he was trying to embarrass me. I love all my classmates (well, nearly all of them) but we are all "like brothers and sisters". I think it's really unusual that a class from 50 years ago, has remained as close as we have. There for the past few years we have had class reunions every single year!! and we really enjoy each other's company. Thanks for all your good wishes.
	6/20/07 I'm Down With It A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on US 95 south, just outside of Washington, DC. Nothing is moving north or south. Suddenly a man knocks on his window. The driver rolls down his window and asks, "What happened? What's the holdup?" "Terrorists have kidnapped President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, and Anne Coulter. They are demanding a $100 million ransom. Otherwise, they are going to douse them with gasoline and set them on fire. We are going from car to car, taking up a collection." "On average, how much is everyone giving?" asks the driver. "About a gallon." Our Humility "For all our conceits about being the center of the universe, we live in a routine planet of a humdrum star stuck away in an obscure corner ... on an unexceptional galaxy which is one of about 100 billion galaxies. ... That is the fundamental fact of the universe we inhabit, and it is very good for us to understand that." -- Carl Sagan, (1934-1996) Our Paranoia "Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear." -- Bertrand Russell 1872-1970) For J.S.B. Don't Know 'Bout Y'all But the length of this campaign is so tedious that all the current front-runners and leaders are gonna burn out about the time for Bloomberg & Hagel jump in to stick us with the next republican administration. Meanwhile: Rudi's SC chairman is indicted for conspiracy to distribute crack. Go HERE. Wolfgang's Vault Vintage 1974 Boz Scaggs for streaming. Go HERE.
	11/05/06 Nixon In A Pants Suit That's what they're calling Billary. Bush in a dress is what they're calling Guiliani. What a choice. If it comes down to that, Bloombillionaire may start looking pretty good as an Independant candidate. This may be the most open election in history. You Don't Need To Go There I did but already knew Abu Ghraib was only the tip of the iceberg. This is the latest edition of what America stands for. Thank you Dubya. Go HERE. Good News A guy who is not yet running has passed Rudi in GOP polls. That shows how soft Rudi's support is. Or perhaps how desperate the Reprobates are for an actor candidate in the mold of Reagun. Aung San Suu Kyi You may not know her name but she is the worlds' only Nobel Peace Prize winner behind bars. Go HERE if you want. Ryan Adams For those of us who can't get enough: Bad Boy Ryan has cleaned up for a while now and has a new CD. I'm after it. Easy Tiger Richard Thompson & Band Thursday, 21st 7pm. Prospect Park W. Bandshell. Free. $3 donation. I'm there. RT also has a new CD. Sweet Warrior Billionaireberg Still not running for Prez. Go HERE. And then: Go HERE to see him drop the GOP like a hard turd. Achtung! Florida flying fish attacking humans. Go HERE. Barry Commoner @ 90 Former collegue & McGovern supporter at Washington University is still thinking straight. Go HERE.
	6/18/07 Moral Absolutes "The man has not read enough books to have developed moral sense. It's the uneducated and the undereducated who speak in moral absolutes. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to become fundamentalist. I'm not going to listen to a president who only reads one book. In some ways, my anti-war stand is also a stand on anti-illiteracy. Someone should get W Bush into a reading program, get him to join a book club, have him read Hamlet, King Lear... A vast illiteracy permeates the Bush White House." Sherman Alexie, Native American Poet Abuse v. Torture "Could you tell us what happened?" Wolfowitz asked. Someone else asked, "Is it abuse or torture?" At that point, Taguba recalled, "I described a naked detainee lying on the wet floor, handcuffed, with an interrogator shoving things up his rectum, and said, 'That's not abuse. That's torture'. There was quiet." Go HERE. Pedophilia Are we still human? "When my husband was a boy in a farming town, the farmers caught a rapist of little girls, in action. Their justice? They took him to an old barn, nailed his private part to a center support, set the barn on fire, then gave him a knife, and said if he wanted to live he could cut that offending part off. The man died there, his part was more important than to cut it off to live. It is not murder if that man chooses death over loosing his favorite part. Hey, what's wrong with doing that now ???? We can take them out of society, but they all have one last judge to face, and they certainly will NOT pass through those gates. Eternal hell is the only answer." Posted by: ajsggma 4:59 PM Go HERE. Remember? It's Been Said Letter Exchange* Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can't think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Dad *via Sparkler
	6/16/07 FUBAR MacDries signing off.
	6/15/07 Nancy Wilson I'm gonna say Google her and distinguish the Jazz singer from one of the women who make up the group Heart. Go HERE. Drinkin' Agin'. Go HERE. Beginning To See The Light. Go HERE. Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love Immigration It ain't just Mexicans and terrorists. Go HERE and then follow the leads. ????????? Why does The Media keep publishing this obvious crap that Libby is going to jail soon. Does anyone actully believe that The Shrub will not pardon the little toady? The only thing confirming it is the pictures of Scooter where he actually looks fearful. Maybe he knows Cheney like we all do. Maybe he will finally spill the beans. Edwards Too WASP for NYTimes So they trash him for being rich; when most candidates are rich or they don't win. $400 dollar haircuts when Hillary has her hair style changed frequently and Bill had his infamous cut on a plane, Barak has a $10 buzz cut and Joe Biden has hair plugs. Rudi used to do a Trump comb-over and Thompson has no hair to speak of. Go HERE. For Waylon ClusterF@#k To The Whitehouse John Stewart rips everyone a new one. Go " target=blank>HERE. Coming Soon An Exhibition of Recent Artwork by Deborah F. Lawrence June 29 to July 31, 2007 Gallery hours: 1-8 pm daily The Frieda & Roy Furman Gallery Walter Reade Theater The Film Society of Lincoln Center 165 W. 65th Street, Plaza Level New York, NY Artist Reception: Wednesday. July 11, 2007, 6-8 PM Gallery Conversation with the artist and Sean Elwood of Creative Capital Foundation: Sunday, July15, 3-4 PM Artist Of The Day Jeffrey Michael Harp. Go HERE. Rudi Fights Ferrets Miles & Gil Evans New Rhumba. Today Is just beginning and already it's noon.
	6/14/07 The Greatest Muhammad Ali photo essay. Go HERE. Fast Foods The Ads v. Reality. Go HERE. Quote Of The Day "Every gun that is made, every warship that is launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold, and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children....This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron." - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 Army Proves... humans are not fit to live on earth. 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard gas dumped in the ocean. Plus a few other tasty items to complete the salad. Go HERE. Jane Goodall What separates us from the apes. Go HERE. Libby To Lockup No bail during appeal. Guess the pardon will come sooner, rather than later. Psychotic Shrinks Top 10 wacky treatments. Go HERE. Midnight Mango Old friend Schon is back online. Go HERE. Bathtub Test During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized. "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub." "Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup." "No" said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"
	6/13/07 Today's Quote As if you didn't know. "The real Romney is clearly an extraordinarily ambitious man with no perceivable political principle whatsoever. He is the most intellectually dishonest human being in the history of politics." -- Barney Frank - (D-MA) Top Chef 3rd season of my fave TV begins tonight on Bravo. Bravo! For George If you don't got it... The Cold Hard Truth Graham Chapman's Funeral American Medicine Off to the Orthopedic surgeon again to see if he has to cut or not. Update: Well, surgery is on for July 9. That's sucks. It means I have to go to my cardio guy to get an ekg and blood work first. Doctors and more doctors.
	6/12/07 Beyond Belief The Gay Bomb. And no it's not an item from The Onion. Go HERE. For Miles Epistrophy Our leader. The Impotent Majority Dems fail to rebuke Gonzo. Bush wins again. No one can stop him. Next up, Libby will be pardoned and never spend a day in jail. Obama. Biden & Dodd didn't bother to vote. Jesus. I'm beginning to believe the Dems have lost all memory of when they knew how to Govern. Where is LBJ when you need himn.
	6/11/07 Piano Prodigy 14 year old Jennifer Lin. Go HERE. Religious Tolerance "We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." --H. L. Mencken Quote/Unquote "Thanks. A couple of points on that. First of all, I donšt think I called for a deadline. I thought I said, time - I did? What exactly did I say? I said, "deadline"? Okay, yes, then I meant what I said." -- G.W. Bush Separated @ Birth? Grupp & Garcia Š2007 Carol Wright Ballad Of A Thin Man Go HERE. No Longer Mine My Old Pal Jens Go HERE.
	6/10/07 Streets Of NYC Š Danny Dries The Sopranos I'm a huge fan even though I've only seen the first two seasons. I don't get HBO. Tonight is the finale so I'll have to wait for the re-runs. But here is a link to more than even I want to know. Go HERE. Growing Pains- Paris Style "I must also say that I was shocked to see all of the attention devoted to the amount of time I would spend in jail for what I had done by the media, public and city officials. I would hope going forward that the public and the media will focus on more important things like the men and women serving our country in Iraq and other places around the world." -- Paris Hilton - L.A. County Jail Tick Warning! This just in from my Lil' Sis Dee Grupp. I hate it when people forward bogus warnings, and I have even done it myself a couple times...but this one is really important: If someone comes to your front door saying they are checking for ticks due to the warming weather and asks you to take your clothes off and dance around with your arms up, DO NOT DO IT!! IT IS A SCAM!! They only want to see you naked. I wish I'd gotten this yesterday... I feel so stupid. TED Technology, Entertainment, Design. Great site for the inquiring mind. Go HERE. Part 1 Of 3 Bubba speaks @ Harvard. Go HERE for YouTube. Today French Open Final. Nadal in 4 sets.
	6/9/07 Gonzo Must Go Sign the petition. Go HERE. Toss-Up I can't decide who is the more obnoxious Video Blogger on the internets: Amanda Congdon on ABC or David Pogue on NYTimes. Amamda thinks she's cute but all she has is a big rack. Pogue thinks he's funny and he's just boring. Or perhaps it's the Vows videos on NYTimes. I do liked Mark Bittman's The Minimalist however. He showed us how to do Soft Shell Crab Po-Boys recently. Soft Shell Crabs Just took a walk to East Broadway in Chinatown where I found these little babies for $11 a dozen. I bought 2. Compared to our rip-off Gourmet store Jubilee where they get $4 each. Both places the crabs are alive so what's the diff? The diff turned out to be: they were not soft shell. I looked too quickly. Federer v. Nadal NBC (ch 4) @ 9am tomorrow. In NYC that is. Sold The Farm Ann is up country doing final details on the house. Closing is on Monday. Sad day giving up a beautiful place. Quote "If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up someplace else." -- Yogi Berra
	6/8/07 Change Of Plans I was heading over to Jubilee to score a couple Soft Shell Crabs when I spotted my ex-Ann a few yards ahead of me with her shopping cart. Of course I had cancel my plans. She had a new haircut and still looked beautiful. Just as well; don't think the crabs would taste very good paired with salty tears. American Medicine Michael Moore has cleaned up his act (he shaved) and has a new movie called Sicko. He is asking for input from anyone with medical horror stories. Interesting Nick Ut, who today caught the photo of weeping Paris Hilton going back to jail is the same photographer who took this picture during the Vietnam War. Go HERE. ŠNick Ut Rudi Trademarks 9-11 Go HERE. Federer v. Nadal As expected the French Open boils down to Roger & Raphael on Sunday. Check your local listings. It ought to be classic. And I'm there. Maria is already out so I don't care about the women's final. Quote For Today & Tomorrow "The people never give up their liberties, but under some delusion." -- Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797) Such as marriage? Make Your Own Ice Cream Go HERE. Something to Look At One Hour Marriages Or, as we say, legalized prostituion. Go HERE. Bubba Speaks To The Privileged Class Day 2007 @ Harvard. Go HERE. Top Chef Miami My fave TV show begins a 3rd season on Bravo next Wednesday. The Mouse It's finally revealed how the pointer moves when you move the mouse. Go HERE.
	6/7/07 Floor Piece The Darkside You can watch it on Frontline - PBS.org. Go HERE. Missle Shield The Shrub & Puta Putin agree to cooperate on a shield. Only question is: Who are they shielding? Not too crazy. Give The Mutt A Treat And spare your guests. Jeff Beck On YouTube. Go HERE. He also does Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Then follow the links. Go HERE for B.B. Jeff, Eric Buddy & Albert. Soft Shell Crabs 'Tis the season to sautee some crustaceans. Tried them out on Kate and she approved. May have a couple more tonight. American Medicine Friends checking in about my finger pain and possible surgery. Thanks for the concern but they seem more worried than I am. It's very minor surgery, out-patient and one hand at a time. Also reports that one of the meds I take for my diabetes has heart problems associated with it. So it's back to my Endocrinologist for info. So it goes. Ain't life grand.
	6/6/07 The Sopranos Oh puke. Therapists are know to be big fans of the show based on Dr. Mehlfi. Loraine Bracco is probably the worst actress in the world and each show demonstrates why I can never take Psychiatry seriously. Go HERE. American Medicine Had my EMG & NCS tests today; a lot of electro shocks and needles sticking in me after waiting an hour past my appointment. Really sweet technician named Marisol and then my original Orthopedist who sent me to the Rheumatologist who sent me to the surgeon. Result: Looks like a "minor carpal tunnel or neuropathy". Back next week to see if I need surgery or just plug on with the pain. Visual Illusions 2007 contest. Go HERE. Smash Mouth Morning on RealPlayer. Go HERE. RFK Bobby assasinated 39 years ago. MacDries says, "My wife Linda and I were traveling in Germany when we saw the newspaper on a kiosk in Munich and lost all interest in tourism. We drove to a campground outside Daccau and ran the battery down listening to the radio until the final news came in the night." The Landlord Short video from Will Ferrell. Go HERE. 4 x 3 After the debates it seems clear each team has some viable (if not acceptable) candidates. Dems have Edwards, Obama, Clinton & Richardson with Gore waiting in the wings. Reps have Romney, Guiliani & McCain and a bunch of "who are theys". Each have a straight talking wacko: Ron Paul for the Reps. Mike Gravel for the Dems. The Dems also have Kucinich (net worth- $32,000) who can't get taken seriously even though he is very smart. Crazy Horse Go HERE for more.
	6/5/07 One For Emma Remember Gorbi The real hero of the Cold War, still speaks the truth. Go HERE. The Horror, the Horror Rumour going round is that Lynne Cheney will be the fill-in Senator to replace the departed Reprobate Senator from Wyoming. The thinking is: Democratic Gov. Freudenthal gets to pick from 3 choices provided by GOPers. Freudenthal will run in 2008 in the special election against the fill-in so he will choose the hated Miz Cheney. OMG!!!! Politics. Send Scooter To GITMO Sentence stated. Can pardon be far behind? Go HERE for letters in support of Scooter. Pearl Jam One reason I never listen to them. Go HERE for the actual lyrics which don't make sense either. And Go HERE for Eddie Vedder doing Masters Of War which does make sense. Oh Jesus! Billary, Edwards and Obama play the Christian card. Pee-yook. Go HERE. Orthopedics Back to the doctors, trying to solve these stiff fingers. Update: So my new Orthopedic Surgeon wants me to have an EMG & NCS test. That is Electromyographic and Nerve Conduction Study prior to surgery. I go back tomorrow and then a week later I go back to see him and then outpatient surgery. More fun than I need. Only good thing is, it's all in the nabes and this guy finally seems to know what he's doing.
	6/4/07 Al Franken Explains... why public financing is essential. And not just so Bloomburg can't buy an election. Go HERE. Quote-Un-Quote "At the end of the day, I believe fully the president is doing the right thing, and I think all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on [Sept. 11, 2001] and the naysayers will come around very quickly to appreciate not only the commitment for President Bush, but the sacrifice that has been made by men and women to protect this country." -- Dennis Milligan, Chairman Arkansas Republican Party MacDries says, "Wonder how many Republicans will repudiate this idiot."
	6/2/07 Gotta Do Something I did something stupider than this and now I have to pay. Taking a break from blogging. History LBJ knew and McNamara knew what they were getting into and still did it. Don't think Cheney/Bush were even that smart. Women In Art Hypnotic. Hound Dawg Big Mama Thornton, then Elvis, then Jimi. Go HERE.
	6/1/07 I Know An Idiot At least one. And he sends me such things. So awful they make you wanna puke. Go HERE. Things Have Changed Bob & The Wonder Boys. Go HERE. And Go HERE for When The Deal Goes Down. Art Imitates Life Imitates Art There is a short story by Richard Wright I read in college wherein a generally disgruntled hash cook in a diner is observed hocking up some plegm and spitting it into the soup by two of his underlings. They are afraid of being fired so they say nothing and serve it up to the customers. The concept has been spreading. Go HERE. 70,000 Cans Of Coors On The Floor And I've never even had a single can. Go HERE. Last Painting Nearly a year ago was the last painting I made. Longest ever since 1960. I figure there are enough to go around. Dr. Choice Dr. Jack Kevorkian was paroled and is in ill-health. Libertarians must applaude a leader. Go HERE. Some People Have Too Much Money Damien Hirst created a large platinum skull encrusted in perfect diamonds. For The Love Of God will sell (or not) for $99 million dollars. He'll also take pounds if you have them. Go HERE. Cocaine In Rome's Air That explains a lot. Go HERE. Nessie Why don't they just take a submarine in there, catch, sushi and eat the damn eel? Go HERE. A Female Prez? Lots of new problems will evolve if America decides to elect a woman President. First one is: Males always wear dark suits and ties on formal occasions. Even a tux from time to time. What's a girl to do? Journalists will have to adjust their prose to account for what the Prez has chosen to wear that day and how it reflects her thinking, etc. I'm not kidding. Impeachment? Even Gore agrees it's a waste of time. Congress can not even stop this stupid war. How could you possibly think it could Impeach the most Impeachable Prez in history. Go HERE and move on. The Great White Hope Fred Thompson? (even worse as an actor than Sam Waterson) & Scooter Libby. Go HERE. MacDries says, "How far can you drag a few hours of TV time on the Watergate Hearings and a couple years on a TV Drama? But then there is a (California) history of electing bad actors: George Murphy, Reagun, Schwarzenegger." Future 1st Lady Shops @ Salvation Army? Refreshing but no one will buy it. Go HERE. American Medicine Obama tells it. Edwards/Obama would be a great choice. Or Richardson. Know what? I'm thinking 2 birds with one stone. Clinton/Obama. Get this racist/misogynist crap over in one fell swoop. Another Month Shot To Hell Š2007 Carl Grupp Cheney/Bush are still in office. So is Gonzo but at least Wolfie has his reparations for being mistreated. The war shows no sign of ending in my lifetime. 1000 more Americans dead sinced last Memorial Day. Not to mention Iraqis, Sunni, Shia Kurds, Muslim & Arabs. Who knows how many are suffering wounds in various ill-equipped hospitals. How many families trying to figure out what it is all about. A few still think it is all worth it. What is the point of hatred? Is there one person in the world who feels good about the situation? I'm still depressed as hell and if you are not, you are not paying attention.
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