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5/31/06
Click HERE for the latest totals.
There is now reason to believe that this tally is not accurate by about a third. Go HERE.
Go HERE to put a face on the American dead. Add 30,000 Iraqi to the totals.
Go HERE for a map of the hometowns of all those killed.

I'll Buy That.
South Carolina to execute child sex offenders.

MacDries says, "Yeah and burn their ashes too. Then put their urns in the vault with all the nuclear waste."
Duh Of The Day
Gore says Bush is a right wing extremist.

MacDries says, "Who told you that, Al?
Later Today
Tried to get enthused about somethiing other than the couch, but I failed. Sorry.
Crud Wins Again
Worst night of my life. Geezerdom rampant, every 10 minutes a trip to the bathroom with puny results. I hate this. Back to bed.


5/30/06

Memorial Day NYC

Ready to rock.
City Of New Orleans
Johnny Cash does it. Go HERE.
Papa Benny @ Auschwitz

"In a place like this, words fail; in the end, there can be only a dread silence, a silence which itself is a heartfelt cry to God: Why, Lord, did you remain silent? How could you tolerate all this?"
The Shrub's Memorial Day Radio Show
Go HERE.
Woke Up With The Crud
Something's going around and it stopped off in me.


5/29/06

Do I Hear A Second
"I think, in particular, for the leadership of this House, which has stood idly by while this administration has ignored the rights of citizens, to then say we have special rights as Members of Congress is wholly inappropriate."
-- Barney Frank, (D-MA)
Money Saved
Found a CD drive cleaner at Staples which seems to have done the trick. Just burned 4 CDs and all worked.
Jacky Terrason
Recently discovered this great pianist. Now I've got another CD A Paris... and a third with Cassandra Wilson called Rendevous. Lotta good music there. Check 'em out.


5/28/06

Doonesbury Memorial Day Tribute
Go HERE.
Polliwogs
The pond was crystal clear this morning and I could see thousands upon thousands of incipient frogs swimming around. I'd like to reduce the number by half or more. Anyone know how? Please tell me. Fred?
I know they eat bugs and they are doing a good job of it. But... enough is sufficient.
Chicken/Egg Settled?
It was the egg that came first, so they say. Go HERE.
A Different Blogger
Apparently Padre doesn't have anything to say today so he has enlisted me as his guest blogger (Emster). Oh, what to say, what to say. The country is beautiful and blooming. I tried going in the pond yesterday but I only lasted a few seconds. It was coooolllddddd. And then I went for a run. And then I took a bath. And then... you don't really care, do you?
Of Course
Gotta go back to Bunker City today. But first a few more flowers to plant. A bit of lawn to mow since I won't be back for a few weeks. And then for the summer.


5/27/06

Emma Vain

Emma's 13 and is now vain, convinced she is ugly. Silly girl, braces off in a month, has no idea how gorgeous she is and how she will intimidate all the boys.
Below The Pond

©2006 Danny Dries - 1 of 2 Dogwood trees.
The Dock Is Docked Again
Water is almost warm enough for swimming but we'll see if the girls go in. I'm doubtful. Emma's off for a run. It's amazing how uninterested I am in the news when I'm up here.
Emma skipped her run and is heading for the pond.
Garden Center
Off to buy more Sunflower seeds and purty plants.
Spotted another Koi today. A white, black & grey one we named Firewater. So now there are at least 4 from last year: Roi, 14", Boi Toi, 12", Dori, 8" and now Firewater at abnout 10". No sign of the new small ones.
Later in the day I spotted a gold one about 5" playing with Boi Toi. Perhaps Boi Toi is not a boi.
Thus ends my boring obsession with growing Koi. We have a few that have survived and we go from there.
Foggy Day
9:30 and Ann and Sparkler are still sleeping.


5/26/06

DemocRats
Wonder why some of us don't respect the Boneless, Brainless, BlueBoys&Girls?
Well, here's a starter. They only managed to muster 15 votes against General Hayden for CIA chief. The man who was in charge of all the illegal surveilance of me and you.
The lack of backbone is anorexic-ally obvious. And these same cowards actually delude themselves that they could and should take over the congress of these un-United States.
Man! Wake-up call!!!

MacDries says "Remember this, now, when they come calling for $$$$$$$$ in the coming campaign. It really may be time for a 3rd party to rock this sinking ship of state. And I don't mean some wacko like Perot or ego-tripper like Nader. I mean a serious, cut the cheese Liberal. Do you exist? Can't you speak, honestly. You could win."
The Effects Of Alzheimers Disease
My brother Daryl just reminded me of a family story as we were discussing our eldest sister who is in the early stages.
My maternal grandmother Guertin was already suffering from senility, "childishness" as it was then called, when my father died in 1952. Back in those days some people displayed the casket in their homes rather than paying the cost of a funeral home. This was the case with us. Poppy lay in the parlor as people came to pay respects. At one point Grandma Guertin said to Ma, "Is there something wrong with Frank?"
I don't know what Ma said but I'm sure Grandma wouldn't have comprehended it anyway. She was as essentially gone as was Poppy. She followed a year or two later.
Marines May Have Murdered 24 Iraqi Civilians
Why does this not surprise us? And why do we assume it is true? War is hell.
Plus there was My Lai in Vietnam 35+ years ago where 109 people were murdered and the village was torched. Students and faculty revolted and burned ROTC headquarters here and there. Kent State in Ohio erupted and The National Guard responded by killing a few students. One scapegoat, a Lt. Calley was sent to prison. Neil Young wrote a song called Ohio. Go HERE for the lyrics.
Where is William Calley today? According to Wikipedia, he resides in the Columbus, Georgia area today and is the manager of a local jewelry store. Neil Young recently released Living With War. Go HERE to listen.

MacDries says, "What goes around, comes around and around and around."
House Approves Amnesty...
for members of the House. Go HERE.
I Miss Mr. Rogers

Watch Fred take on Senator Pastore, back in the day. Go HERE.
New Art & Architecture
My friend Michael Jantzen is constantly posting his latest. Go HERE.
Company
Ann and our Sparkler will be arriving tonight for the weekend. So, time to clean up the place a bit, buy some food.
The Movies
The Pianist was last night's feature. And I must say I didn't get the point. We all know the story: Nazis are sadistic beasts, they shipped millions of Jews away to work camps and exterminated them, some of the Jews collaborated to gain preferential treatment, some refused. Plus many details were bogus: snow was not snow, etc. In one scene they are taping up windows in 1939 with 3" masking tape. In the end there was one good German. Polanski has done much better.
I prefer an old movie such as The Pawnbroker for revealing the horror of what the nazis did to the Jews who somehow survived.
Pass it by unless you enjoy that sort of thing.
Sunflowers
CodeFred to the rescue.
"We grew them all the time. You are not planting them deep enough, you can go as deep as three inches and tamp down the soil a bit. They will come up through concrete. 1/2 inch you are just feeding them to squirrels, rabbits etc. Plant them way apart like 10 inches. My dad usually started them indoors, however, as he did with tomatoes. You will have to protect the seeds from birds when they are grown.
Put some sulfur on top to discourage pests. We would also leave dead squirrels around the garden, but I would most likely find that repellant these days (my brother was handy with a pellet gun!)".


5/25/06

FFFFFin' Chipmunks
Second year in a row. Tried to plant some sunflowers. Plant 1/2 inch deep and space. Did so yesterday and today each single seed had been dug up and eaten by them damn chestnut striped rats.
Grupp, you used to grow them every year. What's the trick?
Ad Hoc Art

©2006 Danny Dries
Our dock, propped up over the winter, fell over in a wind storm. When I picked it up this was the pattern of yellowed grass.
Redneck Harley

Courtesy of WlfSng.
Wonder Drug?
Ever wonder why some drugs are approved and others not? Take Botox, f'rinstance. Derived from botulinum toxin produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacteria, in large doses has side effects such as death. But... Go HERE and go easy.

MacDries says, "However, cannabis sativa, which can relieve glaucoma, nauseous effects of radiation treatment and other ailments, is illegal in most of these United States because it also has side effects such as making you giddy and giving you the muchies."
Art In Seattle

A friend of ours, Deborah Lawrence, has a new show coming up. Here's the scoop.
Exhibition: June 1 to July 1, 2006
Opening Reception: 1st Thursday, June 1, 6-8 pm
Informal gallery talk with the artist on Saturday, June 10, at Noon.
Catherine Person Gallery, 319 Third Ave S.
Seattle WA 98104   Phone 206.763.5565
www.catherinepersongallery.com
Tuesday-Saturday 11-5, and by appointment.

MacDries says, "Lil' Sis, Dee, go see and introduce yourself."
Surprise!!
"Kenny Boy" and Skilling are GUILTY!!! What a shocker.
This Is Rich
McCain backs "good friend" Lieberman in his primary campaign.

MacDries says, "Why not just switch parties Joe? The Reprobates are having trouble mouunting a candidate to defeat you."
The Plan
Make the trip to the re-cycle center then hit the garden store for pond flowers, plants. Then maybe clean the garage and think about stripping the chest of drawers I got Ann for Xmas.
Movies
Junebug was last night's viewing. Another great little movie, full of totally credible characters. Scott Wilson is one of the great character actors and in this case he plays one of the sweetest, slightly befuddled men you can imagine. He knows enough to keep out of other peoples problems and just love them. Embeth Davitz is the most gorgeous skinny girl since Audrey Hepburn and a good actress to boot.
Border Patrol

This comes to us from Grupp.


5/24/06

The Immigration Issue
Most of the rhetoric about immigrants emphasize "illegal aliens" rather than "illegal employers". Until the penalties apply to both outlaws, the wrong will continue. Employers will easily pay their puny fines and wait for the next batch of Mexcicans, Irish, Polish, Ukrainians to do all their unlicensed, non-social security paying chores at a reduced cost. The workers will suffer broken homes, foreclosed mortgages and even jailtime.
Take a walk in any of Southern California's, Texas's, New Mexico's or Arizona's more affluent neighborhoods and then try to imagine what it would look like in a few months without the Mexicans vacuuming, watering and blow-drying their lawns. Can you spell desert?
Going out for Chinese tonight? Imagine the restaurants are paying minimum wage and their employees live in single family apartments rather than in bunk-beds 20-30 to a room. How much are you willing to pay for some Mu Shu Pork?
America is asleep and had been so for so long it may not be able to wake up.
Poor Reba
Reba took a cheap swipe at The Dixie Chicks at the CMA and got the expected applause. Too bad. She used to have a bit of country class and now she has to settle for a stupid sitcom and hosting awards to other polyester pop artists. Dolly would never do something so stupid.
Meanwhile The Chicks new album keep selling.
Sorry Bob


Forgot to wish my alter-ego, Robert Zimmerman, Happy 65th Birthday. Forever Young. Live as long as Seeger.

What It Takes
Revealing what can bring about Bi-partisanship. Have the FBI raid the files of a Congressperson caught with some hot cool cash and Dems & Repbrobates alike are up in arms. Indignant and worried they each will be next.
Separation of powers? Don't think so!
Censored!!!!
Here's a message from my HS Senior.
Dad-
When trying to log onto your blog today, I received this message in my school:
"Access Denied. The requested document http://www.walrus.com/~ddprod/WebLog.html will not be shown.
Reason: DDR score = 92. This page will not be displayed because it contains prohibited words or it has exceeded its tolerance of questionable words."
Thought you'd like to know that you are "questionable"
Love
Kate
100K
Just noticed that sometime in the night our Thelonious Monk Memorial Blog had its 100,000th visitor. We now average a bit over 500 hits a day.
Not huge by MySpace standards but way'da go T. Monk.
My Sparkler
When we named Emma 13.5 years ago, a friend said in German it approximated to hausfrau. Nana also wasn't too keen on the name. However, vindicated again, I noticed Time Mag said that Emma was now on of the top 3 girls names. In yo' face.
Grupp Took This

Visit his blog to see it larger or other pix. Go HERE. For you Emma.
Sunny Day & Quiet
Transamerica proved to be quite a good movie. One of those "small" films without a single car chase or a guy running down the street or holding a two fisted gun. Felicity Huffman could easily have won best actress but I guess the transgender woman/man was pretty enough and you know Hollywood do love the pretty faces.


5/23/06

Jesus! Oprah!
Have you no shame? Going to visit Auschwitz with Elie Wiesel?????

MacDries says, "Oprah, take him to Belize and drink a few bottles at Coppola's estate. Let him kick back."
Stop! Don't Need To Know That
Former NJ Gov (Resigned) McGreevey wants to tell us about his tricks of the trade (highway reststops, bookstore trysts, womanizing? etc.) It reminds me of one of my favorite books and book titles; Raymond Carver's Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?.
I'm still pissed that Carver didn't live to write more but... Governor, I repeat...
Here's A Ho-Hum
Connnecticut Dem-Senator Chris Dodd considering a run for Prez in 08. When you're done laughing I'll remind you of the time he and Teddy were rumoured to be caught with a coupla babes propped up on a Senate chamber table.
I can say no more.
But this campaign ought to go almost as far as Lieberman's did in 04.
PeerTrainer
Former neighbor, Habib Wicks, son of Frank and Sukanya, nephew of Ram, has a site featured on YouTube. Go HERE.
Up Country
Think I'll go up for a few days. Y'all have a goo one.
Soon as I got here it clouded up got cold. Fireplace night tonight. Picked up Transamerica fopr nightly viewing.
Doubt It
That's what The Shrub said when aksed if he would take a look at his nemisis's Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth. Hey! He believes in Jesus and the power of redemption fer sinners like himsef.

MacDries says, "That's sounds about right.?


5/22/06

The Press...
has got a new theme: Time Mag this week's headline proclaims Al Gore Is The Un-Hillary. He's getting good press about his new movie. He's being coy. Every pundit, columnist, blogger (pro&con) is mentioning him including MacDries who's been on him for a while.

MacDries says, "My problem is: He got more votes than The Shrub and lost. Can he do the same against Saint McCain and win. That would be kewl. We've got one more vote this year and in 2008 since Kate turns 18 this year."
Not A Big Fan...
of John Dean but... remember him? Nixon's toady. Yeah that John Dean. Well, like Chuck Colsen he seems to have aged and gained a bit of wisdom. I'd go HERE for a view of Censure v. Impeachment.
De'm Dems
It looks like the Dems in the form of Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Billary Rodman (D-NY) are starting to get a win at any cost attitude. In Pennsylvania they are supporting anti-gun control, anti-pro-choice candidate Bob Casey, Jr, against the odious incumbent, ambitious zealot Rick Santorum (R-PA).
MacDries says, "Well, any port in a storm, eh Bill and Chuck."
Time To Kick Some "Country" Ass

The so called Country radio stations that play Shania Twain, Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks and all the other "big hat" polyester pop crap have staged a campaign against the real country Dixie Chicks. Now, each of the the chicks actually play instruments, (banjo, fiddle, guitar) and write their own songs but they are not knee-jerk Bush supporters. In fact they don't like the guy. Time to support their latest effort. Go HERE sample and buy it.

MacDries says, "Kate and I think they be cool. We've got all their CDs. Plus, the have 7 kids under the age of 5 and two of the chicks have twins so they're mamas too. We all like moms."
Another Myth Shot To Hell
7 year old boy swims from Alcatraz to San Francisco. Go HERE.

MacDries says, "And I thought only Clint Eastwood could do it.
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The Long Line
If there was ever any doubt, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has now joined the dirty list that started way back with John Mitchell, Ed Meese, John Ashcroft, etc. He now says that journalists can be prosecuted for publishing illegal activity of the government. But it's doubtful that The Shrub can be prosecuted for illegal surveilance.
What is sophistry?

MacDries says, "It's possible to be a lawyer and not be a weasel, but it's also not common. And with the exception of Ramsey Clark, to be Attorney General you are almost required to be in the bag."
Cool Cash
Finally, a Democratic congressman caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Well, in the freezer actually. Rep. Wm. Jefferson (D-LA) stashed 95K in his fridge. Part of a 100K payoff.
Go HERE all you Republicans looking for ammo.


5/21/06

National Guard Mobilized...
to protect The Shrub's approval rating. Go HERE.
Seeger Sessions
After a couple weeks of listening, the new Bruce CD is stacking up there next to The Rising and Nebraska and The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street... and Born To Run as authentic American music.
Better get it!
OK Apple
I love Apple, I'm devoted to OSX. But why the F*** can I not quit Dashboard, which is mostly useless to me????? Huh, Steve? Give me an easy out.
I don't need bells and whistles. Just give me stability. That's all I ask for or need. Seriously.
Somewhere Down South

©1978 Danny Dries
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Start Off Stupid
A dog with a broken tongue. Go HERE.


5/20/06

1st Is First...
and second is no place. I think Studs Lonegan said that. Check me Grupp.
Hank Aaron, slim as Michael Jordan holds the record of 755 home runs. Babe has 714, acheived on booze & carb bashing and now Bonds has done it on steroids.
How Soon We...
forget. Dr. Kevorkian is still in prison and not doing all that well. Go HERE.
Some People Need To...
get a life. Go HERE.
Second That!
"No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up."
-- Lily Tomlin
Counter-Insurgency Essay
John Hodgeman of The Daily Show. Go HERE.
Can't Wait
Cars, the new flic from Pixar® opens on June 9th. Emma and I are lining up right now.
Score Two/Nothing
The campaign begins. McCain booed at New School address. Liberman has to face Lamont in Connecticut primary.
Lieberman complains that Lamont spent his own 500K when he spent 3 times that amount.
What a pussy. If anyone deserves to lose, it's Lieberman, even with Billary and Dodd supporting him. Anyone wonder why Democrats are such losers?


5/19/06

I Wanna Be Sedated M..... F.....
Queer: Who's Joey Ramone?
Hipster Girl: Oh my God, are you kidding me?
Queer: Uh, no. Who is he?
Hipster Girl: He's a singer! He was like, in some huge band in the '80s!
Queer: What band?
Hipster Girl: Um...
Queer: See? You don't know who the hell he is either. You don't even know what band he was in.
Hipster Girl: It's on the tip of my tongue...
Queer: Sure.
Hipster Girl: Oh well, I can't think of it. I think he's dead now anyway. Who cares.

MacDries says, "How soon we forget. But I can't because I lost 20% of my hearing in my left ear at a Ramones concert in Hartford in the 70s when I stupidly stood up front next to the bank of speakers. As I walked out at nights end I noticed a ringing in my brain pan that took a while to go away. Thanks Joey."
Who Is????
Terry Terentelli. A woman to hate, even though she seems to be a babe.
There is now a website against men who have stubble on their chins. The site claims that women who shave their body parts, underarms, legs, pubic areas, moustaches, etc. are more highly evolved and suffer the tyranny of men who choose not to shave. Or rather choose to not shave regularly.
The theme seems to be: Scraping your body daily with a sharp, possible lethal blade is "normal". And choosing not to do so is odious.
Go your own way. Go HERE, it's a hoot.

MacDries says, "When I was in Chelsea last week, I noticed that buzz cut and stubble heads are dee rigor amongst gay guys, gallery assistants etc. these days. Does that mean they are out of step, too?"
Start Me Up
"I so love what he stands for and respect him so much that when I met him, I was a bit shaky."
-- Hallie Berry on Barak Obama

MacDries says, "Hallie, Hallie, Hallie, for guys like me and Barak and that Clooney fellow, shaky knees are a real turn off. Get a grip girl."
Oil Piggies Launch Attack Ads At Gore
Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth opens next week and the attacks have begun in advance. Go HERE.
Meanwhile the reviews are coming in and seem to be largely positive. Go HERE.
King Colin McCain
"All successful politicians must have at least some talent for telling lies about what's in their hearts and convincing people that it is the truth. But Sen. John McCain has a unique genius for telling the truth from his heart and making people believe that he is lying. And these people are his supporters! They admire him as a straight-talking truth­teller, and they forgive him for taking positions on big issues that they find repellent on the grounds that he doesn't really mean what he says."
-- Michael Kinsley
Go HERE.

MacDries says, "Man, let the Dems choose Billary Rodman and that would be a landlside ticket. I'll stay home. I can see it now: McCain/Powell 2008.
Porn
ABC News is now offering links to porn sites. See today's news, re: Initiation Rites At A Catholic School.
(Skip it Emma!)
I Don't Know...
who the hell this Lindsay Lohan is but she is the latest Tom Cruise. Every day, in the papers, on the net, every where... we don't care.
Ryan Adams Live In Seattle
Little Sis Dee Grupp sent me a CD which is pretty good and which contains a huge rant about some music reviewer who apparently took a shot at Adams. Here it is:

Phil & Don
The Everly Brothers do some basic r'n'r. Go HERE to see where the Beatles stole most of their early licks.
New Macs
Of course CodeFred was one of the first to get one. Kate wants one for college so we'll no doubt spring for the low end one for 11 hunert.
Rain & More Rain
Laundry day again. Need a nap.


5/18/06

Rudi & Ralph Reed
Mutual admiration society.
"I just want to say I believe Rudy Giuliani is one of the finest leaders in not only the Republican Party but in either party."
-- Ralph Reed
"We're here to get you elected. It would be a great thing for Georgia."
-- Rudolph Guiliani

MacDries says, "Good enough for Ralph and Rudi is good enough for me. 9-11, 9-11."
10,000 Words

Kinky Kicks Ass

Texas Jewboy gets 4 times the number of signatures he needed to get on the ballot for Gov of Tejas. Go HERE.
Italy Gives U.S. The Boot
Italy will no longer be part of the coalition of the willing.
New Prime Minister says Iraq invasion was a grave mistake.

MacDries says, "Literally, a grave for thousands. But Saddam and Osama are still alive and doing their evil acts."
The Red & Blue (repeat from November04)
As with all simplifications the idea that there are Red States & Blue States is erroneous; and that these Red & Blue people somehow equate to good and bad or smart and dumb or patriotic and treasonous is equally fallacious. For some better views of the Map of The USA Electorate visit This Site:
Red v. Blue
If you believe in such things as Red and Blue states, there are currently only two Red states left. Go HERE.
The Polls Are Wrong
I don¹t really believe those polls. As I travel around the United States... A lot of people come up to me and say, ŒStay the course¹.²
-- Laura Bush

MacDries says, "Spread the word."
AT&T Mailing

Yes, you did.
Out With The Old
In with the new MacBooks. Go HERE.
Want one.


5/17/06

The Daily Show
On The Shrub's NSA Telephone Database. Go HERE.
Scroll down to Fox News Pundits.
Kevin Phillips
Author of The Emerging Republican Majority, which proved to be prescient, was on The Colbert Report last night and proved also to be worth heeding today. He has a new book American Theocracy whose theme seems to nail our country's current direction as well.
My Sparkler
Emma explains her addiction to One Tree Hill. She's got a sense of humor, at least. Go HERE.
Duck! It's Dick

Go HERE to get your pin.
Pot By Any Other Name
Marijuana, Hemp, Mary Jane, Marge, Colombo, Acapulco Gold, Ganja, Weed, etc. And now Cesamet. It's still pot but you don't have to smoke it. And it will now be available by prescription for nausea and vomiting associated with chemo-therapy.
In Canada they call it nabilone.
Go HERE for more on the subject.
Living With War
You can go to Neil Youngs website and listen to his new CD streaming. Go HERE.
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5/16/06

Coincidences
I've always been fascinated by coincidence. Today as I was web surfing the news, I came across an item with an image of Mona Lisa. I had previously done a series of paintings and prints on the theme of the enigmatic babe Mona so I clicked on the icon at the precise moment when Townes Van Zandt was singing the words "I have seen the Mona Lisa" on iTunes Party Shuffle.
The clicked on item was not at all interesting; something to do with The DaVinci Code which someone gave me and I was unable to read 20 pages. Worse than John LeCarre.
That's the way of coincidences; they don't mean anything. Far as I can tell, except Leonardo used to use accidents to stimulate his muse and his muse did a mean trick or two. Now we have museums.
The Gruppster

Always good to see a new Grupp pict. This one is from his blog. Go HERE.
Carl's little sis, Dorothy, posted this tribute to their dad, Carl Sr., who we all loved, on her blog:

"Thirty years ago today, my wonderful dad died after a five-month struggle with cancer. He was so patient as we tried on him every alternative cancer therapy known at the time, short of going to Mexico for treatment (which we thought of but rejected). He was being fed through a tube into his stomach where I would mix up concoctions of ground flax seed, vitamins, organic vegetables. The worst time was when I mixed some niacin into the tube which caused a hot flush, taking him completely by surprise and I bent over laughing only because I knew what I had done. Dad was a lesson in dying as I watched his attachment to the world slip away, becoming less interested in books, tv, radio, becoming more and more internal, more insular and contained. Now when I think of him, I don't always think of those last five months, but I think of his humor, his outgoing personality, his social nature, how he loved to play cards, play jokes, tell stories, drive cross-country without stopping, and when home make sure he had the best damn lawn on the block.
How he did it, I don't know, but he waited until Carl drove the 4 and a half hours from Sioux Falls to St. Paul to join my mother and me at his bedside before he left us. He would have been 99 on July 31 this year."

MacDries says, "My family disease is heart related but now as we live a bit longer, cancer has started to crop up. Our daughter Kate is currently doing a fund raiser for Cancer research. If you would like to contribute you can Go HERE. Thank you."

"My recollection of C.M. Grupp was of a guy who told the worst jokes in the world and thought that because they were so bad, they were the best. He was probably responsible for the reversal wherein bad became the new best. Carl Alf Grupp (above) has continued this tradition.
C.M. was somewhat bald, tall, slim and handsome in the sense that personality always trumps conventional good looks. My wife at the time thought he was "hot".
Each night, after dinner with his family (which included me, I felt) he would plop into his strato-lounger and begin to watch TV. Two minutes later he was asleep and would stay so, unless someone would change the channel. In which case, he would say, "Hey, I was watching that," then fall back asleep. Around 11pm he would get up and go to bed.
I miss Big Carl. I feel I know him more than I knew my own father."
Overheard (for Emma)
Welcome back to my Little Sparkler Blogger.
Yuppie tween #1: Avril is so hard core.
Yuppie tween #2: Yeah, but Ashlee is way more rock than Avril.
Yuppie tween #1: Avril is, like, ... woah!
Yuppie tween #2: But Ashlee has black hair and sings about her life!
Yuppie tween #1: Avril is so hard core that sometimes I have to plug my ears 'cause it's like, "Avril, you are so hard core!"
Sukanya

Our former neighbor, World famous South Indian dancer and artist, Sukanya created Harpswell Designs and will show her collection of note cards at the 2006 National Stationery Show, Javits Center, New York City - May 21 - 24, Level 3, ARTOBJECTS booth 4156 4158
President Al Gore
6 years later. Go HERE. You have to scroll down a bit.
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Hear the man do Little Wing under a bunch of guitar footage. Go HERE.
Gum Blondes
This guy paints blonde babes with chewed bubble gum. Go HERE.
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5/15/06

Idiots
What sort of idiot does it take to think that automated, computer generated telephone solicitations are an effective marketing tool? I just got one from Cingular and I was supposed to punch 1 to respond in English. It's beyond me.
When you answer the phone and say "Hello" and there is a pause, you can bet real money that one of those voices will soon follow. And there seems to be no recourse. It will go on. It's like privacy pollution.
Foot In Mouth Disease
Billary asked by Chelsea to apologize to her young daughter for criticizing lazy young folks. How stupid is she? Quite. Very. Rather.
Besides, what's your point? Trying to join the "I made it and so can you, Bill Cosby, School of Social Criticism".

MacDries says, "I'd say so. apologize to our 13 and 17 year olds who both just worked their butts off all year getting into, respectivley great high schools and colleges. I want you out of here Billary."
Headline & Duh Of The Day
Rove Blames Bush's Low Ratings On Iraq War

MacDries says, "Yeah, Karl. And who's war is that? Plus it might have a tad to do with the economy, the deficit, the incompetence in the total administration of "The Decider" and that includes you and Cheney and Rumsfeld."
Latest Painting

More DoubleSpeak
Clickable Ads: Hands Off The Internet
If you click and watch the ads, you find they are sponsored by a coalition misleadingly called "Hands Off the Internet". If you look at the members of "Hands Off the Internet," they are the very Telecom companies who have given large donations to members of Congress to pass legislation -- now having cleared a House Committee -- to allow them to squeeze democracy out of the Internet in order to increase their profits. Members of the cynically named "Hands Off the Internet" coalition include AT&T, BellSouth and Cingular, along with some "front" organizations that again employ the Bush tactic of sounding like they are on your side when they are trying to get away with grand larceny.
As many on the Net have noted with contempt, the group is masterminded by former Clinton Press Secretary Mike McCurry. Go HERE.
And here is McCurry's fellow Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on the issue: Go HERE.

MacDries says, "My question is: why don't really smart people like Robert Reich run for President?"
BushSpeak
The shrub claims he does not intend to militarize our mutual border with Mexico, but was considering sending National Guard troops there to temporarily support border control efforts.

MacDries says, "Of course not. The National Guard is not military. It's Military like, unless the troops are sent to Iraq or Afganistan, or Kuwait or...? Arizona, Texas, New Mexico."
Report: Rove Indicted
This is from TruthOut.com. Go HERE.
And HERE.
Everybody's Got To Do Something
This guys collects grocery lists. Go HERE.
BloomBush Goes Down
Parents are organizing to fight the little twit's dictatorial policy of not allowing students to "carry" cellphones in their possession. Any parents who want to participate in this protest can contact Norman Siegel who is heading the legal effort.
Mr. Siegel would like to hear from any individual parent or parent groups who oppose this policy and are interested in being plaintiffs, file affidavits or simply offer information as to why it is critical that this policy be stopped, including specific incidents when your child carrying a cell phone made a big difference in terms of safety etc.
To contact Norman, please email him at siegelnorman@aol.com or Fax him at 212-448-0066 with att: Norman Siegel on the front.
Please provide as much information as possible as to what you're offering and please sign with all relevant contact info so he can get in touch with you later.

MacDries says, "Gotta fight for what's right."


5/14/06

WlfSng Reports

1st wave of bird flu hits a Florida trailer park.
Smokers R'Pigs

All of Bunker City is an ashtray. Why not just toss them and let them burn away? But NO! Stub them out in planters and outside the office buildings and the bars too now that BloomBush has made illegal what is still legal to do.
Yes, smokers r'pigs but BloomBush is a fascist pig.
NYC Street Scene

Ralph Nader
Every once in a while I get really pissed that if it were not for Ralph we would not have had to put up with 8 years of George W. Bush. Then I remember that this is America and anyone can run for President.
I'm still pissed at him, and no longer respect him but...
Time Mag's 100
Still feeling sore about not being included in the 100 most influential. It's not faaaaaaiir. I want at least Ralph Lauren's spot. The guy has never designed a thing in his dwarfish existence.
Doin' The 2-Step

Grupp and his main squeeze Carol at the opening of their new artists co-op in Sioux Falls. Go HERE for more.
Happy Mother's Day
To Ma, Ann, Linda, Sybella, Delores, Madonna, Shirley.


5/13/06

Duh! Of The Day
Polls show by 2/1 that Clinton out-performed The Shrub. Go HERE.
Eva Hesse

Going to the Hesse show at the Jewish Museum today. Never understood what all the fuss is about other than her continually tragic life. Maybe I'll learn something.
Update: Nice small show but disappointing. Hesse is a good consistent artist but not all she's cracked up to be.


5/12/06

Kerry Won - But Who's Counting?
"It's not the people who vote that count; it's the people who count the votes."
-- Joseph Stalin
Go HERE.
Got The Blues
Howlin' Wolf does Dust My Broom. Go HERE.
Got Nuthin'
One of my friendly readers just emailed, shocked that I had nothing today. One of those bad days we all have from time to time. Sorry.


5/11/06

Almost Worthless
My old pal Helman's Lichtenstein Sinking Sun only had one bidder and didn't even make the low estimate. S'pose ta go for 20 million, it only brought 15.6.
That's gotta hurt. Sorry Joe. Better luck next time.
You might try buying some actual art, see how that works.
Billary Rodman

Such a good friend and fundraiser. "He's my constituent," says Billary.
ABC Headline
Bush Presidency Floundering

MacDries says, "Who leaked that?:
Floyd Patterson, 71, R.I.P.
1st Heavyweight Champ (really a light-heavy) to regain his title.
I lost money on both his fights with Ingemar Johannson. I bet on him the first time. Bet against him in the second fight. That's when I stopped betting on sporting events.
Snow Above, Sand Below

Ski trail in the desert, paid for by gas guzzling SUVs.
Slept Late
Now back to bed.


5/10/06

Floating The Shrub
Bush 41 & 43 start the hype for little bro Jeb. Question: What about that other brother we never hear about and whose name we can't remember outside of the Keating Scandal?
T-Shirts

Go HERE to get yours.
Wanna Contribute...
to Democratic candidates? I know they don't really deserve it, but... Go HERE if you do anyway.
Still Works
Go to Google. Type the word asshole. Then click "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.
Say Anything, Billary
Billary Rodman says The Shrub has "a lot of charm and charisma".

MacDries says, "Yeah and Billary has hips like Hillary Swank."
Barak Obama
Neil Young pumps for Obama for Prez.
I love Neil and always listen to him but in this instance it is a case of overblown expectations based on one speech. Contrast that with Barak's toadyish performace sucking up to John McCain.
Sorry Neil, give him 10 years and then see where he stands.
Addendum: Young's latest CD Lining With War will be released tomorrow.
Create Your Own Graffitti
Go HERE.
Up Early
Have to walk My Sparkler to the bus for a class field trip to Beantown. No, I'm not a chaperone. The thought of 50-60 screaming 13 year olds on a bus gives me the jeeby-heebies. What I would like however is a nickle for everytime the word "like" and/or "whatever" is uttered in the two day trip.


5/9/06

Obvious To Me & Mine
"What is happening to George W. Bush is thare lacerating because of the diurnal polls that give lapidary attention to wisps of sentiment. No doubt about it, the president's popularity is very low, though the exact meaning of that, and the causes of it, aren't obvious"
-- Wm F. Buckley
Go HERE for more of Bill's bilge.

MacDries says. "Obvious to some of us, Bill. If there is a philistine in the world more obvious than Bill Buckley, I'm not aware and don't want to know who it is."
Ms. 35% v. Mr. 30%

Who's zooming who?
Wink, Wink / Nod, Nod
Howard Dean says there will not be an impeachment of Bush if the Dems take over Congress. I can say no more.

MacDries says, "Damn right, The Shrub has the Agnew Defense going for him. Gonna have to kick-start Cheney's defibrillator and do a slow burn first."
Mac v. PC
Great series of new ads from Apple featuring John Hodgeman from The Daily Show. Go HERE.
Explain That!
Survival rate for newborn babies in the U.S. Of A has the second worst in the world.
Go HERE.
Review
In case you missed Stephen Colbert's burning of The Shrub:
"Let's review the rules. Here's how it works. The president makes decisions; he's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Put them through a spell-check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know - fiction."

MacDries says, "I'm now informed that C-SPAN has forced a few sources on the internet to stop offering the video. America The Beautiful."
Fellow Dylan Fanatics
Carl just sent me a CD full of Dylan/Seattle 78 and Sun City.
We (Carl, Larry Bogdanow, Christopehr Ricks & me) all collect everything we can get.
Cold Cruel Mommas
Go HERE.
Bye Bye Karl
Rove will soon be indicted alongside his buddy Scooter.
That's my prediction and I'm sticking to it.
Zappa!!!!
Have you forgotten about Frank as guitar hero? Go HERE.
And with The Mothers. Go HERE.
Vampire Cardiologist
Off to get blood tests and cardiogram to see if I'm still alive.
Turns out I am. Cardiogram is obvious since I have a Pacemaker. BP great 127/75. Lungs clear. Carotids are rumble free. If I could just get rid of these damn allergies.


5/8/06

Now It Comes Clear
"You know, I've experienced many great moments, and it's hard to name the best," The Shrub told weekly Bild am Sonntag when asked about his high point since becoming The Decider in January 2001.
"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5-pound perch in my lake." Bush said the worst moment was Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
"In such a situation it takes a while before one understands what is happening," Bush said. "I would say that this was the hardest moment, once I had the real picture before my eyes."

MacDries says, "Yeah, Dubya, we all know it took you a couple hours to figure things out while flying around the southeast. That's why we hired you. To decide things for all of us."
Slow Day
Having one of those days where I don't seem to be doing anything even if I'm going here and there nothing seems to be happening. Not interested in much.
Oh well, hope you are all well.
He Won Once
Al Gore could do it again. That's the talk and he will probably run. That's my prediction but McCain will still kick his ass if he should stop Billary Rodman.
Teaspoon Slide Guitar
Hannes Coetzee, South African guitar player. Go HERE.
Apple bEats Apple Corps
iTunes rocks and rolls on. It's just money Yoko, Paul and Ringo. Let Steve sell your silly love songs.


5/7/06

The Kennedy Curse
Even for such a large family, their media prominence and several self-inflicted injuries these guys and girls do have a notably bad track record. Go HERE.
To this list you have to add Maria Shriver's marriage to Swartzenegger.

MacDries says, "Add also the bad behavior of John, Bobby and Teddy (philandering, blind ambition and drink), discount their good attributes and intentions and one can understand why some folks don't respect them.
Going To The Movies
My wife always makes it plural when she wants to go out. Saw Down In The Valley with Edward Norton, directed by an old student of mine named David Jacobson. Pretty good little odd-ball movie, if about 10 minutes too long. Jacobson previously directed Dahmer which I (and most other people) haven't seen.
I have to say that even as a 20 year old student he was quite interesting and I often wondered what happened to him. Now we know.
Too Nice To Stay Inside
This is one of those perfect weather days in Bunker City. Except for my GD allergies.
Big Talk
A bunch of people are predicting the Dems will take over the House of Reps in November. I say don't count your votes before they are cast. The Dems can always find a way to blow it.
BloomBush Thinks He Has Cohones
And as with most little guys strutting their self-righteous stuff, he is looking pretty stupid. Even those who voted for the "moderate" Republican are getting pretty pissed.
I'm predicting a parents revolt. Or, save that, a quiet accomodation when he realizes the studity of his school cellphone ban.
Here's an idea: Concentrate on weapons and forget about good devices. Take the cellphones and/or iPods away from anyone who uses them inside the doors of a school. Including parents who make or answer calls during their childrens performances.


5/6/06

Under Ground NYC

This is what it looks like under most of the street in Bunker City. I wish they would finish this place some day.
Chelsea
Ran into Steve Martin, bedecked in biker's aerodynamic helmet, pants legs wrapped with straps. He was about 30 steps behind me through about 6 galleries and then I broke away. Not, however, before I asked him if he was stalking me.
Serra was somewhat boring compared to his big tilted arcs but at a certain point you just have to admire his massive accumulation of forged steel tonage.
Basquiat was everywhere. A show at Pace/Wildenstein compares him to Dubuffet and he comes out much more inventive, less repetitive.
George Condo's latest show was a bit of a "one-trick" but he still comes off well as a sort of Picasso meets Steinberg.
Huge di Suvero at Paula Cooper but nothing we haven't seen before.
Got lots of walking in so it wasn't all in vain.
Jimi
Acoustic version of Hear My Train A'Comin' Go HERE.
Please
Lord, give us one day without Tom Cruise in the news. That is a plea, not a prayer.
Off To Chelsea
When the weather gets nice it's not a bad place to walk around, get some exercise, get out of the house. There's a Richard Serra show at Gagosian.


5/5/06

Bubba's Bad BJs
By now nearly everyone (save phone sex addict O'Reilly and pill-popper "Rush" Limbaugh) has acknowledged that Bill's failed impeachment was at best an example of blatant politcal power.
House (R) Yes. Senate (D) No.
Unless the Dems take over both houses this fall and take Dubya to task there will never be tit for tat on that. And given the fact that Cheney is next in line, it is not at all feasible.
That too is not irony. That is politics.
Every Day, In Every Way
The Shrub's Administration is dissolving. Porter Goss today, caught up in: Go HERE.
And now 45% of "Conservatives" say they are fed up.
Who cares with what they are stuffed. Hurry on November. And don't blow it Dems!!!!!!.
Flip Wilson
Googled Flip and came up with some stuff. He's gone: Clerow "Flip" Wilson (December 8, 1933 ­ November 25, 1998)
I remember Wilson's story of Christopher Columbus.
Chris convinced Queen Isabella to fund his voyage by telling her that discovering America means that he can thus also discover Ray Charles.
Queen Isabella, jumping on this, says, "Chris you can have all the money you want, Honey -- You go find Ray Charles!!"
When Columbus departs, Isabella testifys to one and all that "Chris gonna find Ray Charles!!"
And we've had Ray Charles ever since. Thank you Isabella.
Plus, there would be no WYSIWYG without Flip's saucy alter-gender-ego, Geraldine, whose stock refrain was, "What you see is what you get."
Sucka!
Ambien
Comedian Flip Wilson* always used to say, "Devil made me do it." Now, in additon to The Evil Trickster, we have Ambien to blame. Ambien will allow us (and Congressmen) to sleep walk, sleep drive, sleep eat and even sleep rape.
*What ever happened to Flip?
Prayer 101
CodeFred tells me: "Hell I pray all the time... just yesterday when I was painting, and the spray can got caught on the pile of masking tape for the second time, I said: "What the f***, will YOU stop doing that!"
I pray to the evil trickster all the time."
Want One

Bring this babe home to momma.
For Emma
Ashlee Simpson Gets A New Nose. Go HERE.
Latest Paintings
The Derry/Dries Suite - 28" x 22" each - paint, watercolor on paper


Laundry Day
Ever do laundry in a house with three women? 5 loads and that doesn't include all the towels or sheets. That's for tomorrow.


5/4/06

Excuse Me!!!!!!!
"America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray."
-- G.W. Bush

MacDries says, "Never prayed in my life Shrub, unless singing along with Stevie Wonder's Superstition qualifies. Plus there are a whole bunch of agnostics, atheists, pacifists, Quakers and crypto Quakers (like Nixon), Buddists, who just take care of themselves and their families and don't go off fighting paranoid holy wars against "non-Judeo-Christian evildoers".
Poor Bill Gates
He wishes* he were not so rich!!!!!!!! Yet his personal hero is fellow billionaire Warren Buffet.
Go HERE.

MacDries says, "Gimme a fucking break Bill. Better yet gimme your fucking billions and I'll give all of it except a couple hundred thousand a year to AIDS research, cancer research, obesity research. Give it away Bil if it's truly burdonsome, sell that fucking monstrosity you built or turn it into a hospice for the homeless."
* As my old daddy used to say, "Wish in one hand and shit in the other. See which one gets full the fastest."
1000 Words

Iraq al Qaeda Will Fall
Zarcawi is a girlie man. Here's some proof. Go HERE.
Gotta Hurt
Poor doofus in Ohio has two sons who didnt bother to vote and he winds up in a tie (43-43). There will be a recount and it may take a few minutes. Then a coin toss. Go HERE for details.

MacDries says, "Everything today is supposed to be "ironic" but this is not. This is pathetic."
Brother Mike

Brother Merlyn "Mike" Dries is having some health problems these days. He will be 76 in August. This is brother "Spike" (deceased last year @ 65), Mike and YT in the 50s. Nice wallpaper huh? Goes with my shirt. And notice my Blue Suede Shoes with white socks no less. Kewl.
Mike was, for years, the best looking brother, then I was for a while and now it's Derb as mentioned yesterday. The Dries men are a vain bunch and we argue about who is the best looking, who is the best pool player and who was Ma's favorite. (I was.)
Get well, Mike. You'da Patriarch these days.
BloomBush Strikes Again
BloomBush and Joel Klein now want to ban our children from carrying cell phones into school with them. This is part of their terror tactics; a misguided attempt to secure public schools. These guys have a very short memory. While the WTC was falling and all phones were out, only cell phones allowed us to communicate with our families. Email them.

mbloomberg@cityhall.nyc.gov

JKlein@nycboe.net

Get a clue Bloomie.

MacDries wants to know, "Why are fascists* all so short... on common sense?"
*i.e. Napolean, Mussolini, Guiliani, BloomBush, Tom Cruise.
Coming Soon
An Inconvenient Truth. Go HERE.
Dora Maar

I was way wrong. Dora Maar And Cat was predicted to sell for a mere pittance of $20 mil but sold to a "mystery man" for $95,000,000.
Heart warming that some people really, really love art.

MacDries says, "What I want to know is: how could Pablo sleep with such an ugly woman? Maybe she gave a really good back scratch."
Texas Turtles
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to former Texas Governor, George W. Bush and his elevation to the White House.
The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle'."
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was.
The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, and you just want to help the dumb shit get down.


5/3/06

White Girl In A Family Of Black Sheep

Mary Cheny publisizes her new book and rationalizes her life as an L Word Republican, daughter of an ogre dad and a nasty bitch mama. Go HERE.
English Girls Can Be So Cruel
Just got the new Beth Orton CD Comfort Of Strangers*. Ryan Adams does a song about Beth Orton called English Girls Can Be So Cruel (with Marianne Faithful doing backup vocal) which makes Orton even more mysterious than she comes across in her music. To my mind, Orton and Adams (an item for a short time) are the two best young musicians on the scene. My son Aaron has seen her twice and first turned me on to her. Aaron's twin Gretchen loves Ryan Adams as much as I do so I feel confirmed in my opinion. Ortons' new CD is in its first play now and it sounds pretty good. check it out.
* cf. Tennesee Williams Streetcar Named Desire
Earl Woods, 74 R.I.P.
"My dad was my best friend and greatest role model, and I will miss him deeply."
-- Tiger Woods

MacDries says, "A dad could ask for no greater epitaph."
MS Vista To Have Further Delays
MacDries says, "I can wait."
Our Family's George Clooney

The handsome Dries, Brother Daryl "Derb" @ 73. He is the spitting image of Grandpa Guertin who used to ride around Osceola county breeding Clydesdales. Derb and his squeeze LaVerne live near Austin, TX (just down the road from their nemisis in Crawford). They spend a lot of time at Lilli's Little Longhorn and The Broken Spoke whenever Dale Watson is playing.
Derb used to have the horse habit as well (no, not heroin) and spent many years raising prize-winning Appaloosas.
Selling His So-Called Soul
"I haven't changed. My record is the same on all issues, which is that of a conservative Republican. Not a liberal Republican, not a moderate Republican."
-- John McCain
Go HERE.
Huh?
"The past is not dead. In fact, it¹s not even past."
-- William Faulkner
Colbert Report
You can see videos of The Word if you: Go HERE.
But Ron Was A Good Guy
"I don't know why Bush is doing this to me. I was a good president. Reagan, him I liked. He gave me helicopters."
-- Saddam Hussein, according to one of his guards

MacDries says, "Yeah, we also sold scrap metal to Japan in the 30s and they sent it back to Pearl Hartbor in the form of bombs. And we supported bin Laden when he was fighting the Russians."
Back To Bed
Need a nap.


5/2/06

Headline:
103 Year Old Woman Takes 33 Year Old Man As Her 21st Husband
Go HERE.
Latest Painting

Dirty Bunny

Bush Ready To Blow
Colbert (see below) visibly got to The Shrub. Go HERE.
So What
Miles and Coltrane. Go HERE.
John Coltrane. Go HERE.
What's New?
How is the world treating you?
That's the beginning of a very nice song... but it doesn't explain why some things in the news resonate and some things don't. I see the stories day after day about immigration and MEGO. Just one more thing that means very little to me. One more thing that I don't have time to explore my opinion. And that's all this blog is, really. My opinions about what ever. Go figure.


5/1/06

Stephen Colbert Does Dubya
Devastating. Go HERE.
Bruce!!!
The Seeger Sessions just arrived and it's rolling. Bruce just keeps growing as a musician. He doesn't always hit the mark (he's never far off) but this seems to be right on target. If you like authentic music, go for it. Great assemblage of pickers, pluckers, squeezers, fiddlers, plunkers, blowers, bangers, drummers and shakers and singers. Folk, Gospel, Bluegrass and a bit of rock'n roll. If it's The Boss how could it not rock?
Marxism
"Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot."
-- Groucho Marx
City Hall Wedding Day

This guy didn't like me taking his picture but she looks happy.
No, Not That Clark Kent
The former Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security says he was pressured to tone down criticism of security failures in the months before the 2004 Presidential election.
Clark Kent Ervin says he was confronted personally by then Secretary Tom Ridge "to intimidate me, to stare me down, to force me to back off, to not look into these areas that would be controversial, not to issue critical reports."
Go HERE.
White House Humor
I sent this to my shotgun list and now found the original source. Go HERE.
Dolphins Dance

Sioux Falls Art Scene Redux

If you're in the nabe, Carol Wright and Carl Grupp and others are doing their thing.
May Day, May Day!
I got nothin' so far. Just another month shot to hell.


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