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	11/30/06 Click HERE for the latest totals. More Americans now dead in Iraq & Afghanistan than killed on 9-11. Plus 655,000 Iraqis dead. 1000 Words Another month shot to hell. Not to mention thousands of people in Iraq. More Old Art Paint, collage on wood - 1990, 45"x 36" Newtie's Cuties Newt is right up there with JFK, & LBJ, except perhaps a bit more callous. Not too early to start the Stop campaign. Go HERE. Remember Bobby? I don't remember much because I was living in Rome that year. Go HERE. Don't know why they were playing that song at the end. UnHappy Hour Web site about drinking too much. Go HERE. And here is the blog. Go HERE. Horace Silver Here's a reminder of how cool Silver was. Go HERE. Junior Cook on tenor, Blue Mitchell on trumpet. 8 Year Old Disses O'Reilly Go HERE. The End Of The World Go HERE for an hilarious animation. Aviso: Loose Language & long load. This has been around a while but it's still in the archives. Priceless The Rolling Stones do Like A Rolling Stone on video. Go HERE.
	11/29/06 Lawyers, Guns & Money Bobby's & Warren's boys do Zevon. Go HERE. Warren does Werewolves Of London. Go HERE. Money quote: "A little old lady got mutilated last night." Achtung! Dickhead Cheney is hunting in Florida. A few weeks ago, on election day he was shooting in South Dakota and no one is reported shot. But the guy really has a need to shoot something. At least they've closed down a few highways. Go HERE. MacDries says, "To protect him or us?" How Long? Not Long It has finally been revealed the great Dem hope's full name is: (drum roll) Barack "Hussein" Obama. That should about do it for his run-up to running. Joe Biden Is Running I think we knew that. Biden, almost as boring as Orrin Hatch, has been waiting for the groundswell to develope, or at least a mention in the press, but since the world remained basically silent, he decided he would have to choose himself. And so he has. MacDries says, "The rodents are coming out of the re-cycle bin. Didn't he run once before? And I've heard speculation the Joementum Liberman is also considering a trot." Tom Friedman, Wacko Says, we should reoccupy Iraq. Go HERE. And Speaking Of The Blues B.B. & Etta & Clapton & SRV & Mavis & Butterfield & Collins & Dr. John & Eric Gale & Chaka Khan... Go HERE. And SRV & Albert King.Go HERE. Notice Albert plays left-handed and strings his guitar normally. B.B. can play one note and you know who it is. And Matchbox Blues. Go HERE. Robert Lockwood, 91 RIP Lockwood learned the blues from Robert Johnson. Sweet Home Chicago. Go HERE. More Newt Now he's calling for a revision of the 1st amendment. Go HERE. Say It Ain't So Bill Frist now too says he won't run for Prez in '08. Tis' the season to quote the Big Book. MacDries says, "Awwww! Well, I'm still thinking about the possiblility of perhaps forming an explory committee to examine whether or not I might run. But then again, I might not. I'll let you know when and if I've made my decision. Or not. More Old Art From the Narrative series. Paint, collage on wood. March 1990- 44"x 32" Gov Bans iPod Sales To North Korea Damn! That oughta shape up them Commies. No Segways either. For more of this foolishness: Go HERE.
	11/28/06 Jimmy Carter Caught Jimmy on Larry King Live last night and must say he's the only one speaking any sense about the mid-east. Of course he's pushing his new book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid but he's right more than anyone else and also is the only one who has actually acheived any success over there. That crap has been going on since I was a child; which means since Israel was created. You should listen to our best former Prez. The book can be found here: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid 50 Shots Fired @ 3 Unarmed Men 1 dead and two critically wounded. 1 cop fired 31 bullets himself. Mayor Bloomers says that is "excessive". MacDries says, "At least. Perhaps one might say, Criminal. Give that cop an Uzi!" Thanks, But I'm Gonna Say No Newt "I am not 'running' for president. I am seeking to create a movement to win the future by offering a series of solutions so compelling that if the American people say I have to be president, it will happen." -- Newt Gingrich MacDries says, "I'll say no too. Let's start a movement." More Old Art Paint & collage on 6 plywood panels. Mission Still Accomplished???? "There's one thing I'm not going to do, I'm not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete..." -- George W. Bush Back In The Day When I was a kid, back in the flat lands of Iowa, we would sometimes see "The Northern Lights". As I recall it was usually in the winter. You too can now see them. Go HERE. D'oh! Of The Day Women Talk 3 Times More Than Men. Go HERE. Heroes Summer of 1975, Music Inn up in Lenox, Mass. Emmylou played a double bill with Bonnie Raitt. Great day. My Sparkler The Emster has had a cough for a couple weeks so she taking a day off to watch Friends, Gilmore Girls and One Tree Hill re-runs.
	11/27/06 More Old Art As I mentioned, I'm not painting these days but don't want you to feel deprived of visuals. Heroes © Jim Marshall And she was just learning to sing. Get Outta Town Those rowdy Shrub twins are getting out of hand again. The fruit don't fall far from the Bush, do it? Go HERE. Magic Trick Go HERE. Leon Redbone Sweet Sue, When You Wish Upon A Star, & I Ain't Got Nobody. Go HERE. Quote Of The Day "What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly." ~ Lao-tzu Artist Of The Day © 2006 Stephen DiRado I went to graduate school at Pratt with Les Krims in the late 60s. We shared a photography course and a lithography course, both of which he excelled in. And then we went our separate ways. In the years since I've always followed his art and admired it. Feeling nostalgic, I Googled a few old friends and came up with his web site. There is a lot I missed in 40 years. You should Go HERE and check him out. He's a very talented artist who has gone beyond the old dicotomy. Some artists "take" pictures and some "make" pictures. Les does both as it suits him. He has a wild mind and you can witness it in his work. What more can you ask of an artist? I emailed him a note in a bottle yesterday and got back a great response. Great to re-connect. I love the internet.
	11/26/06 And Speaking Of... Emmylou Harris. Has she ever done anything without total integrity? Does anyone dislike or hate her? I don't think so. I've met people who hate (fer'instance) James Taylor or Neil Young and I don't care much for Carol King or Leonard Cohen but how could you not like Emmylou. Or Dolly Parton. You would have to be a total misogynist. Steve Earle As I mentioned, as I've been re-reading the bio of Steve Earle, Hard Core Troubadour, I came across the fact that Goodbye was the first song he wrote after he sobered up. So today I listened to his version and then Emmylou's with Earle playing guitar. Lovely song in both versions. Earle's son insists it is about junk. Don't think so but perhaps a bit. If you listen to Billy singing Good Morning Heartache you do get the sense she is singing about junk. Kate The Great Is at the gate and her flight seems to be on time. She was worried; just learning about traveling after her flight out was delayed for hours. And this day is one of the worst. Good thing Newark is the best NYC airport. LaGuardia is next and JFK is like descending into hell. That's a tip if you ever fly into Bunker City. Julianne Moore Redux Just for the hell of it. I saw her once at our local multi-plex and she looked sort of normal but the camera sure does love her. Duke Ellington I don't listen to much Duke Ellington Orchestra stuff but two of my favorite albums are Ellington & Coltrane and Ellington with Mingus & Max Roach, Money Jungle. You can find them here: Duke Ellington and John Coltrane And here: Money Jungle Duke, Willie "The Lion" & Billy Taylor Playing Perdido. Go HERE. A Jazz Dispute Between Bird & Diz. Don't miss this. Go HERE. OK (for Kate) Haven't been painting since June so here is a 4 year old. Heroes The Possum, George Jones. If you need one album to start you on your George "jones", that is the one to buy then work your way backwards. Buy it here! The Cold Hard Truth Ridiculous TIME Magazine has posted it's idea of the 100 All-Time Records. Go HERE. MacDries says, "You will notice such idiosyncratic choices such as: P.J. Harvey but no George Jones. Oasis but no Merle Haggard. Hole but no Ray Charles. And that's just the beginning." Sunny But Sad My baby Kate The Great is heading back to college. She spent most of her time with her posse or sleeping late but that's what 18 year olds do. We had some nice talks and watched a couple music videos together so it was fun. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Kate The Great.
	11/25/06 Diz & Bird Hot House. Where it started. Go HERE. The Decider In Chief Go HERE. As You Can See I don't have much today. Go HERE for another small painting I gave to Gretchen. Heroes The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. -- Einstein
	11/24/06 Naima Rauam A FuFiMa institution, Naima Rauam was a daily presence since I've lived here. And she is still doing her art. Go HERE. MacDries says, "I wonder if she knows that Naima is one of Coltrane's greatest songs. I never got around to asking her." A Painting Cold Hard Truth (for George Jones). Go HERE. iTunes Listening to Tom Waits this afternoon and the next guy on my list is Townes Van Zandt so I'm now working my way through Townes wondering how two such disparate musicians can both be favorites? Answer: They are both real. I'm also re-reading Hardcore Troubador: The Life And Near Death Of Steve Earle. Townes was Earle's mentor/guru/demon. Waits and Earle have managed to sober up short of the big puke. Townes did not. Thinking Of Vincent "How lovely yellow is." -- Vincent van Gogh MacDries says, "For me it's clear blue sky, white fluffy clouds and green leaves. Always wanted to do a painting like that. Never have." I'm Betting Not! & Give Odds Headline: Vatican May Allow Condoms. Go HERE. Gretchen's First Bird Gretchen's 1st Thanksgiving feast in her new loft. More pix? Go HERE. MacDaddyDries says, "Looking good babe. I'm hungry." Rain Dogs I tend to forget about Tom Waits but I just added him to iTunes and am happily reminded. Buy any of these. Rain Dogs Swordfishtrombones Small Change The Inner Life Of A Cell Beautiful animated video of microscopic life. Go HERE. Alice's Restaurtant Go HERE. Forgot to post this yesterday. I usually listen to it on Thanksgiving just as I read A Child's Christmas In Wales on your lord's day. If you've never seen the movie, that was fun too. Buy it here. Alice's Restaurant Betty Comden, 89, RIP Comden/Green/Bernstein wrote one of my favorite songs, Some Other Time. Anita O'Day, 87, RIP Smokey voiced babe spent her life singing, drinking and drugging and still made it to 87. Heroes Bucky Fuller could talk for hours, to one person or the multitudes but one thing you never heard him talk about is politics. He believed science and design would cure most of mankind's ills. A prophet (not profit) coming into his own. Sun's Out Again That helps.
	11/23/06 Thanksgiving 2006 Even though my life has somewhat fallen apart this year and friends tell me it will get better, I don't really believe that yet. However: I have four beautiful, talented children who have never disappointed me and still love me. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law still love me even if my wife of 20 years does not. I have brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews who still love me and worry about me. I have certain old, great and talented friends like Carl & Dorothy, Harry & Leslie, Schon, Lucia, Fred, Ram, Sukanya, Zette, Mike & Ellen, who still love me and are interested in me. I live in a spacious inexpensive loft and have enough to eat, more clothes than I can wear, a huge music collection, the internet and TiVo. My health sucks but I have good doctors who give (prescribe) me drugs to keep me alive. A few people I thought were friends turned out not to be, which is no doubt normal and obvious. It sorta clears the air. Winter is coming on which sucks but El Nino is supposed the keep it mild. Don't really believe that either but a bit of denial helps. Sometimes. That's pretty much where it stands here on South Street, Thanksgiving day in 2006. Oh yeah, I forgot, I also didn't have to eat any turkey this year. Thanks for that. The Exorcism Dr. James Dobson just doesn't have time to help Ted Haggard get rid of his gayness. It might take 4-5 years and his Board Of Directors wouldn't let him. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Did Jesus have a Board Of Directors? Does The Pope? Yeah, probably." Find Of The Day The complete Jeopardy archive. Go HERE. Speaking Of Phil Ochs There But For Fortune. Go HERE. I Ain't Marchin' Anymore. Go HERE. The State Of Richard Nixon. Go HERE. Heroes Abbie helped us keep a sense of humour during the Vietnam era. Go HERE. Phil Ochs song When I'm Gone by Ani DeFranco over footage from Abbie bio-pic Steal this Movie. Go HERE. Steal This Book Racism So Michael Richards calls Jesse & Al, a couple of good old boy anti-semitic leaders of the black community, to apologize. "Hymie-town" Jackson accepted his apology but Al "Farrakhan Fan" Sharpton wants to milk it for a while. I saw his apology on Letterman and he looked terrified, confused and shell-shocked. Go HERE. MacDries says, "If he were not a "comedian" he might have been one of us and the rage would have had different results. John Huston has a line in Chinatown to the effect that, 'anyone is capable of anything'. Richards clearly needs help but the media will continue to pile on cuz there is money to be made. There is plenty of hypocrisy to go around. Jews can crack jokes about WASPs, ad infinitum with impunity and blacks can call each other nigger, or niggas but no one else can use those words. George Carlin should do a new routine. Who can say what?" Julianne Moore It used to be Michelle Pfeiffer but these days I'm gonna say Ms. Moore is the most beautiful good actress in the world. Maria Sharpova is drop dead gorgeous and a talented tennis player but she has no sex appeal at all. I especially liked Julianne in Boogie Nights, even if she was playing a porn star. The movie was better than one might have expected as well. Gobble Gobble Not our usual Turkey Day. We used to invite a few friends and do the whole turkey deal. Kate and I always argued unsucessfully for Duck but... I was in charge of the mashed potatoes and gravy and usually a few veggies. This year Kate and Emma are at Ann's doing pies and I hear the turkey has been scrapped. The girls and I had Chicken Cacciatori with linquini last night. Then Kate went out and about with her posse for the evening. It's very nice having her around. Kate went back to her old High School yesterday for a visit and came home saying how happy she is not being in high school anymore. Moving on is sometimes a good thing. Out in L.A. Gretchen hung one of my 80s paintings in her new loft. It's called The Tao Told and measures 6 feet by 12 feet. "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal tao". At least that's what I was told, or read somewhere one time.
	11/22/06 43 Years Remember the day. CopyCats The right wingnuts are fighting back at Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert. Problem is, they are not funny. Pathetic is not funny. Impotent is not funny. Go HERE. Robert Altman Redux "Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. You're wise if you don't stick your finger in the light plug. Love - you¹ll stick your finger in anything." -- Robert Altman MacDries says, "My favorite Altman film, if I had to choose one, is Vincent & Theo. Probably the only film about an artist that doesn't make me want to puke. Pollock is pretty good too, if you can stand the beatification of Lee Krasner." You can buy it here: Vincent & Theo (Ws Sub) TomKat ABC has actually added a featured section on their website for PR/News/Hype about Suri's parents. MacDries says, "That about does it for their credibility, post- Peter Jennings." Marshall Mathers Slim Shady. Eminem. When I'M Gone. Go HERE. Mosh. Go HERE. Without Me. Go HERE. The Real Slim Shady. Go HERE. Ass Like That. Go HERE. Stan featuring Dido. Go HERE. Cleaning Out My Closet. Go HERE. Heroes Get Up! Stand Up!!!! Go HERE. Bennie Carter Alive and kickin' in Copenhagen. Go HERE. Malachi (born Mark David) Ritscher, 52 RIP Malachi Ritscher (1954-2006) immolated himself in Chicago's Millinium Park early one morning a few days before the recent election. Only one paper and no TV stations covered the event. Go HERE. via Mike Derry Kate The Great* My big babe is home from college for a few days and that is very nice. This Prison For Abramoff Minimum security, no fences. Steal a purse, do hard time. Steal a few million and get an extended stay in a country club.
	11/21/06 Cash Who has the money? George Carlin used to have a routine about that. I've stopped using my credit card except online or when I need to rent a car. But it seems that everyday I go to the ATM and grab a C note. Next day, I have a few singles in my pocket and I can't remember what I bought outside of some groceries. I don't want to boost it to 2 C notes cuz I know the same thing will happen. What's a guy s'pose to do. Beg on the street? Don't think so. Is it you? Do you have the money? Scary China I love Chinese food but the largest and most powerful country in the world scares the hell out of me. Now that it is revealed that they have been selling organs of executed prisoners it gets worse. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Tell me this is not true." The Yuppification Of FuFiMa The Fulton Fish Market is finally gone (except for the Slavin boys down the block still selling old seafood to whomever). Radio Mexico (RIP), a neighborhood fair-priced, good food intstitution, is closing down, converting to a swell French Bistro. CodeFred and Tommy Joyce opened the place about 20 years ago after Tommy's first restaurtant Prarie Fire on Beekman & Front Street got flooded out. I painted Radio Mexico and the multi-colored bar and was briefly a bartender. My girls grew up eating there weekly and still think of it as part of home. Tommy moved to the country a few years ago but Jeff took over as manager and now has to find a new life after 17 years. Jeff was so devoted that one year Tommy had to force him to take a Caribbean vacation. That's New York. They will never finish this damn town. Dilbert If you like the droll humour of Scott Adams, he has a blog. Go HERE. What's Your Opinion? Not that it matters but people like to be asked. Notice that all the webnews pages now ask viewers their opinion: Do you approve of TomKat getting married in Italy? Is Kramer's apology enough? Can a needle help your aching back? Do you feel safe putting your kids on yellow buses? Who's the most influential Amercian? Is holiday re-gifting naughty or nice? I don't know. Jack Kerouac Re-read On the Road a couple years ago and was surprised that it wasn't really very good. It was mainly a young kids novel and like most kids they thought they were smarter and hipper than they actually were. Anyway, Steve Allen, who is also not as hip as he always thought, interviews him back in the day. Lay it on us, Steverino. Go HERE. Robert Altman, 81 RIP One of the best film directors of all time. Have to go to the video store now. Obit: Go HERE. Heroes We were young once. Go HERE. Finally Billary Rodman plays it smart. Supports Dean over Carville. Go HERE. Kramer Apologizes Go HERE. MacDries says, "Who among us has never done something totally obnoxious and still feel awful about it years later."
	11/20/06 Busted!!!! A 50 foot home-made wood and fibreglass sub carrying 3 tons of Cocaine was seized off the coast of Costa Rica. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Don'cha just love what humans will do for drugs and/or money?" PJ Party Who's the babe? And what is The Shrub plotting with Putie? Heroes My heroes have often been black. Go HERE. Oh Juice, So Sorry Simpson's Regan book and TV Interview called off for reason of gross immorality and stupidity. MacDries says, "Not to mention the possibliity of multi-million $ lawsuits." Newt Gingrich is still a hypocritical loser. Go HERE. Elvis Costello Watching The Detectives. And More. Go HERE. Tribute To Miles Davis George Benson & John McLaughlin. Go HERE. Baby It's Cold Outside Winter's here. Albert & Gage. Go HERE. Go HERE for the home page. Racism Kramer pulls a Gibson. Go HERE.
	11/19/06 Bring Back The Draft Charlie Rangel has a good idea. Let the legislators sons (and daughters) fight the wars equally with the middle class kids who can't afford college. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Community service for those who refuse to serve." Beautiful Graphic Design Beautiful idea. More On Austin City Limits The site has lots of great video clips. Elvis Costello doing Pump It Up and Patty Griffin doing Useless Desires. John Prine, Alison Moorer, Bonnie Raitt, Kelly Willis, Gillian Welch, Joss Stone, the list goes on... Go HERE. Flight Patterns Go HERE. Go HERE for more. Go HERE for more. Plus, follow the online links. Alice In Wonderland Lots of stuff about... Go HERE. Cant The latest Conservative spin on the election is that they won. Bush is not a true conservative and was rejected because of it. Plus, most of the new Dems elected are moderates, thus the conservatives will still control congres. And the liberal press is spreading it around. Even Henry Kissass ...now says we can't win the war. For Kate The Great Her pretty boy John Mayer. Go HERE. The Great Moderate McCain John McCain now says the Supremes should overthrow Roe v. Wade. In 1999 he said: "I¹d love to see a point where it is irrelevant, and could be repealed because abortion is no longer necessary. But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations". Plus he wants to send more troops to Iraq when every one else says, bring 'em home.
	11/18/06 Don't Forget Van Morrison is on Austin City Limits tonight. Check your local listings. Go HERE. For all my Brown-eyed Girls Go HERE. Ruth Brown, 78, RIP R&B is at a huge loss now that Ruth is gone. Capitalist Dominoes Robert Reich has the Word. Go HERE. MacDries says, "At just over 5 feet, Reich is too short to ever be elected Prez and that's a shame." Rapanese If you can stand it... Go HERE. Delusion Defined Go HERE. MacDries says, "I could vote for Richard but Tommy? Gimme a break." 1/3rd Of The Flatlanders Butch Hancock has a new CD out. Go HERE for more on it. To buy it, go here: War & Peace $137 Million & Change Willem deKooning's WomanIII ca.'52. Geffen's getting rid of some tasty paintings. Pollock still has the record for a painting. $140 million. But some one has to figure out the highest price per square inch. Free Music Download live music w/o piracy guilt. Grateful Dead, Phish, many more. All the bands approved. Go HERE. MacDries says, "I just downloaded The Grateful Dead in Hollywood, Derek Trucks Band, Trey Anastasio @ Bonaroo, Dave Matthews Band w/Emmylou and Jack Johnson @ Bonaroo. All of them are good recordings." Short Film Don't mess with destiny. Worth watching. Go HERE. More Poetry My Sparkler, a couple weeks shy of her 14th birthday, has posted 3 awesome new poems on her blog. Go HERE. Frank & Ella What more can I say? Go HERE. You can buy the whole thing here: Frank Sinatra - A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim No To O.J. Go HERE to sign a petition against O.J. profiting from his Novel scheme. Public v. Private How great thou Art? I don't approve of much public art; not to mention public advertising. Nor do I appreciate the post F.L. Wright Guggenheim architecture of guys like Frank Geary. Bilbao Guggenheim is an abomination and the Geary brand is being propagated in nearly every city or neighborhood in the world. However, the monumental sculpture of Richard Serra in proper context is stunning. The controversial 80s public removal of his Tilted Arc in NYC is a case in point. Outdoors it was an egotistic and fascistic piece of CorTen and rightiously removed (even if it's replacement is equally odious. Indoors, where the true threatening scale of similar pieces come alive as masterpieces comparable to the Sistine Chapel. No one can deny that Serra is the greatest sculptor since David Smith. Perhaps greater. People, Out Having Fun Go HERE. And then a guy and a girl do it, like Fred and Ginger, backwards and in heels for Ginger. Go HERE. MacDries says, "I used to go to such things. Don't go anywhere anymore."
	11/17/06 Kucinich Speaks Cut off funds. The only weapon the Dems have. But they won't. All talk, no walk. Go HERE. Irony Abounds The Shrub finally goes to Vietnam, now that it a tourist attraction. This Is Very Rich Mike Tyson to become a prostitute. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Mike has always been someone's bitch. First it was D'amato, then King, then that 1st wife of his... The list goes on and it's sad because he was awesome when he was out of his mind. He coulda been the greatest, but that title still goes to Ali." Merle On Austin City Limits. Go HERE. And Willie. Go HERE. And Waylon. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Waylon really had the old Buddy Holly beat on This Time". And Waylon again. Go HERE. Waylon & Jessi. Go HERE. And Delbert. Go HERE. And here's a guy named Paul Thorn who I've never heard of, playing with Delbert and Elvin Bishop. Go HERE. Young Steve Earle when he still had hair. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Austin City Limits is the Best Show On TV." Absolutely MacDries says, "No question. Runner-up Reagan was only stupid, not evil." Headline Of The Week Ex-Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), defeated for re-election by 18 percentage points, says he will not run for President in '08. MacDries says, "Wow! That's a relief, he looked like a shoo-in." What Next? Known knowns include Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, Pacemaker implant, my teeth are a mess and lifetime low-grade depression. And now I'm developing arthritis. I'm already taking the following medications: Paroxetine 10mg 1x, Metformin-850mg 2x, Actos-15mg 1x, Avalide-150-12.51x, Cardizem-240mg 1x, Zocor-20mg 1x, Baby Aspirin- 1x, and Pletal- 100mg 1x. Recommended for rhematoid arthritis is ibuprophen so add that ad lib. Ain't life grand?
	11/16/06 Happy 51st Birthday Ram Ram Rahman, artist, designer, photographer, raconteur, New Yorker/New Delhi globetrotter, upstairs neighbor for 26 years until evicted. We all miss you and the smell of curry, Ram. Go HERE. My Man George No, not The Shrub. McGovern. He's still alive and kicking and thinking. He was right in '68, in '72 and (except for his support of Gen. Clark in '04) is still right. These are the wrong wars to be fighting. Go HERE. MacDries says, "The last campaign I worked in was '72 and briefly for Dean in '04. But nobody is listening and one week after the election, the Dems are shooting themselves in the feet. Education, agriculture, health care, negotiation, fight all forms of poverty and terrorism ends." Andy Defines Irony Imagine some Capitalist pig paying $17 million plus for a portrait of the great Communist pig. And $15 million each for Marilyn and Jackie; a couple of high class hookers who both slept with JFK. MacDries repeats, "As I'm fond of saying, some people have too much money." Perfect Album Been playing 'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis' Quintet and am reminded how flawless and thrilling it is. Catch Coltrane's solo break on Dear Old Stockholm. Then go buy it! 'Round About Midnight Brother Dennis Dennis, who just turned 61 on the 13th, (see below) called to tell me Van Morrison will be on Austin City Limits Saturday. Then he went on to tell me he has been having more of those damned Dries genetic heart related symptoms; light-headedness, caroitid neck pain, sweats, incipient diabetes, etc. He works and lives a half block from Sioux Valley Hospital and assures me that he won't mess around if they recur. Tests on Monday. He already had one angio-gram and has a stent in one artery and looks to be due for more. Speaking of Van. Go HERE. And Bob & Van do Crazy Love. Go HERE. And Van & John Lee do Gloria. Go HERE. And JL Hooker in 1964. Boom Boom Boom. Go HERE. And Tupelo Blues. Go HERE. Jealous © 2006 Carl Grupp (detail) I always envied guys who had flat-tops like his. Ron Robinson is a good friend of Grupp. He runs Ex Machina Publishing Company, based in Sioux Falls, S.D. Go HERE. Here's Your Patriot Act A UCLA student was "tasered" by UCPD in the library because he didn't have an ID card and refused to leave. A fellow student caught it on a camera-phone. Go HERE. MacDries says, "The video is not that interesting but it does tell us one thing: Anything you do can be captured on video. We are Big Brother." How To Draw My home state Iowa is the model for how to draw legislative districts. Go HERE. John Hodgeman Listen to John read the names of 700 hoboes. Go HERE. Go HERE to see the illustrations. Joe Cocker With A Little Help From My Friends, Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, back in the day. Go HERE. Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Indeed. And You Can Leave Your Hat On. Go HERE. NSFKids. No Levitra needed. Brazilian Bedding Need a nap.
	11/15/06 Brazilian Bedding Change of sheets. Smells Like '88 Anti-Iraq war Scowcroft is back and Baker and Gates and 43 is talking to 41. '08 looks to be a re-run. The Shrub better be out of Iraq or Dems take the White House. MacDries says, "Except that the damn Dems can't go a week without a squabble. Some would say that is open, familial. I say stupid." Richard Thompson Having a Thompson family day while working on our separation agreement. Here he is on Austin City Limits. Go HERE. And while you're there, you will find a bunch of other greats on Austin City Limits. And Richard & Linda. Go HERE. And Linda with Teddy & Kamila. Go HERE. And God Loves A Drunk Go HERE. And Teddy with Rufus & Martha Wainright do One Man Guy. Go HERE. Teddy does Prarie Home Companion. Go HERE. More Teddy. Go HERE. And Teddy sings I Should Get Up. Go HERE. And Richard singing She Twists The Knife Again. Go HERE. And Richard singing I Misunderstood. Go HERE. And Richard singing You Don't Say. Go HERE. And Richard singing Valerie. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Richard Thompson solo is the best band around. He can play rhythm and lead guitar all by himself." Brazilian Bedding *via WlfSng Want one.
	11/14/06 Intelligent? Design It's all very silly but Richard Dawkins is spending his time trying to debunk it. Left to it's own ignorant devices it will fall of it's own flatulent obesity. Go HERE. Devo Whip It! Whip it good. Go HERE. Whew!!! "One freedom that defines our way of life is the freedom to choose our leaders at the ballot box. We saw that freedom earlier this week, when millions of Americans went to the polls to cast their votes for a new Congress. Whatever your opinion of the outcome, all Americans can take pride in the example our democracy sets for the world by holding elections even in a time of war.² -- George W. Bush, after the mid-term election. MacDries says, "It was on his mind, however. Count ourselves lucky." Pledge To Conservatives Michael Moore is not my favorite political thinker but this time he seems on the money. Go HERE. Hizzoner Marion just can't get a break. Go HERE. The Obama Boom Bloom Done Gone That didn't take long. Go HERE. Colbert Concedes Go HERE. Zappa The lyrical Sleep Dirt. Go HERE. Slavery By Another Name Go HERE. MacDries says, "What is sophistry?" Sparkler My stoic Sparkler has been feeling punk for a few days, sore throat, cough, etc. So, she finally took a day off from school and is recuperating with The Gilmore Girls and One Tree Hill.
	11/13/06 Repeat Mommy's boy. I just love this image and have to post it from time to time. Cokehead Roberts ...badmouths musicians as being invalid politicians. Progressive John Hall (D-NY) in particular. STFU Cokie. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Hey! There is a grand tradition, remember Sonny Bono? And bad actors too, like George Murphy and Ronald Reagan." Scumbag Joe Lieberman now threatens to jump across the aisle to GOP if Dems diss him and make him "uncomfortable". And this is the guy the Dems nominated for Veep in 2000. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Gore better choose wiser in 2008." Happy Birthday Brother Dennis Dennis is 61 today and I still think of him as my little brother. His twin David died about 10 years ago. Dennis sent me a gift for his birthday. More music, doh! Some Jesse Winchester that I didn't have. Jesse Winchester Buy anything by Jesse. Solomon Burke If You Need Me he says, Go HERE. And Cry To Me Go HERE. And You're The Kind Of Trouble Go HERE. And Proud Mary Go HERE. Can't Wake Up Couldn't get out of bed this morning and now I need a nap. It's grey and lifeless ourside, indian summer is over after a couple days and I can smell the snow heading east.
	11/12/06 I'm Gonna Say PUKE Christina Aguilara dares to tackle Etta's signature. That's chutzpah and lots of flash & filigree. Every thing Etta James is not. Go HERE if you can stand it. And Etta does it HERE. Please excuse the slide show. And looks like we have whole genre starting up. Go HERE. And another, Jane who does it better that Aguilara. Go HERE. And Etta again Live at the Seattle Zoo on Shaky Cam. Go HERE. From The Ridiculous To The Sublime One of my heroes, Muhammad Ali, Muslim, on Osama et.al. Go HERE. Krispy Kremes I had one once and once was enough. Go HERE. Kate v. Cate Winslet v. Blanchett. I can't seem to keep these two ubiquitous lovelies apart but they're both fine actresses. Excuse me, actors. Then there is the equally ubiquitous Judi Dench who confuses it even more because of the seamless way Kate transformed into Judi in the excellent movie Iris. And of course there is also my very own Kate The Great. Let The Door Slap You In The Ass, Rummy Here's a bit from The New Yorker Adelman said that Rumsfeld didn't take to the message well. "He was in deep denial -- deep, deep denial. And then he did a strange thing. He did fifteen or twenty minutes of posing questions to himself, and then answering them. He made the statement that we can only lose the war in America, that we can't lose it in Iraq. And I tried to interrupt this interrogatory soliloquy to say, 'Yes, we are actually losing the war in Iraq.' He got upset and cut me off. He said, 'Excuse me,' and went right on with it." Go HERE for more. What The Dems Should Do Once again, Robert Reich has good ideas. Forget about The Shrub. Go HERE. Elizabeth Murray Sorry to say I missed the latest show that closed yesterday. But doesn't look like too big a loss. Seems one of my fave artists is turning into my least fave artists (let's say most hated), Keith Haring. UN Condemns Israeli Terrorism In Gaza U.S. vetoes the condemnation. We apparently approve of terrorism when Israel or we do it. Feingold Drops Out Never understood why choosing not to run is a news story. We're supposed to say, awwww, come on, please run. Get Out Of My Life Borat. Boring.
	11/11/06 Downer Coming back from an AA meeting and managed to pass right by two liquor stores. Bought a new hooded sweat shirt and some nuts and headed home. Ran into Ann on Fulton Street pulling her shopping cart, looking lovely as ever if perhaps a bit smaller. Right across the street was the spot where I took one of my favorite smiling pictures of Ann, Gretchen & Emma. She was smiling again today and looked so happy, I had to look away. She said a friendly Hello but I couldn't bring myself to respond. Head down, I kept moving though I felt like running back to the liquor store. Instead, I kept on towards home to see My Sparkler before she leaves for Ann's place. Need I say, that was not fun. ThunderSnow In Sibley Winter hit my old home town in Iowa. Thunder, lightning and 7" of fluffy stuff. Once again I'm glad I no longer live there. You might also discover why the grid has always been so important in my art. 1st Painted Rock Ca. 1975 in the woods near Middletown, CT. Texans? The Shrubs: "All hat and no cattle" as real Texans say. They Say, O.J. Word is that Simpson is writing a hypothetical novel called If I Did It for 3.5 million. Go HERE. MacDries says, "I've always thought he would have to confess some day even if he has to lie to do it." Spiderman Geeks I'm not one of them but my girls are: #3 Go HERE. Indigo Girls Closer To Fine. Go HERE. And while you're there check out the other selections. The Girls are usually excellent. Moron Carville More on Republicrat Carville's dirty tricks. Go HERE. And DNC's response: Go HERE. Plus, Carville tipped off his wife on Kerry's intended strategy in 2004 to contest the vote in Ohio. Go HERE. Now, Mary Matalin is being considered as RNC chair and her husband is promoting Republicrat loser Ford for DNC chair. Isn't that cozy? MacDries says, "Will no one rid us of this meddlesome turd." Every Day ...I wonder why I'm doing this blog. Every day I get more and more fed-up with "the news". And even more mysterious is why 2-3 hundred of you surf by each day to see what I have to say. I know who six or eight of you are but that's about it. I don't even know 300 people. Thus begins another day but My Sparkler has a sore throat so I must go make her some tea with honey.
	11/10/06 Kill Carville Quick! He's an asshole Republicrat, always has been. How did he and Stephanopoulos ever engineer Bubba into the Oval office? He married Mary "Marvel Woman" Matalin f'godssake. How can he wake up each morning next to Cheney's pimp? He must be making millions selling short. Now he wants to dump Dean in favor of Republicrat Ford, loser from Tennesee. Gimme A Farkin' Break Here John McCain just got the "Flash" idea to establish a committee to explore the possibility of a Prez run. Go HERE. Love & Theft And again each time I listen to this one I find a new fave. This time it is Moonlight. No one else can write like Bob. "Love and Theft" Buy It! Time Out Of Mind Listening to Highlands, 16 minutes long and one of my faves from this later Dylan triptych. Seems like a sequel to Sad-eyed Lady Of The Lowlands as it goes on and on. Time Out of Mind Buy it! Good Old Boys Network Still intact. Republicrat Lieberman has the Dems by the cohones and is squeezing them hard. And Harry Reid is sucking up. Lieberman is in even better position now than he was before. Go HERE if you can stand it. Liar For Liar Robert Gates, the liar of Iran/Contra fame replaces the pathological liar Rummy. Go HERE. Rodney Dangerfield & Howard Dean Still don't get no respect. Dean's 50 state strategy paying off. Go HERE. And Now For Something Apolitical Velasquez Rokeby Venus Soft porn via The Grey Lady. Really nice buns. The Depths Of Boredom The media have begun the 2008 campaign already. Give us a few weeks rest, please? Charlie Rangel Evicts Dickhead Cheney is headed for the basement office. Go HERE.
	11/9/06 Chicken (or Duck) Livers & Onions Every so often I get a craving for liver'n'onions. Here's how I do em: Fresh livers are essential. Pat excess blood away and cut livers into equal sizes and sprinkle with salt & pepper to taste. Heat a bit of olive oil in a cast iron skillet. Sear the livers over high heat. Slice an equal portion of white or yellow onions, maybe shallots, your choice, (sometimes any kind of fresh mushrooms are called for as well) and sprinkle over the livers. Pop into the top shelf of a heated oven at 350 degrees. After 10-15 minutes, turn the liver and onions and return for 5 more minutes. I like them well done. You can also serve them over plain pasta with parmesan. I used to have a glass of red wine but now I have a glass of Clamato juice. Whoopie! Allen concedes, "Yes there is a Sanity Clause, Virginia". Now let's see if the Dems can trim The Shrub down to his weedlike size. MacDries says, "Bad news is, I'm betting Lieberman will cross over in significant votes or switch parties. Once a scum bag... nome sain?" The Shrub On Iraq Just a comma. Go HERE. Quote Of Election Day "As you go to the polls, remember, we're at war." -- George W. Bush MacDries says, "I think they did, Shrub. That's called backfire. Blame it on Rummy & Rove." *The Last Waltz* Watched The Last Waltz again last night. Hadn't seen it since it first came out and don't remember it being so good. Gotta say it's awesome. Highlights? Joni Mitchell singing Coyote and The Clapton/Robertson shootout. Neil Young having a hell of a good time. Then there's the little pitbull Van Morrison and Dylan and gang doing one of the best songs of all time: I Shall Be Released. The Last Waltz Buy it! The one forgettable item was Neil Diamond? What was he doing there? Today Taking the day off as Ann and I work out the details of our separation. The depression makes it difficult to enjoy the political good news. First a nap. I mean meditation.
	11/8/06 I Agree ...with Jim Webb (D-VA). The votes are in and we won. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Now get on with it. Dems own the House and the Senate. The Shrub is the lamest duck who ever squawked. Just for fun let's impeach Cheney, then Dubya. That would make Pelosi the next President. No, wait, forget I said that. Let's make Gore the next Prez and try to forget the last 6 years and the next two. One good thing is that little Republicrat Ford of Tennesee lost. He ain't no Obama. He's more like J.D. Watt." Sorry Kinky You added some refreshing dialog to the season. Keep on kinking Jewboy. Referendums A checklist. Some good and some stupid. Go HERE. Grupp @ 23 Some of my fave Grupp paintings from back in the day. Go HERE. Underground This is what is under most of the streets in our nabe. New Cut Emma gave herself some bangs. And some swim team make-up. Rummy Finally Sees The Writing On The Wall Da' Peeple Hath Spake Now it will take a while to settle the Senate. It's a grey rainy day and I thought I would feel a whole bunch better. Now, the thought of all the analysts blustering and bloviating for months on end is boring. Think I'll take some time off, take a nap and go from there. See if anything actually changes. No word on how many peeple Cheney shot out in SD but Dakotans shot down that abortion restriction. Bad news is Lieberman won and will claim his seniority here and there. And the Dems will have to deal with him or he'll cross over and ruin any majority they might eek out in Montana & Virginia.
	11/07/06 5 O'clock And it's dark outside. I don't like this. WhitehouseGov Whitehouse site has doctored the original Mission Accomplished video. Check it out! Go HERE. If The Dems Win I mean win both the House and Senate, I'm going on sabbatical. If it's just the House then it's two more years of stagnation. I'm so sick of politics it feels like continuous nausea. Either way, I'm gonna log off the internets (all of the tubes), finish a few pieces of writing, publish Emma's poems and some other fiction and then... who knows? Perhaps think about something other than how awful life is here in America, on Earth. Y'know, Universe goes on whether we like it or not. Almost time to check into CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, Fox for a few hours of a bunch of Talk Assholes until we get The Word. Then to bed, depressed or relieved. I'm guessing depressed. It's been so long I can't recall when I last felt things were going well. Can you? Democracy Leonard Cohen song sung by Don Henley. Go HERE. Quote Of The Day "As you go to the polls, remember, we're at war." -- George W. Bush The Old Grey Lady Of course Adam Nagourney has to piss on the Dems parade before it even begins. The Liberal Press strikes again. Go HERE. Ungrateful Cops Burger King served some pot-laced Whoppers to a couple of cops and they are suing. Go HERE. The Dylan Problem Been digging into the last three Dylan CDs: Time Out Of Mind, Love & Theft & Modern Times. It occurs to me that the reason some people find it hard to follow Dylan is because he keeps reinventing himself; different music and different sounds. So, if you loved early Dylan you may have had trouble switching to his electric Band era, or his John Wesley Harding Nashville Skyline sound. And now with these last three there is a new sound and incredibly good music. A few lesser musicians, such as Steven Stills, have tried to claim that Dylan is merely a lyric writer and not a very good musician. Anyone with half an ear, who likes music and spends a few hours listening to a mix of Dylan, early, middle and now late, could not repeat such drivel. What I Said Couldn't bring myself to vote for Billary or Hevesi or Cuomo so I went Socialist Workers Party. Then to celebrate early I bought The Road To Escondido. It was playing at J&R when I went in the door. Sounds a bit like early Cale which is always good. The Road to Escondido Buy it! Recurring Dream I've had this one for years. I have a car, usually my old 74 Ford Pinto, with spongy brakes and I have to push down very hard and still I bump into things. Don't tell me out of control. I know I'm out of control. Election Day - Go Vote'em Out Let's have a good day for once.
	11/06/06 Tomorrow Think I'll get up, go vote and head over to J&R to buy The Road To Ascondido by Eric Clapton & J.J. Cale. The rest of the day will be spent in anxiety until the results are in. Can't promise anything if it is not good news. I may just start doing something useful. Just Discovered The NYC Marathon was yesterday and I didn't even know. Back in the day, I'd watch the beginning on TV and then have a leisurely breakfast and read the paper. Then I'd peddle up the east side to the 59th street bridge to watch the leaders come over. Then I'd peddle over to 5th Avenue and watch them turn the corner to CPWest. Then I'd peddle across the park through the underpasses to the finish line. The Old Grey Lady "On Tuesday, when this page runs the list of people it has endorsed for election, we will include no Republican congressional candidates for the first time in our memory. To begin with, the Republican majority that has run the House of Representatives -- and for the most part, the Senate -- during President Bush's tenure, has done a terrible job on the basics. It's tax-cutting-above-all-else has wrecked the budget, hobbled the middle class and endangered the long-term economy. It has refused to face global warming and done pathetically little about the country's dependence on foreign oil." -- NYTimes Editorial MacDries says, "Of course The Old Grey Lady also has a top article about how the races are tightening. Keep selling no news until the end. Then they will tell us how they predicted it." Andrew Sullivan Weighs In Even Conservative Republicans have had it. Go HERE. Water Boarding A demo: Go HERE. Fast Food Nation Scary book, now a movie. Unfortunately it has an R rating so kids won't see it. Go HERE for the trailer. Never understood why previews are called trailers. Borat? Anyone else getting sick of this guy? South Dakota Friends & Family Hey Y'all: Keep your head down tommorrow. Dickhead Cheney is going hunting in your neck o' the woods (specifically out Pierre way) on election day. verbum sap. Kiki Smith NYTimes magazine has another article on one of the best artists around. Kiki's on an extended roll. Go HERE. I'm going back to bed. MacDries says, "Kiki had it right about CoLab. I went to a few meetings but have never been much of a collaborator. So, except for The Times Square Show and a couple video events at Mudd Club, I dropped out. Probably not a great career move. A lot of other artists were discovered, some for a short time and others became Blue Chip. I never was discovered." "We had about 40 people in the group," Smith recalled. "Anyone could be a member if you just went to a few meetings. The idea was to think up different forms for the presentation of art ‹ exhibitions, radio transmissions, television shows, suitcase shows, murals. We made paintings together. We did drawings and copied them as banners. We even had a pretend band. For me it stopped being interesting when people started repeating ideas and CoLab started to be institutionalized. I had no interest in institutions. Besides, by then, everybody had had affairs with as many of the others in the group as possible. So it fell apart organically. But for a while it was a model of a community, outside the usual gallery situation, without anybody having to sanction us. These things can¹t sustain themselves for long." -- Kiki Smith
	11/5/06 Who's Running? For a primer on who is running in your district Go HERE. As for me, I'm voting Socialist Workers Party for Senate. Spitzer for Governor. The rest is straight Dems except maybe Socialist Workers for Attorney General. Just don't think Cuomo is his daddy. Seinfeld W/O Commercials Pt.1 Go HERE. Pt.2 Go HERE. Pt.3 Go HERE. Ignoranus New word for someone who is both stupid and an asshole. MacDries says, "Why has it taken so long to invent this word? It took Ann Coulter?" Woody Allen & Billy Graham Agnostic Jew v. Christian Believer. Go HERE. Go HERE for Pt.2 Rummy Must Go And then Cheney and Bush. Even The Army Times says so. Go HERE. Finalmente The Shrub has finally admitted it: Iraq IS about oil. Go HERE. Webophobia Tim Berners-Lee, the guy who started the whole thing, has a bit of it. Go HERE. Prognosticians Take the averages and we don't see taking the senate. Surprise! Saddam will hang. After an appeal.
	11/4/06 Junk Mail FYI From: chris@1000monkeys.com Date: December 4, 2006 11:53:46 PM EST (note post date) Subject: Hi To: email@xxx.com (note email null) Mortgage Rate as low as 4.43%* - $350,000 loan for $779 a month - Refinance visit us (link expunged) them any amends, i shall not be the person to discourage him."where i can assure you there are many amiable young women. but the fact is, that being, as i am, towill be killed, and what is to become of us all? the collinses will turn us out before he is cold in his MacDries says, "I get a dozen a day, mainly for Cialis etc or esoteric surgery. Have no idea why or how these are effective but the word is, never respond or click on a link. OK?" A Very Ugly Cowardly Liar Nuff said. Shrub Miss Speaks Again Catches himself, but... he's right the first time. Go HERE. Go HERE. Go HERE. Shrub/DickHead/Rummie The holy trinity would like the courts to forbid detainees from revealing interrogation methods. Go HERE. MacDries says, "You guessed it. National Security." MacDries Speaks "It is my feeling that come Tuesday, when people enter that booth or tap the touch screen, they will think to themselves, will voting for more of the same be a good thing? Like the Dems, or not, they will vote for change. That my hope, perhaps my delusion because I have been wrong so often about just how stupid Americans are or can be. Wish I knew how to pray because I don't think I could withstand the added depression if my feeling is wrong." Freedumb A video montage of King George The Shrub. Go HERE. Richard Dawkins On Ted Haggard Go HERE. MacDries says, "I'll take Merle, you can have Ted. Hope they're not related." Remember Clifford Brown? By himself on Soupy Sales' Show. Go HERE. Sound Familiar? AWOL soldiers in Canada. Go HERE. Doogie Howser Outs Himself Rumours to the contrary, he is not straight. Go HERE. MacDries says, "If everyone came clean, I'm betting we'd all be shocked at the percentages. Y'know we now got Ted "Art" Haggard, Falwell, Swaggert, Baker, Robertson, Limbaugh, Foley all exposed as hypocrits. God! Don't tell me Billy Graham will be the next one outed. In Hollywood you got your Errol Flynns & Rock Hudsons, James Dean, Sal Mineo, Cary Grant and his roomie Randolph Scott (my boyhood hero). Howard Hughes, Garbo and Hepburn and I still can't get my mind around Tracy. You tell me Bogie and I'll kick your ass. It just goes on and on until the shock value is depleted. Bottom line is: Who cares? Just don't be a hypocrit." Happy Birthday Carolyn, Schon, & Harry & Jack ♥s to all of you too. Emma just told me that Jack Scordato is also a birthday boy today. Happy 18th Birthday Kate ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Kate waves inside. 1st picture outside.
	11/3/06 The Old Grey Lady Tom Friedman finally gets it right. Go HERE. The Doldrums Yesterday I ordered a pair of flannel lined chinos. Today, no food in the house so I went out for provisions. A bone chilling wind hit me in the face and my usual winter doldrums clicked in doubled by my current depression. When I was in Chicago, Kate tried to convince me of a theory a friend passed on to her: If you dress lightly in the late stages of fall & winter's onset, your body adjusts and prepares itself for the days to come. I scoffed and Kate got irritated cuz she'd like to believe it. As an old hand at winter (Iowa, Minnesota) I do know cold is cold and only thermal underwear, gloves and hats do any good. How Dumb Are They? Creationist museum. Dinosaurs and kiddies romp together. Go HERE. Lou Reed New version of Take A Walk On The Wild Side. Go HERE. Time To Go, Joe Paul Newman says vote Ned Lamont. Go HERE. Meanwhile Joe says, he'll caucus with the Dems to keep his seniority but vote Independant. Mark Knopfler Baloney Again. Go HERE. How Dumb Are They? Army Recruiters lie to get enlistments. Go HERE. Shrub Countdown Clock Get yours here. Go HERE. CodeFred's Brother ©David Krughoff David's Krughoff is an excellent picture taker and has a web site up thar in Canada. Go HERE. Busted! The Shrub's Christian Guru resigns. Go HERE. Nothing New Today Need a nap.
	11/2/06 Billary Rodman (D-NY) & LimbaUGH Toe the line Billary or STFU. We all know your bottom line. Go HERE. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) Get out the vote. Go HERE. Don't It Make My Red State Blue? Don't think it's Crystal Gayle but... Go HERE. Graphic Quote Of The Day "Can you believe I'm going to be the fucking president?" -- George W. Bush, to an Austin woman immediately after the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Bush v. Gore MacDries says, "No, and I'm still trying to get my fucking mind around it." For Your Consideration New one from Christopher Guest and crew, coming soon. Go HERE for a trailer. Hit The Phone Banks Wanna do some phoning before the election? Go HERE to volunteer to MoveOn. Refresher Course Remember when hope was loose in the world. And then dashed. JFK was my generations' 9-11. Go HERE. Pt.1. Go HERE. Pt.2. Go HERE. Marilyn. Go HERE. Dealy Plaza. Go HERE. Lee Harvey Oswald. Go HERE. Jack Ruby. The Songs Of Kinky Delbert, Willie, Lyle, Dwight and others do The Kinkster's Greatest Hits. Why The Hell Not...The Songs Of Kinky Friedman I'll second that. Frank Lloyd Wright Went to the Robie House while at the U of Chicago last week. Awesome house built for about $60,000 in 1909. It's now going through a $5,000,000, five year restoration. Go HERE for more pix. What is money anyway? Compare such figures to the cost of a single Pollock. Art is the new gold standard and I've got a lot of it for sale. Weigh in and make a bundle. Also consider what this house must have looked like compared to it's neighbors. Rather like one of those Geary monstrosities plopped down in the middle of Bilbao. Or here in our neighborhood, near Downtown Beekman Hospital. Man With Balls Go HERE. Ka'Ching! Number 5. 1948. David Geffen is $140,000,000 richer. And Pollock is still dead. Frampton Is Still Alive And living on the royalties from Baby I Love Your Way. Go HERE. Willie's Horse Sense Willie's out to save horses from slaughter. Go HERE.
	11/1/06 No Joke! Laura Bush bought Dubya a parrot for his birthday. She told Dick Cheney, "The bird is so smart! George has already taught him to mispronounce over 200 words!" "Wow, that's pretty impressive," Cheney said. "But you realize that he just says the words. He doesn't understand what they mean." "That's okay," Laura replied. "Neither does the parrot." Keeping It On Message The proper response to the Kerry kerfluffle. Go HERE. OMG!!!!!!!!! Do He Or Don't He even exist. 1% say He is a She. Go HERE. And where do He/She live? And does He/She have sex with others or just Himself/Herself? Quote Of The Day "If I know anything, I know scary, and giving this president and this out-of-control Congress two more years to screw up our future is downright terrifying." -- Stephen King New Lamont Ad Go HERE. Billary Rodman Seduces Rupert's Post Jump on the bandwagon Murdoch. I'm telling everyone to deny their vote to Hillary without actually voting for Spencer. Keep her vote tally low to lessen the chance the Dems will actually pick her. We do know they have a death wish. Ballot Box Not a Diebold. Go HERE. Because Of Iraq The vets tell it. Go HERE. Brass In Pocket Chryssie & The Pretenders. Go HERE. She's special. And Talk Of The Town. Go HERE. And Stop Sobbing. Go HERE. And Tatooed Love Boys. Go HERE. Bush Retaliates A bus driver flips The Bird to The Shrub and The Shrub strikes back. What a mind. (see bottom of page) Kerry Screws Up Again When trying to tell a joke, it is first necessary to have a sense of humor. But of course the "liberal" press is all over him. Meanwhile Laura Bush is bashing Michael J. Fox and not a peep. I'm going back to bed. Another Month Shot To Hell Ann & Danny got officially married 17 years ago over here at City Hall. The actual auspicious day of meeting was a New Years Eve blind date in 1986. So much for that, she's still gone.
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