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	10/31/06 Click HERE for the latest totals. There is now reason to believe that this tally is not accurate by about a third. Go HERE. More Americans now dead in Iraq & Afghanistan than killed on 9-11. Plus 655,000 Iraqis dead. My Babies Kate & Emma @ Millenium Park. Emma's slipping up on Kate who seems to have stopped growing about 1/2 inch taller than mom and just short of Dad. Kate's First Vote Kate The Great gets to cast her first vote for Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). She has been canvassing for her and I'm proud of her. Go HERE. It has been said that children often vote the opposite of their parents. I say, yeah, if their parents are idiots. I recall my mother crying when Adlai got whupped by Ike and it stuck with me. All of my kids vote with me. Even Emma who can't yet vote is a Howard Dean supporter. Yes, Babies Still Starve Go HERE. The Shrub & Joe Lieberman Peas in a pod. Go HERE. Hag & The Possum After a couple of listens, I have to say that both Merle's and George's voices are smoother than ever and at times it's hard to tell which is which. It may be because you identify certain songs which each and they are doing the switcheroo. Buy it! Jones Sings Haggard, Haggard Sings Jones: Kickin' Out the Footlights... Again Laura Weighs In Against Michael J. Fox And her daddy died of Alzheimer's. Go HERE. Colbert On LimbaUGH The Word: Shameless. Go HERE. One Week To Go Years go by so fast but weeks are slow.
	10/30/06 Excuse Me? Anyone else getting a tad bored with this Oprah Gal. People even touting her as Prez timber. Her giving her audience cars and now Debit cards so they can now too give to charity. Oprah ought to listen to the old song Can't Buy Me "Love. Well Oprah, you can't buy votes but you can influence them. Shredding Is Us The shredding truck pulls up to Cheney's compound. Walls The one in Berlin is down. The one across the Mexican border is being built. The one in China is visible from space and nominated as the 8th wonder of the world. Good walls make good neighbors. Or not. Women, Know Your Limits Hillarious. And so true. Go HERE. I'd Second That! "Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle." -- Mahatma Gandhi. What Is Denial? "They've had three national elections with higher turnout than we have here in the United States. If you look at the general overall situation, they're doing remarkably well." -- Dick Cheney, on Iraq MacDries says, "Go head, say it Dick, 'for a bunch of illiterate Muslims with a propensity for Godless terrorism'." Bob Schieffer Shows Cohones Bob takes on Ken Mehlman for the racist ad. SCHIEFFER: But, but Mr. Mehlman, the logic... if I think something is wrong but I take advantage of a law that allows me to take advantage of that, that's pretty lame, if I may say so. Go HERE and scroll down. Isn't it amazing how slimy Republicans are. Airport Security Paranoia Deb in PA writes: My daughter flew from Philadelphia to Springfield Missouri last weekend. In Philadelphia they detained her for a breast pump, yes a breast pump, one that has breast pump and naturally yours written all over it. A very compact unit. She said they treated it like it was a bomb setting it down very carefully and looking at it from all sides. Then they tested it. She is in the AF and had been playing "war games" she said might have gotten some charcoal like material on her breast pump after the exercise. When she told them about the war games they became very suspicious and started questioning her in detail. They also took her breast cream because they weren't familiar with it and it didnšt fit it in the proper size bag--$9 for a 2 oz tube she was not happy. MacDries says, "Meanwhile I threw all my hotel shampoos and soaps and toothpaste and brush and my meds in one bag and they let it all pass. Plus, since I have a Pacemaker and the guys all look a little cheesy when they have to pat me down, back of the hands and discreetly bypassing my personals. " Hag & The Possum This new CD is a natural. Merle sings George and vice versa. Plus a couple duets. You oughta buy it. Jones Sings Haggard, Haggard Sings Jones: Kickin' Out the Footlights... Again Millenium Park Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sits near the ubiquitous and odious Frank Geary amphitheatre. On Michigan Avenue next to the Art Institute of Chicago. Seurat's Le Grande Jatte is smaller than I remembered. Say It Ain't So Pink Flamingoes Face Extinction. Go HERE.
	10/29/06 The Old Grey Lady I'm gonna say, "Puke." Go HERE. Man Of The Year Michael J. Fox. What a bright mind. Go HERE. OMG Our NYC Republican Mayor Bloomberg is raising money for "Republicrat" Joe (no momentum) Lieberman. Need I say more about either of these little (meaning short - in stature and sight) creeps? I've said it before and I say it again, Bloomie is running for Prez. Back From Chicago Nice time was had by all, especially the sisters who enjoyed re-connecting. The didn't squabbble one time. The only thing missing was mom. K&E kept remarking about how nice everyone was. A common notion when New Yorkers go to the midwest. And it's true. I used to be one of those nice ones. Where did he ever go? If you ever have to go to Chicago, Midway airport is the best choice and Air Trans Airways is a pretty good airline except it is easy to confuse it with ATA, as I did when I tried to snag our e-tickets. My old St. Louis gal pal Lucia Jahsman's son Luke is supposed to stop by overnight. He's 24 and I've never met him. He works on a tug boat here and commutes from Bean Town. They have weeks on and weeks off so it's not too outrageous. He will be the second person I've known who worked on tug-boats. What are the odds? More tomorrow. Feedback from Deb, one of my regulars.
	10/27/06 Off To Chicago Back on Sunday. Bizarre But I wouldn't miss this if you have five minutes to spare. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Reminds me a bit of Henry Darger. If you don't know him, Google." The Shrubs' Crawford Estate More than you need to know. Go HERE. Little Bitty Bette Midler Boogie-Woogie Bugel Boy. Go HERE. Airport Security Paranoia Emma is worried that we will get busted for carrying toothpaste on the airplane so she sent me this link. Go HERE. Of course, it's getting pretty silly. I'll have to go through special screening for my Pacemaker, remove my shoes, maybe socks too, who knows. I usually wear sandles but it's too cold now. Then they will find my insulin and needles which will no doubt freak them out. May just have to give up traveling. Demetri Martin The Daily Show's funny guy has a site. Go HERE. Katie Couric & Michael J. Fox Putting Pig LimbUGH in his place. Go HERE. How a guy like LimbaUGH can look in the mirror is beyond me. He must be on a whole bunch of pills.
	10/26/06 96 dead in October, thus far. India Birds A series from a while back. Still for sale. Go HERE. OWHNFT A woman I wrote about in my first novel The Solution, Old What's Her Name From Tuscon, is 63 today. I'll be self publishing that 1st novel, as well as a couple other volumes, soon on iUniverse. Achtung! My Man Neil Prairie Wind keeps coming up on my iTune shuffle, which is good cuz I have so much new music I forget about a lot of stuff. Buy It! Prairie Wind Alcoholics Anonymous OK. What they say is "don't relay names or stories at meetings". So, I won't. But I can relate my experience. Today's reading was on The 12 Traditions. Today's tradition was #10 about keeping outside political issues out of the discussions. That sounded good to me. I related to this issue because I am all over outside issues and shared this with my fellows. I always enjoy going on vacation, not getting there, I hate that, but being there. The reason is, I'm not reading the news or on the internet or listening to other people discuss "issues" and most people are likewise leaving it all behind. AA meetings are rather like being on vacation because they are focused on the single issue: How to stay sober. Check your neuroses at the door. The extent to which a fellow can do this is the degree to which they are helpful to others. Mark Foley @ Pricey AZ Rehab Sierra Tucson is licensed to treat sexual addiction/compulsivity. I'm betting he'll come out with a Chuck Colsen epiphany and become a case worker. Go HERE to see how he suffers. MacDries says, "Looks like, from the literature, the shrinks are running that fish tank." Milk I had a job on a milk farm one summer when I was 17 and used to help milk 34 cows before breakfast. We would pour off the first quart and put it in the cooler. Then when we were finished our fresh milk was cool. Meanwhile Mama Fitterer was inside baking fresh bread and biscuits for the day. Eggs and steak were waiting for us. Eggs, steak and milk, wonder why we have these arteries. Go HERE. Beck New video from the other white boy rapper. Go HERE. I always like a Beck tune when it comes up on iTunes Shuffle. The Information Buy The CD? More On The Moron Saying 'Stay The Course' Go HERE. MacDries says, "Why is that Keith Olbermann is not very likeable? He says the right thing, most of the time. He's so indignant, he'd better not ever get caught with his pants down. Exxon Posts $10.49 3Q Billions Profit Is this guy a pig or what? Looks like he ate many of those billions. How you like your SUV now? Sparkler & I Emma and I are off to Chicago tomorrow to see Kate The Great, check out the University, visit the Robie House and maybe the Art Institute. Then back on Sunday. Hope the weather doesn't totally suck. Or more likely, blow. The first time I visited the windy city, I was literally knocked on my butt turning a corner. Aaron & Boat Taken, I noticed, on his 36th birthday. Cheney Admits & Approves Waterboarding Go HERE. I'm going back to bed. MacDries says, "This from a guy who shoots his friend in the face. Then retires for a cocktail and lets others put the spin on."
	10/25/06 Dixie Chicks My gals were on Larry King tonight and I was thrilled. It's so nice to not hear smarm spewed over the networks. I love the Dixie Chicks. Backwards Sunset Goodnight from South Street looking at Brooklyn. Tejas!!! Achtung!!! I'm hoping that any and y'all down there will get off your butt and vote for my old pal Kinky Friedman. (Don't ask. I barely recall and I'm sure the Kinkster will not either.) Go HERE. Vote early and vote often. And Time To Vote Again. Go HERE. And without the jokes. Go HERE. Really Awful Singers My list is topped by Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Michael "Doobie" McDonald and Aaron Neville when he is not singing with his brothers. Who do you want to nominate? New Jersey NJ gets a bad rap except as the home state of Bruce. And while it's true that a NJ driver on the streets of NYC is a dangerous thing, this time they got it right. HELD: Denying committed same-sex couples the financial and social benefits and privileges given to their married heterosexual counterparts bears no substantial relationship to a legitimate governmental purpose. The Court holds that under the equal protection guarantee of Article I, Paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, committed same-sex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed by opposite-sex couples under the civil marriage statutes. MacDries says, "I got married the first time in the Catholic church even though neither my wife or I continueed to practice the religion. 8 years and twins later we got divorced. The second time I got married it was in City Hall, a civil ceremony for practical reasons such as Social Security, taxes, etc. We are now going through a divorce after 19 years and two children. So much for vows. It is all about civil rights, financial responsibility and the protection of children. Deal with it Amercia and stop your fucking strutting. Ashamed? What are they hiding? Go HERE. Images of American war casualties released by the Pentagon following litigation under the Freedom of Information Act. Stay The Course? The History of... Go HERE. Imus! Tell Us What You Really Think "Rush Limbaugh, a fat, draft-dodging, drug addict -- jacking his maid up, having her buy dope for him -- That fat son of bitch, I mean, enough bad stuff can't happen to him." -- Don Imus Go HERE for a summary of the latest ads. MacDries says, "And Imus is a step or two behind LimbaUGH. He thinks he'a cowboy cuz he had enough money to buy a huge ranch." Who Are You? And what do you stand for? Or against? Check this out! Go HERE. Now I discover that Gretchen's new loft is 14 numbers aways from Skid Row Development Co. Don't worry, she's not squatting. She's part of the gentrification and probably got a very good deal. Alcoholics Anonymous Went back to the Seaport meeting today because, as I said, it's the nicest, sunniest room and the people are all pretty much the same; meaning varied. However, the meeting leader read something about "what is said in this room should stay in this room". So, I guess I should cease with these posts and just keep them in notes. If any of you drunks out there know if this is true or not, drop me an email. But, let it be said, that if you think you have a drinking problem, you probably do. And if you want to keep from drinking, AA meetings can help. Race Baiting In Tennesee RNC Chairman says he doesn't have authority to pull the ad against Harold Ford. And besides, he doesn't think it is racist. Go HERE. Guiliani Time Benito Guiliani v. Billary Rodman '08. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Damn, what a choice. How can we lose with two losers."
	10/24/06 Good Career Move Kurt Cobain passes Elvis in the Dead Man Sweeps. Top earning dead man $50 to $42 million. Charlie Brown Shultz is not doing too bad either. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Damn! That's cold and sets Love (Courtney) up pretty well." Who Supports The Troops Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America vote: Go HERE. A New Low RNC runs a racist ad against Harold Ford in Tennesee. You be the judge. Go HERE. Purdy Flowers Radiographs of flowers. Go HERE. The Old Grey Lady Times dickhead, David Brooks and characaturist, André Carrilho, think Andrew Sullivan is a penis head. Go HERE. Alcoholics Anonymous Another day, another meeting. Went back to my original meeting in the Seaport because it is a nicer, sunnier room and discovered mostly new people, one or two regulars. Other drunks don't seem to care about the ambiance but I discovered early on that environment affects me heavily. Maybe that's why I never liked bars. Too dark, too smelly, too loud and too many drunken sports assholes. The days leader asked me if I wanted to speak and I declined, saying I was a newbie. I'd rather listen to someone who's been around a bit. So K, alcoholic, drug addict spoke. He had been an inpatient in his teens, then kicked out of home a few years later. Repeated his inpatient experience twice more before getting it together and he now gets his kicks in AA. He seemed solid and sincere. He also said he was a lawyer and actually now enjoyed his work. "Imagine, enjoying being a lawyer", he said. During the show of hands, another guy, British, alcoholic, drug addict, businessman type spoke and he was clearly still struggling. An associate had called him complaining of a hangover and he felt jealous. Imagine that. His obvious shakiness allowed me to then speak a bit about where I am on this particular day. As I spoke my voice got shakier and shakier and I started to tear up. I didn't care. I have never been a believer in psychiatry as a useful therapy. It's too academic and often the case of the blind leading the blind. And more often merely the blind listening to the blind. But AA is a case of multiple experts "sharing" their particular experience and a fellow drunk is free to take what they can use and disregard the rest. I also said I didn't have a last drink day because I didn't yet feel sober. One day I will know and that will be my last drink day. Afterwards, K gave me his card and I thanked him.
	10/23/06 If You Believe In Polls CNN.com has one of those idiotic, non-scientific, polls asking: Do you have faith in the United States democracy and government. The vote tally is 55% No - 45% Yes. As Yogi Berra or Casey Stengel said, "You can look it up." Have You No Shame? Rush Limbaugh today accused Michael J. Fox, actor and Parkinson's Disease victim, of deliberately going off of his meds to appear on camera with exaggerated symptoms of his disease for dramatic effect. Fox appeared in a recent Clair McHaskill (D-MO) Senate campaign ad, touting the need for stem cell research. Limbaugh even goes so far as to accuse Fox of faking his symptoms all together. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Rush, I'd like you to marry Ann Coulter. I wanna see your progeny to determine if pure evil (stupidity) compounds genetically." SNL Brit Hume interviews The Shrub. Go HERE. The Old Grey Lady believes it is the 4th branch of government. Ombudsman says they were wrong to reveal banking surveilance. They obviously believe they should be the arbiter of what news is "fit to print". Go HERE. Weird Al Yankovic Smells Like Nirvana. Hilarious. Go HERE. Not So Long Ago A mere 8-9 years ago, Emma could still sit on dad's lap. Now she spends all her time studying and iChating with her posse. In another blink of an eye she will be off to college and I'll have no reason left to live in this forsaken Bunker City. My Sparkler Emma has written two new poems. They're rather sad and I haven't noticed her unhappiness. Go HERE. How does a 13 year old girl write such intelligent poems? It amazes me. Emma always gets irritated when I try to intepret her poems. She wants them to be free and not open to interpretation. I tell her what T.S. Eliot said; "Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things." -- T.S. Eliot Alcoholics Anonymous Another grey, cloudy, cool day so I headed over to the Passing The Bar meeting. This one was supposedly for beginners but many were long timers. There are some of the regulars who always want to share and as soon as they do they get up and leave. Seems they are mostly interested in speaking rather than listening. I'm the opposite, except today no one was saying anything very interesting so I left a few minutes early too. Oh, yeah, one interesting thing. One guy, alcoholic and drug addict revealed that he was also addicted to Tylenol. And not the one with codeine. He would pop 20-30 a day. And when he got busted for drugs and the cops were confiscating his stash, the only thing he resisted was his Tylenol. I've never even thought of that as a drug. Everyone has a number of days, years of sobriety behind them and it seems important to them. I've been intoxicated in one way or another almost daily since I was 16; give or take a day or week or a year here and there. But I can't recall precisely when I had my last drink. I mostly quit drinking about his time 3 years ago but I've had a beer or two or a glass of wine on occasion since then. I quit smoking pot when Kate was born because smoking made me very self-involved and I would get irritated because a child can also be a bit self-involved. Pot wasn't that hard to quit. I quit smoking in 1986 when I was hospitalized for 10 days and got a good running start. Never had the urge again. Booze is different for me and has never helped when I'm down. I've learneed that much. I'm going to meetings now because I'm depressed and want to drink. It seems to help even though I still want to drink. Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues. Go HERE.
	10/22/06 Jacky Terrasson I have so much new music that I forget about new faves. But if you like great jazz piano, Like Monk, like Bill Evans, Kieth Jarrett, dont forget this guy. Smile Shrub, The Dry Drunk The Shrub was asked whether he had thought about the possibility that the Democrats would take over 1 or both houses of Congress. "Not really... I'm a person that believes we'll continue to control the House and the Senate." We all know that sort of thinking is called denial. Drunk or sober, he is still an idiot. And nothing would give me more pleasure than to see the little twerp squirm and squiggle under the threat of impeachment. Of course that will not happen because of the line-up behind him: Cheney, Hastert and Rice. No curry in that line-up. I see massive preemptive pardons, but no impeachment, in the next two years before The Shrub hires his moving van. He is the lamest lame-duck in history. Ullyses For Beginners Stately, plump, Buck Mulligan... Go HERE. Twins In Utero When my daughter Gretchen was 3 years old, she did this drawing. I asked her what it was and she said, "Me and Aaron." At that time she had never been told about wombs and where she came from but somehow she knew she was a fraternal twin, note the two placentas. Sam & Dave Hold On, I'm Comin'. Go HERE. Barack Redux Looks like all this publicity is going to Obama's head. Either that or he's trying to sell books.
	10/21/06 Lawrence Franklin Dries 1939-2004 Brother Spike would have been 67 today. RIP Spike. Jacob Brownowski On The Ascent Of Man. Go HERE. Powerful and graphic. Sonny Rollins The Bridge era Rollins with Jim Hall, Bob Cranshaw & Ben Riley. Go HERE. And God Bless The Child Go HERE. And If Ever I Would Leave You Pt.1. Go HERE. And If Ever I Would Leave You Pt.2. Go HERE. Still one of the best jazz albums ever. Buy it! The Bridge Alcoholics Anonymous Went to another meeting today; much larger than the others. An alcoholic named Vic (32 years) was the speaker and was hilarious. He could do a standup routine except that he also had emphysema which ruined his timing a bit. He'd only quit smoking 25 years ago. Former ball player, former merchant marine, former actor, all went down the drain because he continued drinking even though he didn't even like his first taste of beer. He discovered that after a few he could get up on the table and dance a jig. Made me recall my sister relating how she once told someone that she didn't like the taste of wine and her friend said, "well you have to acquire the taste". Sister was smart enough to ask her why she should do that? Likewise I recall someone once telling me that scotch was also an acquired taste. Likewise one had to get used to smoking when your first few puffs set you to coughing, gave you a bad taste in your mouth and bad breath. I was lucky I guess because I loved my first taste of beer when I was eight and my older brothers and sisters gave me sips until I was a bit tiddled. And when I was 18 I discovered that if you put a splash of soda in your scotch it went down real easy. Wine, I then discovered was a matter of what kind you drank and there were as many good ones as bad and after you had a few glasses it didn't really matter. Also noticed that there were as many drug addicts in the group as drinkers. In the early days there was a separation and AA didn't want to deal with drug addicts. The 60s polymorphous cross addictions insisted the policy had to change. Back To Bed Need a nap.
	10/20/06 Eric Idle Explains Universe. Very cute via WlfSng. Go HERE. Bush Is Drinking Again Need proof? Go HERE. Political Science Randy Newman is still pertinent. Go HERE. Alcoholics Anonymous These meetings have different names. The one I went to today is called Passing The Bar. Today we read paragraphs from a chapter of The Big Book dealing with Agnostics & Atheists. Perfectly coincidental but appropriate for someone like me. I consider myself a very spiritual person, ethical and moral, but have never found the need to identify it with that thing called God. At least the gods I see represented in mortal form or hear described. Nor do I identify with the behavior of a multitude of people in the world acting in their God's name. That being said, I have never had a problem with the idea of a higher power being addressed in today's reading. The higher power I identify in this situation is alcohol (and/or drugs, perhaps food), pure and simple. Those of us who develop a problem with alcohol, and there are countless degrees of the problem, are allowing the higher power to take over and in effect it becomes the devil. Taking control back by avoiding the devil is the proper use of our will. I spoke briefly today and basically said something similar and that I was a beginner in this process but was trying to not drink. And that I find listening very useful and interesting. Afterwards, another agnostic I've talked to a couple times gave me his phone number. He must have sensed I was a bit shaky. Coming Soon!!!! This weekend it begins coming from The Republican National Committee. Go HERE. From Leslie Dear Friends and Family, The season for giving is upon us. Here's a place to find out what charities do the best by your donations and which have the highest administrative costs: Go HERE. Psst... pass it on. Grey October Day Think I'll take a nap and go to AA. I'm so sick of poltics and spin and waiting for November 7th. I wanna puke.
	10/19/06 Very Familiar The Shrub Admits that the insurgency in Iraq might be compared to the Tet offensive in '68. Remember Buffalo Springfield? Go HERE. More Construction The damn compressor is back and the air gun popping. I thought they were through laying floor but no. I may go mad. I'm already angry. Gotta get out of here. Susan Sontag Been reading exerpts from Sontag's journal. Somewhat tedious but revealing in many ways. She confesses to reading her lover's diary then asks herself if she feels guilty? No, she says, diaries are meant to read eventually, else why would someone write them. Unfortuneately she learned what her lover really though aboyut her. She also finds herself tormented about her pettiness, her queerness and neurosis. She also refers to herself the writer in the masculine gender. All of which changes my opinion of her for the worse.
	10/18/06 Buddy Holly Said: That'll Be The Day. "I think I'd just commit suicide." -- Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quote by Radio Iowa, on what he would do if Democrats take control of the U.S. Senate. MacDries says, "But we can dream. Not to mention that I'd lose $200 that I bet on McCain as the next Prez. My nightmare but they always come to pass." My Sparkler Went to a swim meet at Stuyvesant because I love to see Emma swim. Emma loves to swim whether anyone is watching or not. She thought she could swim before she actually could. She would see Kate and her mom swimming in a pond and jump in at 3 years old and slop and splash around and by jove she didn't drown. Even though I was terrified that Kate and her mom were so blase. Anyway, it was excruciating and of course Emma didn't get to swim until the last event. So I stood there for an hour in the sauna-like packed spectator area, sweating through my clothes, listening to 300 teenagers yelling and screaming incessantly. And many of these teens voices have not yet changed. The things we do for our children, they will never know until they have their own. But Emma's smile to see me there was quite enough to pay for the pain. Once. But probably not again for a long while. And then I need to remember ear-plugs. Alcoholics Anonymous Went to a different meeting today for comparison. It was very useful and about the same as the last one except they had a guest speaker today. He was a very good speaker and took us through his complete history from age 13 when he and two pals split a 6-pak of Heinikens. His pals both got tiddled but he did not and felt jealous. And so began a lifetime trying to catch up. Harrowing! He was no doubt the kind of drinker who always made me feel like my drunkeness was not so bad. At least not as bad as his. Down, down, down until his life fell apart and he lost his family. He recalled his 1st epiphany, albeit 15 years before he quit drinking: He was rolling and romping with his 6 year old daughter, laughing and thinking that was the best day of his life. Then he soon found himself writing down the phone number of the bar he was heading for so he could leave her in front of the TV. His best day of his life was not enough. His drinking was not really about fun because he drank when he felt good and bad, it was about an allergy to alcohol. I'm feeling a bit guilty that I still don't feel like sharing. But I'll keep going because I can find people there who are clearly still (after x # of days, years) in more pain than me, which makes me feel like I too can get through this. Chuck Berry Turns 80 The true King of Rock'n Roll and still rocking. Go HERE.
	10/17/06 Geneva Convention? / The Constitution? We don't need them anymore. We have The Decider thinking for everyone. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Cowards, everywhere." R U A Liberal If you don't know, or are affraid to admit it, take the test. Go HERE. No grades of 100. There are shades of red, pink. Dumbass Just ordered this book. You should too. Link to Amazon. DUMBASS 3,000 DEAD! We recently passed 3000 dead in Iraq. And those real figures, not estimated like the 300,000,000 Americans the computer clicked off last night. More CBGB OMFUG The Ramones do three. I was actually there that night in 79-80 but it wasn't the night they blasted 20% of my hearing away in my left ear. That was in Hartford a year earlier. Go HERE. Makes you wanna be sedated, no? Greatest Hits Grey Day Another one of those.
	10/16/06 Bill Maher On Foley Howard Stern? No thanks! But Maher? He really does him. Go HERE. Talking Points Memo I keep checking into Joshua Michah Marshal's blog because he has liberal cred but I have to say it's one of the most boring blogs around. Go HERE if you want to go to sleep. Colbear Repore Andrew Sullivan: He's gay and conservative and not stupid. Go HERE. And his Daily Dish is worth watching. Go HERE. Got Nuthin' Need a nap. A long one. Like till next spring.
	10/15/06 41 v. 43 Poppy v. Shrub. Go HERE. MacDries says, " I hate the fact that The Shrub's family calls 41 "Poppy". That's what we called our dad. I always thought it was special. Now it has been sullied." Tennis Heroes Federer, Borg, Nadal. Bjorn looks pretty good for a geezer. He could probably still beat #15. South Dakotans - Achtung! My friends and family in South Dakota will have a chance to vote soon on the abortion ban. Spread the word. Go HERE for info. Gimme A Barack! Journalist like to invent doubtful scenarios. The current one is that Barack Obama is Presidential timber. This is based on one very good and intelligent speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention. He is a mere 2 years into his first term with no particular shining legislation behind him. So, please... Go HERE for more. MacDries says, "No, not a Vice Prez either. Let him age a bit and see what sort of Senator he becomes. How savvy. Plenty of time. But what is refreshing about him is the welcome relief from the baggy pants, posing, hip-hop, gun-toting gangsta generation. We need many more like Tiger, Serena & Venus, Michael Jordan, and even the odious Oprah as roll models. Meanwhile we have Gore. And even Edwards is looking better all the time." Dickhead Cheney Probably more than you need to know but it's written by Joan Didion. Go HERE. Sweet Dreams Guitar Hero, Roy Buchanan channels Patsy Cline. Go HERE.
	10/14/06 What is Gay? NEW YORK - A group of Marines and ex-Marines who fought in Iraq - including two wounded there - is featured in a beefcake calendar being sold to help wounded veterans. Go HERE. Emmylou Harris I have dozens of Emmylou's albums and they are all worth listening too at anytime but her first is still as good as the latest. She also does one of my favorite songs by Merle. Bottle Let Down. She also does the best version ever recorded of Lennon/McCartney's For No One. Pieces Of The Sky includes her beautiful Boulder To Birmingham. Pieces of the Sky Get it on Amazon. Habeas Corpus? Do you even know what the Latin means? Go HERE for the current definition. Sighting Ran into Ann in the nabe, as I went out for my get out of the loft walk. Freaked me out. I looked up and there she was coming back from her usual afternoon swim, no doubt coming from Jubilie. Looked just like she did last time I saw her, still beautiful, but it made me speechless as I continued on. And there I was one of those people you see on the street crying. And you always know why. Broken heart. Time for a little Billie: You've Changed, I'm A Fool To Want You, I Don't Want To Cry Anymore and then Travlin' Light. Hell, listen to the whole damn CD of Lady In Satin. Easy to play on iTunes but not so easy to realize . It's gonna be a hard night. New York Street Scene Lots of questions on the streets. This guy sits in City Hall Park on occasion with this sign. He is apparently blind or posing as a blind man. One day there was a group of young kids wearing blue hats surrounding him. Today there were none. On my way back through he had removed his glasses and was reading what appeared to be poetry. I was going to inquire, then thought, nah. On the other side of his sign was a different question. Š2006 Danny Dries New York Street Scene Š2006 Danny Dries- R U? SPAM Poetry Received this piece of Junk mail today. 30 years ago, when I was teaching a Computer Assisted Design course, we ran a Poetry Generating program that produed similar output. "Area while Other Stuff like youll also List am want when like am Crossed of Lines telephone terrorism Realaudio Send. Valley Lost Coast Crackcam dip Into Honey pot Wrysigns am Bathroom Walls is Strange a Noises. Anyone have thinking of mounting those radio bugs down a there or can hear their ramblings or movies These guys shouting each other. Buy am Some Wrybread Brought you by folks who brought bad Yippee What hell this. Back in up let speak spoken to issues raised internet Want see what people. Cam back is up let a speak spoken to in issues raised internet Want. Moonie Baja Mexico a Cyberbuss am Costume Ball Death Valley Lost Coast Crackcam dip Into Honey in pot a Wrysigns Bathroom. Worried about coming off some Orwellian with whole a invasion privacy. Now baked glow pipe When im pututuer turn head am left and thats or view know lucky man am why in guess. Lucky man why guess am every website H?I?J?K?L?M?N?O?P?Q?P??R??R?Q?S?T?U?V?W?âW?X?Y? >Z??[?\?]?A^?_?`?a?b?C(c?Đd?e?f?g?h?2i?Î=j??k?ä>l??>m?\m?n??;Z?;0 show of any faces ill keep street or address in hush a away? Home Gammablog a Telephone in Terrorism is Music Burning Mann in new of Moonie Baja in Mexico Cyberbuss Costume Ball Death Valley Lost. Next am Anyone have thinking am mounting or those radio bugs down there can. There can hear their ramblings movies These guys of shouting each other sure its Also could is easily or live. Yes now baked glow pipe When im pututuer in turn head left and thats view is know lucky." Alcoholics Anonymous Received feedback from a reader criticizing me for using the word "venting" in yesterdays post. "Sharing" is the term AA members prefer. Duly noted. No offense intended. It's just part of the pop-psycho-babble of the day. Also, My Sparkler asked me what I did yesterday so I told her about going to the meeting. She wanted to know why? I said because I've been depressed and feel like drinking but didn't want to. She knows I'm depressed and why but tries to smile me through it. It helps. She also said, "I think that's a really good idea." That helps too. Then she said, "Can you believe I'm going to be 14? It seems so much older than 13." I said, "Yes, I can believe it." She is much older, and wiser than 13. Gerry Studds (D-MA ret.) RIP A bit of irony since gays in congress are much in the news. Go HERE.
	10/13/06 The Pilgrim Not a big fan of the singer Kris Kristofferson but he is a fine songwriter. This CD is a compilation of good singers singing his songs. The Pilgrim: A Celebration Of Kris Kristofferson You can get it on Amazon. I buy a lot of CDs used and haven't been stung yet. Many Rivers To Cross Jimmy Cliff. Go HERE. Alcoholics Anonymous Went to an AA meeting today; not cuz I'm drinking but because I feel like getting drunk all the time and it's hard to turn off this depression. The low dose of Paxil I'm on is about as effective as baby aspirin with a migraine. It was a good thing to do if only to see the range of suffering humanity and realize how much pain there is in the world. About a dozen men and women, black, white, hispanic, vented after we read through Step Three swapping paragraphs; the one about serenity and willfullness. There were a few who appeared to be strung real tight. One man was especially scary when he started talking about the voices in his head and there were two of him. Sounded a bit like DeNiro in Taxi Driver. Another guy, a musician with a CBGB t-shirt, said he'd been sober since 1986 but looked like he's been up drinking all night. He said he was leaving his band and felt a lot of hostility from the others. And he was heading for CBGB's finale tonight to see Patty Smith. A couple of older women seemed like they were there mostly for the sociabilty. They came from New Jersey, Queens, Brooklyn and the neighborhood and everyone gave testimony except me. I wasn't sure what I wanted to say, if anything. They passed the basket and everyone put in a buck. I put in two; felt cheap since I hadn't contributed any wisdom. Don't feel very wise these days. Concert For Bangladesh With the best Beatle, George Harrison & Dylan. Go HERE. And HERE. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry. And My Sweet Lord. Go HERE. And friends. Go HERE. Catch Eric & George doing duel solos at the end. Vietnam / Iraq It all begins somewhere, the questioning, the doubting, the feeling that something's not right; like that day the captain set fire to the Vietnamese womanšs hooch, or the night we shot those women and children by mistake. It's all got to start somewhere. For them it might have been the innocent civilians killed that day at the checkpoint just north of Baghdad or the dead children lying in the road in Kirkuk, or that night in Nasiriyah when they kicked in the front door of that house, screaming and cursing at the children as they threw their father to the floor, tying his hands behind his back and putting a hood over his head, but you remain silent, you say nothing. You've been taught to follow orders, to obey and not question, to go along with the program and do exactly what youšre told. You learned that in boot camp. -- Ron Kovic Go HERE. The Latest Spin Conservative watchdog Acuracy In Media is claiming that the Foley page scandal is the work of Gay Democratic operatives posing as Republicans. Just more dirty tricks from the Dems. Go HERE. MacDries says, "I don't buy it. The Dems are not that smart." So Much For Meteorology Two days ago they said we were in for a mild winter cuz of El Nino. Last night they dumped 2 feet of snow as close as Buffalo and the midwest. Bah, humbug. Friday The 13th What do you know, it comes on a Friday this month.
	10/12/06 Are You Registered To Vote? Deadline in many states has passed. Go HERE. The Shrub Good ad from the September Fund. Go HERE. Robbie Fulks Here's another of the new ones from Bro Dennis. Sounds like authentic Texas Swing. Country Love Songs Who Cares Ex-one-term Virginia Governor Mark Warner (often mistaken for Buddy Rich) says he's not gonna run for Prez in '08. MacDries says, "Who asked you to run, Mark?" $80,000,000 That's Dollars False Start by Jasper. The painting that bought The Los Angeles Times. Some people have too much money.
	10/11/06 NYFD My neighborhood Fire Fighters. These guys roll out the big truck to go to Pathmark to buy groceries and yes, they do actually slide down a brass pole. Don't know if they play cards these days, probably watch fooball or argue about Mets vs. Yankees or surf for porn. They lost some brothers on September 11, 2001. How Smart Is Hastert Now he says some wacko got through his security and duped him into a prayer session. Go HERE. DeJa Vu All over again. A small plane has crashed into a high rise uptown at 72nd & York on the east side. But get this: The same report says it was near Rockeller Center (in the 50s) and the Hudson river (on the west side). And it's either on the 20th floor or the 30th. So where is it guys? Or are there two? Them Were The Days The Dead do Ramble On Rose. Go HERE. And Peggy-o just before the end and Jerry looks in pain. Go HERE. Garcia reminds me of Grupp. Obsolete When I was a kid we would go down to Priebe & Son's hatchery and make 10-20˘ a piece catching escaped chickens when they unloaded. A piece of stiff wire with a chicken-foot sized bend at one end did the trick. This is how they do it now. Go HERE. More New Music Brother Dennis sent me another box of CDs. Jesse Winchester, Emmylou & Mark Knopfler, more Keven Welch and Kieran Kane, Tom Russell John Stewart, Don Walser and a guy named Robbie Fulks. Reports to come. All the Roadrunning Emmylou & Mark Knopfler. Excellent, of course. Sailing to Philadelphia just Mark but also excellent. Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music Great Cajun music by a bunch of great musicians. I've got a bit of French Canadian in me so this music hits me direct to the genes. Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, Ann Savoy, Linda Ronstadt, John Fogarty, Rodney Crowell, Nick Lowe, Patty Griffin, and even that old New York Doll Johansen. 655,000 That's the number of Iraqis dead, so far. American are approaching the 3000 mark.
	10/10/06 Coup d'éˇtat That is French but we English speaking former Colonialists understand the patois. Unimaginable? Not necessarily given the current speakout from the Generals in the military. If Rove and The Shrub pull off an invasion of Iran or N. Korea, pre-mid-term elections... all bets are off. Why Not Warren? No, not Beatty, though that's not a bad idea either. Buffett. The man is successful, has integrity and lacks ambition (in the bad sense). Just a thought. But it's clear that the best of us never run for office. Our government is our Mafia. I'd even go for his pal Gates for V.P. Go HERE. This Is Great Not so bad that 10-11 nations now have nukes, but now North Korea has the capability to f* up royally in exploding a dirty one or mis-directing it... to where? Sweden? And The Shrub is calling pathetic N. Korea "A Bully". MacDries says, "Who the f* is in charge, here? The worlds' ultimate bully calling the schoolyard punk a bully. North Korea is starving and strutting to keep Kim in power. Who knows, maybe The Shrub can sell that joke. Desperate politicians will do whatever they can to stay in power." Taj Mahal Tried to Google for some Taj blues but all I came up with was stuff about that shack in India. Taj is one of those who got lost in the transition from LP to CD. Found this one Diving Duck Blues. Go HERE. Charles Lloyd Do you know his music? He's recorded with the best around; Jarrett, Meldau, Abercrombie. You should check him out. The Water Is Wide is one of his best with Meldau. Stephen Colbert... ...has a Dreamsickle. Go HERE. CBGB RIP Ramones, Talking Heads, Televison, The New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Little Bitty Debbie Harris, all gone with the wind. More Construction And I'm going mad.
	10/9/06 Hello, This Is Senator Hillary Clinton Just got an automated call from Billary Rodman. Seems she's stopped using her maiden name. Wonder why? Perhaps because her husband is 10 times more popular than she is. I hung up, with f* you Hillary. Felt good even if she didn't hear it I'll bet her software will track hang-ups. The Shrub "Because he says so." Go HERE. A real zinger. Cormac McCarthy Always good to see a new novel by the best living writer. At least he's tops on my list and Wm. Kennedy (another fave) wrote the review in NYTimes this week. Gotta get it. I'm one behind on Kennedy's out put as well. The Road No Country for Old Men Doh! Of The Day Advisers say Kerry is running in '08. MacDries says, "Next they'll tell us that Hillary and McCain are running too. And Guiliani and Bloomberg and Pataki and Edwards and I might as well toss my old straw hat in the ring and stop being coy." The Word The noun Schadenfreude has one meaning: (German) delight in another person's misfortune. MacDries says, "I can never remember the meaning of this word though I do have recent experience re: the Reprobates current dilemma." Cokie Rips'em A New One The Reprobates, that is. Go HERE. Road Runner And Wile Coyote. Go HERE. Back In The Day You Don't Know Me You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Get It From Amazon. Willie live on Letterman. Go HERE. Or get his latest book. The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart Going Crazy Here** Construction workers wake me every morning and then it begins. Six days a week, 8am to 6pm. They have a compressor gun that kicks in every minute or so and then the gun popping nails into something. There are saws and hammering and destruction going on. This has been going on for months now with no end in sight. Ain't life grand.
	10/8/06 The Last Rat James Baker (the 3rd), Shrub 1 and Shrub 2's real brain and their very own Kissenger, has now abandoned the "Stay The Course" rhetoric. Go HERE. What Soldiers Are Saying Go HERE. Cheney Has A Bad Mouth Again This time it's not f* off, it's only bull-s* but Woodward nailed him. Go HERE. Achtung! Full disclosure: If you click on a link from these pages suggesting certain products; books, music, etc you will be directed to Amazon. If you then purchase that item, Yours truly (I) will receive a small percentage of the price. Not a big deal, but I'd encourage you to do so. Pennies add up and they might just as well be mine. Thank you. Remember Anthrax? Why has the perp never done the walk? Why has the media dropped the story? Scorsese Saw The Departed last night and the theatre was packed. Happy to report that Marty is back in form. Clever screenplay, great acting by a bunch of old and newer guys and, of course one sexy woman. And a few sluts. Almost everybody dies a bloody death. Even the good guy Leo, who once again proves he's one of the best actors around. Lots of dirty language and everybody loved it. Everyone was a rat. Waiting for the box scores. Update: Tops in BO. Terror Tourists Š2006 Danny Dries This jerk was doing his spiel to the assembled. "They say that two to three thousand died in the terrorist attack but no one really knows because so many were Vaporized..." Gasps from the terror tourists. "Dust to dust, y'know." MacDries says, Now that is terrorism too, y'know?" Joe Liarman Lieberman will say anything to keep his Republicrats in line. Go HERE. Mr. Speaker Dennis Hastert, a former high school wrestling coach who entered politics a man of modest means, personally earmarked the highway bill last year with $207 million for the Prairie Parkway, a road that serves about as little purpose as its name implies, but will run within a few miles of land Hastert bought in 2002 near Plano, Illinois. Hastert and his business partners then sold the land to a developer, netting a cool $1.8 million. MacDries says, "Also interesting the Hastert took 'full responsibility' for 'having done nothing wrong'." Rove Conjures Tricky Dick And Lee Atwater. Go HERE. Kate The Great My baby is not just working hard at college, she's also canvassing outside of Chicago for Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War double-amputee who's running for congress. Go HERE. Her opponent is at a fund raiser these days with The Shrub and Dennis Hastert. CodeFred says Go HERE. MacDries says, "Kewl stuff if a trifle limited."
	10/7/06 Nuts 4 Nuts Went to the nut store on Church Street. Bought a half pound of raw cashews which they put into a bag. Bought a half pound of salted spanish peanuts which they put into a bag. Bought pre-packed bag of Pistachios. They put the 3 bags into an paper bag which they then put into a plastic bag with a carry handle which I then put into my shoulder bag. It reminds me of an old Lillie Tomlin routine. "Went to the store and bought a wastebasket. They put it into a bag. I went home and opened the bag and put it into the waste-basket." Nawlins Nuff said. Tejas Politics "Look, I'm 61 years old -- too young for Medicare and too old for women to care. But I care about what's happening to Texas." And... "Texans are very independent people... you tell us what not to do, and we will do it every time." -- Kinky Friedman Go HERE and send money if you've got any. NYC Streets Š2006 Danny Dries And Before Elvis Benny Goodman was King of Swing. Moonglow. Go HERE. And Avalon. Go HERE. And then a beautiful demonstration of how Charlie Parker created Ornithology out of How High The Moon. Go HERE. MacDries says, "I'll take Benny over Elvis, everytime." Back When Elvis Was Cute Jailhouse Rock Go HERE. A Robot Could Play That Not! A japanese robot plays Coltrane's solo on Giant Steps. Go HERE. Betcha can't listen to the whole thing.
	10/6/06 I Can Feel It Coming On Fall is slipping into Winter and I don't appreciate it at all. In fact I hate it. Even John Warner... Liz Taylor's 5th ex* has doubts about Iraq. Go HERE. * My sis Madonna met Liz at a DC party once when she was with the Senator, said she has beautiful purple eyes and was quite nice. MacDries says, "And I saw her drunk, doing shooters, loud and abusive to her poofter entourage in a restaurant up in the hills above Yelapa, south of Puerto Vallarta in January of 1981. She's very short." A Bit Of Heaven Bill Evans Trio plays My Foolish Heart. Go HERE. And Beautiful Love. Go HERE. Limbo Is In Limbo Papa Bennie is likely to eliminate the concept of a way station for babies who had the bad fortune to die wothout being baptized. MacDries wonders, "What happens to all those stuck in Limbo prior to this?" Resolutions Just as I had decided to stop collecting music, brother Dennis sent me a half dozen CDs. 3 more disks by Greg Brown. A new fave, all excellent. The Evening Call Adieu False Heart by Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy. Excellent. Go HERE for a long stream from Amazon. Lost John Dean by Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch. Also excellent. Live At The Earl Of Old Town by Steve Goodman. I can do without it. Best Of Rosanne Cash is Dennis's selection and it's very good. Dennis doesn't listen to jazz but other than that his taste is as good as mine. That means we agree about most music; just can't get him to listen to Coltrane, Billie, Miles, etc. As You Can See There is nothing going on in my mind today. It's 2pm before I can even check around to see what the world is doing.
	10/5/06 It's Not About Gays In 1983, Representatives Daniel Crane, an Illinois Republican, and Gerry Studds, a Democrat from Massachusetts, were censured for having had sex with a female page and male page, respectively. OK? And the page program is not at fault. This is about criminal activity against minor children and about people in positions of responsibility abusing their power and others refusing to do their duty. Do you get it? Spin it all you want. It still comes down to bad behavior. And criminal behavior. Connect The Dots Nuff said? For Sparkler These Boots Are Made For Walking by Jessica Simpson. Go HERE. The Stones 1969 Honkey Tonk Woman. Go HERE. Meanwhile The Daily Show has revealed that FOX revealed that Foley was actually a Democrat. Go HERE. MacDries says, "No surprise most Democrats are gay. No?" Another One Of Those Days The Republicans are spinning like mad, stuck in Big Muddy. Everyone is in CYA mode. I love it but it will only be that more depressing when the Dems blow it again.
	10/4/06 Henry Rollins Does Ann Coulter I think he's got her. Go HERE. Quote Of Yesteryear "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." -- Tom Lehrer For more good quotes, go HERE. MacDries says, "And now we hear that K is a frequent adviser to The Shrub. Will no one rid us of this meddlesome yenta?" Your Representatives Congress has approved $20 million, two years in a row, for a victory celebration when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over. Go HERE. McCain The Enabler To The Decider Go HERE. Demetri Martin ... from The Daily Show has a web site. Go HERE. The Tooth Of Crime LaMaMa is re-creating the 1983 production of Sam Shepard's play. Our good friend Bob Jewett is musical director as he was in the earlier production. Go HERE for more. Back To Bed Got up at 10:30, had coffee then took a nap and now it's time for my second nap.
	10/3/06 Foley Admits He Is A Gay Man I think we all knew that but all gay men are not pedophiles. And now he wants us to believe it was because of some other pedophile priest or clergyman, plus alcohol that caused it to get all out of hand. Why is it no one ever cops their plea until they get busted? Total Conversion It took me 3-4 years to accept the CD revolution, until the sound quality, sampling, improved to an acceptable level. And now I've totally stopped burning (and almost stopped buying) CDs and just copy everything to iTunes and back them up as mp3s on CDs. I get 10 albums on one CD and if one gets destroyed or my hard drive crashes I can have a fresh copy right now. Eat it Sony and all you other corpse. I don't have to keep buying a new LP, Tape, CD, AIFF, MP3 each time you convert. Still got my LPs cuz Kate and Aaron insisted I store them for historical purposes (ha). They don't understand that music is a multiple and not a unique work of art that needs to be preserved. Kate likes all the art and text details which is OK but you can always look that up on Amazon. Problem is Clapton has a new CD coming out, (see below) and I will have to have it. JimiJet Jungers Then there is this guy, a couple years older, from my home town who got my email and keeps sending me stuff. I've insulted him, told him to take me off his list, insulted him again, but... he continues. Go HERE to see the sort of crap he sends me. And here's another one. Go HERE. Chris Burden This is an artist who I always forget about but I always go to see what he is doing next. Like I did with Nam June Paik, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, et al. Not to get ideas (I don't need any) but merely to witness a kindred spirit. In the same way I never pass up an artist street fair. We are all artists. It is our language. Go HERE. Colbear Repore Stephen has the real stuff on Mark Foley. Go HERE. Artist Of The Day Dan Witz does street art and more conventional art as well. Go HERE. The Road To Escondido Clapton and J.J. Cale have a new CD of Cale's music coming out this fall. Go HERE for a preview.
	10/2/06 A Nice Moment In Film This is Caetano Velosa singing Cucurrucucu Paloma in Pedro Almodovar's Talk To Her. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Almodovar is the greatest living filmmaker." Go HERE if you don't know his films. The Ribbon Craze Dirty Ditties [EP] by The Asylum Street Spankers from down Austin way. Pink, Flag Striped, and the Yellow one tied around the old oak tree. Go HERE. Or, Whatever... Go HERE. Or, Hick Hop. Go HERE. Or, Go HERE. Or, a bit of Saw Fiddle. Go HERE. Will It Never End? Every day a new one. Now it is said that even Spencer Tracy was bi-sexual. That's an image I don't need. Well, we always knew about Hepburn so why should we be surprised? Some people even believe Tony Randall wasn't. Geilgud we can believe but Olivier? Wall Cox, OK, but Brando? Sal Mineo, yeah, but James Dean too? It gets to be a bit much. And who really cares? Back To Bed Need a nap. SOSO.
	10/1/06 IMHO The only thing keeping this administration in office after mid-terms is the fact of Dick Cheney. As with Nixon and Agnew, Cheney would have to be gotten rid of first. Then there is Hastert and he is also in deep shit after the Foley mess broke. Then comes Prez Pro-Tem of the Senate, Ted Stevens who is senile. Guess who is next? Secretary Of State Ms. Condoleezza Rice. No way the Dems will dig into that pile of crap. Quote Of The Day "If I Were One Of These Sickos..." - Mark Foley (R-FL) Go HERE. Another Month Shot To Hell A sad day to start a new month. Ann just moved the last of her things out the door. Got nuthin' good to say today. Kate is still off to college and Emma is out with her posse. Even music doesn't do much for me today.
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