The first four paragraphs are about accidental moments in surfing on the TV. The last two paragraphs are about being subjected to a Republican TV debate...
In switching TV channels, I hit CBS, I think it was, on the evening of the Tony Award show. "The Book of Mormon" won the Tony for best Broadway musical play this past week. It is a play by the guys who created the cartoon series "South Park" on cable TV. At that particular moment, the song "I Believe" from the play was being performed, which noted that, among other proclamations according to Joseph Smith, the Moses with the tablets for the LDS church, Jackson County in Missouri is the site of the Garden of Eden.
One day, I landed on a TV channel where conservative author Ann Coulter was being interviewed. Semi-interviewed actually, as Coulter was avoiding anything personal. But she did repeat her idiotic statement about public school teachers being "tax-paid parasites." I wonder why Republicans never say she should apologize for her off-the-wall rudeness. Do they agree with her?
I landed on MTV one day with the show "16 and Pregnant." It apparently is a reality series about 16-year-old girls dealing with a pregnancy. I watched it for 20 minutes mainly because it was like watching a train wreck. Wow, parents should require their teenagers to watch that show. No teen would want to get pregnant nor hopefully even want to be around a potential loser of a boyfriend if they watched one or two of those shows. It is the best promotion for "abstinence" that I have ever seen!
I saw another bunch of talking heads on TV continuing to fuss over the Congressman Anthony Weiner scandal. I know I made my share of blog fun at his expense. I mean, geez, how many naked chest shots would someone want to take of themselves and then share? If you are a model, go for it. But if you are politician, I don't think a naked chest adds much to understanding the issues. But the more I think about it, the more I wonder why he should resign from his position. It is true that he will probably be rather ineffectual legislatively in being associated with tawdriness, though others have risen beyond their scandals and transgressions, such as Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich. I can see Weiner having to give up his cell phone with a camera and to stop using Twitter. Please do! I hope he's already done that. Beyond that, this "scandal" is sexless. At least as far as we know now. Maybe it is good if any "scandal" can remove a politician from office. But it makes me wonder if the media aren't just playing to tabloid mentality by chasing the congressman down the street. As they used to say about Bill Clinton and his scandal compared to George Bush and his war, "At least when Clinton lied, no one died." The Weiner scandal is a mere Vienna sausage in the realm of meaty matters. Sorry, I couldn't resist!
And do young people today also use immediate technology in various regretful ways...and will it come back to haunt them later on? The immediacy of technology in the hands of some college students in bars at midnight might mean the future of electronic messaging devices will include the feature of a breathalizer in order to prevent their use at ill-advised times.
Going to CNN for the recent debate by the Republican presidential candidates was not accidental. I always feel like it is my duty as a citizen to keep up with national politics...and consequently I have watched a lot of bad TV in process. I thought the TV debate on CNN was badly orchestrated for the most simplistic and boring sound bites yet to bite viewers. There wasn't much that the short-answer format provided, but it is understandable that if there'd been a longer answer period the candidates probably would have just droned on with canned rhetoric. So, it was lose or lose for the viewers. For the longer questions, often the wrong candidate addressed them. I already knew how Ron Paul, the only anti-war candidate probably up there, would respond to the Afghanistan War. The quick questions to supposedly give us more of the personal side of the candidates were stupid. "Conan or Leno?" Geez, who cares?! It reminded me of the famous "Boxers or briefs" question to Bill Clinton. Like that made a big difference, either. Better quick questions could have been "their favorite book, or most recent book they have read, or, like with some of those questions from Katie Couric to Sarah Palin, what Supreme Court case they believe in or their favorite Supreme Court justice. For more personal questions, I would like to know if all of Mitt Romney's sons are still Mormons and if they all married Mormon women. Just curious, as to see if the Romney immediate household is the least bit religiously diverse. The quick questions at the debate were just bubble-gum. I hate being bubble-gummed by the media.
In a word, I would define the Republican TV debate as "depressing." About the only issue that the candidates were for was cutting taxes for corporations. Otherwise, they were against almost everything. Against NASA, against the EPA, against the auto industry bail-out, against unions for workers, against separation of church and state, against the government spending any money on social programs, against abortion rights, against gay marriage, against...against...and against. If those candidates are the future, why did they sound like the past? And not just recent past, either but decades-ago past, if not longer. Wow! Depressing!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Poetry in commotion...
A Sarah Palin poem:
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
of Sarah Palin's version of
the midnight ride of Paul Reverse,
who put his pickup into "R" (for Republican) gear
and sped away backward, with shots so clear,
from guns a-blazing, always first.
He warned the Danish that Americans had guns,
lots of guns, and they would lose.
One, if by land; two, if my sea;
three, if by Fox News.
And he shot a partridge in a pear tree.
Nevermore. Nevermore.
An Anthony Weiner poem:
Everyone's a twitter
for Tony to consider
that sending pictures "obscenie"
makes him quite a wienie.
A poem for politics:
I would rather vote for a lizard than for Newt.
I would rather vote for Abel than for Cain.
I would rather vote for a baseball glove than for Mitt.
I would never vote for Sarah plain.*
* Note: Well, "Palin" didn't rhyme, but both words have the same letters.
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
of Sarah Palin's version of
the midnight ride of Paul Reverse,
who put his pickup into "R" (for Republican) gear
and sped away backward, with shots so clear,
from guns a-blazing, always first.
He warned the Danish that Americans had guns,
lots of guns, and they would lose.
One, if by land; two, if my sea;
three, if by Fox News.
And he shot a partridge in a pear tree.
Nevermore. Nevermore.
An Anthony Weiner poem:
Everyone's a twitter
for Tony to consider
that sending pictures "obscenie"
makes him quite a wienie.
A poem for politics:
I would rather vote for a lizard than for Newt.
I would rather vote for Abel than for Cain.
I would rather vote for a baseball glove than for Mitt.
I would never vote for Sarah plain.*
* Note: Well, "Palin" didn't rhyme, but both words have the same letters.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
News at 10...
This just in...
A new study finds that if your friends look like Cirque du Soleil characters, you have really unique friends.
Congressman Paul Ryan's budget plan to finish off Medicare looks like it is going to finish off Republican candidates nationwide. And what's really strange is that the Republicans are running like lemmings off a cliff to embrace the Ryan budget plan.
National Geographic channel plans to do a special report on lemmings and Republicans.
Right-wing social engineering has hurt Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. He shrugs off the problem with occasional shopping trips to Tiffany's jewelry store. He was pleased about the bargain deal he got for a tie tack. A mere $20,000.
A couple were criticized by some people for raising their new baby "gender-less," meaning they weren't going to tell others the gender of the baby. Well, heck, it's not like there are hundreds of possibilities to speculate about. The baby is probably either a girl or a boy.
Singer Pink recently had a baby girl. People are guessing that she will dress the baby in "pink."
Have you ever felt like you could star on a TV show "The Biggest Loser" but the show is not about weight loss?
News media people have been chasing after TV reality show star Sarah Palin while she is on her recent bus tour, despite the fact that she hasn't announced a campaign for running for anything. So, tell us again, why is she in the news?
An unfortunate incident occurred when Sarah Palin's bus ran over candidate Mitt Romney while he was announcing his candidacy for president in New Hampshire. But Romney is okay. His Mormon underwear protected him.
Sarah Palin's version of the historical ride of Paul Revere was so "entertaining" that birther Donald Trump has decided to produce a new TV reality show called "Sarah's History Lessons." It will appear on that other SyFy (Science Fiction) channel, Fox News network.
This blog was recently spanked for breaking the rule that children of politicians are off limits, even when those children are paraded around, put on TV shows, and used as media blockades. This blog promises to not make fun of Bristol, Piper, Moose, Twitter, Tinsel, and all the rest and whatever their names are, when and if they ever fade from public spectacle.
Just think when presidential candidate Michelle Bachman's 28 children start getting on TV reality shows?!!
China, please don't hack this site. Please! There are many better sites far more worthy of your hacking, censoring, infiltration, and denial.
Congressman Anthony Weiner said his Twitter account was hacked and a photo of overwhelming briefs was sent to prank him. Weiner isn't sure if that photo is of him or not. Meanwhile, 20 million American men have already claimed that the photo is of them. One Twittererererer said, "Hot dog!"
Current U.S. generals were ranked as the worst in history as wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue endlessly with weekly soldier fatalities. With $113 billion estimated for another year in Afghanistan, the generals are at least hoping to turn a corner, as they eye Pakistan.
The World Health Organization has cautioned about the potential of brain tumors from using cell phones next to people's ears. People also shouldn't wear hats that microwave buttered popcorn.
A new study warns that people who always bite the heads off of animal crackers with their first bite are more likely to make dogs eat dried dog biscuits.
It is hoped that "Arab Spring" will land right on top of the Syrian dictator, the Libyan dictator, the Bahrain dictator, the Iranian dictator, the Yemeni dictator, the Saudi Arabian dictators, and all other Middle Eastern dictators with a big ka-thump.
Women are secretly practicing their driving of cars in Saudi Arabia, using highway cones as designated ruling dictators.
In this week's episode of "Celebrities Chasing Squirrels," Arnold Schwarzenegger admits to furnishing the nuts and John Edwards warns against hunter mentality. There is a special song from Lady Gaga, dressed as a pecan.
A new study finds that if your friends look like Cirque du Soleil characters, you have really unique friends.
Congressman Paul Ryan's budget plan to finish off Medicare looks like it is going to finish off Republican candidates nationwide. And what's really strange is that the Republicans are running like lemmings off a cliff to embrace the Ryan budget plan.
National Geographic channel plans to do a special report on lemmings and Republicans.
Right-wing social engineering has hurt Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. He shrugs off the problem with occasional shopping trips to Tiffany's jewelry store. He was pleased about the bargain deal he got for a tie tack. A mere $20,000.
A couple were criticized by some people for raising their new baby "gender-less," meaning they weren't going to tell others the gender of the baby. Well, heck, it's not like there are hundreds of possibilities to speculate about. The baby is probably either a girl or a boy.
Singer Pink recently had a baby girl. People are guessing that she will dress the baby in "pink."
Have you ever felt like you could star on a TV show "The Biggest Loser" but the show is not about weight loss?
News media people have been chasing after TV reality show star Sarah Palin while she is on her recent bus tour, despite the fact that she hasn't announced a campaign for running for anything. So, tell us again, why is she in the news?
An unfortunate incident occurred when Sarah Palin's bus ran over candidate Mitt Romney while he was announcing his candidacy for president in New Hampshire. But Romney is okay. His Mormon underwear protected him.
Sarah Palin's version of the historical ride of Paul Revere was so "entertaining" that birther Donald Trump has decided to produce a new TV reality show called "Sarah's History Lessons." It will appear on that other SyFy (Science Fiction) channel, Fox News network.
This blog was recently spanked for breaking the rule that children of politicians are off limits, even when those children are paraded around, put on TV shows, and used as media blockades. This blog promises to not make fun of Bristol, Piper, Moose, Twitter, Tinsel, and all the rest and whatever their names are, when and if they ever fade from public spectacle.
Just think when presidential candidate Michelle Bachman's 28 children start getting on TV reality shows?!!
China, please don't hack this site. Please! There are many better sites far more worthy of your hacking, censoring, infiltration, and denial.
Congressman Anthony Weiner said his Twitter account was hacked and a photo of overwhelming briefs was sent to prank him. Weiner isn't sure if that photo is of him or not. Meanwhile, 20 million American men have already claimed that the photo is of them. One Twittererererer said, "Hot dog!"
Current U.S. generals were ranked as the worst in history as wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue endlessly with weekly soldier fatalities. With $113 billion estimated for another year in Afghanistan, the generals are at least hoping to turn a corner, as they eye Pakistan.
The World Health Organization has cautioned about the potential of brain tumors from using cell phones next to people's ears. People also shouldn't wear hats that microwave buttered popcorn.
A new study warns that people who always bite the heads off of animal crackers with their first bite are more likely to make dogs eat dried dog biscuits.
It is hoped that "Arab Spring" will land right on top of the Syrian dictator, the Libyan dictator, the Bahrain dictator, the Iranian dictator, the Yemeni dictator, the Saudi Arabian dictators, and all other Middle Eastern dictators with a big ka-thump.
Women are secretly practicing their driving of cars in Saudi Arabia, using highway cones as designated ruling dictators.
In this week's episode of "Celebrities Chasing Squirrels," Arnold Schwarzenegger admits to furnishing the nuts and John Edwards warns against hunter mentality. There is a special song from Lady Gaga, dressed as a pecan.
Friday, May 27, 2011
The issues to win the presidency in 2012...
It was too bad that Congress passed and President Obama signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act without eliminating some of civil rights intrusion and violation aspects, particularly the part involving public libraries.
Concerning the library aspect, I have faith that librarians will continue to be hard-nosed about privacy of book reading and refuse to cooperation or cooperate in lukewarm, half-heartedly approaches. Frankly, I would put my money on librarians more than U.S. intellegence agencies any day in the battle of wills and the defense of freedom and rights.
While the field of potential Republican presidential candidates certainly makes Obama look good, the nation may need a candidate from the left to keep Obama's feet to the fire concerning the promises he has already made. The promise to end the wars. The promise to close down Guantanamo Bay prison.
I believe that the person who wins the presidency for the future will do it with these stances on these issues:
Concerning the library aspect, I have faith that librarians will continue to be hard-nosed about privacy of book reading and refuse to cooperation or cooperate in lukewarm, half-heartedly approaches. Frankly, I would put my money on librarians more than U.S. intellegence agencies any day in the battle of wills and the defense of freedom and rights.
While the field of potential Republican presidential candidates certainly makes Obama look good, the nation may need a candidate from the left to keep Obama's feet to the fire concerning the promises he has already made. The promise to end the wars. The promise to close down Guantanamo Bay prison.
I believe that the person who wins the presidency for the future will do it with these stances on these issues:
- Supports Medicare and Social Security. (That means really supporting them and wanting them to exist and to be worthy for the citizens. It doesn't mean playing games with them, in hopes that a good social program vanishes. It doesn't mean shifting to privatization which just puts a lot of money into the pockets of a few and the social programs at great risk, depending up markets and bottom-line.)
- Has plans for job creation and employment expansion. That probably means spending money upfront in order to attain benefits in the long-term. (Chrysler recently paid back with interest a $7.6 billion bail-out loan from the U.S. and Canadian governments. And GM, also a bail-out recipient, announced recently that thousands of jobs would return for plants near Detroit and throughout the nation. That means that President Obama was wise in saving the auto industry--and thousands of good jobs for Americans--while Republican candidate Mitt Romney lacked vision in opposing the bail-out. Romney's op-ed piece was headlined something to the respects that the government should let Detroit and the car industry go bankrupt. Romney was horribly wrong and America would have been worse off right now under his early judgment.) There is a difference, I believe, between a bail-out for a high good-jobs industry or business which makes tangible products that Americans can use and a bail-out for Wall Street financiers who speculate over fears and fantasy and provide no real products of use. I remember a TV commercial many years ago where a company was joyful about producing reports by way of their copy center. I thought at the time, if American companies only produce paperwork and reports and not steel, shirts, toys, and cars, I can't imagine the companies flourishing or the nation prospering.
- Concretely plans for the end of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. That means getting ground troops out of backward Third World countries with religiously conservative cultures. Let the social media networks play the role of freedom fighters, as citizens of those kind of countries will be able to see for themselves what the rest of the world has and what they don't. The Navy SEALs' action in finding Osama bin Laden shows how a small-scale mission can be surgically successful without putting platoons of the young people on foot or vehicle patrol--the so-called kid next door--into ridiculous and costly daily danger. Also, ending the wars is the best first real step in cutting a budget deficit. Less tanks and wars where soldiers are killed. Instead, more soldiers and advocates in peacekeeping, humanitarian, and educational missions that also make our soldiers more respected and safer around the world.
Those are the three campaign stands that I think will lead to victory for a presidential candidate in 2012. President Obama certainly has the edge for the victory, as he has stated his feelings before about everything from Medicare to the wars. Making it happen even before it is a campaign promise would assure victory.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
More questions than answers...
Does it ever seem like sometimes the TV news provokes more questions than answers? I guess I am just too curious.
For instance, about that Bin Laden computer with the porn on it. What kind of porn? I'm just curious about him being curious, considering that he had multiple wives and 20-some children. When did he have time to surf the web and plot for terrorism? Who's taking care of those children now? Did he have life insurance? Did he need to recruit terrorists or just father them? Questions, lot of questions.
Speaking of fathering, there is the latest scandal involving former California governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It very well could turn out that the so-called "love child" may be less spoiled than usual next-generation Kennedy clan. And what kind of a term is "love child"? Aren't most children, within marriages as well, results of love and/or sex, too?
Here's what bothers me about the timing of the Schwarzenegger scandal...Prior to Schwarzenegger's election as governor, the Los Angeles Times wrote about 12 women who accused him of sexual harassment over the years. His wife Maria Shriver came to his political rescue by declaring that he had "changed." He wins. He becomes a pretty awful governor, but he lasts through his term. And his secret never emerges (not even with all the California tabloids) until after he's done with gubernatorial politics. And then the news of his affair with another woman 14 years ago surfaces. Then Maria and Arnold split up, and it is all over the news. Hmmmm. Messy and curious. I imagine there are less people now wanting to change the U.S. Constitution to allow foreign-born politicians, like Schwarzenegger, to run for president.
One other scandal came up again in the news--The Catholic Church released its report about priest sex abuse. The church hierarchy basically couldn't find an answer for it--though "enabling" and "covering up" might have been good choices. Or maybe outdated 16th century male hierarchy and policy (like celibacy) and discrimination against women in leadership could have played roles, do you think? But the report apparently blamed the 1960s and the sexual revolution. Hmmmm. Curious. I kind of think a lot of people would like to blame the 1960s about a lot of problems.
And how about those Republicans? They didn't want to eliminate the tax credits for the big oil companies, though the companies make record profits almost every quarter and gasoline prices have doubled to $4 or more because of good, old Wall Street spectators. Remember Wall Street--the greedy place that the nation bailed out. Wow, what a group--Republicans, oil companies, and Wall Street. What a group!
For instance, about that Bin Laden computer with the porn on it. What kind of porn? I'm just curious about him being curious, considering that he had multiple wives and 20-some children. When did he have time to surf the web and plot for terrorism? Who's taking care of those children now? Did he have life insurance? Did he need to recruit terrorists or just father them? Questions, lot of questions.
Speaking of fathering, there is the latest scandal involving former California governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It very well could turn out that the so-called "love child" may be less spoiled than usual next-generation Kennedy clan. And what kind of a term is "love child"? Aren't most children, within marriages as well, results of love and/or sex, too?
Here's what bothers me about the timing of the Schwarzenegger scandal...Prior to Schwarzenegger's election as governor, the Los Angeles Times wrote about 12 women who accused him of sexual harassment over the years. His wife Maria Shriver came to his political rescue by declaring that he had "changed." He wins. He becomes a pretty awful governor, but he lasts through his term. And his secret never emerges (not even with all the California tabloids) until after he's done with gubernatorial politics. And then the news of his affair with another woman 14 years ago surfaces. Then Maria and Arnold split up, and it is all over the news. Hmmmm. Messy and curious. I imagine there are less people now wanting to change the U.S. Constitution to allow foreign-born politicians, like Schwarzenegger, to run for president.
One other scandal came up again in the news--The Catholic Church released its report about priest sex abuse. The church hierarchy basically couldn't find an answer for it--though "enabling" and "covering up" might have been good choices. Or maybe outdated 16th century male hierarchy and policy (like celibacy) and discrimination against women in leadership could have played roles, do you think? But the report apparently blamed the 1960s and the sexual revolution. Hmmmm. Curious. I kind of think a lot of people would like to blame the 1960s about a lot of problems.
And how about those Republicans? They didn't want to eliminate the tax credits for the big oil companies, though the companies make record profits almost every quarter and gasoline prices have doubled to $4 or more because of good, old Wall Street spectators. Remember Wall Street--the greedy place that the nation bailed out. Wow, what a group--Republicans, oil companies, and Wall Street. What a group!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
News at 10...
This just in...
The headline could have read, "Trump trumped." Birther and big-mouthed bully of a candidate for president Donald Trump got trumped by President Obama who produced the long form of his birth certificate after Trump exploited the falsehoods about it for his own political gains.
Donald Trump wins the Sage Street "Keep Blabbering and Spin" award for saying he was proud to do something so important as to get Obama to release the long form of his birth certificate. Ah, Mr. Trump, Obama didn't need to release it as the short form, which is the legal document used by Hawaii, was already available and then there were also those birth announcements in old newspapers. Of course, those facts probably wouldn't matter for crazy people who just don't want to believe the facts. Congratulations, Mr. Trump, on your award. It comes with a huge wad of bubblegum (to keep your mouth busy).
Pope John Paul (the some Roman numeral) took one step closer to sainthood, while most everyone else on Earth, as is likely in life, took steps farther away from sainthood.
Catherine "Kate" Middleton married Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Mortimer (what the heck is his last name?) in a royal wedding this past week in Great Britain. (Note: I just made up the "Mortimer" part, and I'm not so sure about the other names either.) I know their last name isn't Mr. and Mrs. Queen Elizabeth's Grandchildren. Hmmm??!
The U.S. news media wasted all kinds of time leading up to, during, and following the royal wedding of the future king of England. It got to the point where the TV reporters were talking about the royal wedding biscuits (cookies in America), the royal dresses and uniforms, the royal hats, the royal number of times that Will vacuums in their home, the royal squirrels that live in the trees near their home, and the royal pains that royalty produces.
Oh, and by the way, more American soldiers were killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but that news was overlooked while the TV media counted flowers at the royal wedding.
"Dangelavidize" is one of the newest words in the English language and placed here for the very first time. It means "to search the dictionaries and Google for something and not be able to find it." Used in a sentence: Have you ever dangelavidized successfully? (Note: The word was recently created on Facebook by the editor of Sage Street just to see if a new word would spread and find its way to popularity and a dictionary.)
There are many blockbuster movies for the summer that will feature comic book superheroes. Thirteen-year-old boys are ecstatic.
The latest episode of "Celebrities Chasing Squirrels" features Donald Trump telling a squirrel to turn in his nuts because he's fired.
The headline could have read, "Trump trumped." Birther and big-mouthed bully of a candidate for president Donald Trump got trumped by President Obama who produced the long form of his birth certificate after Trump exploited the falsehoods about it for his own political gains.
Donald Trump wins the Sage Street "Keep Blabbering and Spin" award for saying he was proud to do something so important as to get Obama to release the long form of his birth certificate. Ah, Mr. Trump, Obama didn't need to release it as the short form, which is the legal document used by Hawaii, was already available and then there were also those birth announcements in old newspapers. Of course, those facts probably wouldn't matter for crazy people who just don't want to believe the facts. Congratulations, Mr. Trump, on your award. It comes with a huge wad of bubblegum (to keep your mouth busy).
Pope John Paul (the some Roman numeral) took one step closer to sainthood, while most everyone else on Earth, as is likely in life, took steps farther away from sainthood.
Catherine "Kate" Middleton married Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Mortimer (what the heck is his last name?) in a royal wedding this past week in Great Britain. (Note: I just made up the "Mortimer" part, and I'm not so sure about the other names either.) I know their last name isn't Mr. and Mrs. Queen Elizabeth's Grandchildren. Hmmm??!
The U.S. news media wasted all kinds of time leading up to, during, and following the royal wedding of the future king of England. It got to the point where the TV reporters were talking about the royal wedding biscuits (cookies in America), the royal dresses and uniforms, the royal hats, the royal number of times that Will vacuums in their home, the royal squirrels that live in the trees near their home, and the royal pains that royalty produces.
Oh, and by the way, more American soldiers were killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but that news was overlooked while the TV media counted flowers at the royal wedding.
"Dangelavidize" is one of the newest words in the English language and placed here for the very first time. It means "to search the dictionaries and Google for something and not be able to find it." Used in a sentence: Have you ever dangelavidized successfully? (Note: The word was recently created on Facebook by the editor of Sage Street just to see if a new word would spread and find its way to popularity and a dictionary.)
There are many blockbuster movies for the summer that will feature comic book superheroes. Thirteen-year-old boys are ecstatic.
The latest episode of "Celebrities Chasing Squirrels" features Donald Trump telling a squirrel to turn in his nuts because he's fired.
Friday, April 22, 2011
An April entry for a busy month...
I've been so busy that I thought I should post at least one entry in the blog for April. So, here are some random thoughts...
- I can tell everyone in advance that there is one TV event that I don't plan on watching. It is the so-called "Royal Wedding" of the Queen of England's grandson and his girlfriend. No thanks! If expenses for royals were in the American national budget, that would certainly be the easiest item to cut. I give great thanks to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and all others who helped in breaking America's ties with royalty.
- I enjoyed recent trips to Springfield, Mo. (with nine college students for the MCMA convention) and to Chicago (with faculty members for the Higher Learning Commission conference).
- The current TV show that has the most references to Wyoming is probably "Supernatural" on the CW channel. One of the co-stars, Jim Beaver, was born in Laramie.
- A "bodhran" is an Irish framed drum. (The Ridge River String Band recently played one at the college. A dulcimer was also played.)
- The longest word in the Old Testament is 18 characters long. It is "Mahershalalhashbaz." In the New Testament, the longest word is 16 characters long and there are three of them (covenantbreakers, fellow-prisoners, and unprofitableness). That is according to a website about the King James Bible.
- I like Richard Hawley's song "Tonight the Streets Are Ours." I heard it first when watching the documentary about graffiti artists called "Exit Through the Gift Shop."
- Some recent movies that I liked: "My Boy Jack" about Rudyard Kipling's son who goes off to war; "Howl" about the life, poetry, and poem censorship trial of poet Allen Ginsberg; "Get Low" starring Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek; "Devil," a scary movie about people stuck in an elevator; and "Triage" starring Colin Farrell as a photojournalist.
- I predict that the awful pencil-headed dictator of Syria will be forced out by his people by the end of the year. Or hopefully sooner.
- I would like to attend one theater event where rude, inconsiderate young people, who hear the theater announcement to turn off cell phones but refuse to do so, don't sit near me. Is it possible?! How do they develop such obsessions that they can't disconnect from a piece of equipment for at least an hour or two?
- My quote: "Sometimes going through the motions gives me motion-sickness."
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