ASSORTED ODDS AND ENDS

Where to start?  Mayor Menino cannot decide who to endorse--Scottie or Liz.  C'mon, this cannot be a tough decision even for Tommy.  This is more of the same--the old boy network at work.  And Liz for her part continues to raise all sorts of money but is stumped by this issue related to her ancestry.  Not even raising her voice in anger at the total fucking distraction of the whole thing.  The total misdirection away from how Scottie votes and what the Republican party stands for.  And Tommy cannot decide.

I don't care if Obama was being expedient politically or if Biden's comments forced his hand or if (as some have said) Michelle made him do it.  But he came out of whatever closet his brain was in and said it.  He supports same sex marriage.  Now, as I may have mentioned before, he can forget about every state in the South and concentrate on the coasts and the upper mid west except for New Mexico and Colorado.  We had guests over this week and one of them was especially pessimistic feeling he just lost the whole thing.  My take (perhaps naively) is that Barack and his crew are smarter than me in terms of counting the votes and they gotta have figured this out before he said a word.  You think he was ever going to win Georgia or Mississippi--not in a bazillion years.  Good for him.

Polls out now suggest Romney and Obama are dead even--with Barack slightly ahead in Ohio and Pennsylvania which he desperately needs.  Maybe people will think Romney is weirder than a gay marriage supporter.  After all he is a Mormon and they do believe in polygamy, right?  Hope re-runs of Big Love start running in the fall.  But at least Michelle Bachman gave the Mitter her endorsement--trying to remain relevant I suppose.  Then there is this from Anna's Governor (a direct quote cuz I wrote it down!!):  ""God help us if Mitt doesn't win".  What the fuck--write off Texas too.

Wall Street people contribute nothing of social value--they are just guessers who are usually well paid and well educated.  The market went down because these bright lights thought unemployment should have dropped by a higher percentage.  So .1% is not much but it did drop.  The boys and some girls created a sell off and the market went down the tubes.  They also managed to feel disrespected by Zuckerberg because he came to tout his IPO in a hoodie--no tie, no jacket.  They felt dissed.  Well I have no love for the Z boychik but good if they got dissed.  Like who cares.

John McCain would like us to invade Syria on our own.  Does he not see what I see in Iraq and Afghanistan?  Is he getting senile?  In the other countries there are more or less coalitions/we are not on our own and yet both are failing countries.  What--he wants to add Syria to the list.  Let the Arab League or Turkey take the lead.

Considering I recommended a book about a journalist in Juarez in my last blog, it is distressing to see the daily deaths of so many Mexican journalists.  The demand for drugs up here combined with the crap economy down there has all these hoods with guns running amok.  Another country on my list of places never to visit.

Went out of our hood to Allston for din din the other night.  Felt like we were in the midst of the "sutdent spring".  It being a warm day and all, the streets were alive with all the studentes.  Could not find a praking space and ended up back in JP.  I will be glad when the academic year is fully over.

So I am driving on Centre St. stuck in traffic as is the woman going in the opposite direction yakking on her cell (even though she has a passenger) saying among other things:  "he is so calm and honest and open".  So fucking loud we could hear the entire new agey conversation.  And of course I could continue to bore you with crazed bike rider tales but wont.

Ehud Olmert, former Israeli Prime Minister, pretty much said that right wing Jews in the old U.S. of A. pretty much undermined any peace initiatives when he was running the country.  Good for Sumner Redstone, Sheldon Adelson, and the boys. Way to go perpetuating continued isolation of Israle from the world community.

Saw a terrific artist at a street fair in the South End.  Has a motif called "Zombies hate...".  Among other things, they hate technology and hippies and hundreds of others.  He could be in this blog forever.  Then he draws the pictures.  Just Wonderful and as usual I could not pull the trigger.  Ugh.


SPORTS TALK
Rivera goes down and Robertson fills in and then he goes down.  Lucky the bullpen is one of the strengths of the Yankees.  Lucky is not the right word for Josh Beckett who is hated by the media and the media have whipped up the fans.  He happens to be a bliterhing idiot himself but some of the attacks are downright ugly.

What to say about Junior Seau.  Too young/left children behind/played to long with too many undiagnosed head injuries.  Not sure but I loved his hats and his smile.

Off to the City of Brotherly Love next week for some baby sitting.

Sayonara

LOOK, UP IN THE SKY--IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE--NO IT'S....

Actually, it's a group of Howler monkeys who actually do howl. Two adults--presumably mom and dad; and two babies. All howling, all flying from branch to branch, and all being watched ever so diligently by two of the ugliest vultures I have ever seen in my whole life. Not just ugly but humongous. Perhaps hoping for a meal or three. All of this poolside in Nosara, Costa Rica. A small village on the Pacific coast where we went for 6 days to celebrate the wedding of Stef and Graham. Had a wonderful time with wonderful weather, wonderful people, and a wonderful ceremony. selfishly, it was especially nice because Anna, Jess, and Lilli joined us and we had some good family time with them. No beach for me,however. You get sand between your toes when you go to the beach and you are wiping the sand out seemingly forever. And I grew up in Florida.

Before I go any further--congrats to Tess who will be a member of the cheerleading squad at George Mason University in the fall.  Good for her. Not that she told me but I learned that old George is considered one of the founders of our country. Had no clue--if only Mrs. Reynolds had taught me History as well as Latin.

So Scottie wants Warren Buffet to shut up and just pay the taxes for his secretary which of course (given Scottie's brain capacity) misses the whole point. Then today he twisted himself into knots explaining why his daughter is covered by the state's mandated insurance benefit but he voted against obamacare. Seems like he loves it for him and his family but would not recommend it if it is mandated for someone elsewhere. By the way try as I might, I just don't get this whole thing about Elizabeth Warren and whether Harvard identified her as a member of a minority group. What am I missing?  I will tell you I hope she gets the wheels back on her bike because there has been a noticeable drop in her zeal recently.

Also seen way too many comments by and pictures of Bob Kraft with the Mitter. It all goes back to Israel and the perception that the Mitter is a stronger supporter. Those alta kakers (Yiddish for old shits) in AIPAC are giving the Mitter big bucks.

Congressman Allan West is an African American/Republican from my old state--yup that would be Florida. And guess what this bright light thinks--at least 81 of his House colleagues are Communists. Perfect--a fucking lunatic which if I am Barack, I just skip Florida in terms of November.

Cartagena is another story.  Apparently everyone except me knew that it is the place to go in South America for prostitutes--kind of like Amsterdam in Europe. I guess some of our soldiers and secret service men knew about it. Maybe it was a good think Cuba was not invited--god only knows what that old Raul Castro might have done. Then the Supremes are asking questions which leads folks to believe they might like the nasty immigration law in Arizona. I'm telling you, whoever wins in November will get two or three nominees on that court--if for no other reason, that is why Barack has to be a winner.

A new rule if you see me driving down the street--if you are on your cell phone and want me to stop while you cross the street yakking on it, watch out. I don't stop for multi taskers. Second new rule--motorized scooters (like Vespas) are not bikes. They should not be using the bike lane. Not sure how to interfere with them without injuring someone but I am a bit tired of having them lap me at long lines. UGH.

SPORTS TALK

So I did glow about Rondo two weeks ago and yeah he continues to play out of his mind. Equally out of his mind is his infantile outburst on national tv Sunday. Those are the times he s nothing but a nuisance and a baby and if he wears one more band aid or pad, I think we need to call the EMT's--enough. The Bruins went peacefully into the night and for once I am in agreement with some of the talking heads. Lucic needs to figure out his game. He was a non factor and not just because he did not score. He hit nothing but air and he is physically imposing. Without Seguin, there was nothing. And Sid the Kid might be the best player in the league but after his putrid performance against the Flyers, the Penguins can have him. Also another baby. Like the frist two picks of the Pats--but if they are not starters, then they are busts period. Sayonara.