TWO RULES TO LIVE BY AND OTHER ASSORTED ITEMS IN MY WORLD

1. Never, ever, converse with someone in the supermarket who is talking to either canned goods or fresh vegetables.  Talking to the meat is ok.
2.  Never, ever, smile at a person who is entering the library--it is a super secret code for "I will see you in the rest room".

Been getting a lot of not so pleasant comments about a loss of "edginess" in this screed.  Will hope I have regained some of mojo in this post.

Moving on, we met with our financial planners recently and one of them plotted out how much money we would need given my life expectancy--which by the way is 81.  I was floored and at least once a day since then, the number has popped into my head.  I should have throttled him.  Then today an article appeared in the Globe about an upcoming arts festival funded by this 83 year old philanthropist who was told not to have it occur so soon.  His response:  "I don't even buy green bananas".  Love it.  The Globe also did manage on the same day to have 3 brief pieces about bears.

A close relative who knows much more about immigration especially how it plays out in Congress is not optimistic about this Senate bill passing the fucking crazy Republicans in the House.  The Republicans simply don't want "those people" to become citizens. However, those folks do vote and one can only hope that this will backfire and changes will occur in 2014. It is ok if they are in the military and die for the country but not ok if they also are citizens.  And a wall along the border will not solve the problem--just ask the Israelis.  After reading a recent article in the New Yorker, I will admit John McCain had a lot to do with the Senate passing the bill.  Ditto for that yokel Lindsey Graham. 

Hate to depend on Anthony Kennedy for every 5-4 Supreme Court decision.  They gutted the enforcement section of the the Voting rights Act (check out today's Doonesbury to see what he had to say about the return of Jim Crow).  Yet they virtually did away with DOMA.  Go figure.

That Texas State Senator who spoke for 11 hours straight was terrific; but Perry will have his way and Texas will end up severely limiting access to abortions.  She is a single parent who ended up at Harvard Law. Perry suggested she should know better since she chose not to have an abortion.  CHOSE being my operative word.  Meanwhile the Gov did permit Texas to execute another person making it an even 500.  Oh, Anna, do something down there, please. I am not sure where this guy Snowden will end up (what is a transit area anyway?) but I am damn sure the more we learn the better even if it takes leaks like this.

And now we are providing arms to the Syrian rebels.  I am not sure what the best choice was given Assad's murderous tendencies and his Hezbollah pals.  But I would be worried especially with Egypt starting to blow up and Turkey still simmering. 

Paula Deen deserves every bit of negativity we can summon.  Usage of the "N" word is bad enough--but she serves up the unhealthiest fattifying food on her show and chats us up with that "Y all" crap--makes me puke. A la Lindsey Graham.

Semi sports:  Trust me when I say it is not a good idea to wish you knew about the personal lives of athletes.  And I am not just talking about Aaron Hernandez and his plight.  Serena Williams had a few ugly words about the victim of that rape in Steubenville.  We know too much about Tiger Woods also.  Just focus on what happens between the lines.  Screw the rest . I am as guilty as the next person on this one.

Welcome to Jake, Tess, and Fay  Still trying to reach 100. Got any newbies?

SPORTS TALK

Very tough loss for the Bruins but I did love what they did to Sid the kid.  Their loss was in part due to the better team winning and Rask cooling off a bit.  Plus they gave up too many leads late in games.  Now the talking heads are going after Sequin who is all of 21.

I think the moves Ainge is making will in the long run be better for the team.  But if you have Celtic season tickets, you have a tough 2 or 3 years ahead. And I would dump rondo as well.  Just saying.

The Yankees, like water, are seeking their own level which is about .500 baseball.  Injuries for sure but also age. I wish Brian Cashman all the luck getting rid of ARod but it won't happen unless he gets busted for that steroid business.  Beware, you red flop fans, of the Blue Jays and the Orioles.

Sayonara and Happy 4th.