AWWW--get your filthy minds out of the gutter. I figured I could drop you this note while the big silver bird warms up outside. This is brief but it is filled with IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND SOME FACTS.
--First, thanks to Bob the Geek for getting my new printer up and running. I had no clue.
--Yup, this is a quote from Terry Francona, a baseball manager. His pitcher needed stitches on his pitching hand and was bleeding when he tried to pitch in the playoffs. It goes like this: "I think we've all, at some point or another, had a drone related problem". Hysterical even if you are not a sports fan.
--Riding on the famous #39 bus at rush hour. People with all sorts of equipment/paraphernalia. The woman in front of us has her violin in its case and an enormous bag which occupies a seat while a bunch of standing people stare at her and glare. The woman behind us is yakking on her phone REALLY LOUD and this is a paraphrase which we all get to hear: Yo, that's bullshit. I'm ready for the next step in my life. Never heard what it was but do not believe she should be trusted with top secret information.
--Three white guys got arrested in Kansas just before they tried to blow up an apartment complex occupied by Somali immigrants. The man whose name will not be mentioned and his fervent supporters have provided the context for this.
--Great article/interview with Leonard Cohen in a recent New Yorker.
--Sitting in one of our favorite local restaurant where the tables are quite close together. Twice the guy next to me joined the conversation to share his thoughts. what the fuck? And, no, I was not talking loud.
--I see where 15,000 lunatics went to see the man whose name will not be mentioned in Tampa. That and a new legit poll from that sunblind state has gotten me more worried. Yikes.
SPORTSTALK
Francona and Theo sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g. John, and Larry can go suck eggs about letting those two go. The Pats are 6-1 and Mr. Brady is back but the talking heads continue to scream about one thing or another.
Adios
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Saturday, October 15, 2016
A CORNUCOPIA OF ASSORTED ALMOST ALWAYS FACTS AND OTHER DETRITUS
--I wonder what Mary Pat thinks of her hubby Chris Christie now. She might want to flee to get away but not try to go over the GW Bridge since they might close some lanes to keep her in the Garden State.
--And Rudy, the angriest apologist in America. He of the 3 wives. He who announced his separation from one of them in a public news conference. Kind of like Gingrich informing his wife of their divorce as she lay dying. Seriously--who listens to him anyhow?
--A new rule. I will avoid all restaurants that advertise themselves as "farm to table". Too special for words and frequently overrated.
--New rule number two. I want to require that any person who can afford a car costing more than $50,000 must take a driving test. Plus, as an amendment, they have to see over the steering wheel. I am tired of driving behind people I cannot see, driving big fat Mercedes', and going too fucking slow.
--Our public transit system, the MBTA, has a back log of repairs to the subways. Get this: If it spends $765 million a year for the next 25 years, it can catch up. Which does not account for future repairs and, of course, there is not enough buckaroos to even do this. Our "I do not believe in public transit" governor cares more about the money than the passengers.
--I have a new role model. A colleague's father is 92 1/2 years old. He recently moved out of his daughter's house to an apartment. OK, so it is in a complex which offers a bunch of services and he has an aide but HE IS ON HIS OWN. I want to be like him.
--Kelly Ayotte might still win but letting us all know she thinks the man who will not be named is a good role model for children was crazed. And of course she walked it back five minutes later telling us what she really meant. I hate those pseudo apologies.
--Speaking of which, the man who will not be named apologized for his "locker room talk". And now more women are speaking up. He is a liar and it is scary to know that he still has a consistent 40% of the vote in all polls. And that apology was a crock. But still scary.
--Scarier still is that fool of a Governor in my favorite state of Maine. Said he liked Trump because he might be an authoritarian. Whoops, he too apologized. Really meant authoritative. Kick him down to the curb along with Kelly.
--Does Haiti and its citizens catch any break? I mean come on. And the country is so poor, it took weeks for some of the devastated areas to be reached.
--My man, Bobby Zimmerman, won the Nobel. I love it and I hope it makes a lot of people mad. Screw 'em.
--And on a more religious note. To attract worshipers my synagogue offers apps and dessert to congregants on the night before Rosh Hashanah. And the sanctuaries are still not full. Maybe financial inducements would help. But we are moving along with the plan to support two Syrian refugee families.
--Going into the heart of the beast (I'm talking Texas) in a week or so. See ya in a month.
SPORTS TALK
Want to know about the South and football? Both UNC and NC State played games last Saturday in monsoons created by hurricane Matthew. Can't let an itty bitty storm stop us. Oh my, it was only the Browns but Mr. Brady (and the boys) looked excellent. Tomorrow will be a bit tougher. I love Michigan football but that game against Rutgers was too ugly to watch. But money talks. Both Rutgers and Maryland joined the Big 10 for the moolah. Yup, those red flops lost but Ortiz is very special. I'm rooting for Francona and Theo in the world series to send a message to John Henry and his acolytes that they are fools.
Adios
--And Rudy, the angriest apologist in America. He of the 3 wives. He who announced his separation from one of them in a public news conference. Kind of like Gingrich informing his wife of their divorce as she lay dying. Seriously--who listens to him anyhow?
--A new rule. I will avoid all restaurants that advertise themselves as "farm to table". Too special for words and frequently overrated.
--New rule number two. I want to require that any person who can afford a car costing more than $50,000 must take a driving test. Plus, as an amendment, they have to see over the steering wheel. I am tired of driving behind people I cannot see, driving big fat Mercedes', and going too fucking slow.
--Our public transit system, the MBTA, has a back log of repairs to the subways. Get this: If it spends $765 million a year for the next 25 years, it can catch up. Which does not account for future repairs and, of course, there is not enough buckaroos to even do this. Our "I do not believe in public transit" governor cares more about the money than the passengers.
--I have a new role model. A colleague's father is 92 1/2 years old. He recently moved out of his daughter's house to an apartment. OK, so it is in a complex which offers a bunch of services and he has an aide but HE IS ON HIS OWN. I want to be like him.
--Kelly Ayotte might still win but letting us all know she thinks the man who will not be named is a good role model for children was crazed. And of course she walked it back five minutes later telling us what she really meant. I hate those pseudo apologies.
--Speaking of which, the man who will not be named apologized for his "locker room talk". And now more women are speaking up. He is a liar and it is scary to know that he still has a consistent 40% of the vote in all polls. And that apology was a crock. But still scary.
--Scarier still is that fool of a Governor in my favorite state of Maine. Said he liked Trump because he might be an authoritarian. Whoops, he too apologized. Really meant authoritative. Kick him down to the curb along with Kelly.
--Does Haiti and its citizens catch any break? I mean come on. And the country is so poor, it took weeks for some of the devastated areas to be reached.
--My man, Bobby Zimmerman, won the Nobel. I love it and I hope it makes a lot of people mad. Screw 'em.
--And on a more religious note. To attract worshipers my synagogue offers apps and dessert to congregants on the night before Rosh Hashanah. And the sanctuaries are still not full. Maybe financial inducements would help. But we are moving along with the plan to support two Syrian refugee families.
--Going into the heart of the beast (I'm talking Texas) in a week or so. See ya in a month.
SPORTS TALK
Want to know about the South and football? Both UNC and NC State played games last Saturday in monsoons created by hurricane Matthew. Can't let an itty bitty storm stop us. Oh my, it was only the Browns but Mr. Brady (and the boys) looked excellent. Tomorrow will be a bit tougher. I love Michigan football but that game against Rutgers was too ugly to watch. But money talks. Both Rutgers and Maryland joined the Big 10 for the moolah. Yup, those red flops lost but Ortiz is very special. I'm rooting for Francona and Theo in the world series to send a message to John Henry and his acolytes that they are fools.
Adios
Saturday, October 1, 2016
"DR. BERNS' 101 SECRETS TO MENTAL HEALTH"
These secrets are so secret they have been kept secret even from me. Yet, the title comes from an ad in the Berkshire Eagle--the newspaper of record in Western Mass. But, alas, I am not a doctor nor am I the idiot who headlined his ad with the phrase. Moving on.
The man whose name will not be mentioned was demolished this past week. He sniffled, made faces, interrupted, and generally made a nuisance of himself. All of you undecideds, or third partiers, need to seriously consider what this person might do if elected. Then, he went on a middle of the night tweeter escapade in which he continued his verbal assault on women in general and Hilary in particular. Nate's maps in the aftermath of that performance started going blue again. Don't get me wrong. I do not believe this is over but we did get an insight about his response to pressure and what he might do if Angela suggest that maybe we should take in more refugees.
Speaking of which....I have very many mixed feelings about my synagogue. Too much back slapping about how great we are and how unique we are and how special we are. But every so often we are that and more. Once you kind of accept the minimal numbers of Syrian refugees this country will be taking (especially in light of our neighbors to the North), it was kind of neat to attend a meeting at my synagogue to discuss our sponsorship of two Syrian families, with children, who will be arriving here in the next few months. We, meaning my synagogue, do a great job making our tent very big and inclusive. Was listening to a cd by the Byrds--must be 30 years old--and they are singing even then of the plight of refugees. This is not new, folks. This country did not want too many Jews to enter during WWII even as they were being annihilated in Europe.
Other Items of Varying Import:
--Send money to democratic senatorial candidates and don't stop just in case you know who wins. A great article in the recent New Yorker by Jeffrey Toobin (who is just excellent) about how the election of Hilary and a Democratic Senate might actually lead to the first liberal majority on the SCOTUS in a very long time. We will not have to squirm and wait while Justice Kennedy decides which side of the bed to get up on in the morning.
--My local rag of a newspaper does not have one article which does not trash any effort at change--this neighbor is fighting that; this community group does not want that; this issue must be fought. I believe the horse and carriage will return soon--but then we will at least have horse shit for our organic gardens.
--I get it that utility and other workers who toil on our streets need protection and that is why we have police details. I may not be sure if that needs to be provided by actual police but I am such a humanitarian, I will go with it (as if). But please tell me why, when they are on details, they are on their cells, they are talking to the workers, and they doing everything but providing safety.
--That gutsy great Senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, has endorsed the man whose name will not be mentioned. He is such an ass kisser. Probably wants a job in the administration. And Marco makes two--had no employment future and so decided to run again after saying he wouldn't. And those fools from my former home state will likely elect him.\
--I know not how to react any more to the shootings of African Americans by the police. I do know this: No matter what else, I will never know what it is like to stand in their shoes--either the police or the men who have been shot. I am too scared to be a cop and I am not a person of color. It is just different.
--One definition of retirement is that money does not come in; it only goes out.
SPORTS TALK
So, Phil Mickelson is another idiot and he is way past his prime. But since he is the great white hype, we all MUST love him. Me, not so much. Steve Goodman (he wrote "City of New Orleans"), like a lot of folks, died way too early. But he was a fanatic Cubs fan and a fanatic baseball fan. After playing a set at Passim's on a Saturday night way back in the dark ages, he used to invite his audience to meet him on the Cambridge Common for softball on Sunday morning. Oh, how he would be loving what his Cubs are doing. Can we get real about BC football? Wagner last week and Buffalo this week? Real tough. No one up here gets it about the South and football--BC should have joined some other conference for football--perhaps the conference of the Great White North. Watch the tv documentary "Last Chance U" to get a sense of what football means down yonder.
Happy New Year to those of you who share my religious persuasion.
Adios
The man whose name will not be mentioned was demolished this past week. He sniffled, made faces, interrupted, and generally made a nuisance of himself. All of you undecideds, or third partiers, need to seriously consider what this person might do if elected. Then, he went on a middle of the night tweeter escapade in which he continued his verbal assault on women in general and Hilary in particular. Nate's maps in the aftermath of that performance started going blue again. Don't get me wrong. I do not believe this is over but we did get an insight about his response to pressure and what he might do if Angela suggest that maybe we should take in more refugees.
Speaking of which....I have very many mixed feelings about my synagogue. Too much back slapping about how great we are and how unique we are and how special we are. But every so often we are that and more. Once you kind of accept the minimal numbers of Syrian refugees this country will be taking (especially in light of our neighbors to the North), it was kind of neat to attend a meeting at my synagogue to discuss our sponsorship of two Syrian families, with children, who will be arriving here in the next few months. We, meaning my synagogue, do a great job making our tent very big and inclusive. Was listening to a cd by the Byrds--must be 30 years old--and they are singing even then of the plight of refugees. This is not new, folks. This country did not want too many Jews to enter during WWII even as they were being annihilated in Europe.
Other Items of Varying Import:
--Send money to democratic senatorial candidates and don't stop just in case you know who wins. A great article in the recent New Yorker by Jeffrey Toobin (who is just excellent) about how the election of Hilary and a Democratic Senate might actually lead to the first liberal majority on the SCOTUS in a very long time. We will not have to squirm and wait while Justice Kennedy decides which side of the bed to get up on in the morning.
--My local rag of a newspaper does not have one article which does not trash any effort at change--this neighbor is fighting that; this community group does not want that; this issue must be fought. I believe the horse and carriage will return soon--but then we will at least have horse shit for our organic gardens.
--I get it that utility and other workers who toil on our streets need protection and that is why we have police details. I may not be sure if that needs to be provided by actual police but I am such a humanitarian, I will go with it (as if). But please tell me why, when they are on details, they are on their cells, they are talking to the workers, and they doing everything but providing safety.
--That gutsy great Senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, has endorsed the man whose name will not be mentioned. He is such an ass kisser. Probably wants a job in the administration. And Marco makes two--had no employment future and so decided to run again after saying he wouldn't. And those fools from my former home state will likely elect him.\
--I know not how to react any more to the shootings of African Americans by the police. I do know this: No matter what else, I will never know what it is like to stand in their shoes--either the police or the men who have been shot. I am too scared to be a cop and I am not a person of color. It is just different.
--One definition of retirement is that money does not come in; it only goes out.
SPORTS TALK
So, Phil Mickelson is another idiot and he is way past his prime. But since he is the great white hype, we all MUST love him. Me, not so much. Steve Goodman (he wrote "City of New Orleans"), like a lot of folks, died way too early. But he was a fanatic Cubs fan and a fanatic baseball fan. After playing a set at Passim's on a Saturday night way back in the dark ages, he used to invite his audience to meet him on the Cambridge Common for softball on Sunday morning. Oh, how he would be loving what his Cubs are doing. Can we get real about BC football? Wagner last week and Buffalo this week? Real tough. No one up here gets it about the South and football--BC should have joined some other conference for football--perhaps the conference of the Great White North. Watch the tv documentary "Last Chance U" to get a sense of what football means down yonder.
Happy New Year to those of you who share my religious persuasion.
Adios
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