by admin | Mar 28, 2007 |
In a previous posting (In the Springtime an Old Man’s Fancy Turns To…10 Mar 2007) I wrote a paean to the virtues of Spring. The birds chirping and cavorting, flowers blossoming, trees abudding and that sort of thing. But like every thing good, beautiful, and pure in life there is a dark side that we don’t like to recognize, or if we do, we wrap our thoughts in words like “on the other hands” and “howevers”. There can be no denying that Spring has it’s own special baggage that we ordinarily do not discuss in polite company. For example, June Bugs. There I’ve said it. My most recent encounter with these most distasteful of critters was yesterday...
by admin | Mar 21, 2007 |
We all know the old saw that goes, “how do you know if a politician is lying?” Answer, “if his lips are moving”. I am glad to see that the Bushies continue to run true to this form. As a matter of fact the latest episode with”Scooter” Libby is a perfect case in point. First of all, let me say that anyone who answers to a nickname other than Bill for William or Jim for James is automatically suspect. The only knicknames that ever made sense to me were “Pee Wee” as in Pee Wee Reese the legendary shortstop for the old Brooklyn Dodgers and “Moose” Skowron, first basemen for Yankees. You may ask why then, would I like these particular nicknames while eschewing...
by admin | Mar 10, 2007 |
One notices things living in the country. The weather that we only tolerate in the city demands focused attention every day of every season. The sound of the wind is amplified as is the songs of the birds, whirring of insects, and the nightly calls of the coyotes. The night sky isn’t polluted by the wash of city lights and the brightness of the moon and stars is startling in it’s intensity. And in springtime, everything is more so. The sunrise urges us to start the day sooner with more of a bounce in our step and the sounds of the day starting are nature’s own symphony. I awoke earlier than usual this morning to a modest ground fog being chased by the...
by admin | Feb 27, 2007 |
One of the local mega law firms whose name shall not be disclosed herein, threw their annual bash the other night and pretty much went to the bottom of their client barrel by inviting S. and moi. Our legal budget isn’t really that large any more. I guess their theory is that their clients will continue to happily pay their annual retainers and stratospheric hourly rates by feeding us some mediocre food, free booze and exposing us to a well-past-its -prime musical act. Indeed, it seems to work pretty well because we and many others continue to show up year after year. S. and I go every year because….well, I really don’t know why we go. But we...
by admin | Feb 21, 2007 |
I thought I had seen or heard it all, or almost all. The guys who can make chicken s**t and sell it as chicken salad. The ones that called the Edsel an “advanced piece of American engineering”. The Swift Boaters turning Kerry’s military record into a liability in the face of Bushies stalwart record of avoiding the draft. The miscreants who can make an apology via a non-apology for stepping on their tongue and offending millions. The bios that make Chaney sound like a warm and fuzzy fellow…..well, that might be taking it a bit too far. But to spin Tony Blairs announcement of their “staged withdrawal” as a sign of our success in Iraq strains the...
