new home, new start |
"I'm a newcomer to Abiquiu; that's one of the lower forms of life. The Spanish people have been here since the 18th century. The house was a pigpen when I got it in 1946. The roof was falling in, the ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:02:00 GMT |
you did not ask (9/11/06) |
you did not ask
You did not ask,On that falsely bright morningWhy you were chosenOr what would be.Your only queries,"What can we do?""How fast can we get there?""Who needs us first?" As an ugly...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:47:00 GMT |
warning: religious rant |
(On being told by a friend that he found some religious tracts at a campsite accusing non-Christians of being "Enemies of Christ")I pray. Every day of my life, several times a day, I pray. I believ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:02:00 GMT |
warning: politics and religion |
Okay, I took my five mile walk the other day, and as I was walking, I was cogitating on all this (proving that I can indeed do two things at once):Despot-run war machines/war-funded states throughout...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:49:00 GMT |
why Bob Feller still rocks the block |
Monday, June 05, 2006Cleveland Plain DealerFrom: Tipoff with Michael K. McIntyreRabid Robert: Bob Feller, the right-handed maestro of the mound during the Indians' glory days of the late '40s and earl...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:26:00 GMT |
yes, but will i be able to play piano, doc? |
My eye doctor found that I have PVD, which stands for Posterior Vitreous Detachment, which is opthalmologic jargon for "Damn, y'all are OLD!" But thank God there was no evidence of retinal detachment....
Posted by on Wed, 31 May 2006 19:14:00 GMT |
who knows why? but we tribe fans'll take it |
Still trying to figure out how we get our asses handed to us by Kansas City and Detroit and then turn around and hand the goddam White Sox their first shutout of the season.But we'll take it.An aside:...
Posted by on Wed, 31 May 2006 19:02:00 GMT |
'Rescue Me' to make Season 3 premiere tonight |
"Rescue Me", the drama/comedy about life in the FDNY post-9/11, makes its Season 3 premiere tonight at 10:00 p.m. EST on FX.We never watch anything but baseball and hockey in this house on a regular ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 May 2006 06:09:00 GMT |
memorial day |
On this Memorial Day, let's remember all who made the ultimate sacrifice that we might live in peace and freedom.War is tragic and by its very nature atrocious, but let us never forget that it is some...
Posted by on Mon, 29 May 2006 05:10:00 GMT |
Barry Bonds.... |
....can kiss my Irish ass. That is all. Well, maybe not all.I got a hand-signed (in skipping ball point pen) form letter from Henry Aaron thanking me for my support when racists decried him for ...
Posted by on Mon, 29 May 2006 04:27:00 GMT |
