"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
What’s going on in my life
Politically I’m a leftist through and through, so I’m always surprised when my inner conservative rears its pointy head. I’m reading a blog entry by Phoenix Woman about right-wingers refusing to call domestic terrorism by its name, nodding along, completely in agreement, when I come upon this sentence: Republican Senator Scott Brown — who was […]
Unconnected thoughts and observations which don’t rate separate blog posts, but when aggregated together might just amount to something: Much was made of Stephen Colbert’s rescue of the US Olympic speed skating team, and the Colbert Nation patches they were wearing in practice. Has anyone seen a US speed skater wearing one in the Vancouver […]
Ya got trouble, Right here in River city! With a capital T And that rhymes with P And that stands for Pool. We’ve surely got trouble! Right here in River City! Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Golden Rule! Oh, we’ve got trouble. We’re in terrible, terrible trouble. That game with the fifteen numbered […]
Friends, lemme tell you what I mean. Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table. Pockets that mark the diff’rence Between a gentleman and a bum, With a capital B, And that rhymes with P and that stands for pool! Previous entry in this thread: click here.
. . . or did you also see kicking and punching during some of the plays in last night’s Super Bowl game, and wonder why the fights weren’t given the instant replay treatment, or why there was no commentary on it, or why no penalty flags were thrown? If this had been a regular season […]
A rainy morning in Tucson. The mountains are hidden in clouds and all is gray. A good day to nurse a cold. Thursday and Friday I felt a chest cold coming on but felt well enough to go for a bicycle ride Saturday. I’m sure the ride had nothing to do with it, but I […]
Trouble, oh we got trouble, Right here in River City! With a capital T, That rhymes with P, And that stands for Pool! Next step: cut out the crack, fix it with new concrete & rebar, resurface the pool, put in new tile and decking, refill. There goes the new kitchen!