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Sunday, October 28th, 2007

First off, I’ll be upgrading the site to the latest version of Wordpress…. Knowing my regular reader (hi Kate ) doesn’t check in THAT often, I can’t say this will cause much trouble. Of course, if you happen to actually look at the site and don’t happen to be Kate, you should [...]

Just in time for the weekend

Friday, October 26th, 2007

…an ode to Suburban Hell:
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
The local rock group down the street
is trying hard to learn their song
to serenade the weekend squire
who just came out to mow his lawn
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
(Sunday)
Charcoal burning everywhere
Rows of houses that are all the same
and no one seems to care
See Mrs. Gray, she’s proud [...]

Do I have to say the words?

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

You know, I tried to find the perfect way to write up a story about my night last night but “Do I have to say the words?” seems perfect in describing it. What I thought was obvious had to be stated. What I thought was apparent, had to be admitted.
What comes from it [...]

Upon further review

Monday, October 15th, 2007

I like reading Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly (side note, Uncle Stevie — sorry but I let my subscription run out after 15+ years as a subscriber. Too much tabloidism now in the magazine and not enough industry coverage) and a couple of months ago I read Stevie’s Wonders which was King’s top 24 [...]

‘Scope this

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Paraphrasing here, but 10-07-2007, astrologer for King Features, Francis Drake says that those born today (IE — me) “could be in for the year of your life….aim big”
Stay tuned to see if anything of the sort happens to Johnny.