tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70907792011-04-21T16:08:21.418-04:00Personal, political, populist and peppery!Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.comBlogger2981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-2862769673791585932006-11-12T10:59:00.000-05:002006-11-12T11:00:04.460-05:00

I've not been here since September 21. Migrated my blog elsewhere, but plan on returning here for more personal posts. See Blogger's made some changes to Beta Blogger. Not sure what's different, yet.Exciting, exciting post.

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Of all the things I remember, that first morning I ever held you, what looms largest was tucking your tiny fingers, coiled around one finger, into my palm. You were so strong, so vitally aware, and I thought that was likely the norm for babies. Later I'd learn it wasn't always like that, but more just who you are.Like all first-time parents, my pledge was to always take care of you, to take up

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If we could set aside our fears and insecurities and really open ourselves up to love in its myriad beautiful forms, I truly believe all of us would usher in the love of our lives.Instead, with each new relationship we all seem to try and work out our past relationships, all the way back to when we were young. Thus unconciously blocking our true happiness because we don't really know what we want

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Since I know you read the blog, you best summed up yesterday's lengthy tome of a post with one email sentence: I am smitten.Love that word: smitten. Yes, I am!! It's been years since the word applied.Times like these I miss my one close guy friend, Brian, who I could use for some advice (and a wingman of sorts) on making the next move. 'Cause I'm a smitten chicken.Despite the feathers and

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There's this person I know...let's call her Joann. Probably best, since that's her name. Anyway, Joann's been on the periphery of my life since 1996, when I worked my first job as a single mom. At first, we were friends, kinda hung out together from time to time, really glued at the center by a wonderful woman and mutual friend, Deanna. Initially, when Joann started taking on my

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Take This Waltz - Leonard CohenNow in Vienna there's ten pretty womenThere's a shoulder where death comes to cryThere's a lobby with nine hundred windowsThere's a tree where the doves go to dieThere's a piece that was torn from the morningAnd it hangs in the gallery of frostAy, ay, ay, ayTake this waltz, take this waltzTake this waltz with the clamp on its jawsOh I want you, I want you, I want

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I'm not the least ashamed to say watching this made me cry. The full transcript, below...And lastly tonight a Special Comment on why we are here. Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter.And all the time, I knew that the very air I breathed

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Hands-down, me. When you said this morning with a strangled sad note in your voice, "I was afraid you were writing me off" I've never felt like a bigger jackass in all my life. And there have been some amazingly bad runner-up events...but this takes the prize.I wasn't writing you off. Only -- I was, for a moment. Just couldn't keep dealing, or wearing a face of stone. I'm so sorry. It's the

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Maude: I should like to change into a sunflower most of all. They're so tall and simple. What flower would you like to be?Harold: I don't know. One of these, maybe.Maude: Why do you say that?Harold: Because they're all alike.Maude: Oooh, but they're not. Look. See, some are smaller, some are fatter, some grow to the left, some to the right, some even have lost some petals. All kinds of observable

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The bad:So, first night with the Creative Zen V, and it locks up while trying to change the owner name. Also? It preloads a ton of useless photos that serve only to take up space. If you don't remember to compress the files, approximately 95 songs will eat up half of all usable space. Just delete the picture files via the software when you're in sync mode. Much easier than deleting them

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1157628538624693342006-09-07T07:20:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:39.672-05:00

Caught this last night on Sundance and adored it. Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell, along with a record producer and several top indie/alt musicians create a Hedwig tribute album -Wig in a Box - to benefit Harvey Milk High School, the first school for LGBT students. Along the way we meet four Harvey Milk Students and learn their stories while also watching the Hedwig tribute album take

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I marveled at the wonders of the MP3 player earlier this year, on this blog, after borrowing my daughter's Creative Zen Jukebox. All that diverse music, right at your fingertips!So, today, I bought one - a one gig Creative Zen V. Half the price of the Jukebox, it fits right in the palm, holding 500 songs. So far I've ripped the Hedwig Soundtrack, Exile on Main Street, Liz Phair's Whip Smart and

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I just love, love, love it when someone gets fired up about stuff with which I've a personal relationship. Oh, that, and to get passionately enraged over something as insignificant as a few lines of a movie review is so delightfully insouciant it must be shared.... Hats off Mr. (Mrs/Ms?) Durst:From the Cleveland Free Times, Letters to the Editor:"So for Michael David Toth, Matthew Barney's new

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This is better than an Olberpornn post....much better. Tonight, Keith responded to Bush's speech yesterday, attempting to link the media writ large with Al Qaeda. After last week's Rumsfeld Rumble, our illustrious seeker of truth pulled out the really big guns:It is to our deep national shame--and ultimately it will be to the President's deep personal regret--that he has followed his Secretary of

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1157440805776480312006-09-05T02:35:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:32.217-05:00

Like that recent Craigslist poster, I find myself up in the middle of the night, wondering what love is and what it's all about. Not like him though; not eros, because that's mostly absent in my life, but agape, the Greek word for brotherly love as differentiated from romantic love. Used to think I had it all figured out, and then everything fell spectacularly to pieces. . .and I find myself

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1157384380471503312006-09-04T11:37:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:31.495-05:00

And yes, I'm laboring. As usual, holidays are for other people. But so is poverty, so I should be glad to be working. And I am.Here's the song I can't get enough of lately...for some strange reason, it reminds me of my parents every time I hear it.Going to Hell--The Brian Jonestown Massacre(Lyrics aren't online, so this is my translation.)I been out on my own,I been gettin' what's mineI watch you

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1157309739439487482006-09-03T14:55:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:31.223-05:00

Thanks to yet another glitch in my dvr box, I got to watch Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang today, rather than a steady diet of the old 80's sitcoms beloved by my daughter. For once, the curses at the cable company come with a silver lining. And what a lining it is!Robert Downey Jr. shines in this dark horse comedy, both satire and homage to 30's detective films, raised to the next millenium by dark wit,

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It's been a long, long time since I sat and read an entire novel from cover to cover, nonstop, and enjoyed thoroughly every minute of it. "Instant Love" provides cleverly intercut stories of perpendicular and intersecting lives; it's a sparse, brutally honest look at beginnings, middles and endings and the strange need humans have to connect, even if only for a moment. Attenburg's journalistic

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156989914852837252006-08-30T22:01:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:30.723-05:00

Keith Olbermann's monologue tonight:The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack.Donald H. Rumsfeld is not a prophet.Mr. Rumsfeld’s remarkable speech to the American Legion yesterday demands the deep analysis—and the sober contemplation—of every American.For it did not merely serve to impugn the morality or intelligence --

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"Want to gab with the sluttiest girls your nasty imagination can dream up? Mmmm...we can be whatever you want us to be, baby. After all, it is your fantasy..."No, that's not my outgoing answering machine message; contrary to what some may think.Instead, it's what victims heard when they tried to dial for Red Cross help after Hurricane Katrina. Not coincidentally, it was a telephone number

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156821369378035822006-08-28T23:08:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:30.148-05:00

Years ago I saw the documentary "The Yes Men" at Cedar Lee. For the unfamiliar, check them out here.Their premise is simple, but their acts bring new awareness and appreciation for the absurdity of corporate mentality and greed: impersonate movers and shakers in the business world and, through suggestion and implementation of the most ludicriously greedy, self-centered, and often cruel business

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It's the sound of...freedom!The first day of school, and I'm here dancing around the living room, blaring The Brian Jonestown Massacre. I feel lighter, younger, happier, prettier, sillier...and free!It's been months since I've had the house completely to myself in the daytime. Literally months. Come to think of it, there's only been one night in months, too, and I spent it sleeping from 6 p.m. on

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Just watched this movie again Saturday night, and jury's still out on whether it's completely and intensely correct or complete drivel. Or both. What I did appreciate was the theory of cellular memory and the aging process. Though am not quite certain how to utilize and apply said information. Maybe that'll come in time.So someone at Cleveland Craigslist's Rants and Raves section asked "What is

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156729015727449772006-08-27T21:32:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:29.690-05:00

Maybe more than one, but I've got company so we keep stopping the DVR on the Emmy Awards. Just saw the ever-sexy Jon Stewart pick up his first of the night for Outstanding Comedy/Variety Series.Whether covering such pressing issues as Future Shock or the wonderful, truthful, totally harsh take on how Lebanon feels about America, The Daily Show is consistently excellent and still an oasis of

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156606017749439842006-08-26T11:18:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:29.119-05:00

[From last night's great return to HBO, "Real Time With Bill Maher" ...that man takes more vacations than Bush.]Various items you should never be able to take on a plane (this would work so much better with video, and I'd post it if it could be found)1. Armed and Hammas Baking Soda2. Dr. Scholl's Shoe Bomb Inserts3. Martyr Sauce4. Jihad, Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo5. Soap on a Fuse6.

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From where you've been to where you someday hope to arrive, and it's all summed up by dialogue from the oft-repeated on Bravo "Bridget Jones's Diary - now on Tivo! Daniel Cleaver: Come on Bridget, we belong together - you, me, your little skirt. If I can't make it with you then I can't make it with anyone.Bridget: That's not a good enough offer for me. I can't waste my whole life on someone who's

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156232404018390452006-08-22T03:25:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:27.990-05:00

Watched the premiere of the first half of this film (to be repeated in its four hour entirety on August 29) on HBO last night. Lee manages to tie everything into a fairly cohesive whole without losing any of the natural impact or horror from the days following Hurricane Katrina. Quite powerful without being treacly or overtly biased. The interviews are fabulous, as well. It was impossible

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156195697719299582006-08-21T17:28:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:27.786-05:00

If it's said that most men lead lives of quiet desperation, than most women lead lives of quiet deprivation. Sometimes, it's a game: what can I live without today? Money? Time? My friends? Books? Food? Love? Sex? Sleep? How about all of it?It's a game I'm getting quite good at. The more I want something, the more likely it is I'll sadistically withhold it from myself. And I'm not even sure why

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156171219912692412006-08-21T10:26:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:27.585-05:00

Anton Newcombe's (Brian Jonestown Massacre) many detractors have lots to say about his ego. Well, massive ego or otherwise, it's hard not to love a man who posts the above picture at his blog. And right now I'm listening to Spun, off Strung Out in Heaven...one of the best cds ever made.Spunthat boy who made you lowthat boy don't even knowthat boy who caused you painthat boy's got shit for

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156082475999923872006-08-20T09:39:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:27.411-05:00

What does it mean, when someone says "I miss you" even though you've never gone missing? You've been here all along, easily located, within driving -if not shouting, stones' throwing or hugging distance? This week my ex-husband admitted he missed me. Sure his wife would love to hear it. Nevertheless, it wasn't leering or creepy or a prelude to anything beyond that. We did, after all, grow up

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156055740871190372006-08-20T02:31:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:27.236-05:00

Batmobile -- Liz Phair Fire up the Batmobile Cause I gotta get out of here. I don't speak the language. And you gave me no real choice you gave me no real choice you made me see that my behavior was an opinion. So fire up the Batmobile Cause I gotta get out of here. It's the mouth of the gift horse I know But I gave it my best shot I gave it my best shot I

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156050670103170042006-08-20T00:56:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:26.990-05:00

Meant to post this earlier...since the 90's, I've come to view President Clinton somewhat differently than I did while helping campaign for him in the early 90's. Some of that comes with age, some with experience. While Michael Moore once characterized Clinton as "the best Republican president we ever had," and rightly so, it's impossible in the age of George Bush not to look back fondly upon

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1156019178800429892006-08-19T16:19:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:26.815-05:00

Raw Story has the video from Keith's excellent Countdown story on Bush's team playing politics with terror everytime their butts get in a sling. It lays out the case very well that coincidence can only labeled thusly when it doesn't happen with stunning frequency.In other related news, push has certainly come to shove as regards the Federal ruling against NSA wiretapping as being

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155968123902804752006-08-19T01:57:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:26.569-05:00

1. It's better to give than receive - anything. Gifts, friendship, advice, a helping hand, love, sex, dinner...you name it.2. Life is, at various times, a gift, a chore, a drag, a pain, a mystery, worth having, worth losing, worth forgetting. Sometimes it's all those things at one time.3. Time is only best spent with people you love who love you back, unambiguously and happily.4. If you wash five

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155881425894802102006-08-18T01:59:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:26.338-05:00

Not a blank canvasA ready made work of artValuable not for profitNor potential, but beingSwirls of color long driedPatterns scarcely recognizedSome would not view itWithout alteration desiredA lighter hue or deeper linesMore Impressionistic thanRomantic or ModernA change in basic designUnwilling to corrupt meaningThrough reshaping or reformWith thoughtlessness obsceneInstead I sit and look

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155791886593476552006-08-17T01:05:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:26.139-05:00

One of my first posts on here was called "I just don't get it." Comforting to see two years later I still don't get it...I get it less, in fact. A little less every single day. Which is allegedly a good place to start, but it leaves a person feeling like a fish out of water.For starters, I don't get connection with other people. Why you feel it so intensely with some people, and not at all with

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155745811072483552006-08-16T12:26:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:25.992-05:00

You saythe invisible "S"on my shirtmeans something otherthan what I thinkit does"Sucker?" I askWe laugh"Stoic?" you offer"Stupid," I replyBecause it's not:serene or safesilly or satisfiedstormless or smoothsoporific or sunny.Maybe it's scared,strained or spiritlessshattered or sad -we continue to guessBut alonein the dark,pacing back and forth, a shaky carnival duckwaiting to be shot,my body

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155620411907528202006-08-15T01:40:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:25.480-05:00

Tonight's Countdown with K.O. featured a segment called "The Nexus of Politics and Terror," explaining that the Bush administration has used heightened terror alerts at times of political crises no fewer than eleven times. Including this latest politicization of the purported UK bombing plans, wherein Cheney referred to Dems as being "weak on terror," specifically Ned Lamont.They claim nothing's

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155555329641883732006-08-14T07:34:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:24.849-05:00

KO gives O'Reilly a TKO on Leno -- and here's the video. Damn, I love Keith Olbermann.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1132189528040703932006-08-14T06:08:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:56:33.405-05:00

(This was an old draft...having pangs of conscience I removed it from the site at the time. But hey, the paper did get an "A" - even though the student got an "F" in the course. Which proves that try as one might, all good intentions aside....it's stupid, wrong and ultimately impossible to live someone else's life for them.)Today I spent six hours working on an eleven page paper about a certain

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155388114466495682006-08-12T09:02:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:24.534-05:00

Just when you think their hatred and bigotry cannot get any more blatant...Martin Peretz of the rightwing New Republic stated on Hugh Hewitt's show that it would be "scary" if the Democrats take either branch of Congress in November because he's "appalled by some of the people who would become head of Congressional Committees."After Peretz' hit piece on Lamont, complaining about Sharpton and

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155383421373289902006-08-12T07:37:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:24.175-05:00

Robert F Kennedy Jr has a stunning voting fraud argument in a recent Rolling Stone on 2004's presidential election. He examines it from every angle (polling discrepancies, voting surpression in predominantly African American/urban districts where Democrats are strongly favored, overseas ballots never arriving and how all of these voting errata skewed heavily in Bush's favor). Studies since have

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155341174226553212006-08-11T20:05:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:23.970-05:00

Sometimes pictures are worth a thousand words.

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The only talking head willing to state last night that given the government's well-documented use of terror alerts and events to control a fearful populace, the timing of yesterday's horrific disclosure of the UK terrorist plot should be viewed with a skeptical eye. Not the plot itself, of course. Just the timing - and of course -political hay-making use of same. Since Bush approved raising the

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155209978831365742006-08-10T07:26:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:23.592-05:00

Before it becomes too difficult, quantifying and (dis)qualifying the 1,005 reasons being bandied-about in the right-wing blogosphere as rationales for Lieberman's loss to Lamont, it's time to write 'em down.1. Lieberman's website was "hacked" on election day.That's one of the official excuses, coming from the Lieberman party itself. Utterly ridiculous. Envision, if you will, hordes of Connecticut

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155126658473684522006-08-09T08:28:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:23.209-05:00

Through the magic of the Internets, here's the Hedwig and the Angry Inch "Wig in a Box" video, my erstwhile stress-relieving drive time sing along:"I look back on where I'm from... Look at the woman I've become... And the strangest things seem suddenly routine...".cink{font-size:10px;font-family:tahoma;color:a9a9a9;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;}Wig In A Box Video - Hedwig And The Angry

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Lamont beating Lieberman was a nailbiter, sure - but it signals a sea change in Democratic politics, perhaps even in the greater sense of overall American attitude. "This shows what blind loyalty to George Bush and being his love child means," said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, the leader of the Democratic House Congressional campaign. "This is not about the war. It's blind loyalty to

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How sickening, Bush's comments today on the Middle East as he rode off into his vacation sunset. I mean, really - take another vacation, Mr. Preznit. You've earned it. Okay, really? You haven't earned it, and your facile directives regarding the ongoing crisis between Israel and Lebanon prove you haven't the mettle to even work up a coherent thought, let alone a plan.(As well as your glib address

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1155020647843510692006-08-08T02:53:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:22.750-05:00

...early this a.m., just like Lance Henrikson in the movie Alien. Okay, no. It just felt like that. Instead, I lay on a lovely ER bed, blood drained from me by a nurse named Michael, calming nature scenes playing across the television, my intestines being beaten about like blind kids were trying to tweezer them up in a game of Operation .Wow, way to cope with stuff, Anne. You're handling

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1154870628500947832006-08-06T09:22:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:22.382-05:00

If it weren't for Keith, whole weeks might pass without any laughter. Instead, we get Mel Gibson Backstory Puppet Theater. What a sad world it would be without Mr. O.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1154663850635266632006-08-03T23:32:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:22.197-05:00

How hard it is to learn you're not the person you thought you were. That you're not even the person you wished you were, and that, in some ways, you just cannot do anything to bridge that distance. I've always been someone who believed I'd be there for the people I loved whenever they needed me. And honestly, I'm trying. But I can't stop this train. I can't even lift you off the floor by myself -

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1154517909699908272006-08-02T07:04:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:22.029-05:00

I confess to being out of the loop lately when it comes to primary races, challengers and the like. So seeing Ned Lamont, Lieberman's opponent in CT, speak so eloquently, passionately and forthrightly on The Colbert Report last night really wowed me. Watch for yourself, below.Lamont's been fighting an uphill battle against Joe Lieberman, a 35-year incumbent, about whom the only thing

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After watching both versions of Donnie Darko, I really do like the original better than the Director's Cut. The latter spells everything out, becoming completely unsubtle and losing intrigue.But thankfully, keeping this song:Tears For FearsMad WorldAll around me are familiar facesWorn out places, worn out facesBright and early for their daily racesGoing nowhere, going nowhereAnd their tears are

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A few of my current favorite things, recommended:Music1. Wisdom - Brian Jonestown Massacre. This song is just incredible - so good that I don't even care about the lyrics. A jam that doesn't overextend its welcome at 4.5 minutes, Wisdom has a slightly retro groove, dragged into modern day with a driving beat.Other songs in heavy rotation:You Were the Last High Get Off Love is the New Feel

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1153997256403425762006-07-27T06:45:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:20.643-05:00

" We like to lie to ourselves a lot about why we do things, because often our true purpose isn’t very nice or noble and doesn’t fit the ideal image we have of ourselves. You can’t know what your will is if you lie to yourself. There should always be at least one person with whom you are completely open and painfully honest, and that person should be you.Give yourself permission to be imperfect,

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1153993991025949682006-07-27T05:44:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:20.415-05:00

Fresh from today's HuffPo --According to a CBS/NY Times Poll, six in ten Americans say world leaders do not respect President Bush. The poll highlights the public's wariness over the increasing violence and chances for peace in the middle east.Between this poll and that of England recently, all I've got to offer is a resounding "Duh!" Dig in the spurs and call me Trigger: this is news?Maybe the

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1153889725528673992006-07-26T00:51:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:20.252-05:00

In honor of Keith's appearance on Leno tonight (great lavender tie!) here's another totally drool-worthy pic. Through the magic of TIVO, I can watch the Leno segment over and over again. Not for sheerly shallow reasons, either: he was really quite witty and quippy off the cuff, as usual. When asked if he'd ever run into O'Reilly, Keith said "Well, he can't go out during daylight hours." Hee.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1153653384674750792006-07-23T06:52:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:19.854-05:00

A recent polling of British citizens exposes many opened eyes, The Daily Telegraph reports:"More than two thirds who offered an opinion said America is essentially an imperial power seeking world domination. And 81 per cent of those who took a view said President George W. Bush hypocritically championed democracy as a cover for the pursuit of American self-interests."No, really. Ya think?!It

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1153318217897848222006-07-19T10:03:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:19.632-05:00

Biggest downside to library blogging? By the time I'm ready to put thoughts to screen, I've long lost whatever passion drove that need and desire for expression. So here I sit in a comfy, if sterile, public environment surrounded by fellow city denizens with nothing to write about. Nothing pressing, anyway. Add to that pressures of getting work done first, and the craziness of life lately, and

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1152292708945398602006-07-07T13:02:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:19.371-05:00

Blame it on midnight. Blame it on sleepiness, sadness, crabby kids and a tight schedule. Whatever you do, though, don't blame it on Depp. To say I've eagerly awaited Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is like saying a nun's slightly interested in Heaven. Or a Pirate maybe wants a bit o' treasure, Matey. Like my best friend - known to play her two foot talking Captain Jack doll into the

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1151539384330398962006-06-28T19:23:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:19.212-05:00

She say it's cold outside and she hands me my raincoatShe's always worried about things like thatShe says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my faultAnd she only sleeps when it's rainingAnd she screams and her voice is straining ---Matchbox TwentyPacing across the porch at 3 a.m., life seems a lot less complicated. Quiet and serene, the scenery's a perfect match for late night (early

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1150138242820806412006-06-12T14:42:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:19.042-05:00

My mom's medicine is working. She's nearly herself again, and, after getting antibiotics for the pneumonia they discovered I've had since June 2 - so am I. Nearly. But that was a week for the personal history books.Where things go from here is anyone's guess. The Aricept medication might slow down the disease, or it might level-off eventually. At which point we'll have to face some harsh

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1149727978300980542006-06-07T20:39:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:18.887-05:00

After a battery of testing, they've determined my mom's problem isn't physical. As I suspected, they've decided she's most likely got Alzheimer's and is now being placed on a drug designed to reduce her paranoia and hallucinations.Let me tell you: You just haven't lived until your mom calls to tell you that the county is putting up a fence around it, the lady in the bed next to hers was killed

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life just keeps getting harder and it just keeps getting harder to hide the darker it is around me the easier it is to see inside outside the glass the whole world is magnified and it's half an inch from here to the other side ---Glass House, Ani DiFranco I brought her roses yesterday, from her garden: pinks, blood reds, pristine whites. Careful to pull off the prickers after I cut them ("cut

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1. Drinking does not help you forget. It does lots of things: gives you heartburn, makes you weepy, leaves you feeling like absolute refuse the next day. But forgetting? Not really. It's also a complete and utter waste of time, money and valuable lip resources.2. Doctor's visits can last five hours. And yes, you can successfully read every available magazine in his office while you wait for your

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1148401807129631042006-05-23T12:27:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:18.350-05:00

Studying Stones i am out here studying stonestrying to learn to be less aliveusing all of my willto keep very stillstill even on the insidei've cut all of the pertinent wiresso my eyes can't make that connectioni am holding my breathi am feigning my deathwhen i'm looking in your direction'course numb is an old hatold as my oldest memoriessee that one's my motherand that one's my fatherand that

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1147543081759555082006-05-13T13:50:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:18.188-05:00

Because I had the greatest dream about him this morning - until C came and slammed my bedroom door because "your window fan is making me freeze to death." Freezing or killing the best dream ever: which is more cruel, I ask?Anyway, here's my gratuitous Olbermann ogling, long delayed due to computer problems. It's past due, since he reported on Thursday how during a Medicare "town hall" meeting

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1147391653200941792006-05-11T19:51:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:17.999-05:00

Forget vindication for everything we'd suspected would happen since the Patriot Act began. I'm too frightened -- and when CNN's Jack Cafferty backs me up on America's slide into FascistLand, there are no more words:JACK CAFFERTY: I don't know about wisdom but you'll get a bit of outrage. We better hope nothing happens to Arlen Specter, the Republican head of the Judiciary Committee, because he

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1147302950793739752006-05-10T19:04:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:17.874-05:00

What has 1200 square feet, five people - four teens, one adult, four cats, one dog and a burning need for a maid? If you said my house, you'd be right. Gah! It's scary. Temporary, but scary. We'll lose three people in July, if all goes well, my oldest living with her grandparents during mom's hip surgery and beyond. (Said arrangement the cause of this Faustian bargain resulting in our newest

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1147217758703012312006-05-09T19:24:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:17.697-05:00

Not having your own computer really sucks. I totally missed the hullabaloo over Stephen Colbert's brilliant excoriation of Bush at the White House Press Correspondents' Dinner. How??? Well, part of the problem is the fact the press was eviscerated by Colbert's comments -- makes it a little rough to keep giving them airplay. The other part might be that people expected Colbert to be a "

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1147196573324289292006-05-09T13:30:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:17.483-05:00

The first full-length book chronicling Hurricane Katrina and its immediate aftermath, The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley, is long on outrage and pointed fingers (perhaps rightly) but short on insight. Some would say it suffers from too much emotional closeness, as Brinkley is a history professor at Tulane University and a native of New Orleans. Given the scale of said tragedy, the

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1147095923121675892006-05-08T09:27:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:17.212-05:00

Rip out the tablewe need room to movein a life unstableyou're so easily amusedanywhere you hangyourself is homethrow in a tape, fix the toneSomeone take the wheeland I don't know where we're goinganybody say what you feeleverybody's sad, but nobody's showing -- The ReplacementsIf I actually had time to think, I'd be worried about so much. So much so that I'd become completely inert, unable to

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1146524400956019742006-05-01T18:43:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:16.932-05:00

As the elevator doors snapped open and just as quickly closed, I caught only a glimpse of her red hair and tired smile, a slight flicker of recognition passing through her eyes. Then, just as quickly as she'd arrived she was gone.A free spirited survivor of the Haight Ashbury days, Arlyne and I knew one another in passing. She had her court turf; I had mine. We shared the parking garage for

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1145985934162725702006-04-25T13:08:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:16.803-05:00

Oh, okay. I'm lying. But money can alleviate a bunch of other horrors, I guess. Maybe it's work that really does this; mine's been so crazy of late there's no time to spend worrying or wallowing. Which leaves me the drive time to have a breakdown. Not the smartest thing in the world.So instead I'm counting all the ridiculous gobs of cash made this week, taking over another court for one of my

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1145482064839707482006-04-19T17:04:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:16.675-05:00

So, the saga continues, even if the computer doesn't. Fortunately, the big box store has a cool return policy and I was well within its time frame.Return. Receive refund. Noquestions asked.But researching online from the great library, here's what I found -- other people with MSHOME as a network on their computer -- default name for XP, apparently. In fact, lots of people use it for their own

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1145281151780734242006-04-17T09:27:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:16.509-05:00

Remember...back in the day when I wanted you to backdoor into the Dell and see what was going on, and you wouldn't because it was illegal? Guess what? It's not illegal anymore. And now with emachines, Windoze XP offers Remote Assistance, just like you had heard it would back before it arrived. And guess what else? It's really, really hackable. I mean, like, go on the Internet two times running

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144609877053020392006-04-09T14:52:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:15.905-05:00

It's Sunday. Yes, that means the great Greek American cook-off at my house. I'm seriously low on things to make for my parents. Which are, incidentally, much different than the things we eat here. Thus, two dinners every Sunday. Added today? Banana bread, for our overnight little guest.Today's menu:Fish Plaki2 large sweet onions, finely chopped1 bunch fresh curley parsley, snipped fine3 Tbsp

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Cute segment from Thursday night on Comedy Central. For being just a regular guy, Markos (creator of DailyKos) did a pretty good job with Colbert's faux bluster and GOP shilling. Kos: We have found that the Republicans are really good at telling you when you can be born...that they're good at telling you when you can die...they're not really good at the stuff inbetween...

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144583286420481152006-04-09T07:45:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:15.515-05:00

I'm not a big Pink fan - but my oldest is. This is from the latest CD, and I have to say...it's really moving:"Dear Mr. President"(feat. Indigo Girls)Dear Mr. PresidentCome take a walk with meLet's pretend we're just two people andYou're not better than meI'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestlyWhat do you feel when you see all the homeless on the streetWho do you pray for at

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144499914006933452006-04-08T08:31:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:15.349-05:00

About the only reason I pay for HBO -Bill Maher. His New Rules knocked it out of the park last night.Making the minimum wage both funny and horrifying is no easy feat:"What keeps wages down? The fact that Congress hasn't raised the minimum wage since 1997. 1997 - when my dealer still had a beeper. Car dealer...car deal...what'd I say?Upping the minimum wage would affect wages. It has to. The word

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144459971457039842006-04-07T21:26:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:15.170-05:00

Wired News (a tech site) has an article blowing the lid off the NSA spying matter, describing how AT&T routed domestic calls, yours and mine, to the NSA.Whistle-Blower Outs NSA Spy RoomSee AlsoA Pretty Good Way to Foil the NSAAT&T Sued Over NSA EavesdroppingBy Ryan Singel Also by this reporter11:15 AM Apr, 07, 2006AT&T provided National Security Agency eavesdroppers with full access to its

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What scares me most about the corporate media is the knowledge that they simply aren't that stupid. I know the traditional journalism degree curricula; math and economics are requirements. You'd just never know it, reading this morning how "unemployment is at a five year low." Sounds great, doesn't it?Yes. Until you realize that the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't include in unemployment

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Just in case anyone forgot how it all went down:United States: If you have weapons of mass destruction, we are going to fuck your shit up!Iraq: Well, we don't.United States: Show us your weapons of mass destruction!Iraq: We don't have any.United States: Prove that you don't have any!Iraq: How are we supposed to do that? You can't prove a negative.United States: Aha! So you ADMIT that you can't

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144348284825110692006-04-06T14:21:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:14.463-05:00

Just getting home from court and having to apologize for accidently leaving the fax to blow-out my calling family members' eardrums, so I'm not really up on L'Affair Plame at the moment. But I did read from this New York Sun article:Bush Authorized Leak to Times, Libby Told Grand JuryNew York Sun Web Exclusive"A former White House aide under indictment for obstructing a leak probe, I. Lewis Libby

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144267821735979712006-04-05T15:49:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:12.321-05:00

Maybe that title pertains as much to my mood today as it does to this post, seeing as how I've become a mime.Which would amuse many longtime friends and acquaintances, if they were still around to know. Oh, I'm still the same Chatty Cathy with those closest, for the most part - except less prone to ebullient moments of unadulterated joy - and for obvious reasons.But at work, no matter what court,

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144210743214669742006-04-05T00:11:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:12.108-05:00

Hopefully Crooks&Liars will grab the Nightline video since I gave them a heads-up. Given my worries - that they might go sneery and corporate on our viral marketing efforts - it wasn't a bad little segment after all. Lots of ad snippets made it onscreen, and there was a brief interview with a guy named Gundersen. This is likely the same gundersen who befriended me at youtube.com after I uploaded

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144197212418713092006-04-04T20:30:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:12.015-05:00

Holy Cannoli.I just got off the phone with one of ABC 's Nightline producers who sent me an email message at Youtube.com about our Chevy Tahoe culture jamming collective project. Apparently, they're doing a segment tonight - Tuesday, April 5 - on the blogosphere's response to Chevy's "project."And since I put the ads up, she wanted more info on how it all came to pass.I'll be tuning in to see

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After last night's musings on the state of truth in journalism (even in op-ed, no less) the obvious error became clear: I'd been remiss in not naming names, as it were, of media members for whom truth matters more than A-List DC political cocktail party invites.Particularly, I'd forgotten one man whose quest for truth is both unassailable and entrenched in snark. Yes, it's Countdown's Keith

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144111539935094892006-04-03T20:20:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:11.780-05:00

So says Art Buchwald, one of my favorite writers and grandfathers of political snark. He's talking of death, of course, because he is dying. But he's doing it in style; skip the dialysis, bring on the Mickey Dees. He's in a select circle. One that, oddly enough, is also dying: the old school newsie commentator. Royko, Ivins, Buchwald, and to a lesser extent, Vidal and Vonnegut, all cynical

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144092388631991762006-04-03T15:04:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:11.629-05:00

1. Okay, I've got a Tahoe commercial hangover, but here are two that didn't get deleted yet. My other favorites did. Why? Because people uploaded them to the contest, rather than just creating a commercial, sending themselves the email, and flying under the radar. Getaway TahoeFlowers, Concrete, Major SillinessFinally, the "Chevy Carnival" - a whole bunch of linked ads at totaltactics.orgChevy

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06479409385263168245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090779.post-1144067510215381322006-04-03T08:19:00.000-04:002006-11-12T10:57:11.312-05:00

CNN reports Baghdad Scotty McLellan is the next rat jumping from the SS White House, according to GOP insiders (the very same people who will try and distance themselves from Bush before October '06 - if they're smart).What will become of Scott? Will he retire to spend more time with Jeff Gannon, help his mother on her campaign, or simply run off somewhere far away to slowly be deprogrammed?He's

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Didya know:About fifty percent of couples whose names I collect have the same middle initial? You'd think there wouldn't be that many. I see a lot of mirror sets, too -- all three initials the same for husband and wife. So, I guess anyone with the middle initial "M" --- you're my future soulmate and spouse. Or not. Since it presupposes a lot, like I have a soulmate, a future spouse or even a

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Sometimes a story just touches your heart and you must share it. This is one of those times.Members of Democratic Underground (along with some Kossacks) got together and sent Helen Thomas 108 dozen roses for asking Bush and Scotty the tough questions, and for all her grace under pressure.She sent the following note in response:Blessed are the peacemakers. The bounty of beautiful roses from such

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This is the one that started it all. I've posted several at Youtube.com, but the quality is poor. Click below to see the best (now that Chevy removed it from their site.)

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Witty, disturbing, sad and all points in between...here's a page full of links to various homemade Chevy Tahoe ads. Worth checking out, to see how amazingly this make your own commercial for the big corporation experiment turned into something else entirely. My personal favorite, just for sheer apolitical disturbing wackiness, is this entry from JackMad at Crooks and Liars. For obvious reasons

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So, whaddaya think of the new digs? I painted, rearranged and spruced the place up a bit. Sit down, have a drink and put your feet up. Mi virtual casa es su virtual casa.

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Chevy's having its own "Apprentice" contest where people can design ads for the Tahoe. This one is a keeper -- but Chevy's not gonna think so.I'm blown away. Talk about truth in advertising. But you'd better hurry to catch this little piece of agitprop. It'll be gone once the head honchos get whiff of it.We paved the prairies..We deforested the hillsWe strip-mined our mountainsand sold ourselves

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After the dust-up with candidate Kaloogian's fake Baghdad photo, I've decided that bloggers are society's scrubby bubbles: workin' hard so the media doesn't have to. Because God knows, they won't. Anyone could've seen that Kaloogian's "photo of the 'peaceful' Baghdad was an utter fraud. But who discovered it was really a photo taken in Istanbul, Turkey? Intrepid Kossacks and other Bloggers, like

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Rain by Shel SilversteinI opened my eyesAnd looked up at the rain,And it dripped in my headAnd flowed into my brain,And all that I hear as I lie in my bedIs the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.I step very softly,I walk very slow,I can't do a handstand--I might overflowSo pardon the wild crazy thing I just said--I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head.

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