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global warming

No snow. it's now Jan 4 and no snow.

i was tagged by Sharon Mesmer

1 - the first cats/pets i ever had were called Hotdog and Beans.
2 - this is not my password to anything
3 - I remember snow. I remember the Brady Bunch
and All in the Family as well.
4 - I was taught how to swim by a
fascist swimming instructor at age 4.
He threw me in the water and I sank.
I learned how to tread water really quickly.
5 - I have a strong desire to go roller skating.
Now that global warming is official,
my ice skates are in the closet.

Happy New Year.

Cheers to Jack Kimball

it's official

George Allen from VA is gone!

Tues evening my mother and I were fishing in my storage bin looking for my scarves, hats, and winter coats and I told her I wanted to get back in time to watch the election. She said: are we going to watch the elections ALL NIGHT?

Me: Yes.

My mom was not keen on this, she was primarily concerned about the CT races until I logged into CNN's web site all night and gave her updates on various ballot measures around the country, specifically the ban on abortion measure in SD, the ban on gay marriage in a number of states and minimum wage increases.

I didn't go to bed till I was certain the Dems took the House.

However, I woke up early the next morning to find my mother pressing keys on my computer to refresh the browser to see the current status.

I knew Lamont wasn't going to win for the past few months, when big bad Joe came on the TV early Wednesday to give his victory speech, my mother changed the channel bc, to paraphrase:

She didn't want to watch that !#@!!**?

Rumsfeld is gone, and yet we're now being subjected to one of the main men in the Iran/Contra affair.

History will hopefully bite these people in the ass. I hope these teethmarks leave a lasting impression.

Ned Lamont concedes

to the proven liar who says
he'll caucus to the democrats
but since the republicans elected him,
he'll be sure to pay back favors

Updated: 10:18 p.m. ET

Lieberman
(Incumbent)
101,228 48%

Lamont
86,091 41%
23% of precincts reporting

on other matters:

Cruella de Ville is losing in FL

&

South Dakota Referendum 6:
Ban on Abortion
Updated: 10:19 p.m. ET

Full SD
Yes 10,581 47% 9% of precincts reporting votes by county not available
No 11,881 53%

One can only hope...

McCain jokes about suicide if Democrats win Senate
Reuters
Wednesday, October 18, 2006; 5:22 PM

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Arizona Sen. John McCain,
a likely Republican presidential contender in 2008,
joked on Wednesday he would "commit suicide" if
Democrats win the Senate in November.

Hawaii

I have a friend in Hawai'i who seemed to survive fine during the earthquake. In fact she's glad the tourists fled.

She wrote: "how come they dont report on the devastation caused by the american military on the island...."

I wrote: bc silly, we are too busy conquering other countries to give a rat's ass about hawai'i

Write me a grant or I'll write my own grant to go there...re. gardless of the earthquakes...

spam

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I'm glad your father feels emasculated by the overreaches of feminism, he probably deserved it

There's no such thing as free speech, and it's a bad thing, too

Sep 4, 2006 12:47 pm US/Pacific

Kurt Opsahl, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation
in San Francisco, said last week “it would be a disaster”
if the state high court allows such lawsuits.

katrina

Question: Where is the help?

GEORGE BUSH: It's a sense of renewal here.
It may be hard for those of you who have endured
the last year to really have that sense of change.
But for a fella who was here, and now a year later comes back,
things are changing, and I congratulate you for your courage.

Answer: the NYTimes chose to do a skimpy magazine but had an
advertisment-filled focus on fashion last sunday. I guess FEMA trailers aren't very attractive.

Answer: re courage: You are on your own.
I doubt that you can get an ounce of caring beyond your own family.
If you can't even get that, stock provisions. I hear duct tape works well.

US President George Bush arrived for a memorial service
and said he took "full responsibility" for the federal government's
slow response to the nation's most damaging natural disaster,
promising to do better next time.

NEXT TIME????.

Brattleboro VT

Nude people in town center could prompt ban
August 21, 2006
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. --Complaints about young people
who spend time in downtown naked
have prompted the Select Board to explore an anti-nudity ordinance.

I love VT. I miss VT in fact.
It was one of the last places I ever went swimming.
Sans clothing. Best swimming holes.

Tho not as welcoming as a parking lot I can venture to guess
if you keep reading the article...and if one is willing to put up with
the "white boy dreadlock pierced eyebrow look" VT is a great state.
I can think of many states I'm ashamed to have lived in,
VT isn't one of them.

Connecticut part 2

Lamont victory in Connecticut!!

And the whining, sniveling, lying bastard of a sore loser who is too cozy with the GOP, takes money from big, big pharma, voted for CAFTA and NAFTA, who said we should stand by the president no matter what, told rape victims to go take a long walk off a short pier if they wanted an abortion, should give up his so called independent status and accept that Connecticut is not for Lieberman, but for LAMONT.

This letter to the editor sums up why CT voters chose Lamont:

Ok, back to the usual, surfing the net for jobs and riding my bike around town. I'd read more books with all the free time I have but I feel guilty, and not only that but I had mySQL installed on my site so I need to learn that as well...

Connecticut

Connecticut Primary Draws Fence-Sitters

All that blathering on and on to my mother about politics finally paid off: she's no longer a fence-sitter.

enron

In honor of Kenny Boy's demise, I'm watching Enron - The Smartest Guys In The Room.

May maggots enjoy a bottle of Prosecco while feasting on his rotting corpse.

kiss a commie day

I'm avoiding the fireworks. I don't even want to set foot outside.

Our lovely u.s. transportation system

Our lovely u.s. transportation system

Over the past month, I have transported myself
between Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hartford, East Hartford,
Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston.
I have been in a car, a truck, a bus, a train, a taxi and a bike.
I have been on the subway systems in NYC and the Boston metro area.
I have taken public transportation buses in both areas.
I’ve taken the train between NYC and Boston and
now I’ve biked in both those areas. This includes:

Yellow cab
Amtrak
MTA
MBTA
Greyhound
Fung Wah
Motobecane

The only thing I haven’t taken is the ferry but that’s sure to come sometime soon, as soon as I figure out if the ferry system takes pedestrians and or bikes. But on the other hand, I have no reason to go to lower Manhattan.

Our lovely u.s. transportation system, if you haven’t noticed, is tiered. Those that can take limos to work probably do so. Those who have the advantage of the company helicopter or opt for the private heliports do so. Those that choose the horse drawn carriage on 59th st do so bc most likely they are tourists or want a romantic ride with their loved one. Not that romance is dead (but it probably is) but my first thought is: how quaint. My second thought is: those poor horses deserve better.

The rest of us rely on cars, friends with cars, the bus system, a bike and the train. I have ridden them long enough to know a certain etiquette and conduct and when rules can sometimes be bent.

1 – when the bus driver in Hartford says: one seat per person, put your bag in the overhead compartment, I’m going to be picking up a lot of people in New Haven. Buy an extra seat; that’s what a lot of people do in this I’m the boss kind of way and then in New Haven the seat next to you is empty from New Haven to NYC what he really means is: I’m going to derive what little power I have by bullying you bc I’m the guy driving the bus and I can drop you off on the side of the road. Nevermind that almost every other bus ride you’ve been on in your life, when the seat next to you is vacant and you feel tired and crash out, you scored by having two seats, and thus, a little leg room.

And oh yes, remind yourself to tell yourself that a: the driver has a tough job and b: so what, boo hoo. If you weren’t afraid to be dropped off in no-name town CT you would have called him an asshole to his face. Substitute your favorite insult here.

Derive pleasure in this particular thought; do not derive pleasure in the thought that the bus prices have gone up bc of this war (gas, er, oil that is). Note however that when the assistant at the ticket counter gives you the ticket sheathed in a National Guard sign up pamphlet, your first of many thoughts are that this particular bus line preys upon the poor and working class who have to ride this bus.

2 – When you tap your seat mate on his shoulder on the XYZ bus from Boston to NYC to cut his cell phone conversation short and he asks why, you say: Because it is annoying to me and most people in our immediate area. However you cannot tell this bus driver this, a bus driver who seems to be bragging on his own cell phone on how many highway systems he’s driven on between Bangor Maine and Washington DC. Think to yourself: Geez, it’s funny how little to nothing impresses me anymore; isn’t that weird.

Am I impressed? No. I am not in the least impressed by the transit corridor between Boston and Washington DC.

I want to be impressed. Impress me. Plant another tree; I might notice.

3 – when the Fung Wah driver is driving 80 mph on the Mass Pike in a severe thunderstorm on a grated portion of the road with his windshield wipers on low, it is perfectly natural to start a: take drugs or b: start believing in god or luck.

The answer is a.

4 – when you see someone riding their bike over the Connecticut River bt East Hartford and Hartford on a major highway do you think a: well, he’s got to get to where he’s going somehow or b: that guy must be a fucking idiot.

The major highway stated above is Interstate 84, and to get from one city (E. Htfd to Htfd) to the other…the state of CT spent millions if not billions of dollars (never mind federal dollars) to rebuild a perfectly good bridge with enough space to ride a bike and have pedestrians cross bt the two cities. These two cities are trying to revitalize the waterfront on both sides of the CT River.

The answer is b.

That person, sorry to say, was a fucking idiot. Hopefully he didn’t get killed.

5 – When you stop at a rest stop in between Boston and NYC do you a: stay near the exhaust fumes of the bus and smoke a cigarette and drink some water or b: go inside the fast food restaurant, buy french-fries and microwave hamburger patties and bring it back on the bus and thus, stink up the whole bus.

Tough call. I opt for a. One thing you do not do is use the restroom in the back of the bus unless you are violently ill. In this instance, you should not be riding the bus at all.

6 – When getting on the Amtrak train bt Boston and NYC or v.v., do you a: sit on the side where you can see Long Island Sound, the wetlands and the rich beach houses or b: sit and stare out at some stretch of land you’ve never set foot on and never want to.

Answer: a. Not only that, but if the train is not crowded and you feel like taking a nap, you might be “in luck” to have two seats, and if you do sprawl out, the Amtrak attendants will not give you shit for it. Not only that but you can drink in the club car on the train.

7 – When riding the subway transit system do you a: use your ipod and also cell phone during above ground areas or b: not.

Answer: Tough call.

I opt for a: not listening to your inane cell phone conversation and b: not listening to whatever musical choice is coming out of your ears. I resort to c: thinking about the to-do list I have in my head, stressing out about whatever I stress about, and staring out the window, half observant, half bored at the same time. Yes, I look like I just don't care. I find this much safer than grabbing your cell phone and throwing it out the window or in the trash.

8 – On the Acela Express there is a Quiet Car. I have not sat in it. Unless one is sitting in a sound proofed recording studio or off in the woods in Vermont, one does not know what quiet is. And even in the latter, one hears cows mooing and crickets chirping and whatever natural sounds are equated with rural life. Yes, Business Class is more expensive, but I don’t find the fact of being poor romantic anymore if I ever did. If you have the money to ride it – splurge. And when you do take this route, you will still find mill towns who are much more economically depressed than you will ever be.

Note: guilt and shame. And then note them as two human emotions that are sometimes useful but for the most part should be abolished. Think then that perhaps Bloomberg and Trump should feel such said emotions but probably don’t. Think then on why your splurge on the Express train is somewhat shame and guilt-ridden, when others think nothing of it. Think this. And come up with some answer to justify it.

9 – Riding your bike over the Brooklyn bridge is very fun. Why is it fun, even in the hot sun and humidity and smog? Come up with historical and poetic reasons.

10 – if a passenger is in a motorized vehicle or other mode of transit, it is ok to not trust the driver. It is especially ok not to trust the drivers of 50 other drivers on the road. It is ok to trust the driver. It is not ok to flinch. It is ok to admit one has not driven a car in eight years. It is admirable to admit one has not gotten into an accident in the past 25 years. It is ok to admit that you flinch. It is ok to admit you don’t know the driving directions to your apt. It is not ok to not know where your apt is. It is ok to admit that most people driving are fucking morons. You think: most people are too blasé to note down a cab or license plate number. It is ok to think that most people complain and do nothing about it. Or, it is not ok. It is ok to think that you are dying. Is it ok to put your life in someone else’s hand?

11 – Do you believe in assertiveness training? Do you believe in anger management therapy? Have you ever tried meditation? Have you ever had a plane wake you up at night? When you state: I’m tired from traveling does someone respond: oh you’re just being a wuss, doesn’t that just bristle?

I go to the word: divorce. I go to the word: tone. I go to the phrase: I’ve had it with public transportation. Or rather, I’ve had it with private transportation: no more greyhound or fung wah. I don’t care that I can’t afford the Amtrak train; I will take it anyway. I love the train. I’ve taken Amtrak at least four times across the u.s., once across Canada and all through Europe…elitist?

Yes.

But I’m not beef. And my name is not Upton Sinclair. But albeit that’s Chicago, but if there is a more or rather less demeaning way to transport red meat and people across state lines, I’ll think of better ways, but the bus doesn’t work anymore.

The bus is horrible. I'm not choosing style; I'm choosing comfort. My threshold for pain has diminished. Considerably. And not only that, I'm sick of being poor. But the poor poor, those that have no resources what so ever, don't even have the advantages that I do. Ask these fellow travelers why they seem angry. I can almost guarantee that a 2 hour bus ride will damage the psyche.

MOVE

next time I move, I am moving to another country

Holidays

I can't stand 'em. Sure flowers are pretty and birth and rebirth are old standbys, but since I don't really have much of a family, who cares.

So I am packing instead. I have three categories: throw away, pack for later use, and pack for immediate usage. So far I'm in the first two stages and am finding things I forgot I wrote, manuscripts of other peoples, and old notebooks from college. Why I kept tax returns from 1994 I have no idea. I found a notebook from 2003 with a line that said: I hate Massachusetts and want to leave. I found pictures from when I lived in SF and bolivars from Venezuela and european coins pre-euro.

I have so much stuff I'm not even sure how it got here but if I haven't used, read, worn anything in the past 3 years - it's gone. As I will be soon.

Some people have the idea that if one moves around a lot, then they must be escaping something. I think that's theraputic nonsense. I am happiest when I am moving, and right now I'm feeling stagnant. And if you haven't noticed, it's driving me crazy. And besides, I always preferred walking down 1st Ave than Mass Ave anyway.

My mother came up yesterday to help me sell books and bag up clothes for good will. We also went to a gallery that my mom likes and basically drove around a lot looking for parking spots. Which in this area, is a highly frustrating task. My mom said: I'll be so glad when you move. She doesn't swear much and rarely talks ill about anyone bc she keeps it to herself, but she swears a fair amount when she comes up here bc of all the driving around.

I said: Yeah, you can jump on the commuter rail in New Haven, I'll meet you at Grand Central and then we don't have to be in the car anymore! And including parking in New Haven, it's still cheaper than driving to Boston!

Tho she did also say: it's too bad there's no Fung Wah from Hartford to NYC or Boston. But that's bc there's no Chinatown in Hartford. And it's cheaper for me to get from NYC to Hartford than it is from Boston to Hartford.

If I were from Massachusetts of course I would have a different take on all this. But as my mother also said: the last time our distant relatives lived in MA it was in the late 1700s. Those relatives fled to Vermont. So, I am a New Englander. But I can't stand it here. It is no wonder and no suprise that I like to and do move and travel around.

Why mention Hartford? My now well quoted mom lives outside of Hartford, but her favorite city is San Francisco. She actually wants me to move there instead bc she likes to visit. But I hate flying and at this point I have too many books to cart 3000 miles back and forth.

Oh yeah, in my packing ventures I found old Poetry Project newsletters from 1999 which I am not throwing out (but probably should). It's interesting to read about who was reading at the Project then and now.

spring...

…and the bicyclists are out in full force, except for myself at the moment. And the reasons why that is are here:

- I have treated my 60s motorbecane very poorly by leaving it outside chained up all winter long. The chain is rusty, tho it works and its in dire need of maintenance. I’d do it, but I don’t like to get my hands dirty. It’s not a winter riding bike and riding it in windy weather feels like I’m getting nowhere.

- The tires need air in them. The tires need to be replaced and I don’t have any $.

- The real reason: all last summer I was whistled at, catcalled and one day someone threw a bottle of water at me while I was on my bicycle. It seems that in this town a woman can’t ride a bicycle without having a “hey baby” thrown at them. Is this supposed to be a complement? In essence, this town is full of Neanderthals. The result: I’ve let a bunch of townie jarhead goons who are barely fit to get their GED destroy my pleasure of riding my bike, and hence, taken one of the best modes of transportation out of my repetoire.

- There are a lot of stupid car drivers here. These are the people who never stop at stop signs to look and see if pedestrians or bicyclists are crossing the street. I should be dead by now bc of these morons almost hitting me – both while I was walking and riding my bike. Is there a typical stupid car driver? No. soccer moms driving suvs fit into this equation as well as pimply faced teenagers blaring I don’t know what kind of music, to cancer-riddled old men driving Lincolns to construction contractors driving beat up dodge vans.

Am I still going to ride my bike? Sure, once I get it fixed. But I won’t be riding it around here for too much longer.

About the incident re. the water bottle…I was riding up a small hill towards an interestion. The light was red, I’m on the side of the road and this car pulls up, music blaring, two kids in the car and the car pulls up so close to me their door handle hit my leg and I said “hey, you're too close to me.” The driver of the car freaked out, started calling me a cunt and said she was going to find where I lived and kill me. Then her passenger threw his water bottle at me (and missed). I ended up riding around the block a bunch of times, so that if they were following me, they wouldn’t find my house.

Neanderthals.

I was almost glad winter came. Almost.

I don’t blog too much bc I complain too much. But the above is just a few reasons why I’m getting out of dodge.

bad firecracker in the bunch

On Scene: How Operation Swarmer Fizzled
Not a shot was fired, or a leader nabbed, in a major offensive that failed to live up to its advance billing

Money down the drain...

poster

Three years and counting...

I can't help it, I'll stop...

transcripts from cheney's interview on fox news which i did not watch and comments in caps:

Transcript of Vice President Dick Cheney's interview Wednesday with Brit Hume of Fox News Channel, as released by the White House. Cheney addresses his shooting Saturday of a hunting companion, 78-year-old Harry Whittington of Austin, Texas, at a ranch owned by Katharine Armstrong about 60 miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas:

Question: Mr. Vice President, how is Mr. Whittington?

Answer: Well, the good news is he's doing very well today. I talked to him yesterday after they discovered the heart problem, but it appears now to have been pretty well resolved and the reporting today is very good.

AS REPORTED, IT WAS A HEART ATTACK, NOT A HEART PROBLEM

Q: How did you feel when you heard about that?

A: Well, it's a great relief. But I won't be, obviously, totally at ease until he's home. He's going to be in the hospital, apparently, for a few more days, and the problem, obviously, is that there's always the possibility of complications in somebody who is 78-79 years old. But he's a great man, he's in great shape, good friend, and our thoughts and prayers go out to he and his family.

READ: HE'S OLD, HE'S GOING TO KICK OFF SOON, AND I'M NOT SORRY

Q: How long have you known him?

A: I first met him in Vail, Colorado, when I worked for Jerry Ford about 30 years ago, and it was the first time I'd ever hunted with him.

Q: Would you describe him as a close friend, friendly acquaintance, what?

A: No, an acquaintance.

ANSWER: HOW COULD ONE KNOW SOMEONE FOR 30 YEARS AND STILL CALL THEM AN AQUAINTANCE. I BELIEVE THE WORD IS "CRONY."

Still a useful word tho a bit antiquated these days, crony.

Best part is, I don't know how you shoot someone wearing bright orange while hunting. I lived in VT and NH. Or maybe I do understand, our national alert status is down to yellow. Perhaps it's wrong to shoot people wearing orange, but instead, we should shoot people wearing yellow...

Only a few people can carry that off...

i'm fifteen

and i need an abortion.

in addition, i need to know how to shoot quail.

eating dis order

bulemia is not a disorder but a blessing. Or rather, a clue.

the golden days are over

Google refuses White House search request

Google is resisting a White House subpoena to hand over the records of the searches internet users are asking it to perform, it has emerged.

could it get any worse?

Rightwing group offers students $100 to spy on professors

It is the sort of invitation any poverty-stricken student would find hard to resist. "Do you have a professor who just can't stop talking about President Bush, about the war in Iraq, about the Republican party, or any other ideological issue that has nothing to do with the class subject matter? If you help ... expose the professor, we'll pay you for your work."

some good news

Some Soldiers Trying to Get Out of Army

Kevin Benderman spends his days sitting in a plastic chair in the stockade at Fort Lewis, Wash., completing a 15-month sentence for ``missing movement'' with his unit. Jeremy Hinzman is raising his baby boy in Toronto, awaiting a court date when he hopes the Canadian government will grant him political asylum. Aidan Delgado is back in school, studying religion at the New College of Florida and practicing Buddhism.

richard pryor

Long live Richard Pryor!!!

bush phobic text

back again as well as the video from Feb. 03 march in NYC, links are on:

xtina.org

under other. I'm working on another movie,
hopeful it will be completed next month, December that is.

liar liar

Bush Declares: 'We Do Not Torture'

Yeah, right, and my name is John Wieners. Pleased to meet you.

fashion police

Brown Discussed Wardrobe During Katrina

WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly-released e-mails show former FEMA director Michael Brown discussing his wardrobe during the crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina.

He needs hip-waders bc he's in up to his...

what's in your wallet?

Bush Shows Reporter What's in His Pockets

It turns out the leader of the free world doesn't have to worry about carrying all the essentials of the common man.

Alright, he doesn't read the newspapers bc he gets his information from his staff, he carries nothing in his pockets so what does this mean?

He's a shell of a human being. I doubt he's burdened by anything.

this administration is limping

Charges expected against Libby

Lewis 'Scooter' Libby walks out of the West Wing of the White House on crutches in Washington October 28, 2005.

Some good news out of this whole week...

volunteering

For some reason I've found myself volunteering for a man running for Ward Alderman in my district. I'm now creating/designing a "door-knocker."

I don't know how that happened...but at least it's a new and difference experience...and I visited a senior citizens home and the view from the top floor...a panoramic view of the whole Boston area...

I cannot explain my altruism kicking in when it's getting cold outside...usually it's opposite...

I amend

Bennett: Black Abortions Would Lower Crime

Bennett was education secretary under President Reagan and director of drug control policy when Bush's father was president.

I amend my coat hanger sentence from previous post. What I meant to say was however, not as reprehensible or at all racist, but would be akin to screaming in an alley at 2 am...you must have heard this phrase, it's called:

WHAT???

and there are various narrations of said phrase, like: WHAT THE HELL? or my favorite: WHAT THE FUCK?

The following sentence reads: HOW COULD YOU... ... ...?

I'm telling you, Canada...I may be waxing nostalgic but I think Canada is a great country...

how the...

!@#&? did this happen?

John Roberts takes oath as chief justice

Democrats have no spine. ROBERTS IS UNQUALIFIED!!!!!

Gals, start saving your coathangers.

Hartford CT Pt. 2

I neglected to mention that two miles outside of Hartford CT are farms and fields. There are still farmers growing tomatoes and summer and fall squash and every other crop: peaches, peppers and pumpkins.

There are other crops Hartford was known for: guns and typewriters and insurance.

Communication or lack of.

another stab in the back

The order cancels "prevailing wages," which assure that workers on federal jobs receive hourly pay akin to workers doing similar work in those areas. Prevailing wages in the Deep South states are barely above poverty: $9.55 an hour, for example, for a construction laborer in New Orleans.

Halliburton must be hiring...that's one web site I'd never visit...

everbody's favorite corporation

Halliburton Subsidiary Gets Katrina Deal

WASHINGTON -- A Halliburton Co. subsidiary that has come under fire for its reconstruction work in Iraq has begun tapping a $500 million Navy contract to do emergency repairs at Gulf Coast naval and Marine facilities that were battered by Hurricane Katrina.

On other matters, people ask when I'm leaving B'ton...the answer: I don't know. My left hand - or I - suffer from a case of cubital nerve damage (similar to carpal tunnel) and I might need surgery so...I actually should not be on the computer at all...

...or move a box or for that matter, do the dishes...good thing I'm right handed...

when the levee breaks...

Hastert says he doesn't want city to be bulldozed

chief just-ice rehnquist dead

His death ends a career during which Rehnquist oversaw the court's conservative shift, presided over an impeachment trial and helped decide a presidential election.

Two open spots on the court, friends.