Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Analogy of End of Days and Global Warming


I know this sounds kind of odd, but bear with me for a moment.
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(PS - picture is from British Artist Tim Simmons.. cool stuff.)
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So pretty much every generation thinks they are in the "End of Days". Normally this is a biblical thing (or other religious holy book thing). Part of it is the way the Bible is written, it is pretty easy to read the signs into most occurrences.
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But see, we haven't hit the end of days yet. And skeptics would scoff at the notion that we are at the End of Days because of the Bible.
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And yet, non-religious people also look to see the portents of the End of Days, just not Biblically. Remember the "Nuclear Count-down Clock" that showed the minutes until "zero hour" and destruction. Remember the Council of Rome and the end of resources. Hell, even Malthus thought the end of days was near in the 1800s due to over population.
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So far, so much bunk. So is it any wonder that people ignore / don't worry about Global Warning. I mean, we have all been down this road before. Even if Global Warming is a real threat to the Earth (and I think it is), there have been so many Chicken Little warnings before that "real" warnings are falling on deaf ears.
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So let's take a step back and ask, why do people want to believe they are living in the end of days. I think it makes us feel a little more special than the people that came before us. Like all of Earth's history (or God's work) is working towards this point - and we are here. Maybe it will be our generation or our children's generation that solve the problems that would otherwise kill everyone. It's like a hideously long movie - we have put so much in it, we want to see how it turns out. (ps- How it turns out, Brad Pitt becomes a little baby and just vanishes one day - talk about a long movie!)
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Just thinking....

Monday, June 29, 2009

The Roof Closes....


Wimbledon got to use the roof for the first time today.
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It was funny to hear the announcers fill as the roof s..l..o..w..l..y closed.
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Mary Carillo finally said, "If this works, they're thinking of putting one of these over the whole country."
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Funny if you have spent a rainy few weeks in ol' blimy.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Zela's Skin

So as I am in the desert, I changed all the sprinklers (we use drip watering). It's been, you know, years since I have put them in so I changed them.
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Well, now I look at my skin and there are a gazillion little cuts and marks from the spiky plants, the ocatillo and the rest.
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And I realize, I have my Grandmother's skin. I remember that she could walk across the room of upholstered chairs, and cut herself. I feel like that now.
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What happens? You hit 50 and your skin suddenly gets the thickness of Japanese Rice Paper?

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Farrah and Micheal

Farrah and Michael Jackson are both dead.
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Weird feeling for me.
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They were both of "an Age".. my age as it were. I had the Farrah poster in my college dorm. It seems really odd now, but Farrah was the first person who actually had nipples on television regularly.
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I think that is why she was so sexy. You felt that she was a real person. A really sexual person in the age of Mary Tyler Moore and Florence Henderson.
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She was too big for TV.
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And neither one of them actually seemed to handle success or fame well. They both seemed to be caught up by the fame and tossed around by it. Michael Jackson because of his family and Farrah because she seemed just not ready.
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It is a big red flag that says be careful what you wish for.
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So it is a little odd to me. ps Micheal Jackson is my age (50) - so even weirder.
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Farrah finally seemed to pull her life together, Micheal never did. But Farrah became less famous in order to take control of her life. Micheal controlled what he could, becoming less and less human. Maybe it was his way of personifing his internal deamons. He didn't feel part of this world, and ultimately didn't look it.
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Farrah, on the other hand, at the end of her life insisted on pulling herself into our field of vision. We all remembered who and what she was. She insisted that we see what happens to a member of the family when cancer hits. Micheal was the bigger star, but Farrah ultimately taught us the bigger lesson.
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That lesson is that in fighting cancer (or another illness), your family is key to your power. Your drive is critical to your health. And, even in death, there are lessons to teach people. God's rest Farrah - you forced us to see more than a girl in a poster. You forced us to see the person underneath.

Fox News and the Confusing R vs. D

Once again Fox News has made a minor boo-boo in describing the party affiliation of a Philandering Governor. This time it is Mark Sanford. And this time (as EVERY OTHER TIME THEY GET IT WRONG), they have identified a adulterous politician as a Democrat.
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I think they have somebody in graphics that does this every time just to get a rise out of everyone.

I felt Sorry for Mark Sanford


I happened to be watching when Mark Sanford had his news conference yesterday. I felt bad for him.
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It wasn't your normal "whoops" news conference. He seemed to be in love with this woman in Argentina and not know what to do.
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I think that Republicans, as long as they insist on being social scolds, are going to be hit with the head with their mis-steps - but I see no joy in jerking around this poor schulb.
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It wasn't a bathroom jerk off session or a hooker, he fell in love and destroyed a lot of lives. That sucks.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Back from the sun

Eddie and I got home last night. We had a wonderful time in Palm Springs. Gavin and Mickey came by - Sammy hurt his leg (what is it with dog's that visit us?) and had to go to the emergency vet - he is fine.
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Bradley stayed for a few days and that was really fun.
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And Ron is doing great in his new (Lynn's old) bedroom. He has settled in, Miss Abby (the poodle) is doing very well and the neighbors are helping him. I think he is going to be good out there.
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It is OMG such a beautiful and relaxing house. Every time I want to get rid of it, we go back and love it.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Sun and 100 degrees

God I love Palm Springs. It was rainy and crudy when we left New York (and as you can see by the cancelled US Open).
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It is beautfiul, warm and the pool is SWEET.
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kisses

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Mousavi and Obama


After the Iranian election there is a lot of talk about what we should do or say.
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I am of the opinion that Obama is probably doing the right thing here. if we back one side - it will only embolden and help the other side. We certainly aren't going to send any troops over a stolen election (nor should we), so I think a little quiet is a fine thing.
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I am kind of the same opinion regarding North Korea. It is equivalent to if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. Only in International Affairs terms it is more, if you won't take action - don't make threats.
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Too rarely we heed Teddy Roosevelt's wise words, Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick.

Senator Ensign: My Marriage- against God... His Marriage including his affair with a married woman: Good

I don't care that you screw around on your wife, hurt your children and destroy 2 marriages as a Promise Keeper Born Again Christian and a US Senator. I do CARE that you trash my monogamous marriage while you do it.
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Senator Ensign on gay marriage this year.."Marriage is the cornerstone on which our society was founded. For those who say that the Constitution is so sacred that we cannot or should not adopt the Federal Marriage Amendment, I would simply point out that marriage, and the sanctity of that institution, predates the American Constitution and the founding of our nation."
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And now on his marriage, "(CNN) -- Sen. John Ensign of Nevada admitted Tuesday to an extramarital affair with a woman who had worked for him.

Ensign, 51, would not identify the woman but said she and her husband had been "close friends." Her husband, he said, also worked for him.

"Last year, I had an affair," the Republican senator said outside his office in Las Vegas. "I violated the vows of marriage. It's absolutely the worst thing I've done in my life.

"I take full responsibility for my actions. I know I have deeply hurt and disappointed my wife, Darlene, my children, my family, friends, my staff and those who believed in me. And to all of them, especially my wife, I'm truly sorry," he said.

Why So Quiet Scooter?

I have been a little quiet recently. Let me give the quick run down why, without getting all political on you.
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The Obama administration, faced with a number of critical issues including 2 wars, a financial crisis, and wanting to move on Health Care has been very quiet on gay rights. No big deal. No one really expected him to live up to his promises to homo's any time soon. I mean, bigger fish to fry. Hell - Iran is blowing up before our eyes.
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Then, last week, the administration issued a brief defending the "Defense of Marriage Act" in court. They didn't have to defend it, but they did, still okay - it's the law.
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However the Department of Justice legal brief had some of the most appalling language in it you could imagine. The compared my marriage to incest (in comparing our CA marriage that states don't have to recognize to 1st cousin marriages : although 1st cousin marriage do get federal benefits), the compared us to pedophiles (in comparison to Uncle / Niece underage marriages in Italy that they don't have to recognize), they said that we DID ACTUALLY have the right to marry (opposite sex members), and that it would cost money to grant us marriage status. Which is true, but kind of an odd argument when they also said we weren't denied any benefits.
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Anyway, it was a brief against a gay couple married and legal in California. Full list of annoyance to Scooter here and, like the worst offenders before (Bush and Clinton), he decided to drop this news on a Friday afternoon hoping to avoid notice.
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The fun news (if you are me) is that there is a HUGE DC Fundraiser for the Democrats geared towards us equivalent-to-pedophile-and-incestuous-fags. It is this month - and a lot of big name gays are pulling out and pissed off.
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So tonight (at 5:45 - again too late for the Network News) Obama is going to grant "benefits" to unmarried partners. Stressing that this is for gays and unmarried straight couples. Only you see, it only goes for federal workers. AND it doesn't cover health insurance (because DOMA forbids giving health care that to homo's or homo couple's childern).
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By the by, both Citibank and Ed's work deny pension benefits to us because DOMA says they don't have to give the same rights to a gay married couple as a straight married couple. I (clearly) won't be at work long enough to get a pension, but it just busts my nuts anyway.
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So off my horse and on to fun... But that explains the quietness.
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ps - Yes I have written my representative, pulled my money from the Democratic Party and generally made all the noise I can.

Waiting.... waiting....

Eddie and I go to Palm Springs tomorrow for a few days. It willb e nice and we will see a bunch of friends. So we are in that "waiting" mode.
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hummmmmmm

Monday, June 15, 2009

Good Night and Good Luck Ned, Olive and Chuck

Pushing Daisies pushed its last Daisy Saturday night. While one can argue with the end of a truly wonderful show, one cannot help but marvel as the show decided to wrap it up.
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To say I won't tell you how it ends is stupid - because if ever a show was about the journey, not the destination, this one was. And it is all cheery colors and a happy place, even as murders were committed by window dummies, great white sharks, and poisoned honey, it was home to Chuck and the Darling Mermaid Darlings.
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And the Darling Mermaid Darlings, in the end of all things wonderful, took once again to the Aquacade for a final performance.
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Sure the quick wrap ups were a little "tacked on". Story lines that could have used a whole hour to wrap up (Li' Gumshoe) were given a line or two. But they were wrapped up and that is a blessing given that the show was cancelled. No one phoned in their performance, it was - until the bittersweet end - all bright colors, great smiles and wistfulness.
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The last episode gave full flight to Swoozie Kurtz, Ellen Greene and Kristin Chenowith. I think Lee Pace, Anna Friel and Chi McBride stepped back a little to give the girls room to run.
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I cried. but I am a pushover for a happy ending. Especially when it happens to a one-eyed Mermaid who gave up a daughter to keep a sister and feed her bitterness with vodka and nasty jokes and still made you love her.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

And Today We Are Four!


Trevor turned 4 today, and as a treat we took him up to Central Park - andlet him roll inthe mud and chase Ducks in the pond.
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As you might be able to see from the picture, he crashed afterwards on the Subway home!

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Figment Festival on Govornors Island (no apostrophe)

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Today we took the ferry over to Govornors Island (I don't know why there is no apostrophe). There was a "Figmant 2009", which was an odd art project / imerssion thang. It was odd fun. This is Eddie in front of flowers.

The "bushes" in front were made of pictures of people. And the Dragon in the back is made from Chairs.
Walking around the island, Eddie held up the Statue of Liberty.




This is me on a giant rocking piece of concrete that also leaves art on the ground. Total fun!!

The had a Pee Wee Putt where different artists made holes. This was a "roof" hole. We didn't play, but there were fun to see.

This was just cool art with flowers.

Overtake the Principality on the non-right


The other day, Ed was singing, as you do - and he sang "Pass the douchie pan left hand side."
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And I said, "What?"
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He says, "Pass the douchie pan left hand side."
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And I say, "douchie pan?"
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And he says, "Yes. Douchie pan. What do you think it is?"
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To which I say, of course, "Pass the Duchy on the left hand side."
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He says, "Dutchy?"
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And I say, "Yes, Dutchy. Like a Principality or Kingdom, only ruled by a Duke. Like the Duchy of Luxembourg." I think the song refers to passing a Kingdom on the left - I guess as opposed to the right.
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And so we look it up, and it is "Pass the Ducthie on the left hand side." However, in this case, "Dutchie" does not refer to "Dutchy" as a regal land right, but as "Dutch Philips" cigar - or a joint rolled excessively large.
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Since I have never been particularly aquatinted with terms referring to Marijuana (or as the kids call it these days "Mary Jane"), I never got that reference until google.
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Go figure.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Cougars...

So, I was in the gym the other day with a trainer. Yes, hard as it is to believe, I actually need a trainer once a week to keep in THIS shape. Imagine me without one!
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But enough about my girth. This is a story.
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So I am talking to the trainer as I am working out .. and he notes that his girlfriend watches horrible reality TV and it drives him bonkers. I reply that 1) I can't watch TV unless I get to hold the remote. I kind of freak out. And 2) I like most reality (but then he told me what his girlfriend watches and I have to agree with him.
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So I said, I really was disgusted by the show "The Cougar". Not because she is looking for younger men, but because she has 4 kids and is on TV sucking face with 20+ strangers under 26.
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And my trainer says, "When I was young we had a name for women that showed young men the ways of the world. We called them whores. $100 an hour and no kissing."

Who can turn the world on with a smile??

I know who you think I mean....
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But I don't. It's a goat on a trampoline...

Why 4 Hours?

Why 4 hours?
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I mean are there men out there who normally go more than 3 hours? Cuz I have been with my fair share, and I haven't seen that yet.
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When I was younger (like 16) I go do it 3 or 4 times in 4 hours.
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Age catches up, I can do it 3 or 4 times in 3 or 4 days now. Okay, not really, but 3 times in 4 days is possible.
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I would start to worry at about hour 2. Then I go to sit on a couch with a woody for 2 more hours until I go to see a doctor. And that 2 hours is going to put you beyond the bed-time for your doctor. I mean after 4 hours, unless you getting the early bird special, it is emergency room time.
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Just a random thought.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Fun Rant on the British, Airports and International Relations (not by me!)

This is from Foreign Policy Magazine, and it is quite the fun rant....
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I am sitting in the lounge at Heathrow's Terminal Five, a monument to the idea that one of the few acceptable occupations for sadists that doesn't involve wearing black leather or working in TV programming is designing airline terminals. It is absurdly complex, gigantic, uninviting, cold and just the perfect atmosphere for turning weary travelers into snarling, drooling knots of hostility.

In fact, I have a theory that one of the central problems in international relations is created by the brutal, dehumanizing nature of world travel. Well intentioned souls who want to build international understanding and good will get on airplanes and by the time they get to their destination, they want to kill, subjugate native cultures and exploit their natural resources. If people on airlines were actually nice and airports were not the meat-grinders of the soulthey are, perhaps people would arrive in new countries with a positive outlook, a smile and less of an impulse to steal valuable intellectual property.

Of course, it all depends on the country into which you arrive. My 24 hours in the United Kingdom have exposed me to a kind of giddiness that one seldom sees outside the slumber parties of 11-year-old girls. There is only one thing that can cause the British to drop the reserved mortician act and reveal their inner Spice Girl (or for the more sophisticated among you, their inner Alan Ayckbourn). And that of course is the misfortune of prominent Brits, in this case, Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

It is ironic that Brown, who probably couldn't inspire a reflection out of his mirror, is triggering such hilarity. But following what newspapers are heralding as the worst national election defeat for his party since King Arthur (ok, since the first World War), the prime minister has people marveling at the surpassing awfulness of his situation. In the wake of scandal, financial crisis, fiscal catastrophe and Manchester United's crushing defeat at the hands of Barcelona, Brown is hanging on only by what the Guardian calls "the brute business of internal politics, especially the crushing of internal dissent." Key cabinet members have resigned. Others are openly plotting against him. And yet, Rasputin-like, he survives the poisoning, the gun-shots, and the stabbings.

Of course, ultimately Rasputin got tossed in the river and drowned and sooner or later Brown will probably go the way of the dodo. And the Labour Party will probably go with him. Probably. But talking to a senior British business leader today, it was explained that if only Labour could forestall an election until next year and if the economy were to start to turn around, "they might just win because no one believes that the Conservatives, once in office, actually will have any idea what to do."

You see, the problem with the conservatives is that what they are right now is The Party That is Not Labour. And appropriately, their leader, David Cameron, is The Political Leader Who Is Not Gordon Brown. Literally, that is virtually Cameron's only distinction. He is, in the words of one member of the House of Lords with whom I spoke (Ooo La La. The House of Lords. They would be so impressed back in New Jersey.), "a former PR guy, that says it all." I've actually met Cameron. I chaired a panel he was on in Davos once. And I have to say, he's such an empty suit he wouldn't feel out of place on a hanger at Brooks Brothers.

So that is the choice here in the United Kingdom: the guys who screwed it up versus the guys who are going to screw it up...at a moment when the country and all Europe face problems of a scale unseen in decades. Which is why the giddiness at the horrendousness of the past few days for Brown seems an appropriate reaction. Much like the laughter you see coming from the shell-shocked in old British war movies. It's also why every one I spoke to here, regardless of political persuasion got all doe-eyed and misty whenever Barack Obama's name came up. They're not sure he will be a big success either. But at least he might be. At least he looks like a leader. At least he sounds like one.

Meanwhile Britain is as rudderless as it has been at any time since the 1970s when they were teaching the world a thing or two about collapsing empires and bungled bail-outs of auto companies. (Which reminds me. Speaking of botched leadership, Steve Rattner, please go read about British Leyland.)

And this damn airport is not helping to dispel the impression of a nation in disarray. So I'm leaving. And going someplace that is prospering: Mumbai.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Once Again... Los Angeles leaves me unprepared..

June Gloom.
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Once again Los Angeles weather has left me unprepared for "real" weather.
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You see in Los Angeles we get June Gloom. This is a month in which it is overcast (early morning low clouds and overcast.. clearing around 2PM), but no rain.
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June Gloom, whether it happens in June or May occurs because the ground has warmed up, but the ocean hasn't warmed up yet. So hot air rises over the land, pulling in wet ocean air. This is the same phenomena that makes fog in San Francisco every night (it takes longer to heat up the ground up there) and the Big Sur. LA is in a bend in the ocean and it actually heats up a little there by July.
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Why does this screw me in New York. June Gloom NEVER causes rain. As it turns out June Gloom in New York is caused by RAIN clouds.
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Yes I was caught in a squall (it looked like June Gloom to me!).

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Mascot of the Month: Man Fixes Traffic


It's wrong and he shouldn't be the Mascot of the Month - but I kind of love him.  He is like the King of the Beer commercials...
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"You Make the Hard Decisions..."
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"You Do What Others Can't.. or Won't!"
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"You Keep America Moving (alright, China Moving).."
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"This Bud's For You!"
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Lessons Learned


Last night I saw "The Amish Project", a show impossible to describe here because it sounds dumb or sappy and it wasn't.
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But not the point.
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The point is that the show had a couple of message, one of which was that what happens to you makes you who you are.  I mean we all know that, but it is nice every now and then to get it kicked into your head.
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I have learned a lot since moving to New York.  I have been exposed to a lot more theater, a lot more hideously rude people, a lot more friends that I am able to see and many that I can't see now.
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Bar the weather, which truly does suck in an epic fashion, it has been  - and continues to be - a great experience.
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And the food.  The food is great and I am getting to be house sized ("You could move in!").

Monday, June 08, 2009

I Love the British Word: Exchecker


Two peoples, separated by a common language.
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I love the term "Exchecker".  Only in British could one give us a word that so eloquently  brings to mind both competence and foppery.
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It is, truly, a Woodhousian turn of phrase.  It is up there with Jumble Sale (where there is nary a jumble to be found) and Garden Fete.

Laughed My Ass Off


It is sick and wrong, but dang! it is funny.

Friday, June 05, 2009

Thank God! NOW I Feel Safe Going to the UCLA - TENN Game Next Year


Thank goodness they overrode the Governor's Veto!  Bad idea to have guns and alcohol in close proximity.. ha!  Wimp.

Rhetorical Aside is an Actual Truth

So I was reading a commentary on Salon or something (probably Salon) and they used a term I hadn't heard before but suddenly made sense.
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They referred to Rush, Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reily as the "Entertainment Wing" of the Republican party.
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I kind of like that, and not just for the reasons you might think.
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I think the term "Entertainment Wing" signifies, truthfully, that these figures are NOT out to make policy - although they obviously try to influence it - but to entertain.
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So you can't really take what Rush Limbaugh says as the equivalent of what "The Republicans" say.  And that is fair.
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By the same token, a Republican shouldn't parrot Rush (a drug addled, blowvating liar) without being called on it.
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One wishes, in a way, that there was a Democratic antithesis, but there isn't.  Keith Olberman comes close, but when a Democrat screws up - he pounces on that.  
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It isn't that Democrats are less petty (we are PLENTY PETTY) - we just aren't funny about it.  We take ourselves way too seriously.
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Honestly I don't think Ann Coulter really believes that the 9-11 windows are "self-obsessed" women who "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much.".  It is just that she has the balls, utter lack of shame and desire to make money that she is fine in making fun of these widows of a national tragedy.  And, for the "Entertainment Wing of the Republican Party", it is acceptable behavior. 
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Just like it is acceptable that Rush Limbaugh wants our President to fail.
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I don't think the Political Wing of the Republican Party would agree with many of their statements or concerns.

Panic Mode at the Development Group at "A" Bank


A bank that shall remain nameless has suddenly dropped into full fledged Panic Mode.
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You see they laid off almost all their ATM team, and gave the rest of us... I mean them... dates they would be laid off.  Now they have suddenly realized that they have to train a new team.  A new team that has yet to be hired.
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And, surprise.. surprise, the old team has vacation to burn up quickly or lose it since the bank in question will not let you "bank" more vacation than absolutely required by local labor laws.
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So, said bank is now in full PANIC mode in creating training for people yet to be hired in Ohio.
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Fun!

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

I don't condone, but anyone stuck on the 405 for hours understands.....

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I don't, of course, condone this behavior - let me make that crystal clear.
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But anyone who has been stuck for hours on the 405 during a high speed chase will understand it.
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The man in the hat threatened to jump off a bridge a kill himself.  He had a lot of debt.
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After 5 hours, the man on the right tried to get to talk to the jumper, but the police said no.  Chinese man doesn't care what the police said - he just wants to go home across the bridge so the man pushed through the police line.  He climbed up the bridge to reason with the jumper.
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The threatening jumper would not come down, so the man on the right pushed him off the bridge.
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Really!
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Nothing horrible happened.  There was an airbag under the bridge, the jumper was safe, the pusher was a hero and traffic flowed.  Story here.

Permit Me A Moment

So... laid off...
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It is, I admit, a rather odd feeling.  As of now, I stop working September 1, but get paid as if I was working until November 30th.  After that I get a lump sum severance that is nice (although no Barbara Flook at Glaxo nice! - ah.. remember the days...).
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So how do I feel?  Cruddy, in a few ways.  I was told I was okay in January and stopped actively looking around the company.  it sucks to be laid off.
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Okay in other ways.  For example...
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I was (by the by) accepted to NYU Master of Science Degree Program for Global Affairs.  I had planned to go part time. But now, in September - November I am paid as working, but cannot work - so I might go full time for the first semester and see how I like it.  It is an amazing program and had I not been laid off at around the same time I would be ecstatic.
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jsm437 - that's me now at NYU. 
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So I am coming to terms with it all.  I now that no one hires at the end of the year and I assume that after January I can start looking hard, and go to school.  I know from my last job search that it will  probably take until at least March before I get a job (but my savings and severance will cover past that - and my mother knows how much savings I would have :-).
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So yesterday I finally got in a slightly better mood.  I think that some experts are right, that uncertainty is worse that bad news.  So, even thought there is a pretty good chance I will get picked up by Citi - I am going to plan to move on.  I think it is best for my mental health.
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Anyway - that's what is going on in Scooter World.

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

And then TV Take-ith Away

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Just when I thought "The Cougar" was the nadir of television and civilization, television has lowered the bar yet again.  (Although not civilization - the fact we live in a world where "The Cougar" doesn't have her children put in protective care is scarier than Kim Jon Il.)
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"I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here" is the latest "must see" television on NBC.  
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How bad is it?
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It is so bad, that the two contestants above, Lew Diamond Phillips and Patti Blagojevich, are the ones to root for.  Really.  Patti Blagojevich.
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And jungle fever has set in really early.  Last night was oddly disturbing as some psycho (for those of you how don't know or care who Spencer and Heidi are (or "Spidi" as the tabloids have called them)) this psycho couple quit, rejoined, quit, rejoined, screamed at people, knocked things out of their hands, got about 2 inches away from a older woman's face as he screamed, and then prayed for Governor Blagojevich to have the truth told and his day in court.
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Really.
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If people in space are watching our TV, this would convince them there is no intelligent life on the planet.
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Pushing Daisies - cancelled.
Spencer Pratt and Wife whining in Costa Rica, 4 days a week, for 3 weeks.

I know it is temporary, but it lifts my senses.


I know that this is only temporary, but it lifts my spirits that upon my return my Tivo had grabbed a new episode of Pushing Daisies.
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And you can only imagine my thrill to see Olive Snooks (Kristin Chenowith) sing once again.
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Ah... Television, you evil bastard (see post above)

Monday, June 01, 2009

Home Again Home Again

Well, it is nice to be back but crappy in the extreme to read the news.  I think I will just avoid it all for a few days.
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If you didn't get Ed's links, I will give the links to the various pictures, visit if you like.
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These are pictures from the French Open (this is Andy Murray - Brit or Scotsman (depending on your point of view and who is winning).
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And these are pictures from Keith and Peter's new house in Seligstadt (Germany).  We visited with them for a few days before we came home.  They also joined us at the French Open.