Texas Canyon, Arizona.
1. Yesterday I forgot to add “boogie man” to the list.
2. Today I read a news article indicating that an Albert Einstein letter is to be auctioned in which he refers to belief in god as “childish, as in childish superstition.” There had previously been some confusion about his views on religion.
2.5 (Gotta sneak this in) I was listening to the radio, and the discussion was about religion. A woman sent in a voice message wherein she said she was a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi. She was a Christian, and knew Mr. Gandhi was a Hindu, so she asked her pastor if he, Gandhi, was going to “roast in hell.” Her minister said “yes.” Gotta love dem Christians, yes sir.
3. I heard some speculation on a radio news show as to whether the USA would be providing aid to Chinese earthquake victims. What? The United States has borrowed a lot of money from China (i.e. China purchased US bonds), hundreds of billions of dollars. Are we supposed to spend that borrowed money in China now? If China can afford to buy all those bonds, why in the world would they need help from us? I’m lost.
4. As for Burma, the fascist junta there is apparently taking all the goodies and handing out crap to the people. What aid does get through, they re-mark the packaging so it will look like it came from them. Heil you MFs.
5. I also forgot the tooth fairy, easter bunny, and santa claus yesterday.
6. My nephew Zeno Kidd Gamble (there’s a card shark or gunslinger’s name!) and his wife had a little girl. Her name is Lily Kidd Gamble. Apparently the baby was born the day I posted the water lily photo. Congrats to them.
7. Gary Dourdan (CSI) is charged with felony drug possession. Dennis Farina (Lawn Order) is charged with trying to take a handgun on a plane. Some rapper gal called “Remy Ma” is sentenced to 8 years for putting a couple of .45 slugs into a woman’s abdomen, coulda got 25 but says she’ll appeal the sentence (I don’t blame her, after all, other criminal celebrities get away with their depredations, why shouldn’t she?). This is the kicker, she was gonna marry her boyfriend, a fellow rapper who goes by the name “Papoose,” at Riker’s Island, but the cops put the kibosh on that when he showed up with a handcuff key.
Ah, to be a stupid celebrity.
8. I heard some West Virginians interviewed today on the subject of Hilary and Barack. Scary they let those people vote.
9. The crazy Texas “Baptist pastor,” the right reverend Hatin’ Hagee, who supports McSame apparently apologized for saying shitty stuff about folks in other religions, particularly Catholics. Does he know that Wright guy in Chicaga?
10. I’m re-reading the book You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen, Ph.D. This is motivated by my current ruminations about communications between people.
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