ever since i decided to keep fred flintstone hours (out the door when the pterodactyl crows), i've been missing out on riding the bus with darlene and her mother. but tonight i stayed until 7:15 and was rewarded with entertainment from the two of them. mom was dressed to the nines as usual, while darlene was rocking a snuggie with pearls and a belt. they were about 5 rows apart and uncharacteristically quiet until mom started to list all of the baby food she enjoys eating. you see - she only eats baby food because her stomach is bad.
i only know her stomach is bad because tonight darlene inquired - "ma? why do you think your stomach is so bad? do you think it's because that white man ran over it when you were a kid?"
the rest of the conversation went like this ...
"now darlene, you know that the white man did not roll over my stomach. it was the white man that saved me."
"i heard that! ma, when do you think it will be all over?"
"what will be over? your life? only the good lord knows that darlene. the good lord up in heaven ..."
"no ma - when do you think that you'll stop giving me money even though my check is bigger than yours."
"when you stop wasting all your money at the liquor store."
"i heard that!"
and then i got off the bus
29 March 2010
26 March 2010
21 March 2010
the new "nucular"
harkening back to the days of making up words through mispronunciation , john boehner just urged his fellow members of the house to return to a sense of "calmity." perhaps he's referring to the state of "CALAMITY" in which he and his friends now find themselves.
just what's in that tea?
i know that i'm supposed to be on hiatus, but events of the past few days are too disturbing to let pass by without reflection.
this is a big weekend of change in the district of columbia. spring has sprung - cherry blossom buds and the number of tour buses have popped over night. right now 10s of thousands of people are marching demanding immigration reform. and in a few short hours, the united states house of representatives will vote to equalize health care in this country. it is this last event that has brought about the most disturbing incidents.
i understand that health care reform is a divisive issue. and i get that people on both side feel passionate about their positions. what i don't understand is why a debate about fixing health care would lead some groups to start using racial and homophobic epithets, and even spit, to make their point more strongly.
many news outlets are widely reporting that the tea party rally at the capitol got a little out of hand yesterday. in trying to make the point that congress should not pass the current health care "overhaul" bill, some tea partyer's got down and dirty spitting on emanuel cleaver, calling barney frank a "faggot," and members of the congressional black caucus "n****rs."
really?!@?!@? how can one even be expected to engage in civil discourse with people like this? they're not even comparing apples to oranges or day to night - it's like half the group is talking about bowling balls and while the protesters talk about squirrels.
this is a big weekend of change in the district of columbia. spring has sprung - cherry blossom buds and the number of tour buses have popped over night. right now 10s of thousands of people are marching demanding immigration reform. and in a few short hours, the united states house of representatives will vote to equalize health care in this country. it is this last event that has brought about the most disturbing incidents.
i understand that health care reform is a divisive issue. and i get that people on both side feel passionate about their positions. what i don't understand is why a debate about fixing health care would lead some groups to start using racial and homophobic epithets, and even spit, to make their point more strongly.
many news outlets are widely reporting that the tea party rally at the capitol got a little out of hand yesterday. in trying to make the point that congress should not pass the current health care "overhaul" bill, some tea partyer's got down and dirty spitting on emanuel cleaver, calling barney frank a "faggot," and members of the congressional black caucus "n****rs."
really?!@?!@? how can one even be expected to engage in civil discourse with people like this? they're not even comparing apples to oranges or day to night - it's like half the group is talking about bowling balls and while the protesters talk about squirrels.
18 March 2010
15 March 2010
it doesn't take a rocket scientist ...
... to know that if a magazine photographer takes suggestive pictures of a subject the magazine will then publish those suggestive photos. repulsed by the photos? she should then be repulsed that she allowed herself to be photographed in such repulsive poses.
12 March 2010
oh syracuse ...
number one to number three in one week and then a crushing loss to georgetown?!@ what is happening to these boys?
01 March 2010
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