food sixty four

great “conversation” with Michael Pollan here.

having not yet read the book, my favorite rule so far is “It’s not food if it’s called by the same name in every language.”

one word

funny, the last draft i started for this blog was entitled “words…”

perhaps I’ll finish it

meanwhile

here’s a great little downloadable (a word now?) “book:”

http://www.scribd.com/doc/23711234/What-Matters-Now

some of it is the usual internet marketing people yabbering

some of it is pretty cool thinking

I found it here: http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/taylor/2009/12/70_words_of_unconventional.html

and the writer does a nice job of summarizing, plucking a nugget or three, and spreading the WORD

I reckon most of those who were asked to pick a word (like harvard business guy) are also linking from their blogs

what’s funny is that no one, anywhere, is suggesting that each reader also come up with their own word

except, of course, for the “what about you?” plea on page 2

what about me?

numbers

will be my word of the year for 2010

i will blog about it

now that i’m blogging again

compassion

for some reason, all of a sudden, fox/onion is concerned about unemployment, now why would that be?

could it be that the Dow is headed back toward 10K? hmmm, they don’t seem to ever mention the stock market anymore, wonder why??

of course, the drumbeat of socialism continues – the illogical arguments that the government, while able to run the most competent military force on the planet, wouldn’t be able to administer the health care system. That as the only high-income industrialized society on the face of earth without some sort of national health care program, we would be turning French or Canadian if we came up with a way to prevent people from dying or suffering unnecessarily. That if allowed to prosper without the shackles of regulation the free-market would surely create the perfect solution for the millions of people who clearly choose on a daily basis to go without insurance of any kind…

Then we’ve got the birthcertificatedeniers- what up? i mean, really, come on, what up?

so, it’s very, very nice to have a grown up in the white house, and if he can get past all the haters from the other side and stick to his guns, (yes, it was stupidity), he could turn into a great one.

and he plays golf, and has fun doing it!

funny, to me he’s pretty conservative, but to them he’s like Hitler and Stalin rolled into one – go figure

Two versions of one great song

the background chatter is dialogue and sound effects from the show Sons of Anarchy – hopefully some day this version will be available for all to enjoy without having to “watch” it on youtube…

just funkin groovy

and now the missing credits: Ivan Neville Keys/vocs – the Sublime George Porter Jr. Bass/vocs – Leo Nocentelli gitbox – Raymond Weber drums/vocs – and, the Great Willie Tee Keys/vocs?

buncha freakin ninnies

wow, tea parties

of course, anything sean hannity thinks is a good idea requires, at the very least, serious investigation, but reviving the boston tea party less than 3 months into the new administration’s tenure gives off the distinct odor of desperation, and the undeniable mental stench of downright idiocy.

hamfisted, kneejerk responses to anything this president says or does has led even bernie goldberg to scolding him for an extended period, and if you pay any attention at all to the fox/onion you know that when that guy’s not kissing up to a host, host has done sumthin mighty stoopid…

so i’m sure joe the plumber was at a tea party, spewing something about the most complex economy in the history of civilization, hectoring those who somehow know even less than he about how little guys need to take the country back, blah blah

but my favorite moment of this tax day was when I heard hannity after an interview with some clown who wrote a song about the death of detroit, and the bad money guys and politicians, he just so seamlessly went from that right into an ad for a ruth’s chris steakhouse – yes the place where dinner for four probably costs about as much as rent for a month does for all the faithful listeners of this blowhard, where you are so much more likely to run into a lobbyist, politician, banker or tv knownothing, than an auto worker, military person or even an ordinary plumber.

Karl Malone

As tough as he was in the paint, the deliveryman laid it on the Manatee last night – barely letting other guests get a word in edgewise. He spoke of how people don’t want to hear bickering about who wants to do what, just that they want things to work. The chin could barely contain the talking points and tried to engage in a civil conversation, but there was nothing doing, he had no chance.

In a perfect world, he looks up at Karl, says, “my god, what a shameful, degenerate ass I’ve been for all these years, maybe, just maybe, if I start right now I can somehow redeem myself for the petty, pitiful, ridiculous way I’ve behaved for so long.”

ha, five minutes later, back to the Obamabashfest that is the stock and trade of all those clowns.

it really is better than Nascar

making believe

politicians make believe that the process is pure – expecting reasonable, rational human beings to somehow agree with them that they do not ever trade favors, engage in quid pro quo, but somehow otherwise manage to exist and function in some perfect moral bubble that we are never to question, unless they are caught red-handed.
two great pieces in the times today – one about one, yes ONE! senator admitting that there IS IN FACT a duly appointed junior senator from the state of Illinois, the other about the mind boggling financial mess that the Government seems to have no clue how to deal with, other than to repeat past mistakes, and continue to have the SEC be a feeder organization to the highest echelons of Wall Street.

AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEE

corruption

hmmm, all fitzgerald could do in the plamegate case was get a dude named scooter for lying – so he’s the best they could come up with for the case of the century… feeling pretty good about blago’s chances, myself.

The Mighty Q-Tip, ode-city man

No, not that one

 

 

 

 

 

these

the official web site is all about “beauty”

but this perfect product is about much, much more than just beauty.

the history of what was originally the baby gay  is sketchy and mildly interesting, but it makes no difference for me – this is one of my favorite “products” in all of existence – and to my grave I shall be grateful to the man who put the cotton ball on the stick.

it’s possible that i abuse the noble q-tip, but i’ve done far more questionable, dangerous and immoral deeds.

sure, i use them for mundane purposes such as cleaning electronics, swabbing on some neosporin, but one of the great pleasures in life for me is the full ear clean.

i know that even famous, athletically gifted geniuses have punctured their eardrums going a centimeter too deep with the q, but that does not deter me. going slowly and with care, reaching the very limits of reasonable inquiry, a warmly moistened swab perilously as near the brain as seemingly possible yields indescribably fantastic sensations,  removing that smallest, remotest smudge of natural wax inspires triumphal, spine tingling freedom. locating an even more substantial pocket of the substance, requiring the use, of course, of several fresh, dry attacks from the appropriately unanticipated angles, only brings the feeling of purge to a more satisfyingly profound and joyous end.  

the cats can enjoy the cleaning to a degree, some far, far more than the others, and the sympathetic resonance in my understanding, coupled with the massive quantities of dirt and other organic matter that can be extracted from these huge feline receptacles, is another, utterly fulfilling exercise in luxuriant endo-massage.

well, well, well, who knew that was gonna come out?

 

so, anyways, here’s a raised glass to the dude who stole the idea from his wife, (wonder if that’s even happened before or since?), one of the true unsung heros of humanity, i for one would not be shocked if at some point his name found his way on a nobel or other prize of great repute and prestige.

 

*** Medical Disclaimer – I am not a medical doctor, and in no way should this post be construed as an endorsement of using, or suggestion to use Q-tip brand cotton swabs in a way other than that recommended by the manufacturer.

one more/last word about palin

crafty

(pardoning the turkey and making sure there is bloodshed in the interview, she is quite brilliant that way)

 

and finally, Dick Cavett with a wonderful wondering on words, wordiness, worldliness, woodiness, etc.

Dicky C