Random Thoughts

[migdd]

hara kiri time

[mood swung]

BP CEO

I should know that. But it was freaking late.

[oily slick]

it was 4:41.

[mood swung]

I used to live out on 441, so I became convinced that Tom Petty wrote American Girl JUST for me, although I have to say that given the fact that we've never met and the other fact that 441 is a pretty long road it is unlikely that this is so. Nevertheless, it is so.

[verbal gymnastics]

MDM - there are certain parts of American Girl which convince me he wrote it for and about you

[oily slick]

OUT ON 441 LIKE WAVES CRASHIN' ON THE BEACH. oooooooo, way up there line-wise. partially due to the way he sings it. did i ever tell y'all i've seen TP live in 4 different decades? i first saw him when i was, uh, 2.

[Jack of All Parades]

Heartening to read that Updike's lapidary honed prose did not spring 'full formed' from his head onto the page as demonstrated in the NY Times yesterday. The man was mortal and worked to put those beautiful sentences on paper each day.

[mood swung]

oil on Pensacola Beach now. I talked with my folks on Sunday and they were both saying they'd never seen the water/beaches more beautiful. until today.

[Jack of All Parades]

As I age I appreciate more the mind of an intelligent woman so why does this one have to dance about verbally during a nomination hearing, particularly when she has previously written a sound article back in 1995 dismissing the whole sham of such nomination hearings?

[verbal gymnastics]

I gave up drinking a couple of weeks ago and have vowed not to tocuh a drop of alcohol until Mini VG No 2 is born (less than three weeks now )

I'm not actually missing it although the last hour and a half in the pub on Friday nights is difficult to endure - what with the quality conversations your mates are having.

It's even more entertaining giving them a lift home

[verbal gymnastics]

This is not a Michael Jackson reference but is there a sweeter sight in the world than watching a 2 year old chase bubbles around the garden and hearing the laughter that comes with it?

[Jack of All Parades]

No, probably not, but a close second for me is having your 23 year old oldest daughter say a sincere and unexpected thank you for all the things you have ever done for her.

[migdd]

This is not a Michael Jackson reference but is there a sweeter sight in the world than watching a 2 year old chase bubbles around the garden and hearing the laughter that comes with it?

It really doesn't get much better than that, vg.

[verbal gymnastics]

Waiting around for a new baby to make an appearance is hard work.

Mind you, I could have been carrying it around for nine months (as I am reminded every day )

[migdd]

Good luck, vg. Keep us posted.

[Jack of All Parades]

Hunkered down for the day as the Clinton's have closed the roads off in the area and secured the air space, as well. What a circus. Beautiful weather for the celebration and all the best to the bride and groom.

[Who Shot Sam?]

Hunkered down for the day as the Clinton's have closed the roads off in the area and secured the air space, as well. What a circus. Beautiful weather for the celebration and all the best to the bride and groom.

Is it gonna be over with by this evening? Was hoping to take the kids to the movies in Pok tonight.

[Jack of All Parades]

It is an all day affair as far as I know well into the night as a substantial fireworks display is planned over the Hudson later this evening- you may well want to head east and see if you can catch the film in the Danbury area. I am just basking in the beautiful weather, planning on enjoying the "Electric Panels" art festival in Beacon today, enjoying having all three daughters under my roof for a change and hoisting a toast to the impending nuptials.

[ice nine]

Memories of Katrina:

http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2 ... rican.html

[mood swung]

I need a new avatar.

[bambooneedle]

I need a new avatar.

But that one is so you!

Maybe i can help... how would you brief the designer?

[mood swung]

silk purse/sow's ear! I think somebody told me that once already when I turned 40. But it's ok. As I told my mother, I'm just shooting for "presentable" anymore.

[mood swung]

<------found one. In honor of #1 son's coming nuptials on 10-10-10. He was such a fun baby.

[invisible Pole]

Finally, Nobel Prize in literature won by someone I know and like.
Congratulations to Mario Vargas Llosa.

[Otis Westinghouse]

Remember him running for Peruvian presidency and seeing him on Spanish Tv, but never read anything other than journalism. What do you recommend?

I like the García Márquez story at the end here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11493191

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriteris the name I know best:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Vargas_Llosa