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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
9:32 am	Long time gone Been on travel for work and life. Saw Spring Awakening in at the Hippodrome.  Best music in a musical I have ever seen.  This rounds out our subscription this year and convinces me that I actually do like some musicals.  In fact, I enjoyed about half this season very much, but we don't have plans to renew. Just got back form Europe.  Mostly Germany: Ramstein, Wurzburg, Berlin, Prague, Dresden, Munich, Bertchesgaden, Oberamergau, Garmish, and back to Ramstein to fly home.  All interesting and much rain.  WWII, Cold War, 30 Years War, Beer, Driving VERY Fast, Mountains, Family, Salt Mines... There is much to do this summer. (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
9:57 pm	What do you want? I offer you the sky. Respond back for purchase price. It can be worked out in kind. (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
5:02 pm	Beautiful Day The weather was almost perfect in DC today. We went down to the mall and walked miles and miles. Then we went boating on the Tidal Basin and walked more. After that, we went to China Town for dim sum. It was the most rush restaurant experience I have ever had. It went something like this: Waitress: You want pork dumpling Us: No pork or beef please. W: You eat shrimp, you eat chicken, you eat vegetable, you drink tea. Now! *dumplings scattered on the table* 15 minutes pass W: You pay me. Cash ownry'. You go way. It was a like a trip to Hong Kong to eat where the poor eat. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
9:26 am	Morrissey is 50 today I heard about it on NPR.  Now that says much about much. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
10:11 am	Laughing with a Mouth Full of Blood St. Vincent's new album is really good and wins the best song name contest for this year. (Comment on this)
Monday, May 18th, 2009
2:16 pm	National Shrine Sunday was a day for getting our Catholic on. First the National Shrine and then the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center.  The Shrine is built in the style of the Eastern Church and is a Basilica with a tall clock tower.  The interior is a mess of mosaic.  Hundreds and hundreds.  The main event was a sixty foot, blue eyed, blond hair Jesus.  He was wearing an off the shoulder red toga and was stretching out palms to show off their bloody holes.  He also looked pissed.   It all added to a feeling of myth and this feeling increased at the turn of each corner.   At one point, I remarked that I was expecting to see giant sea monster in battle with Neptune.  Around the corner there was an angel fighting a dragon in a 50,000 piece mosaic.  Have mercy on us. The Cultural Center was sad.  A complex without a mission.  About 50% of the interior space was dominated by a ramp that criss crossed four floors.  There were several videos with weepy priests recounting stories of the Holy Father and plenty of exaggeration on how much JPII added to the demise of the Soviet empire.  I am not a religious person but I can see how ceremony and sacrament can bring comfort.  Even if it looks really silly to outsiders. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
12:16 pm	Public Health = Public Good Most of the time this is true. Not always. So the budget for the National Center for Health Statistics is about $120M and the budget for the National Endowment for the Arts is about $150M. Go figure? (Comment on this)
Friday, May 8th, 2009
8:29 am	Activists The debate over whether to accept same sex marriages from other states as legal has begun in DC.  My position is sure, why not?  Of course, not everyone feels that way.  The local NPR station interviewed an "activist" who gave the following comment:  "What's next?  Ploligoli?  People who wants to has sex wif chirens?"  Sic, sic, and sic. This begs, at least, two questions.  1). What does such an activist do when his or her position prevails, i.e., his group is successful in limiting the behavior of another group of people?  Find some other group that needs their behavior restricted?  2). Is it a coincidence that the producers of the piece used such an inarticulate spokesperson to represent the negative position? (Comment on this)
Monday, May 4th, 2009
1:37 pm	H1N1 I have weakness and fatigue.  I ache in muscules, head, and throat.  My stomach is upset.  We had 90 people over for the Kentucky Derby last Saturday. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, April 27th, 2009
9:44 am	Holocaust Museum I still don't quite understand why it is in Washington, but it is a great and moving institution.  We went to prepare our son for a trip to Europe this summer.  I have been to the museum about three times and do not recommend so many visits because you become numb to the monstrosity.  The curators portray the whole of 1930s and 1940s Germany in its horrific glory.   There is unimaginable video and historical record.  The experience is also physical in that the architecture is designed to make visitors aware of the others and feel generally cramped.   We were crowded onto an elevator that resembled a cattle car to start the tour and then herded along hallways that narrowed ever so slightly as they went on.  The result is emotional and physical exhaustion. Notes of interest: *  The complicity of the German people in the crime cannot be denied. * There were 9 million Jews in continental Europe in the 1930s.  There are now about 1.5 million. * Jews account for about 1 in 450 people in the world population.  I think I know them all. * The Heinz comment on the museum experience: "Dang, that Hitler dude was a stupid head." (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
9:06 pm	GREAT LINES FROM HEINZ I am happier than usual.  If you drained all of this happiness from me, I would still be happy. The above lines can be used together or independently. Also, When I am happiest it goes down to my weiner. This from a nine year old.  THAT IS ALL. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
3:36 pm	Watchmen I finished the compilation last night.  The first third was absurd and a drag.  Then it got better.  Then it got really good.  Finally, stupid again.  I have seen reviews that say you can't really judge Watchmen unless you read it right after it was published.  These reviewers attribute the need to read the comics in their zeitgeist and "during a time of palpable fear and threat of war."  .  I don't think so.  I was a cold warrior during 1985-6 and remember more waiting for the Wall to come down than the tanks to race across the Fulda Gap.   We all thought more about drinking Russian vodka than Russian ICBMs.  Everyone except the CIA knew the jig was over back in the '50s.  Most estimates placed the Russian GDP, where measurably, at about 25% of the U.S. GDP. The "palpable fear" mentioned earlier is indeed one of the must successful government products.  It never goes out of style like this classic. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
9:59 am	OMG OMG OMG HE LIED ABOUT HIS DOG HE SAID HE WOULD ONLY GET A RESCUE DOG THAT WAS A MUT.  HE LIED.  HE LIED.  HE GOT A DOG THAT IS A PURE BRED AND IS RELATED TO KENNEDY'S  DOG NAMED "SPLASH" THAT HE GOT AFTER THE CHAPPAQUIDDICK MURDER.  I HEARD IT ALL ON HANNITY.  OMG OMG OMG HE LIED.  DOESN'T ANYONE CARE? (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
8:38 am	HE AM RISEN MUTHERFCUKERS Happy Spring! (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
2:04 pm	Muslims are Crazy 16 month old is starved to death after not saying Amen at meal time.  Oh wait, this is about Jesus and stuff. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
12:22 pm	Ennui It's all too good and easy (Comment on this)
Monday, March 16th, 2009
11:55 am	Coraline 3D It is a remarkable movie.  Not just for kids. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 6th, 2009
8:29 pm	Shifty Bankers (See previous post first) I also have to admit that my son's college fund, my secondary retirement funds, and my wife's primary retirement fund are down by 40%.  That is not down from a high.  It is a capital loss.  The combined funds are down by about 75% because I was a good investor before.  We will be fine because my primary investing was not part of my employment based accounts.  We have been swindled. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
8:16 pm	Shifty Real Estate Professionals This is great.  Suzane the Realtor.  I have to admit that my house is only worth about 5% more than I bought it for 6 years ago.  That seems like reasonable appreciation?  I don't care.  It provides me with housing services, good schools, and I still love it.   Oh, I made sure I could afford my house.  Where is my bail out? (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 29th, 2008
12:18 am	Washington Foodie Post On the Metro tonight ... She: What you do for Tanksgiving'? He: Ronald McDonald don't believe in that shit.  I worked.  Ronald McDonald goin' get his money. We went to Komi.  It was very good but not all that.  We have now been to all of the big-time foodie places of the season.  Ordinal: 1.  CityZen 2.  Nora / Kincaid's (tie) 3.  Komi 4.  Inn at Little Washington 5.  Citronelle (Comment on this)