Monthly Archives: January 2006

State of the Union

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Your Humble Narrator

Yeah, I watched it with the same sense of purpose G. Gordon Liddy used to cite for holding his hand over an open flame: To prove I could take it. It says everything that needs saying about the Democratic party … Continue reading →

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Coretta Scott King, R.I.P.

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Your Humble Narrator

A sad juxtaposition of headlines. The widow of Martin Luther King dies even as the Senate prepares to push through yet another right-wing, anti-civil rights Reagan/Bush judicial thug to the Supreme Court. Looking at it philosophically it is some small … Continue reading →

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Eva Cassidy

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Your Humble Narrator

Continuing my resolution to recommend cool stuff, this week I suggest picking up any and all CDs you can find by the late, great Miss Eva Cassidy. Eva died in 1996 of melanoma just before she by all rights should … Continue reading →

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To All My Chinese Readers

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Your Humble Narrator

Gung Hoy Fat Choy! Or for the rest of you round-eyed barbarians: Happy Chinese New Year, the Year of the (Red) Dog (seriously), the year 4703 (or possibly 4704) in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Kind of puts our whole Gregorian/Julian … Continue reading →

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Another Kick in the Head

Posted on January 28, 2006 by Your Humble Narrator

I just received a W-2 form listing my income from the “Homicide: Life on the Street, Season 4″ DVD Set. Ten bucks and change. You can have your Pilates classes because nothing gets me pumped up like the exercise in … Continue reading →

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“Just a Phase”, My Eye!

Posted on January 28, 2006 by Your Humble Narrator

I’m going to start taking pictures for the police report. The Kid has entered a “phase” in which he actively wants me dead. It started with simple expressions of disapproval: “Stop singing, Daddy!” Fair enough. Nobody likes my singing and … Continue reading →

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Page A-10

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Your Humble Narrator

All the real news is on Page A-10. In today’s LA Times page A-10 informs us that the Bushies are budgeting and planning for a military future as if Iraq had never happened. In other words, low troop numbers, low … Continue reading →

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A Pause for the Obvious

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Your Humble Narrator

Some readers of this blog may have been able to detect a certain lack of enthusiasm here for the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. For the newer reader, let me just state that George W. Bush is hands down … Continue reading →

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