They always make us put an “away” message on our e-mail at work if we’re gonna be out of the office for a while. What I’d like to do today is put an “I’m back – don’t f*ck with me” message on, telling people that this is my first day back after a few days off, and I need a day to deal with it, so leave me the hell alone. The people I deal with tend to be needy and whiny, and having a holiday weekend just seems to charge up their whine batteries, getting them all gung-ho to come in and want, want, want. Well, screw them. I need a day to chill out and try to finish all the shit I was doing last week before they add more of their crap to my pile. No such luck.
The curse of the “Number 3” strikes again, as a predator drone supposedly killed some guy they’re calling the Al Qaeda #3 dude. I don’t know – beard, turban…. Would it be wrong of be to suggest that these guys all look alike? For all I know, they keep killing the same guy over and over again. Which only seems to piss off the people who want to blow up buildings a little bit more (like they needed any extra motivation).
Speaking of people who didn’t need any extra motivation, expect to see a new rash of impotent, random rocket launches from Gaza into Israel, thanks to the Israelis, um, whatever you want to call what they did over the weekend. This of course will lead to attacks in Gaza by Israeli helicopter gunships, which will no doubt lead to suicide bombings, which, well, go on and on and on. In other words, business as usual.
I was thinking that our Peace President ought to send US ships in to escort another flotilla ships carrying humanitarian aid and see if Israel wants to fuck with the US Navy, but, then again, one of the people aboard this weekend’s flotilla was a USS Liberty survivor, so maybe we already know the answer to that question. Besides, doing anything beyond mindlessly mouthing “the US recognizes Israel’s right to defend itself” is political suicide in this country for some reason. It’s kind of like saying we ought to just kiss and make up with Cuba already, or that pot ought to be legal.
Oh well, time to get ready to go back to work. This is gonna suck.
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Took me a second…
Maybe better know for singing Happy Birthday…
Marilyn Monroe was born as Norma Jean Mortensen in Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles County, California on Jun 1, 1926
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One more birthday from another childhood icon…
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So Tony Hayward wants his life back? Make it 20 years to life, and it’s a deal.
Just ordered the Clutter Family CD from CDBaby. I’ll post a review when it arrives, but I was a cheapskate and had it shipped USPS ground, so it won’t be here anytime soon.
In the meantime, Paul Weller’s new CD “Wake Up The Nation” gets its US release today. I got my copy a couple of weeks ago and I can tell you that it rocks. The acoustic guitars and folksy melodies Weller has favored for much of his solo career are gone, replaced by tough beats and polemic lyrics that remind me of some of the more political material he wrote for the Jam and the Style Council. Excellent stuff.
Speaking of Carter-Cash
“You won’t hear that kind of stuff on any talk show these days ” says grandpa Art :billcat:
Funny. I heard this version before I ever heard the original.