In an example of how “time flies” (whether you’re having fun or not), it was ten years ago today that my mom died. Hard to believe ten years have gone by so quickly. Ten years, six jobs (for me; I don’t think I have enough fingers and toes to count all of granny’s jobs), a bunch of cats (same dog, though, plus one), two Marc Maron shows, 9/11, one basketball national championship (five lacrosse), a black president elected, the end of my 27 year pursuit for an undergrad degree, and a masters (which my mother would have been pretty impressed with; a lot more than I am, that’s for sure), all three of my siblings retired (wish I could say the same for myself)…. A hell of a lot of water under the bridge. At least they buried her with her brain (as far as I know, anyway; who really knows what these ghouls do with you), unlike Michael Jackson. Apparently they have to wait two weeks for it it get hard enough to slice up. Gee, Emeril just puts it in the freezer for a few minutes.
Oh well, back to work again today.
Robert McNamara has passed away at the ripe old age of 93. I wish him luck to wherever he’s headed now.
:nana:
That’s 2 93 year olds in less than a week…
Here we go…
Former Beatles, Stones manager Allen Klein dies
Belushi as Allen Klein
Who are those goons, anyway?
More Belushi as Klein (or Wall Street)
🙁 :gate: :blues:
RIP: Drake Levin, guitarist with Paul Revere & Raiders
🙁 :gate:
Pj, I’m sure your mom would be proud of you!
re the number of soldiers in Afghanistan: I’ll have to ask mr fk. He has been tweeting today. Guess they’re at a new location and may have a story on tonight. [self-edit my comment on the nbc guy.]
vern, our business also uses AT&T and that company has been a freaking nightmare. This is welcome news:
One of my old customers turns 60 today. That kid drummer sure looks like he’s having fun.
:cake:
Anybody ever hear of Myotonic goats?
yes I have seen a fainting goat. It’s a very weird thing to watch.
Even tho 7 soldiers were killed today, there will be no report from mr fk tonight…..
for the MS direct report:
The 21,000 troops is in addition to the number there now. 🙁
I figured if anybody knew about fainting goats, it would be the artist formerly known as Farmerkat.
A shame that when an additional 21,000 troops are ordered into harm’s way, it isn’t “news.”
Or is Obama just better at obscuring the news than Bush was?
From Dennis. And he just lost his sister not long ago, too. Peace be with them all.
There is, it turns out, a political price to pay when you make bold statements calling out Michael Jackson for some of the nefarious moments of his personal history.
Fans of Jackson are mobilizing to raise money for an opponent — any opponent — to run against Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., following the critical remarks the congressman made about the recently deceased pop icon.
Over the weekend, King said that the media had gone far over the top in glorifying Jackson, who he deemed a “low-life” pervert who “may have been a good singer” and “did some dancing.”
Now, an ActBlue fundraising site has been set up by “A fan of Michael Jackson” titled “Michael Jackson Fans AGAINST Peter King.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/reporting/sam-stein
Peter King is a real Rethug SOB. He was thinking of running for governor, an attempt, no doubt, to make our present ineffective gov look good.
Evening all. Had to be at work at 0600 today, man I’m beat, 50 is really starting to suck. Well I may get some OT this check or at least get close to 40 hours which is good because it’s definitely time to build a new computer.