why? because.

that is the reason; why is not the reason, and the reason is not because. why? the simple reason is that we don't ask why is the reason? but what is the reason?

useless infotainment

so, Foster the People is named after singer-songwriter Mark Foster, and Ben Folds Five is named after singer-songwriter Ben Folds. have I missed anything else?!

past, present, no future

"what is it about booze that draws nostalgia near?", I just asked myself. then, I thought, it's that we forget the present when we drink—with no future thought.

Xgiving, Xmas, and then this

it's that time of year, my children—the time of year (or every four years) that I hear something every day that makes me shake my head more than the day before.

well, that's ONE way to deal with DPD.

"I have had a lot of issues with numbness/emotional flooding cycles, and keeping a whole orange in the freezer has helped me from spinning completely out of control on more than one occasion."

intermission

this Gem is your Gem forever.

a non-fan of The Star-Spangled Banner, I propose either Columbia, Gem of the Ocean; The Stars & Stripes Forever; or This Land Is Your Land to be our new anthem.

idea for the next Hollywood-film poster:

two people with big eyes, giant in-the-cloud heads, standing back to back, their legs spread wide so you can see 2 people on a beach in the same pose—creating a mirror-within-a-mirror effect.

Occupy the Bus

this is not an official study, and these folks are not a representative group, but none of the Occupy Seattle people I've seen get on the bus has paid his fare.

suck it, Steve Pool.

the weatherman tells me to tune in at 11 to learn when the rain will return. I got to musing: do folks still watch the news? isn't that why God invented Google?

the saddest day

we have to turn back the clocks tonight. after the last day of the softball season & the final out of the Fall Classic, it's the lowest time of the year for me.