VOTE EARLY AND VOTE OFTEN.
ReInventing Mojo - Midbrow Humor. NSFW (Definitely Not Safe For Work)
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
Thoughts on current events
* Some public schools in Barrow County, Georgia want to teach the Bible in the classrooms. I say Sure, why not? It's one of the greatest works of fiction. Wonderful literature. I would also recommend teaching books from the other religions as well as atheist and agnostic works. And Pornography as Film History.
Soldiers in the military AKA Professional killers: How do you serve our country? What did VietNam ever do to our national security back in the 60's? Why did we invade Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, had no WMDs, and no connection with Al-Quaeda? Not to mention no OSAMA BIN LADEN. The only military people I have respect for are the National Guard, who are actually doing something useful for the United States.
Anti-Abortionists AKA Pro-fetus: These people are hypocrites. They say that they are for the life of the fetus once it's inside the mother's womb (belonging to the woman and cannot survive without her), but once the baby is born they disregard them. Case in point, Sarah Palin and her 3-month old newborn infant. Family values, my ass!!! Where are your priorities? Your child needs you now more than ever but you don't care about that, do you? You could have say Thanks, but no thanks to the nomination like you claimed you said to "The Bridge to Nowhere".
About that Sarah Palin VP choice. What a joke! Now we got GrandPa McCain and GrandMa Palin on the GOP ticket. What a laugh riot! The woman can't even control her own daughter, and now she wants to run the country and be second in line for the leader of the free world. May be she should focus on being a mom first. Talk about a novice: her current experience include 20 month on the job as Gov. of a state with 600,000 people and her last job was the mayor of a town with 6000 people. If this is the best the Republicans can do, then we are in for a landslide, folks.
* And one more thing, I ain't YOUR FRIEND. So stop calling everyone "my friend" you moronic ex-con incompetent pilot war mongerer senile mofo. No you don't work for me, you work for the government of the United States of America. If you work for me, I would ask you to go get me a glass of water. Show me the money Johnny.
Soldiers in the military AKA Professional killers: How do you serve our country? What did VietNam ever do to our national security back in the 60's? Why did we invade Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, had no WMDs, and no connection with Al-Quaeda? Not to mention no OSAMA BIN LADEN. The only military people I have respect for are the National Guard, who are actually doing something useful for the United States.
Anti-Abortionists AKA Pro-fetus: These people are hypocrites. They say that they are for the life of the fetus once it's inside the mother's womb (belonging to the woman and cannot survive without her), but once the baby is born they disregard them. Case in point, Sarah Palin and her 3-month old newborn infant. Family values, my ass!!! Where are your priorities? Your child needs you now more than ever but you don't care about that, do you? You could have say Thanks, but no thanks to the nomination like you claimed you said to "The Bridge to Nowhere".
About that Sarah Palin VP choice. What a joke! Now we got GrandPa McCain and GrandMa Palin on the GOP ticket. What a laugh riot! The woman can't even control her own daughter, and now she wants to run the country and be second in line for the leader of the free world. May be she should focus on being a mom first. Talk about a novice: her current experience include 20 month on the job as Gov. of a state with 600,000 people and her last job was the mayor of a town with 6000 people. If this is the best the Republicans can do, then we are in for a landslide, folks.
* And one more thing, I ain't YOUR FRIEND. So stop calling everyone "my friend" you moronic ex-con incompetent pilot war mongerer senile mofo. No you don't work for me, you work for the government of the United States of America. If you work for me, I would ask you to go get me a glass of water. Show me the money Johnny.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Green Acres is the place to be?
The new school year officially started here in Cobb County a couple of weeks ago. Man, where did the time go? I just came back from a week in California.
I'm at a new elementary school this year and here is our theme song, sing to the tune of the TV show Green Acres, of course:
P-R-I-D-E, SPELLS PRIDE
P-R-I-D-E, SPELLS PRIDE
P-R-I-D-E, P-R-I-D-E, P-R-I-D-E, SPELLS PRIDE!
GREEN ACRES HAS A LOT OF PRIDE!
HERE WE LEARN BY STANDING, SIDE BY SIDE
RESPECTING DIFFERENCES IS WHAT WE DO,
GET READY TO EXCEED, YES ME AND YOU !!!
I'm at a new elementary school this year and here is our theme song, sing to the tune of the TV show Green Acres, of course:
P-R-I-D-E, SPELLS PRIDE
P-R-I-D-E, SPELLS PRIDE
P-R-I-D-E, P-R-I-D-E, P-R-I-D-E, SPELLS PRIDE!
GREEN ACRES HAS A LOT OF PRIDE!
HERE WE LEARN BY STANDING, SIDE BY SIDE
RESPECTING DIFFERENCES IS WHAT WE DO,
GET READY TO EXCEED, YES ME AND YOU !!!
Sunday, August 03, 2008
More San Diego Pix
Sea World was a disappointment: crowded, over-priced, over-commercialized, and tons of frivolous mindless entertainment.
The smiling Panda. One of the highlights of the zoo.
Our first day down at Mission Beach. We spent about 4,5 hours in the sun. Without sunblock for me. That was not a wise decision as I learn a few days later.
Sunny San Diego trip
Kathy watching the sleeping sea lions at La Jolla Beach
At Mission Beach for some boogie boarding and body surfing
My grumpy niece Halle
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Comedian of the week
Ladies and gentlemen,
Boys and girls.....
Please welcome to the stage, the one, the only, Emcee INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE, Our featured comic of the week: GrandPa Johnny MacSame !!!!!
Boys and girls.....
Please welcome to the stage, the one, the only, Emcee INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE, Our featured comic of the week: GrandPa Johnny MacSame !!!!!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Workout regimen
+ 50 Jumping Jacks
+ 50 Sit-ups
+ 50 Push-ups
+ 50 dumb bell Lunges
+ 50 Shrugs with 25 lbs dumbbells
How am I doing? Swell, Fairly Decent, Not Unwell, All right, thanks for asking.
Tomorrow is the 50 minute Walk/Jog/Run day at the Gym. Three more days until our trip to San Diego. We're going to Cali, Cali, Cali.....
+ 50 Sit-ups
+ 50 Push-ups
+ 50 dumb bell Lunges
+ 50 Shrugs with 25 lbs dumbbells
How am I doing? Swell, Fairly Decent, Not Unwell, All right, thanks for asking.
Tomorrow is the 50 minute Walk/Jog/Run day at the Gym. Three more days until our trip to San Diego. We're going to Cali, Cali, Cali.....
We're all adults here.
* The Surge is working
B.S.!! Hogwash!!!! Baloney!!!
Here's my analogy for the fiasco in Iraq: The war in Iraq is like a car driven off the road into the ditch. The surge is similar to avoid hitting a tree, but the car is still plunging down the cliff below. Another way of looking at it is a basketball game in which we were down by 30 points at the end of the third quarter. Iraq is the other team. The surge means we scored about 10 straight points in the fourth quarter. But the reality is that we are still losing the game by 20 points. Yeah, admit it, it's a lost cause. No winners, only losers in a war. No WMD, No Bin Laden, No connections to 9/11, No Al Quaeda. No Shit Sherlock.
* Vintage / Classic / Antiques
Euphemism for old, crappy, run-down, or grungy used stuff.
* IPod, IPhone, Blackberry, bluetooth
Pretentious over-priced redundant yuppy electronics that are being glamorized and sexed up for the current Generation E. (Entitlement) I can do without these. What can I say, I'm a Luddite.
* SUVs, Mini-Vans, McMansions, Breeders, Soccer Moms
'Nuff said.
*Black and white in America
America is made up of not only blacks and whites. There are Tan, Brown, Yellow, Red, Pink, and Gray people. Not to mention all the mixed races between white and brown, tan and pink, gray and yellow, red and black, etc. There are many gradations of color combinations of the races in the U.S.A. But you won't see that by reading the tabloid magazines or watching the biased media. I'm sick and tired of media people talking as if there are only 2 races in America.
B.S.!! Hogwash!!!! Baloney!!!
Here's my analogy for the fiasco in Iraq: The war in Iraq is like a car driven off the road into the ditch. The surge is similar to avoid hitting a tree, but the car is still plunging down the cliff below. Another way of looking at it is a basketball game in which we were down by 30 points at the end of the third quarter. Iraq is the other team. The surge means we scored about 10 straight points in the fourth quarter. But the reality is that we are still losing the game by 20 points. Yeah, admit it, it's a lost cause. No winners, only losers in a war. No WMD, No Bin Laden, No connections to 9/11, No Al Quaeda. No Shit Sherlock.
* Vintage / Classic / Antiques
Euphemism for old, crappy, run-down, or grungy used stuff.
* IPod, IPhone, Blackberry, bluetooth
Pretentious over-priced redundant yuppy electronics that are being glamorized and sexed up for the current Generation E. (Entitlement) I can do without these. What can I say, I'm a Luddite.
* SUVs, Mini-Vans, McMansions, Breeders, Soccer Moms
'Nuff said.
*Black and white in America
America is made up of not only blacks and whites. There are Tan, Brown, Yellow, Red, Pink, and Gray people. Not to mention all the mixed races between white and brown, tan and pink, gray and yellow, red and black, etc. There are many gradations of color combinations of the races in the U.S.A. But you won't see that by reading the tabloid magazines or watching the biased media. I'm sick and tired of media people talking as if there are only 2 races in America.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Why I live here?
1) Mike Luckovich, the finest editorial cartoonist in the world.
2) The Silver Comet Trail.
3) Trees, trees, trees everywhere.
4) The Smyrna Public Library.
5) The Smyrna Community Center across the railroad tracks, where we got married 10 years ago.
6) WREK-FM, Georgia Tech's college radio station. Absolutely amateurish, Unpredictable and adventurous. Juvenile fun, I love it.
7) Voice of the Arts, WMLB 1690 AM Radio. The only AM Radio station that I listen to. Predictably eclectic and diverse. Sometimes too whitebread and structured for my taste. What is my taste? How about playing funk right after bluegrass, then mix in classical and follow by blues. I'm glad that they don't take themselves too seriously and play Comedy once in a while. Refreshing radio really!!!
8) Sweet Tea.
9) Cheap Housing. 900 bucks a month. Five minutes from work.
10) My wife and in-laws.
2) The Silver Comet Trail.
3) Trees, trees, trees everywhere.
4) The Smyrna Public Library.
5) The Smyrna Community Center across the railroad tracks, where we got married 10 years ago.
6) WREK-FM, Georgia Tech's college radio station. Absolutely amateurish, Unpredictable and adventurous. Juvenile fun, I love it.
7) Voice of the Arts, WMLB 1690 AM Radio. The only AM Radio station that I listen to. Predictably eclectic and diverse. Sometimes too whitebread and structured for my taste. What is my taste? How about playing funk right after bluegrass, then mix in classical and follow by blues. I'm glad that they don't take themselves too seriously and play Comedy once in a while. Refreshing radio really!!!
8) Sweet Tea.
9) Cheap Housing. 900 bucks a month. Five minutes from work.
10) My wife and in-laws.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Howdy from Atlanta AKA Loserville
There aren't many things I like about living in this town called Hotlanta, ATL, A-Town, the new South or whatever the hey they tout themselves these days. For one, the traffic is RIDICULOUS, the drivers are as rude and incompetent as you'll find anywhere in the U.S., and I have lived in big cities from Los Angeles to Baltimore to Dallas and San Francisco. I have seen more accidents and disabled cars on the side of the roads in my first week here than the entire years I have been in California. People either drive too slowly on the left lane or zooming by way too fast on the right side. They don't understand the concept of Going with the Flow. There are many weavers, darters who cut across 3,4 lanes at a time and brakers for no reason. Now, I personally think it's perfectly safe to drive around 15 miles over the speed limit. But when people blowing by at 90 miles an hour no matter where or what the condition is just unacceptable and foolish. And they might as well strip off the turn signals or rear view mirrors on these cars because nobody is using them anyway.
Secondly, the architecture is remarkably bland and boring. Strip malls after strip malls after shopping centers look exactly the same. Newly built subdivisions with these gigantic MacMansions and their over-manicured landscapes yards and bushes just make me want to vomit or take a whizz on their flower beds. The developers and leaders here don't seem to care about the aesthetics or environmental effects of what they are building. Downtown structures have no character or individuality. Many major cities in America have at least one landmark in their skylines, I can't think of one for Atlanta. If you know of one, please let me know, I'd like to see it.
Thirdly, the people. Oh, the humanity of it all! Of course, this is the Deep South, people are extremely religious. They also love their guns, their NASCAR, their country music, and their goddamn pickup trucks. In Kennesaw, a suburb of Atlanta, households are required to own a gun. Yes, it's true, it's one of the city's ordinances. You will find all your stereotypical Southern rednecks down heeere. Jeff Foxworthy is from around here, and he's proud of it too. So was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but somehow I don't think he would be proud of this city if he were alive today. Southern hospitality my ass! My wife and I (we're an interracial couple) were denied service or just ignored by the waitstaff and the cashiers of many fine restaurants such as Bojangles, Howard's Cafeteria, Cracker Barrel among a few others over the last 15 years that I've been living here (Smyrna, Marietta, Atlanta). Just recently last month, we ordered and sat and waited patiently for almost 50 minutes until we learned that the waitress did not even put in our orders. May be it was an honest mistake, but the point was she did not talk or check with us for the entire 50 minutes. We left after having finished our third glass of water. We've gotten looks, given the silent treatments, denied service or just plain ignored. So we know and experience prejudice first hand every day. The majority of people and their thinking is backwards and way behind the times. The leaderships of this red state is corrupt and incompetent as in many southern states.
If I have to make a list of the things I enjoy about living here and it would start with my favorite editorial cartoonist: Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Pictured above is one of his latest works. I look forward to reading the editorial pages every day just to see the featured cartoon.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Picture's worth a thousand words
The illustration is titled "The Politics of Fear."
"The cover combines a number of fantastical images about the Obamas and shows them for the obvious distortions they are. Satire is part of what we do, and it is meant to bring things out into the open, to hold up a mirror to prejudice, the hateful, and the absurd."
The appropriate response to this The New Yorker front cover is: Laugh! Enjoy! Bump! Pound bruh! Hollaaaaaaa!. This is the power of art, controversial and provocative. Art isn't just some pretty picture that you frame up and put on the wall. Great art makes you think and even upsets you. It asks questions like what is the intention of the work? What is the artist trying to convey? Is he (Barry Blitt-the artist) successful in bringing the message across? Good artists have the ability to say so much without using a single word. I like the way that artist/cartoonist told a story that would take several thousand words to describe in writing. You also gotta think about the context of the current political climate. It is satire at its best. Brilliant!
This reminds me to post in the future about the reluctance of people to use the word nigger. Relax, people, it's only a word. Words are neutral, they are not racist, sexist or demeaning in and of itself. People with harmful intentions use those words to inflict anger, hostility or hatred. The word nigger itself is neutral. Go ahead, say it with me: Nigger, nigga, niggaz, niggas with attitude, my nigguh. See? Nothing. As usual, it's the context or the intention that makes the word "nigger" ugly. Black people do not own this word, and in America there's this thing called the first amendment, you know freedom of speech. I can say any words like brother tucker, sucker, ducker, hucker, lucker, and yucker all day. And that also gives me the right to say nigger whenever I like. As long I don't intend to hurt anyone, right? Well, Fudd rucker. There are laws that protect my rights to say and think however I want. Own the word, embrace it, and Chill out! It's a word, don't let it control your thinking.
HAPPY BASTILLE DAY !
"The cover combines a number of fantastical images about the Obamas and shows them for the obvious distortions they are. Satire is part of what we do, and it is meant to bring things out into the open, to hold up a mirror to prejudice, the hateful, and the absurd."
The appropriate response to this The New Yorker front cover is: Laugh! Enjoy! Bump! Pound bruh! Hollaaaaaaa!. This is the power of art, controversial and provocative. Art isn't just some pretty picture that you frame up and put on the wall. Great art makes you think and even upsets you. It asks questions like what is the intention of the work? What is the artist trying to convey? Is he (Barry Blitt-the artist) successful in bringing the message across? Good artists have the ability to say so much without using a single word. I like the way that artist/cartoonist told a story that would take several thousand words to describe in writing. You also gotta think about the context of the current political climate. It is satire at its best. Brilliant!
This reminds me to post in the future about the reluctance of people to use the word nigger. Relax, people, it's only a word. Words are neutral, they are not racist, sexist or demeaning in and of itself. People with harmful intentions use those words to inflict anger, hostility or hatred. The word nigger itself is neutral. Go ahead, say it with me: Nigger, nigga, niggaz, niggas with attitude, my nigguh. See? Nothing. As usual, it's the context or the intention that makes the word "nigger" ugly. Black people do not own this word, and in America there's this thing called the first amendment, you know freedom of speech. I can say any words like brother tucker, sucker, ducker, hucker, lucker, and yucker all day. And that also gives me the right to say nigger whenever I like. As long I don't intend to hurt anyone, right? Well, Fudd rucker. There are laws that protect my rights to say and think however I want. Own the word, embrace it, and Chill out! It's a word, don't let it control your thinking.
HAPPY BASTILLE DAY !
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Insane in the membrane
Grandpa McCain is going to be in Atlanta tomorrow, Monday. Can't wait. He is quite a comedian, ain't he? Bomb, bomb, bomb, Bomb Iran...
Friday, July 11, 2008
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Military Mentality
Iran has test-fired 9 missiles today. Here's what I think about that.
"What! They have bigger dicks, let's BOMB them !" George Carlin.
Geez, the bigger dick theory is at work again. These men are so insecure about their manhood that they built these phallic looking bombs and guns and bullets to make them feel better about themselves. Even the fighter planes, rockets and missiles look like penises. Then they fire them off, taunting the other dickheads around the world. Sometimes, the best thing to do is ignore these mofos and go on with your lives. Sure, son, you have the biggest one, good for you, now go home and play with it.
What a bunch of fools. The military has 2 purposes: kill people and blow things up. I have personally witnessed these acts in my first 10 years of life, the entire ten years of the VietNam war. My elementary school was bombed and dozens of people lost their lives. Two millions Vietnamese died in the war. That's 2,000,000. I think a lot of people would change their minds about the military and war if they have a relative or loved one killed in a war. Many veterans did too. War is over, if you want it to.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
A Day in the Life
Ahhh, the life of a school teacher. Starting next month I will be going back to the usual 7 to 4, Monday-Friday schedule which includes getting up at 5 AM. But right now this is a typical summer day for me.
My ceiling fan at 7 AM , first thing I see when I get up in the morning.
A cup of joe, java, the brown liquid of life at 8 AM
Here's where I read the morning paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Checking my emails, surfing the web at 9-10 AM
Drove the kitties to the vet clinic for their second set of vaccines at 11 AM
These 2 kittens: Pablo and Georgia, they're now 11 weeks old. Almost 3 pounds.
Our humble abode, a little bungalow across from a park.
At 1 PM, more light reading from The Intellectual Devotional book that Kathy got from Chattanooga.
Went to Publix supermarket for some groceries at 2 PM
Played some soccer and went to the Gym for about an hour (4-5 PM)
6 o'clock. Got our dinner here because my wife broke her toe today.
Chillin' out and eatin' pizza in the living room. Yep, those are my art work on the wall.
Did some drawing & doodling in my sketchbook at 9 PM
That's all, folks. Back to bed at 11 PM. 'Night! Tomorrow is another day.
My ceiling fan at 7 AM , first thing I see when I get up in the morning.
A cup of joe, java, the brown liquid of life at 8 AM
Here's where I read the morning paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Checking my emails, surfing the web at 9-10 AM
Drove the kitties to the vet clinic for their second set of vaccines at 11 AM
These 2 kittens: Pablo and Georgia, they're now 11 weeks old. Almost 3 pounds.
Our humble abode, a little bungalow across from a park.
At 1 PM, more light reading from The Intellectual Devotional book that Kathy got from Chattanooga.
Went to Publix supermarket for some groceries at 2 PM
Played some soccer and went to the Gym for about an hour (4-5 PM)
6 o'clock. Got our dinner here because my wife broke her toe today.
Chillin' out and eatin' pizza in the living room. Yep, those are my art work on the wall.
Did some drawing & doodling in my sketchbook at 9 PM
That's all, folks. Back to bed at 11 PM. 'Night! Tomorrow is another day.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Fourth of July in Chattanooga, Tennessee
ART CAR - Riverside Drive - at the art show on the North Shore
We were in Chattanooga, Tennesse over the 4th of July weekend. This is one of our favorite cities in the Southeast (after Asheville,NC and now definitely in front of Savannah, GA). Really clean, walking-accessible with lots of green spaces, parks, bookstores, and restaurants. The river is lovely too.
They had over 25,000 people at this Coolidge Park last night for the fireworks. There were even more red, white and blue helium balloons than people. We had some awesome chicken-on-a-stick and fun fair food.
We also discovered our new favorite coffee shop Stone Cup Coffe House. It overlooks the Tennesse River and Coolidge Park on the Northshore of Chattanooga. We checked out the used bookstores, art galleries, and a pet store. Of course our kitties got some treats
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Fascination with the number 3
Recently I've become aware of the number three in American culture. I must admit I am fascinated with 3 or things that come in three. Upon further inspection I came up with an ever-growing list of this so-called Trichotomic pattern in American culture:
1,2,3
A,B,C
Beginning, Middle, End
First, Middle, Last
Body, Mind, Spirit
Left, Center, Right
Heaven, Hell, Purgatory
Guitar, Bass, Drum
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Good, Better, Best
3 Stooges
3 Amigos
3 Musketeers
Tall, Grande, Venti
Small, Medium, Large
Trifecta
Triple Crown
Trinity
Hat Trick
Third Time's a charm
Tripod
Tic-Tac-Toe
triple threat (Sing,Dance,Act)
Rock,Paper,Scissors
Three-Ring Circus
Three-ring binder
Men, Women, Children
Blood, Sweat, Tears
Snap, Crackle, Pop
Ready, Set, Go
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmetic
Past, Present, Future
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Earth, Wind, Fire
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Lights, Camera, Action
Win, Lose, Draw
Acronyms: CBS, NFL, AAA, NBA, UPS, CNN, ATM...
Land, Sea, Air
3 strikes
Three Little Kittens
Three little pigs
Three little bears
Red, White, Blue
First, Second, Third
Beg, Borrow, Steal
Cool, Calm, Collected
Me, Myself, I
Ready, Willing, Able
Love, Honor, Obey
Gay, Straight, Bi
Menage-a-trois
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Three of a kind
Three's Company
Three's a crowd
Upper, Middle, Lower classes
3 branches of government
1,2,3
A,B,C
Beginning, Middle, End
First, Middle, Last
Body, Mind, Spirit
Left, Center, Right
Heaven, Hell, Purgatory
Guitar, Bass, Drum
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Good, Better, Best
3 Stooges
3 Amigos
3 Musketeers
Tall, Grande, Venti
Small, Medium, Large
Trifecta
Triple Crown
Trinity
Hat Trick
Third Time's a charm
Tripod
Tic-Tac-Toe
triple threat (Sing,Dance,Act)
Rock,Paper,Scissors
Three-Ring Circus
Three-ring binder
Men, Women, Children
Blood, Sweat, Tears
Snap, Crackle, Pop
Ready, Set, Go
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmetic
Past, Present, Future
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Earth, Wind, Fire
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Lights, Camera, Action
Win, Lose, Draw
Acronyms: CBS, NFL, AAA, NBA, UPS, CNN, ATM...
Land, Sea, Air
3 strikes
Three Little Kittens
Three little pigs
Three little bears
Red, White, Blue
First, Second, Third
Beg, Borrow, Steal
Cool, Calm, Collected
Me, Myself, I
Ready, Willing, Able
Love, Honor, Obey
Gay, Straight, Bi
Menage-a-trois
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Three of a kind
Three's Company
Three's a crowd
Upper, Middle, Lower classes
3 branches of government
Hero or Zero
"I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president." Gen. Wesley Clark.
Right on, Wes! One hunded percent absolutely TRUE !!!
McCain is a zero in my book. Less than Zero. This is America and I can say what I think. Here's a foolish coward, incompetent pilot, delusional, brain-damaged Johnny McInsane, he was a POW which to me means ex-con. If having military experience and service is a qualification for the presidency than how come Kerry was not elected? Gee Dubya Bush was MIA and didn't serve one day in combat either. Actually after being on the job for 8 years, Bush is still not qualified for the presidency.
Why is it that we never declared a war on Iraq? So, technically we are not at war so let's call it a tie and get the hell out of dodge. Who's gonna argue with us? We're Uncle Sam. We do what we want. Screw y'all!!!
John McCain has no more experience in being president than my dentist. Although this Obama fella is getting to be more of a WIMP, he's really more of a woman than Hillary ever was. He seems to forget that people supported him for real change, not caving into the center like he was doing the last few days. Man up and grow a pair, dude. We don't want another Republican Lite.
Right on, Wes! One hunded percent absolutely TRUE !!!
McCain is a zero in my book. Less than Zero. This is America and I can say what I think. Here's a foolish coward, incompetent pilot, delusional, brain-damaged Johnny McInsane, he was a POW which to me means ex-con. If having military experience and service is a qualification for the presidency than how come Kerry was not elected? Gee Dubya Bush was MIA and didn't serve one day in combat either. Actually after being on the job for 8 years, Bush is still not qualified for the presidency.
Why is it that we never declared a war on Iraq? So, technically we are not at war so let's call it a tie and get the hell out of dodge. Who's gonna argue with us? We're Uncle Sam. We do what we want. Screw y'all!!!
John McCain has no more experience in being president than my dentist. Although this Obama fella is getting to be more of a WIMP, he's really more of a woman than Hillary ever was. He seems to forget that people supported him for real change, not caving into the center like he was doing the last few days. Man up and grow a pair, dude. We don't want another Republican Lite.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
99 Facts about Me
1) I was born in Viet Nam.
2) I'm a pacifist.
3) I'm ambidextrous.
4) I am doubled-jointed and no, I don't know Kung Fu or Karate or Tai Kwan Do or Judo.
5) My favorite number is 9.
6) I have never missed a day of school from K to 12th grade. Perfect attendance.
7) I love to travel. I have been to 4 continents and over 20 different countries.
8) I have lived in 8 different states and I still have driver licenses/ IDs from those states- my wife says it's illegal, yeah I know, but I like to keep them as souvenirs. Shh, don't tell anyone.
9) I have driven across the country three times. The first time was with the whole family, when we moved back from Puerto Rico, we drove to Iowa and then headed out West to San Diego. The other times I was driving solo from California to Maine and Maryland. I loved it. I think I was born to ride.
10) I am proud to be a Jock, a geek, and an artist.
11) In the late 80's, I was a DJ at KZSC-FM, in Santa Cruz, California.
12) I was a DJ at KCR-Radio, San Diego State Unviversity
13) I was a DJ at WMPG- Portland, Maine in the early 90's.
14) I was a DJ at WORT- in Madison, Wisconsin for one summer.
15) The show's name was The Temple of Boom.
16) I love the 80's.
17) I am a born-again Agnostic
18) I have worked as a courier, a library tech, a sound engineer, a stage manager, lighting designer, assembly line worker, census taker, a cashier, and newspaper delivery person.
19) I have not broken any bones in my body. I might have broken someone else's during my high school soccer days.
20) I am a Feminist.
21) I am psychic, sometimes. I might know what you're thinking.
22) My favorite subjects in school were Math and P.E.
23) I have been keeping a journal since I was 8.
24) I've lived through 5 decades, 2 centuries, and 2 millenium ?
25) I love to eat all kinds of food.
26) Coffee, Java, Cafe, joe, mocha...3 cups a day.
27) Desserts, oh sweetness, anything sweet.
28) I can memorize 500 students' names in 3 weeks. I have to see these elementary school kids at least once a week to teach them.
29) I am an ISFP on the Myers-Briggs type.
30) I am obsessed with making lists.
31) I am a cat person. We have 3 adult cats and 2 orphaned kittens. I like their independence and aloofness.
32) I am a music lover. Eclectic: blues, funk, punk, country, rock, reggae, jazz, electronica, folk, hip hop, soul, worldbeat, bring 'em on. Right now I'm listening to Channel 76 on XM Satellite Radio.
33) I think Silence is underrated and technology is overrated.
34) I know I am just as smart as a fifth grader.
35) This statement is untrue.
36) I drink 9 glasses of water a day.
37) I do 9 reps of a set when I work out.
38) I have 9 pairs of shoes.
39) I was the co-captain of my high school soccer team. I was number 18 (1+8=9)
40) I was the captain of my college intramural basketball team.
41) I like to march to the beats of my own drummer.
42) I don't like alcohol or beer.
43) OK, once in a while, when I drink beer, I like Land Shark
44) I listen to NPR, mostly for news and Car Talk on the weekend.
45) I watch ESPN, TLC, Bravo, F/X, Comedy Central, VH-1 and HGTV.
46) I know how to breathe properly, using my diaphram.
47) I am rediscovering the importance of PLAY in life. I am playing right now.
48) I'm a tree hugger.
49) I love cold weather. My ideal temperature is 45 degree F.
50) I miss the seasons, the changing of the colors of the leaves, the snow, rain.
51) I have broken the law in three different states.
52) I rode my bike to work at the Dallas Theater Center in 100 degrees heat. Dry. Texas. Heat. July.
53) I like walking around bare foot.
54) I like walking around wearing flip-flops.
55) I used to walk to school in elementary school wearing sandals.
56) Never had socks or shoes until I came to the US when I was 13.
57) Speak Spanish when I can. The new elementary school where I'll be teaching next year has a 70% Hispanic student body.
58) I won a shorthand and typing contest in high school.
59) My brother is a member of the SWAT team with the San Diego Police Dept.
60) Perhaps that's why I like to make fun of the men in blue. My favorite TV show is Reno 911.
61) I'm an Air American.
62) That's right, I am a Liberal Progressive Leftist Democrat. And I can vote. Deal with it.
63) I'm an introvert. I believe "action speaks louder."
64) I am an equal-opportunity offender.
65) I do enjoy getting these thoughts off my chest in my own unique way.
66) I have subscriptions to The Sun, Utne Reader, Good, Funny Times and School Arts magazines. My favorite place to go is the public library. I read a lot of non-fiction.
67) Easily-amused, easily-offended, and easily-distracted.
68) Am Allergic to religion.
69) I'm a decent speller. "Numbnut" anyone?
70) I can clap with one hand.
71) I play the piano, guitar and harmonica.
72) I can read music but I prefer to read books.
73) I like to answer questions with other questions or say Why not?
74) I might be dyslexic. I was ticketed for driving 52 in a 25 MPH zone and for driving 53 in 35 zone. Seriously.
75) I know what I did last summer.
76) Ah, the Food Network. For some reason I always watch it even though I don't cook or have any desire to learn or try to cook.
77) Yeah, I'm so vain, and I think this song is about me.
78) I named our 2 new kittens: Pablo and Georgia after famous artist Picasso & O'Keefe. Our other cats' names are Jasmine, Frankie and Mo.
79) I believe in Karma.
80) Teachers are my role models.
81) I think life is about finding balance and serenity in the midst of all the changes and challenges.
82) Attitude is everything. I frequently have to adjust mine.
83) My motto: Control your passion.
84) Always working on my alias, nickname, pseudonym, noms de plume, pen name, AKA
85) Lead, Follow, or get out of the way. Neither, I make up my own new rules.
86) Patience is a burden.
87) Ignore these four words.
88) Money can't buy happiness, but it sure can rent it. I am a renter by the way.
89) Homeownership is a scam, y'all. We were homeowners for 5 years. Never again.
90) I refuse to surrender my freedom! Freedom is absolutely free. No cost. Nada.
91) I believe there is a time and place for everything.
92) I make the hard stuff easy.
93) I make the easy stuff hard.
94) I do my best and hope for the best. That's my teaching philosophy.
95) Everything I know I learned in the ART room.
96) I like to use my imagination.
97) I always do what's next.
98) I know when to stop.
99) I remember the lyrics to the song 99 LuftBalloons by Nena.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Bummer! The Great One is gone.
Around 1987, I was a Junior in college at UC Santa Cruz, while looking for some records to play on my late late night radio show "Temple of Boom", I came across a comedy album by George Carlin. I put on the track known as "Seven Words" at around 3:30 AM after a song by the local band Camper Van Beethoven. I have been a fan of his work since then.
Yesterday, the MAN died at the age of 71. He was just a couple of years younger than my mom. George Carlin was a genius. He was a modern philosopher, a fearless social critic, a keen observer of human behavior, a witty wordsmith, an amazingly silly and sick comedian, and one of the greatest thinkers of this millenium. He was a thinking person's comic. In the midst of one of his vulgar rants, you suddenly realize that he was making a very serious point about society, religion, war and human failings. I like his work because I identify myself with a lot of his views and attitudes about the world. He was anti-war, anti-establishment, anti-religion, anti-capitalism, and in-your-face about it all. He made you think and appreciate the beauty of the English language. We need more people like George Carlin in this world and he will be greatly missed.
I went to my local library here in Smyrna and checked out all three of his books: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, Brain Droppings, and Napalm & Silly Putty. Incredibly, they have shelved them in 3 different locations. I think I might the only person who has ever checked these books out. I am reading his last book When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? and it is hilarious.
"The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be alive while you are alive." George Carlin (1937-2008)
Friday, June 20, 2008
HotLanta in Da Summer
"You need to get a hobby!" said my wife today. This is one of my hobbies. I collect water bottles. I only keep the ones I think are unique, beautiful and useful to me.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
God Bless Everyone. No exceptions!
"Most people do not pray; they only BEG." George Bernard Shaw
"I find it very difficult to ask G*d for things in the way that I was taught as a child. Do I believe G*d is going to take away my illness when he turned an entirely deaf ear to the 6 million Jews who went into the gas chambers?" Karen Armstrong
"I once asked a Jesuit priest what was the best short prayer he knew. He said, "F*ck it," as in "F*ck it; it's in G*d's hands." Anthony Hopkins
"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked for forgiveness." Emo Philips
"Faith is believing what you know ain't so." Mark Twain
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him." Voltaire
As far as I know, these well-known folks were (are) agnostics too: Mark Twain, Carrie Fisher, Bill Maher, Andy Rooney, Carl Sagan, W.C. Fields,Steve Wozniak, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein.
"I find it very difficult to ask G*d for things in the way that I was taught as a child. Do I believe G*d is going to take away my illness when he turned an entirely deaf ear to the 6 million Jews who went into the gas chambers?" Karen Armstrong
"I once asked a Jesuit priest what was the best short prayer he knew. He said, "F*ck it," as in "F*ck it; it's in G*d's hands." Anthony Hopkins
"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked for forgiveness." Emo Philips
"Faith is believing what you know ain't so." Mark Twain
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him." Voltaire
As far as I know, these well-known folks were (are) agnostics too: Mark Twain, Carrie Fisher, Bill Maher, Andy Rooney, Carl Sagan, W.C. Fields,Steve Wozniak, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein.
Quotes on Faith, Spirituality and suffering
"We are here and now. Further than that, all knowledge is moonshine." H.L. Mencken
"I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and the angels. I have enough for this life." Pearl S. Buck
"Don't put your faith in anyone. You have it all inside you. You're always asking the masters. Why don't you ask yourselves? Forget the masters." J. Krishnamurti
"If you're in a bad situation, don't worry; it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry; it'll change." John A. Simone Sr.
"Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes, you'll know you're dead." Tennessee Williams
"And this, too, shall pass away."
"I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and the angels. I have enough for this life." Pearl S. Buck
"Don't put your faith in anyone. You have it all inside you. You're always asking the masters. Why don't you ask yourselves? Forget the masters." J. Krishnamurti
"If you're in a bad situation, don't worry; it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry; it'll change." John A. Simone Sr.
"Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes, you'll know you're dead." Tennessee Williams
"And this, too, shall pass away."
Monday, June 16, 2008
Random Rambling from a Slacker
"I have nothing to say and I'm going to say it just once." Frank Smith.
Here are the 8 quotes I live by:
1) "Simplicity is the essence of true beauty." fortune cookie #9
2) "Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be." Grandma Moses
3) "I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it." Vincent Van Gogh
4) "Get the Balance Right" song by Depeche Mode
5) "We learn to do something by doing it, there is no other way." John Holt
6) "That is mine which none can steal from me." Henry David Thoreau
7) "Without PLAY-without that child still alive in all of us-we will always be incomplete. And not only physically, but creatively, intellectually, and spiritually as well." George Sheehan
8) "First, learn the rules, then break them. Rules were made to be broken." Me
Here are the 8 quotes I live by:
1) "Simplicity is the essence of true beauty." fortune cookie #9
2) "Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be." Grandma Moses
3) "I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it." Vincent Van Gogh
4) "Get the Balance Right" song by Depeche Mode
5) "We learn to do something by doing it, there is no other way." John Holt
6) "That is mine which none can steal from me." Henry David Thoreau
7) "Without PLAY-without that child still alive in all of us-we will always be incomplete. And not only physically, but creatively, intellectually, and spiritually as well." George Sheehan
8) "First, learn the rules, then break them. Rules were made to be broken." Me
Friday, June 13, 2008
Fear and Loathing in Georgia
Q: What's funny in the South?
A: Everythin' Y'all.
Dennis Kucinich is still my #1 choice for POTUS. The man is a true patriot, too bad America is all about style over substance.
Obama is fine but he is for the war in Afghanistan, unlike Kucinich, who is a pacifist. I'm all for a Department of Peace.
Is there a God? I don't know and I'm not convinced either way. I was raised Catholic, actually my Mom's side was Buddhist, my Dad was one of those born-again Christian after recovering from a severe illness. I haven't gone to a church in over 20 years.
Anyway, if there is a God/Goddess, then WHO created him/her in the first place? Oh yeah, right, one of life's little mysteries. Or is it the Big Bang theory?
"... But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find him laughing."
Depeche Mode (Blasphemous Rumors)
And now for something completely different.
Eight Famoust people I've met:
1) Carl Lewis- 1986, Houston, Texas.
I pulled up into a parking space right next to his Jaguar sports car. We got out about the same time and as we were heading to the drugstore, I suddenly recognized his saunter from watching the LA '84 Olympics. The man was tall and bouncy and fast as heck.
2) Cindi Lauper- 1991, Portland, Maine.
Her then boyfriend, now husband was in a play I was working on. Met her right at the entrance of the Portland Stage theater.
3) Randall Duk Kim- 1992, Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Worked with him for 2 summers. Big time classical stage actor, finally sold out to mainstream movies like Matrix 2, King & I and Kung Fu Panda.
4) Cheri Jones- 1993, Baltimore, Maryland.
Legendary stage actress. Tony award winner. Really nice and sweet woman. Worked with her on Eugene O'Neil's play A Moon for the Misbegotten.
5) Diana DeGarmo- 1996, Atlanta, Georgia.
Before becoming runner-up on American Idol a few years back, she was just a 9 year old working at the Atlanta '96 Olympics where I was a sound engineer. Ordinary singer, perky personality.
6) Elton John- 1998, Atlanta, Georgia.
He met the cast and crew on stage of the Alliance Theatre for the Disney pre-Broadway production of Aida. I was not impressed. I quit show business two years after this.
7) Michael Moore- 2000, Marietta, Georgia (Central Library)
I recognized his Detroit baseball cap, and having been a fan of his TV Nation show at the time. He was in town taping something about Newt Gingrich and Cobb County. He was looking at me like: "Dude, there's an Asian guy in the South ?"
8) Toad the Wet Sprocket- 1989, Santa Cruz, California.
I interviewed them live on a radio show at my college radio station, KZSC. I remember that the drummer was really short. They played an underwhelmed acoustic, unplugged set. Then at the end, the band manager took my cassette airshow tape which I had rolling during the show. Holy Moly, it's been 19 years. Where did the time go?
A: Everythin' Y'all.
Dennis Kucinich is still my #1 choice for POTUS. The man is a true patriot, too bad America is all about style over substance.
Obama is fine but he is for the war in Afghanistan, unlike Kucinich, who is a pacifist. I'm all for a Department of Peace.
Is there a God? I don't know and I'm not convinced either way. I was raised Catholic, actually my Mom's side was Buddhist, my Dad was one of those born-again Christian after recovering from a severe illness. I haven't gone to a church in over 20 years.
Anyway, if there is a God/Goddess, then WHO created him/her in the first place? Oh yeah, right, one of life's little mysteries. Or is it the Big Bang theory?
"... But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find him laughing."
Depeche Mode (Blasphemous Rumors)
And now for something completely different.
Eight Famoust people I've met:
1) Carl Lewis- 1986, Houston, Texas.
I pulled up into a parking space right next to his Jaguar sports car. We got out about the same time and as we were heading to the drugstore, I suddenly recognized his saunter from watching the LA '84 Olympics. The man was tall and bouncy and fast as heck.
2) Cindi Lauper- 1991, Portland, Maine.
Her then boyfriend, now husband was in a play I was working on. Met her right at the entrance of the Portland Stage theater.
3) Randall Duk Kim- 1992, Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Worked with him for 2 summers. Big time classical stage actor, finally sold out to mainstream movies like Matrix 2, King & I and Kung Fu Panda.
4) Cheri Jones- 1993, Baltimore, Maryland.
Legendary stage actress. Tony award winner. Really nice and sweet woman. Worked with her on Eugene O'Neil's play A Moon for the Misbegotten.
5) Diana DeGarmo- 1996, Atlanta, Georgia.
Before becoming runner-up on American Idol a few years back, she was just a 9 year old working at the Atlanta '96 Olympics where I was a sound engineer. Ordinary singer, perky personality.
6) Elton John- 1998, Atlanta, Georgia.
He met the cast and crew on stage of the Alliance Theatre for the Disney pre-Broadway production of Aida. I was not impressed. I quit show business two years after this.
7) Michael Moore- 2000, Marietta, Georgia (Central Library)
I recognized his Detroit baseball cap, and having been a fan of his TV Nation show at the time. He was in town taping something about Newt Gingrich and Cobb County. He was looking at me like: "Dude, there's an Asian guy in the South ?"
8) Toad the Wet Sprocket- 1989, Santa Cruz, California.
I interviewed them live on a radio show at my college radio station, KZSC. I remember that the drummer was really short. They played an underwhelmed acoustic, unplugged set. Then at the end, the band manager took my cassette airshow tape which I had rolling during the show. Holy Moly, it's been 19 years. Where did the time go?
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Topics for upcoming blog
1) Remember Michael Moore. He was right all along about the Iraq fiasco in his Fahrenheit 9/11 film. This man is one of most patriotic Americans ever. No one is talking about that lately. People need to give the man props. Apologize. Please.
2) Male teachers in elementary school. It's a dangerous world out there for us.
3) Too much technology can be a bad thing.
4) Gimme a terrorist fist jab, bruh! Bump! Pound !!!!
5) What are people listening to: XM Satellite Radio, Sirius Radio, or other interesting internet stations ? Why is regular broadcast radio
in Atlanta suck / blow ?
6) What is art anyway? Really, what do you consider art?
7) What's the difference between Paradox, Conundrum, and Dichotomy?
8) Some people ask why. I ask why not.
2) Male teachers in elementary school. It's a dangerous world out there for us.
3) Too much technology can be a bad thing.
4) Gimme a terrorist fist jab, bruh! Bump! Pound !!!!
5) What are people listening to: XM Satellite Radio, Sirius Radio, or other interesting internet stations ? Why is regular broadcast radio
in Atlanta suck / blow ?
6) What is art anyway? Really, what do you consider art?
7) What's the difference between Paradox, Conundrum, and Dichotomy?
8) Some people ask why. I ask why not.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Be Water, My Friend
"Be formless...shapeless like water. If you put water into a cup,it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, and it can crash. Be water, my friend." Bruce Lee (date unknown).
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Meme Schmeme
Eight things for which I have a passion:
1) Art-the fine arts, not the entertainment crapola
2) Music-all kinds of eclectic groovy sounds
3) Humor-because life is too important to take seriously.
4) Education-I'm a lifelong learner
5) Sports-soccer,basketball,football,track, no golf please
6) Nature- trees,ocean,rocks,flowers,animals
7) Food-especially coffee & desserts
8) Cats-they're fascinating and amazing creatures. I have 5
Eight things I say a lot:
1) Awesome!
2) Listen up!
3) Good morning,______!
4) Have a great day!
5) Stop! Look this way!
6) Groovy, baby
7) Here we go.
8) It is what it is...
Eight books I've read recently:
1) Don't Sweat the Small Stuff - Richard Carlson
2) Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
3) Life after God - Douglas Coupland
4) Buildings for Tomorrow -Paul Cattermole
5) Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
6) The New Creative Artist by Nita Leland
7) A short guide to a happy life - Anna Quindlen
8) Buddha: A story of Enlightenment - Deepak Chopra
Be back for more, including 8 things I'd like to do before I die, 8 movies I have seen 8 times (nah, probably not), 8 famous people I've met, 8 albums (or CDs) I can't live without...
1) Art-the fine arts, not the entertainment crapola
2) Music-all kinds of eclectic groovy sounds
3) Humor-because life is too important to take seriously.
4) Education-I'm a lifelong learner
5) Sports-soccer,basketball,football,track, no golf please
6) Nature- trees,ocean,rocks,flowers,animals
7) Food-especially coffee & desserts
8) Cats-they're fascinating and amazing creatures. I have 5
Eight things I say a lot:
1) Awesome!
2) Listen up!
3) Good morning,______!
4) Have a great day!
5) Stop! Look this way!
6) Groovy, baby
7) Here we go.
8) It is what it is...
Eight books I've read recently:
1) Don't Sweat the Small Stuff - Richard Carlson
2) Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
3) Life after God - Douglas Coupland
4) Buildings for Tomorrow -Paul Cattermole
5) Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
6) The New Creative Artist by Nita Leland
7) A short guide to a happy life - Anna Quindlen
8) Buddha: A story of Enlightenment - Deepak Chopra
Be back for more, including 8 things I'd like to do before I die, 8 movies I have seen 8 times (nah, probably not), 8 famous people I've met, 8 albums (or CDs) I can't live without...
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