Just like crazy Otto

Just like Wolfman Jack
Sittin' plush with a royal flush, aces back to back.
Just like Mary Shelly, just like Frankenstein,
Clank your chains and count your change and try to walk the line. ( Garcia/Hunter)


In case you missed it, 1980
USA gold medal winner and former NY Ranger Mark pavelich ruled incompetent to stand trial.....that's good news for me, it shouldn't be too hard to cop an insanity plea.....I'll just show them my 20 year sweater nite scrapbook.

Did you say your name was Ramble on Rose ?

Thursday night we return to the Worlds Most Famous Arena to see DEAD &Company in their element on All Hallows’ eve, it really doesn’t get any better than that !

Al Baghdadi .... DEAD

Isis uses the internet better than anyone in the world, with the exception of Donald Trump ( Donald Trump quote)

He died like a dog, he died like a coward (Donald Trump)

Baghdadi and the losers that worked for him ( Trump)

I only drink three days a week......yesterday, today and tomorrow ( author unknown, seen on a sign at the North Dakota vs South Dakota game day)

Hypocrisy unmatched

Lebron jame$$ gets the Emmy for the most hypocritical statement of the decade......but first , let’s go back in time to back to April of 2018, on the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luthier King assasination....and lebron tweeted this quote “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter “....wow that’s heavy, that sounds like a guy who’s really ready to risk EVERYTHING for something he believes in.....lebron is going to stand UP for the protesters in Hong Kong even if it costs him (and Nike) endorsement $$$$ in China........right?  WRONG.......Lebron instead called out Houston Rockets GM for his tweet supporting Hong Kong.....lebron said Daryl Morey was misinformed and his tweet hurt feelings in China .......he whined about what a tough week he had in China playing basketball while people in Hong Kong were fighting the Chinese regime for basic freedoms........I geuss lebron life has begun to end, because he’s quieter than a MUTE when it comes to speaking against the Chinese communist murdering regime......social justice warrior at his best, fake, phony, fugazy and fraud.

Small wheel turn by the fire and rod

Big Wheel turn by the Grace if God ( Hunter/Garcia)

The wheels of injustice keep spinning in this once fair city....insanity rules the day....Randy Santos was tormenting his own family, so they threw him out of the house, he was arrested numerous times for assault, resisting arrest, sexual battery, all the popular crimes in this day and age....he shouldn’t have been out on the streets....but TWICE he was bailed out by liberal non profit groups...The Washington Square legal services fund for NYU and the Bronx Freedom Fund both used their own cash to bail him out ...their mission according to the NY Post is to end cash bail and subvert the cash bail system by bailing out as many people as possible....apparently no criteria exists....no review or discussion of the charges, just post bail and let them walk.....and of course this miscreant didn’t bother to show up for his court dates......but you know what he did do ?  He murdered 4 homeless guys in their sleep in Chinatown by beating them to death with a crow bar.......what a terribly misunderstood young lad he must be.

“ if the thunder don’t get ya, then the lightning will “

knockin off my neighborhood savings & loan

To keep my sweet chiquita in eau de cologne....she wants money, its what she wants ( Weir/Barlow)

The best things in life are free
But you can keep them for the birds and bees

Now give me money, that's what I want ( b.gordy & the Beatles)

Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team ( Roger Waters/Pink Floyd)

"20 years on the Rock Pile and what do I got ? "  ( Kevin Woods)

30 years ago this morning I walked into 77 Water Street (4th floor) and began my career on Wall Street. I can't Thank Cliff Pascale enough for giving me a chance. I found more than a source of income...I found a career in Margin....I found something I am good at ( arguing, debating and fighting  with people over money and ultimately telling people to go fuck themselves and have them thank you for that). I made incredible friendships along the way and met my wife in the Margin Dept as well. A never ending scroll of crazy characters , an impressive list of gin mills in lower manhattan, midtown, Hoboken and even jersey city ( RIP Iron Monkey)….along the way I have had a front row seat for the Dot.com bubble, the September 11th terrorist attack and Financial meltdown of 2008-9....and I couldn't imagine a path that would have been better for me than this one....there is a lot of truth in the statement that whatever doesn't kill you...makes you stronger...….I've seen a lot of people come and go in the financial business these past 30 years...and I am humbled and grateful to still be plugging away....I ain't done yet.....I will continue to milk this cow for as long as they will let me or until I turn 60....whichever comes first ……...as the underated Miss Cyndy Lauper said.

"I said money, money changes everything
You think you know what you're doin'
We don't pull the strings
It's all in the past now
Money changes everything" 

How to stop vaping cold turkey

In the most recent sad example of American politics going down the toilet, and the media eagerly following; we bring you the Vaping CRISIS!!!! New Jersey just had their First vape related death ( finally some proof that the Governor was right back in August when he insisted we “BAN” Juul and all of their flavored pods....one death is surely enough to bang the drum......except......the deceased was 17 years old.....a full 4 years before the time he sb allowed to purchase the products (obviously pre-existing laws are not working) but even more damaging is the fact he was using THC marijuana pods in his vaping device ( that has nothing to do with Juul and everything to do with his dealer) but why let the facts get in the way of a good headline/sound bite........banning Juul is the equivalent of taking Jack Daniels off the shelf of every liquor store because because some teenagers in Alabama drank moonshine and went blind.

No easy transition here, so I’ll just jump right in....... Turkey ?  Big mistake by our Commander in Chief......Erdogan is not our friend, but the poor bastard Kurds ARE.......we have abandoned and left for slaughter a true allie....I somewhat understand the President’s’ rationale, but when push comes to shove I side with the likes of Gen Mattis and John Bolton.....there is a right time and a right way for America to pull out of Syria (and Afghanistan) sadly this is neither.

I hope history proves me wrong.....,but it won’t

such a long, long time to be gone

so last night while having a few well deserved beers post train, I sat in my bar listening to Robert Hunter and thinking about his impact...….I seemed to remember a story about him singing on a rooftop in lower Manhattan in the days after 9/11.....I wondered if I had imagined the whole thing or if someone had told me an urban legend....thankfully after an exhausted search I found this excerpt from a Robert Hunter Journal / Blog.....it made my day, this is how I choose to remember the man that penned the soundtrack of my life.

Robert Hunter Journal Entry
September 24, 2001

After dark fell, I sat alone on the roof, fifteen stories high, of a building in Soho commanding a panoramic and unobstructed view of the skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan and the lights of the bridges. I had my guitar in hand and felt moved to sing "Terrapin Station" to the City. While I sang, rain began falling - I stood and edged around to the other side of the roof, still singing, to the corner of the roof facing the World Trade Center, some fifteen blocks away, where the sky is bright with floodlight illuminating the work of the excavation crew. A great plume of smoke continues to rise from the site of the devastation. As I sang, a powerful wind blew up very suddenly - wind so strong it threatened to rip my guitar out of my hands - reminding me of the storm in which I first composed the words I now sang. I wondered if I was involved in some kind of sacrilege, singing like this in the face of all that had gone down - the wind roaring increasingly louder and stronger, as though filled with spirits, as though trying to blow me over, make me stop. I kept singing until the end, repeating the "hold away despair," expressing all the sorrow I felt for the lost loved ones and for the healing of this magnificent and resilient City. I hope it helped. Helped me, anyway.

Robert (Burns) Hunter

Rest In Peace to the man behind the music, I’m too disappointed to elaborate, I’ll compose myself for tomorrow.......such words are hard to come by.....for now I leave you with some Ripple

It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care

Let there be songs to fill the air

Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men

Perhaps his best yet

President Trump gives us so many wildly entertaining and funny tweets that it’s difficult to rank them, but this one from yesterday is my current favorite.....Greta Thunberg is a 16 yr old tightly wound, totally unhinged climate maniac and she rode across the Atlantic on a sailboat to address the UN ....google clips of her speech, she spews venom like the kid from the exorcist....and so after her speech the Commander And Chief released this tweet. “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!”


Classic, classic, classic 

just wondering

so much ado was made about the Mets not being able to wear NYPD / FDNY hats on 9/11.....not to worry, they WILL next year....want to know why ? $$$$$$….NIKE has a contract to make the MLB uniforms starting next year.....AND Nike has a contract with the Deblasio administration to use the FDNY, NYPD, SDNY logos and trademarks and sell gear.....put 2 and 2 together and you spell greed.....somehow MLB will have a change of heart I suspect...…….what remains to be seen....and maybe our favorite Batallion Chief can weigh in.....does NIKE have EXCLUSIVE rights to these logos...and if Yes, does this mean a cease and desist letter from corporate will be sent to all the firehouse to stop printing their own T-shirts that include the FDNY shield, Logo, etc etc  ? ? time will tell.....but mark my words....next 9/11 will be brought to you from the America Hating scumbags from Oregon and probably every team will have a special NY edition hat

Two things I hate

Are racists and niggas......that’s an old joke that you probably can’t tell at the water cooler anymore.....but as I read the paper today I am reminded of it....from the “ you can’t make this stuff up department “ President Trump awarded the second medal of Freedom to a former NBA Star in a month, and yet he is still being labeled a racist....you can look it up, Bob Cousy and now Jerry West have both received the prestigious award.

Money

Money changes everything........it’s all in the past now cause money changes everything.
Altria stock , MO .....if you have any cash on the sidelines this is a great buy and HOLD.......stock is trading at $45 .....the dividend yield is now over 7%......they are merging with Phillip Morris again....combined they own a big stake in juul....they invested in a Canadian pot farm and they are about to introduce the next big thing IQOS....once America fully legalizes pot they will convert half of North Carolina into a Cannabis Farm.....this stock will hit 75-100 in by 2025.....alas I have been wrong before

waive the white flag

the New York city school system has officially surrendered....with the elimination of entrance exams to the best high schools they are once again punishing success....no more merit based admissions......this simpleton racist Carranzo doesn't understand or seem to care that the gifted students who work hard and take their education seriously are the reason the Delta Program and specialty high schools succeed.....its not a magic building or classroom......if you drop basic knuckleheads into these programs they will not become a genius overnight...but that's what they want to do......which of course will effectively bring everyone down to the shit level instead of raising a few kids up to the next level.....affirmative action for 50 years hasn't worked......billions of dollars hasn't worked......we can't raise stymie to a level of success, so what do we do ? ?  let's bring the white and Asian kids down to the thug level...…..great job deblasio.

Disgraciado

i circled today’s game on the calendar the day the schedule was released....Yankees vs Dodgers 4:00 start in the brilliant Los Angeles sun at historic Dodger Stadium.....so many memories, so much history......I honestly was looking forward to reliving the 77,78,81 World Series........imagine my disgust and dismay to tune in and see both team wearing clown suits......you ruined it MLB....the only good thing is since the uniforms are black on black and white on white....we don’t have to because we can’t...read the ridiculous nicknames on their backs.

“In the morning, when we rise

 that’s the time, that’s the time, ......that’s the time, that’s the time...I love the best “ ( D.Leitch)

So I found myself on the treadmill at 4:40 this morning with the TV on mute waiting for Curtis Sliwa and listening to my iPod shuffle my 10,000 song catalogue....and Colors by Donavan Leitch came on.....it’s really hard to look at the world with anything but Rose tinted glasses when Donavan is singing......he was one of my brother Jays favorite musicians and he turned me onto Donavan through osmosis when I was 3 or 4.....I clearly remember Sunshine Superman, Jennifer Juniper and of course Atlantis emanating from his room at the front of the house on 76th street, the tar beach rooftop when he couldn’t get to Riis Park or the back deck.......don’t think for a minute that music doesn’t play a significant role in the formation of the brain, personality and most importantly the soul......I am exactly who I am because of the music I listened to when it mattered the most...... and I owe my poetic and sympathetic traits to the likes of Donavan Leitch.....and today as oft times before; I find myself in a great mood after listening to that soft spoken Scotsman.......would be great if thy New Sweater Nite Ramblers could cover some Donavan for SN22......”ah but I might as well try to catch the wind “

Well the sound keeps rollin

And the band plays on , somebody’s favorite tune....
And the roughs in your ears obliterates your fears,
And you can’t get off too soon ( Kaukonen)

It seems the upside down insanity train that is the world today just keeps rolling..... The NYPD Police  Commissioner has fired a policeman for doing his job......the 500 pound slob that died that day refused to be arrested by 2 auxiliary cops and two uniformed officers...he put his own life in jeapordy by refusing an order to put his hands behind his back.....and then a black female Sargent ordered plainclothes officer Daniel Panteleo to “ take him down “ ....and officer Pantaleo followed an order and took the slob to the ground and handcuffed him.....the other 4 cops then and only then; jumped in and helped subdue the handcuffed individual.....the female Sargent stayed out of video range and will probably avoid scrutiny or prosecution....Pantaleo should sue the city....but the biggest price we all will pay is having an indifferent police force....and can you blame them ? I don’t....the police are being reduced to a diversified group of report takers....no longer fighting/preventing crime and the blood of all future victims of violent crime is on the hands of Deblasio...Commisioner O’Niel.....and Police Chief Monahan.......

As a follow up to my mainstream media and the fake recession post...... the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose from 18,500 on Election Day 2016 to the 26,000 mark last month......(that’s 7,500 points for you Bishop Ford Graduates ) .....and how many times in the last 3 years did you hear any of the MSM networks tie that news to President Trumps financial policies? ? Yep, me neither......but last week they all gleefully learnt a new phrase.....the inverted yield.....sure fire proof that a recession is coming....and every one that read a TelePrompTer followed that up by speculating that THIS was the result of the tariffs........funny if it wasn’t so sad.

A fairness shoutout to WCBS channel 2 news.....they have a new commercial that is the playing of the National Anthem......with incredible views of New York City, the American Flag and the heartland..... I watched it twice and the cynic in me could not find ANYTHING to complain about.....why they even showed the military, great job CBS...... I was honestly choked up watching.

Hang in there friends, perhaps there’s still a twinkle of light to be found.

“You got to overlook the madness cause the spirit is blind...and you’re feet don’t seem to know what to do “

And it appears to be a long

It appears to be a long time,
Yes, a long, long, long time before the dawn (D.Crosby)

They say the darkest hour is just before the dawn and I believe that is true, but what keeps me up at night is the fear that we’re a long way off.....which means the near future will get increasingly darker.....I’ve been talking a lot lately about the incivility between the left and the right and the reaching of a point of no return ...during the horrible 8 years that Barry Hussein was in charge I never let my disdain for him override my love of country ....sadly the same cannot be said for those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome......yesterday I watched as members of the Main Stream Media couldn’t contain their glee and verbally tripped over themselves as they reported that the Dow Jones was down 800 points......”could this be the start of a recession “ they asked....”is it Trumps fault because of tariffs “ ....is this the beginning of the end of his Presidency? ....it would have been comical if it weren’t so serious.....these self loathsome cretons hate our President so much that they are rooting for economic failure In hopes of winning an election..........I personally agree with the tariffs and the hard line we are taking with China....this may be our only chance to slow their regime.....I don’t want a deal with China because I don’t think we can ever trust them or expect future administrations to enforce the deal .......SO......I think 5 more years of tariffs and extreme economic pressure will force companies that currently do business in China to look elsewhere...which in turn will weaken their economy further and ultimately stagnate their desire to rule the world....I think the American consumer has to make a concerted effort to buy American made products and absolutely boycott anything and everything made in China........I think and hope that President Trump understands that China is a significant threat and we are not ready to fight them on the battlefield....we have to fight them economically.......I do wish the President would stop criticizing the Federal Reserve and I hope that the Fed does not cave in and lower rates.....as for America down the road? ..........President Lincoln forewarned “A House divided against itself cannot stand”...............and David Crosby followed that up by  foretelling  . “It's been a long time comin'

It's goin' to be a long time gone”

Apologies for the doom and gloom, but it’s getting harder and harder to find the lighter side of this life.

Sweet home

Chicago.......34 years ago this weekend I roamed the steers of Chicago in my dress white uniform straight outta boot camp..... today I have returned to cheer on streaking Mets verse the White Sox....so much has changed in 34 years....I am feeling old and a little sad...autumn has come early, but at least we got to see it...

The Dope from Park Slope

That would be Warren Kaiser Wilhelm Or bill Deblasio as he calls himself......well he chimes in about two disgusting videos going viral that show the street savages of nyc attacking the uniformed police officers with water and throwing buckets at their heads....our esteemed mayor said only one video was confrontational....the second video in Brownsville showed an animal walk up behind a cop on the street and dump a bucket of water over his head....the pathetic cop skulked away, he should have turned and discharged his weapon into the motherfuckers skull....but my question is....if you, me or Pudneil dumped a bucket of water on the mayors head at a press conference would he consider that confrontational ? ? Would we be arrested ?

The sweet pretty things are in bed now, of course
The city fathers, they're trying to endorse
The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse
But the town has no need to be nervous ( Dylan-tombstone blues)

Let’s talk about the future

now we’ve put the past away “ ( e.costello)
Less than two weeks ago I took to the pulpit to warn that the second civil war was at hand.... and frankly the history books might declare yesterday as the next Fort Sumpter.....the divide widens...it’s beyond repairing....as temps climb higher and higher this weekend the pot will continue to simmer and boil......as the dems and republicans battled over a resolution condemning the President as a racist,our cities and infrastructure continue to crumble....our mass transit is a national disgrace and nobody in Washington cares......people have lost a sense of civility towards each other.....tempers are flaring along with temperatures...I have an incredible sense that something big is coming....perhaps a riot or mass murder, time will tell.......on this Apollo anniversary I will leave you with a quote from the great prophet Robert Zimmerman “ well man has invented his doom, first step was touching the moon”

Give me Liberty ....or Give me Death

When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
Say something once, why say it again?  ( David Byrne)

I only wish I could follow that mantra; alas, I cannot...….I feel like a broken record sometimes,,,but i have to shine a light on the hypocrisy of this world...…….the t-ball generation that hates competition, refuses to keep score, lets give everyone a prize because we don't want anyone to loose ( failure), respect everyone etc etc.....not only doesn't have a problem with the womens soccer teams' childish , disrespectful behavior ...BUT...they idolize and worship it.....they want their daughters to strive to be just like Alex Morgan.....the same Morgan who counted her goals on her fingers when she scored 5 times against a hapless Thailand team...the last goal making the score 13-0 during injury time...class...….the same Morgan who scored the go ahead goal against England in a hard fought semi-final and then went into a classless, rehearsed routine where she sipped an imaginary cup of tea ( fuck you England)...and Rapinoe, the nasty pink haired miscreant that said before the tournament began that when they won the world cup that she wasn't going to the Fuckin White House......she refuses to sing the Anthem, in fact she kneeled during the anthem as a professional last year in solidarity while kolin kapernick………….and kapernick ?  when did the Betsy Ross Flag become a symbol for the good Ol Slavery Days...…..in case you missed it....the corporate shitheads at Nike introduced a new line of sneakers with the Betsy Ross Flag embossed on the heal....then abruptly pulled the sneakers because Mr Kapernick said it was an offensive reminder of Slavery Days …..interesting that the Flag was proudly displayed on the Stage at the inauguration of none other than Barry Obama...…..interesting that Betsy Ross was a widowed female business owner in the 1700's Philadelphia...…...if anyone on the right ever said a disparaging word about Betsy Ross they would be Labeled a Sexist example of Male Toxicity ………..I am a conspiracy guy....I believe Nike acted too quickly....I believe this whole thing was planned to create a controversy that they could be at the Center of......it's obvious that Nike has lost the patronage  my Generation and Most conservatives......sales are drying up and schools are not renewing sneaker and uniform contracts in the south after they hired Kapernick and named him the centerpiece of their ad campaign last year......they need to stay relevant to the left, and minorities and the gangs that murder each other for their product...….ironic that a Billion Dollar company and a Wall Street traded stock would be the darling of Antifa and occupy Wall Street.....give Nike credit....they know who butters their bread and they will pander to them forever....interesting the Bernie Sanders supporters who demand $15 an hour wages don't seem to be bothered by Nike paying .35 cents a day to kids in Indonesia to stitch together $200.00 sneakers..I have heard Bernie bitch and Moan and Walmart , a US company that employs more Americans than probably any other.…but never  a peep about Nike moving jobs overseas and tearting their employees like SLAVES....and how about the border ? back in February when President Trump declared a National emergency at the border....Pelosi, Schumer and all were quoted as saying it was a "manufactured crisis"...…...120 days later it's a concentration camp ( AOC) and migrants are forced to drink out of toilets ( a lie,,,and another AOC quote)…...and yet still....when a bill was introduced to provide financial relief needed to improve conditions at the border , AOC voted against it...…. ..

I was going to save this post until the 5th...….i'm tired , and I wish to just enjoy my Freedom and raise a glass to the Patriots that created this Greatest of Nations.....but sadly this Independence Day I felt an obligation to once again point out the hypocrisy that is destroying America...….I no longer believe we will ever be the United States again....I do believe the 2nd Civil war has begun in the hearts and minds.....the violent clashes on the battlefields are not far off.....I hope i'm wrong, and I hope I don't live to see it.....but I fear it's coming

sycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, fa, far better
Run, run, run, run, run, run away
Oh-ho-ho
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa, fa,…

“When storm clouds gather round you

Andd heavy rains descend
Just remember that death is not the end
And there’s no one there to comfort you
With a helpin’ hand to lend
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end “ (Dylan)

Heartfelt condolences to the extended Nolan family on the passing of Maureen....it’s hard not to question Gods plan when someone so young, the mother of a child that needs her more than most; is taken.......but believing is what we do......if it weren’t so hard then everyone would do it......grief and anger are normal and healthy reactions, just don’t loose faith that somewhere down the path this will all make sense.

“Oh, the tree of life is growing
Where the spirit never dies
And the bright light of salvation shines
In dark and empty skies”

If you ever feel sorrow for the deeds you might’ve done

“With no hope for tomorrow in the setting of the sun
And the ocean is howling for the things that might have been” ( P.Rowan)

Well maybe not that dramatic but yesterday was a day of regret for me, maybe it was the anniversary of the start of my Navy career and too much reflecting and dwelling on mistakes I have made since , but I was down in the dumps and questioning myself as to why I bother....why should I care when it seems know one else does .....and then in the evening mail I received a card, I will keep the details private for now but it was a note of Thanks, a note of encouragement and a generous offer with regards to Sweater Nite 22.....it was a reminder that some people do care and someone in particular cared a great deal about Sweater Nite .....it lifted me up that’s for sure and I will keep that card on my nite stand to remind on the days where my efforts seem futile, that they are not....and I just have to keep plugging away....as we fly through our 50’s it seems harder than ever to get together for a few beers like we used to....take every opportunity, enjoy them all because tomorrow is already in the rear view, we can’t get that one back to do over....not sure if the senders of the card read the blog, but I will be reaching out to them directly to let them know how much I needed that.............” that last good morning sunshine will be the brightest you’ve ever seen “

Going where the water

tastes like wine...........
Monday morning June 10th  “1985”......34 years ago right about now..... I made the longest trek of my life from 554 76 th street to MEPS ( military entrance processing station) on 86th and 7th.....the four years that ensued were life changing and insane....thanks to Steve Mac, Donnie Hoff and Johnny “who shot jr” Rhine for ensuring I didn’t get lost along the walk.

What is a Man , Deep down inside ?

What a Raging Beast with nothing to hide ( Lesh/Monk)

what can be said about this day that has not been said before....on this somber 75th anniversary of the greatest battle the world has ever seen....certainly the most significant...….in short....after 2,000 plus years on the planet....this was probably Mans Finest Moment...……..Men giving their young lives so that evil could be stopped and others could be free...….in a fractured , broken, modern world of petty wars and insignificant outrage, June 6th 1944 can not spoken about enough....lets find a few minutes to raise a glass and say a prayer of THANKS for ALL the men of the World that played a role that day....

The longest day nears

as we approach the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion, I thought I would share some quotes attributed to General George S. Patton.
Better to fight for something than live For nothing.........
“The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”...........”No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair......and my personal favorite....”

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.”

now everythings a little upside down

as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped...…..so the great state of Alabama has decided to ignore , disregard and bypass the Law of the Land......they are so certain that they are on the right side of history that they have decided to restrict abortions, punish doctors that perform abortions and no longer accept the supreme courts decision on Roe V Wade......and the left is loosing their collective minds......this is kind of like NYC, San Francisco and other liberal outposts declaring themselves "Sanctuary" Cities.....they refuse to accept the Federal Governments authority on Immigration issues....they refuse to cooperate with ICE and other law enforcement agencies with regard to "illegal Aliens"....they are so certain that they are on the right side of history when it comes to Juan and Pedro......I wonder if they see highlights of hypocrisy when they gaze into the mirror ?

From the sublime

To the ridiculous, as Thomas Paine pointed out  there’s not much difference....comes news from the wonderful world of college education...entrance exams will now include bonus points....not for getting questions right, but for the amount of adversity you faced growing up.....you heard that right....the schools will develop a criteria and then award points for kids who lived in high crime neighborhoods, had divorced parents, lived in city housing etc etc.......so in other words they are discriminating against kids that had a decent upbringing......once again America is punishing success and rewarding failure.....so the parent that works 2 or 3 jobs to raise their family in a good environment, who puts their own happiness aside to send their kids to the finest schools is being punished and the The slobs that leave their spouses and neglect their kids are reaping rewards in reduced tuition and favorable acceptance into schools.....America is upside down....the madness has to cease.

Oh the benches were stained

with tears and perspiration.....
The birdies were flying from tree to tree, 
There was little to say, there was no conversation
As I stepped to the stage to pick up my degree....
Yeah well it’s about that time, but sooo very much as changed since Robert Zimmerman graduates from Hibbing High School in Minnesota......today I read a snippet about a high school ( forgive me but I don’t recall where) that is doing away with the class valedictorian....they feel it creates unhealthy competition and stress......let that sink in..... the same school administrators across the country that have bullied a generation of kids into taking on mountains of debt to go to college because they would be useless without a college degree are now discouraging those kids from embracing their education and challenging themselves to be the best.........my friends, there is no such thing as unhealthy competition....it is in fact the only way to better yourself at whatever task is at hand.....the t-ball generation is afraid to strike out, afraid to loose, terrified of failure.....but instead of using those fears as motivation...they simply change the rules....every one gets to bat, keep swinging until you hit the ball and don’t allow anyone to keep score.....(Patrick Garry was a man ahead of his time, he always kept score at his daughters tball games and he made sure she knew if her team won or lost) .....sadly we are turning into a nation of frightened little girls.... requiring/demanding safe spaces....afraid of debate or differing opinions, unable or unwilling to accept unfavorable results ( elections, entrance exams etc etc) we are the calf that is being fattened for slaughter and our days are numbered....our enemies see it and are bidding their time......we will self implode or be extinguished in the next 50 years if we do not come to our senses.......I just hope their is beeeeer, dogs, music and women in the afterlife.....or wherever the fuck I end up. ( if you are reading this blog in the 22nd century, I hope I was wrong.... and I hope the Rangers are in the Stanley Cup Finals)...........sing it Bobby

I put down my robe, picked up my diploma
Took hold of my sweetheart and away we did drive
Straight for the hills, the black hills of Dakota
Sure was glad to get out of there alive
And the locusts sang, well, it give me a chill
Yeah, the locusts sang such a sweet melody
And the locusts sang with a high whinin' trill
Yeah, the locusts sang and they was singing for me
Singing for me, well, singing for me

Derby Rant 2019

To Drink or Not too Drink, that is the true War of Will , and i'm talking real drinking, like a Long Range Toddy or a shot of Vekoma , not a Plus Que Parfait or some other silly Spinoff, By my Standards if you want to be a Game Winner you got start drinking at sunrise and continue throughout the day....if you have to run an errand on the Bodexpress you better grab a Roadster, if you want to  Win Win Win, just ignore the Tax and buy a bottle of Haikal and get busy...in no time you'll be dancing like a Master Fencer , telling humorous tales and displaying  your Cutting Humor and dazzling the felines like a regular Gray Magician...just always follow your own Code of Honor and if you have to leave your Country House always bring a Tacitus Flask of fine spirits, as Improbable as all this seems , it may just provide Maximum Security.

and that Boys and Girls is how I see the Derby Playing out...…..Maximun Security uptop…...exatca with Improbable......and a 4 horse Triple / Superfects with Tacitus and Country house (  if its wet, forget Country House and include one of the big faves Roadter or Game Winner in exotics)...alas I have been wrong before., but not today.

Omaha Beach

very disappointing to learn that Omaha Beach has scratched. As much as I love Mike Smith I was not going to put the favorite on top of my exotics..... I was hoping he would draw a lot of money his way and increase the payout for the winner ( I will reveal my pick on Saturday as improbable as that may seem.).........final thoughts on the Dan Jam , who knows what evil lurks, where  envy stirs bad intent, what darkness looms in the souls of the disenfranchised. when lifelong friends turn cold in the blink of an eye, one can only wonder why. To those who could not offer a hearty hello, your motives are exposed.

Walk into splintered sunlight

Feel your way, feel your way like the day before......because in the end it truly is but a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago.....in the schoolyard of life with a makeshift cooler, a radio plays far into the night as we inch our way through DEAD dreams into another land

Religion of pieces

as in they blow anyone who isn’t a moslem to pieces....but don’t expect to hear that on the evening news....the usual suspects were at it again....300 dead.....500 injured in Sri Lanka as suicide bombers attacked Christian Churches (Catholic Churches to be exact)......or as abc and cbs reported “ an Easter tragedy “.....and it was carried out by religious extremists.......no.....it wasn’t disgruntled Hindus in neighboring India.....it was of course a Terrorist Attack carried out by Moslems against Catholics and Luxury Hotels....because when you are a low life camel fucking piece of shit, living in squalor , you attack the things that are better than you.....bring the advanced world back to the barbaric desert....attack schools, police, tourism and of course Christianity.....why not the Jews? Because the Jews hit back......

Surprise surprise

not really.....last Friday, 5 days ago....an African American thug threw a five year old boy off the 3rd story balcony of the mall of America......as the days wore on it struck me as odd that they never mentioned the victims name, showed his picture or interviewed his family.....abc, cbs etc reported the story all weekend.....we saw stymies mug shot and learnt his name and motive, but only vague references to his victim .......alas you should have guessed by now he is White and his name is Landen Hoffman.........can you imagine if a white man in Mississippi threw a black kid off a balcony?? Do ya think more attention would be paid to the racial ramifications ?

Silver lining

In every tragedy we can find a little humor and the fire at Notre Dame in Paris is no different, the following tweet came from our Commander in Chief yesterday during the height of the fire..

“So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!”

Where do we start ? Flying water tankers ? Lol ....hysterical..... but the image of the President tweeting and fully expecting the French Fire Brigade to be monitoring his tweets and so he urges/reminds them “MUST ACT QUICKLY “ ......that’s going to be my new catch phrase....whenever I order a beer I’m going to urge the bartender “MUST ACT QUICKLY....free entertainment, enjoy it while we still can ......I also received a text reminding me of the Brian (murderer) Kelly curse at the other Notre Dame.....somehow that slimeball must be involved.

LUCY !!

You got some splainin to do .......oh that loveable Ricky Ricardo sure was a fun Mexican....who wouldn’t want to live next door to that wacky bean eater? Certainly not Nancy Pelosi or Buckteeth Murphy or evil eyes cuomo......and yet.....those same liberals who preach sanctuary cities and states and want everyone accepted at the border and welcomed with open arms, don’t seem to want those same people shipped to their towns.....in fact they called a WH plan to do exactly that “REVENGE “ ..... I must be stupid, naive or both....how could transporting  a harmless Guatemalan child away from the harsh desert land of our southern border in Texas to the land of millionaires where miss pelosi resides be viewed as “anything “ other than humanitarian.....Trump and the White House should get a Nobel prize....

do as i say

you have to love it......the university of Georgetown has approved a bill that will pay reparations to the 400 living descendants of 150 slaves that the school sold back in the 1800's...……..nice feel good story.....the school has billions in endowment..collects hundreds of millions in annual tuition.....….the faculty and staff are chock full of liberal Jesuits...it's refreshing to hear someone practicing what they preach...……..but as the great Lee Corso says...…"Not so fast my friend"

the school, faculty and staff will NOT be required to pay a dime...…..the reparations will be coming from a NEW Fee (tax) on incoming and future students...……..

ah, but isn't that the liberal way...….multi millionaires like Bernie and Fauxohantas are eager to take your money and make nicey nice with the illegal aliens, thugs, miscreants and slobs that feast off the bottom of a healthy economy......just don't expect them to write a check...……


and on the hypocrisy homefront…...OPRAH says it's time for Women to set the agenda for the world….and it will be diverse and inclusive...…...let that set in...……...does she really fail to see the hypocrisy of stating that an exclusive portion of the population ( women) need to set the agenda for the world ( including men) and it will be inclusive ?...….bless heart fat little heart, she probably doesn't see the irony in that statement...……….in a related story....Piscean people born in march of 1965 that lived on 76th street will set the agenda for sweater nite 22 and it will be diverse and inclusive.....aeries and Taurus need not apply.

Hope springs eternal

Well-a, beat the drum and hold the phone,
The sun came out today.
We're born again, there's new grass on the field.
A-roundin' third, and headed for home,
It's a brown-eyed handsome man,
Anyone can understand the way I feel.......(John fogerty)

Perfect lyrics for a perfect day......no matter how much I whine and drone about the demise of our great game, it’s still OUR Great Game.....Our National pastime...the boys of summer...and nothing compares with opening day...everyone is tied for first...rounding third and headed for home....God Bless America....and shine down on our beloved Metropolitans whilst you are at it.

on a long and lonsesome highway, east of omaha

yesterday as a light rain fell on the streets of bayridge, in a quiet unassuming bar and even less ceremonious atmosphere, I said goodbye to my former head linesman...perhaps forever.....he's off battle life's demons on greener pastures, and a newer and different battlefield with a fresh set of combatants on the foreign shores of the sunshine state.....I will miss him for sure, but truth be told ive been missing him for a longtime already....he checked out of our circle 18 months ago,  for whatever reason I know not what for.....he was top 5 interesting, entertaining and funny when he was in his prime, he probably never should have left bayridge in the 1st place....he had a good tun in the Garden Satate but it ended terribly and he was never quite the same...he was a modern day walter mitty, an ever changing chameleon, he struggled with the basic truths but he sure was funny and told a great story...i'll save his obituary for when he truky dies not just metaphorically.....I wish him well and I hope he makes peace with himself and enjoys whats left of this life......as bob seger says...."there we goo, turn the page"

“All the things I planned to do

I only did halfway, tomorrow will Be Sunday; born a rainy Saturday “ (Garcia)
More sad news out of Met land and a bitter reminder that our time is fleeting.....Dementia, Alzheimer’s and a stroke are the 3 things that scare me the most....not even the Great Tom Seaver is immune......the legend, the Franchise...has retired from public life as a result of Dementia....just a few short months shy of the honoring of the 1969 Mets 50th Anniversary.....how empty and hollow that celebration will be without TomTerrific .....my namesake, my boyhood idol and hero...he was an all around gentleman and good citizen....run out of town by 2 scumbags.....m Donald grant and dick young ( that filthy douche reporter who trashed Seaver to gain favors from Mets management)....and all these years later the met faithful are still begging for a statue ....maybe now the wilponzis will finally concede.................8 million memories of Tom Terrific , today I will share a funny one.....on or about August 3rd 1985 I was on weekend leave from the Great Lakes naval station and was enjoying a few cold beeeeers on Chicago’s north side with Donnie Hoff, Steve Collins and Eddie G...it was a Sunday afternoon and although the Mets were playing the cubs in wrigley we did not go ( we had been there the day prior) nope...we found a bar to watch the Yankees game as they honored their longtime shortstop and announcer o on Phil Rizzutto Day.....luckily they were playing the White Sox and the game would be televised in Chicago ( long before espn and the mlb network, you couldn’t always watch whatever game you wanted).....oh , but we weren’t tuning in to see the Yankees....no sir ....as luck would have it......George Thomas Seaver took his 299 wins to the mound that day and absolutely silenced the Yankees bats before a sold out crowd and a multitude of METSIE jerseys in yankee stadium....we roared and cheered our approval in a Windy City gin mill in the most surreal surrounding ever.......the bartenders seemed perplexed why a group of New Yorkers were feverishly pulling for the Chisox..... Tom Terrrific got # 300 that day and we got another memory for a lifetime.....safe travels Mr. Seaver, a scary road ahead, we wish you well.....

AOC ......all out crazy

Curtis sliwa coined that nickname for the junior congressman from Astoria , and he’s right on the mark .......her latest brilliant idea is to tax each and every financial transaction, yes; every trade will carry a  surcharge.....again misguided govt involvement where it doesn’t belong and it will have an adverse effect.....my union friends with pensions sb concerned because I promise you that the Fat Cat Wall Street firms will find away to make up for list revenue......they will simply increase fees for managing your pension......the private sector has the brightest legal minds and pays handsomely for their advice, they are always 3 steps ahead of any govt regulations or new tax.

He who cannot be trusted

must fail “ ( Dylan) ....oh Bob , if only it were that easy....the rumbling aftershocks of hypocrisy will one day destroy this country like an earthquake from the highest mount....yesterday the same SCUM that insisted “any deal was better than no deal “ while defending the Obama/Kerry iran deal ( you know, the deal that sent 150 billion dollars to Iran for a ten year break in their nuclear program and a lifting of economic sanctions)..well they pushed their way to the microphone to say President Trup should not trust nor accept a deal with North Korea.....I agree with those sentiments but sadly their motives are to deny President Trump a victory .......even if it was a perfect deal they would oppose.....and if it was obama or Hillary or Bernie or AOC , and it was a horrible deal paying Kim jung in BILLIONS to be our friend for a photo shoot, they would trip over themselves to appluad the deal and demand a Nobel Peace prize ........
“Memory, ecstasy, tyranny, hypocrisy...
Betrayed by a kiss on a cool night of bliss
In the valley of the missing link...
And you have no time to think”

Now everything’s a little upside down

As a matter of fact the wheels, what’s good is bad, what’s bad is good “(Dylan) ......and so sweater nite 21 ( aka a 21 drunk salute) has come and gone....some old familiar faces from near and far trekked their way back to the birthplace of civilization, Bay Ridge Brooklyn...we may wear different hats in life and live in many houses, hold many different jobs, even marry different people perhaps, but the ne thing you can’t change , the one fact , the one constant; is where you are from ......I’m honored and privileged along with Sweater Nite to be from 11209........Thanks to all who made last weekend one for the books.........”you’ll find out when you’ve reached the top, you’re on the bottom..,,,,IDIOT WIND.”

The wheel is turning

That mover and shaker Denny Forrest is At it again, now he has the Belmont arena in his cross hairs apparently and he is taking his case to the walking soundbite AOC , won’t be long now. Denny Forrest sending tweets to Ocasio-Cortez...@AOC great job on amazon, let’s look at the secret deal Cuomo gave the hockey team to build an arena in Belmont, NOT what the community wants or needs...corporate welfare.

Let’s swim to the moon

Uh-huh....let’s climb through the tide....penetrate the evening that the city sleeps to hide.(James Douglas Morrison) Oh Jim how could you leave us so soon ? Still you left undeniable imagery in our brains and I am thankful that as I walk to the train at 5:30 this morning, that it is the Doors and moonlight drive that is the soundtrack in my skull...it seems to me a combination of incredibly good music with poetic lyrics and hearing that music while my brain was young, functioning and committing to memory... and I am grateful....I don’t know nor do I care what I had for lunch yesterday....but I’m delighted that my brain is on autopilot and finds the right music for the moment every waking day....more than this I will not ask.........” you reach your hand to hold me, but I can’t be your guide..”

This one will last a lifetime

Tonight at the worlds most famous arena, in the heart of the worlds greatest city , MSG honors the Greatest NY Ranger team of them all....coverage starts at noon on the MSG network with replays of key playoff moments from 1994.....ceremony on the ice with the 94 alumni begins at 6:30.....( the molly wee pub opens at 11:00 a.m. ...just sayin)

Stray bullets

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Derby 2019

Positively ridiculous to try and pick a Derby 🐎 horse while still in the frigid month of January, but here goes anyway......BOURBON WAR is on my radar...if IRad Jr keeps riding him and he has a good run in his next prep (3:2 FOY) then he may become my pick for the first Saturday in May.

I ran into the fortune teller

Who said beware of lightning that might strike.......25 years ago last night....@ Madison Square Garden, the future was told and it wasn’t madam Marie.....the NHL all-star was held at the Worlds Most Famous arena....the first place Rangers were represented by Misters Messier, Leetch, Graves and of course Michael Richter....the game was a River Hockey shootout and st one moment the games most exciting and arguably best player found himself all alone at center ice with the puck for a an easy break away goal.....the Russian Rocket; Patel Bure, was flying in on net with nobody to stop him .....nobody that is except Mr Richter....the Garden rose to their collective feet and watched as the greatest American Goalie stonewalled the worlds greatest player....the Garden erupted......and it wasn’t just a great save in a silly all star game....5 months later in the Stanley Cup Finals these two would meet again....this time in Vancouver on a penalty shot, with the momentum of the series on the line Mr Richter once again stoned Pavel Bure.....the Rangers rallied from being down a game, won twice out west and won the series in 7....thanks for the memories Mike

Hypocrisy

Is a dish best served with a shot of tequila and a lemon wedge....so now Nancy pelosi wants the state of union cancelled for security reasons during the government shutdown...yep, she’s worried about “HER “ safety....NOT YOURS....she couldn’t care less about who is strolling across the border, dropping anchor, demanding food, clothing and shelter and in some cases raping and murdering innocent citizens....but when it comes to her safety “ her bedroom window is made out of bricks, the national guard stands around her door..no I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more “

While you were gone

these spaces filled with darkness, the obvious was hidden........ Sometimes the obvious needs to be stated...the hypocrisy of the left demands a spotlight....forget for a moment the words of Obama, Clinton, and Schumer who each warned of disaster at the southern border and the need to stop illegal immigration ....hell schumer wanted to give digital ids to every illegal so we could track them, and Obama cried that illegal immigrants would cripple our economy and that it wasn’t fair to people “ waiting in line for legal immigration “.,.,forget that. about face and focus on the dreamers for a moment......at one time they were the golden child of the American left.....but now they seem forgotten.....pelosi and Schumer could get the dreamers legal citizenship i in a heartbeat, Trump has already agreed in principle; if they will be willing to allocate 5 billion in crumbs towards a section of the wall.....but no.....and why ? Because the democrats own the dreamers, they fill them with fear and lies that Trumps wants to deport them....the dreamers of course are loyal to the dems. So there is nothing new to gain ( except for these poor bastards in limbo) ...and God forbid Trump is the President who gets a deal for Dreamers....it kills the democrats argument that trump wants to deport everyone.....once again politicians have managed to shun their own pet causes because they no longer serve them long term........with nothing to believe in, the compas. Always points y Terrapin.

It’s a shadowy world, skies are slippery grey

in an oft times mean and heartless world there comes a light, there is still decency in the world...….a little boy from North Carolina was visiting family in Utah last month when he was diagnosed with Brain Cancer, his doctors recommended that he undergo treatment in Utah and he did...…..problem was he missed his Labrador puppy back home...….a truck driver who did not know the family heard the story and offered to drive the dog 2300 miles to be with the boy......and he offered to drive the dog back to NC when the child was well enough to go home....as of this writing the Boy and his dog are playing in the snow in Utah, all is right in his scary little world.. Boy and his dog,, Went out looking for the rainbow... You know what did they learn Since that very day..... Walking by the river And running like a blue streak.... Through the fields of streams and meadows Laughing all the way Van morrison

Here comes the sun

Sitting in a bar in Abingdon md, acoustic musician starts playing....old man, peaceful easy feeling, , mrs Robinson, and here comes the sun......makes my heart swell....as the world spins out of control, OUR music lasts forever and still matters.

Time marches on

Time stands still, Time on my hands Time to kill,.. Blood on my hands And my hands in the till Down at the seven-eleven...... Gentle rain Falls on me All life folds back Into the sea We contemplate eternity Beneath the vast indifference of heaven ( W. Zevon It’s over for the planet for certain and unfortunately for the United States too, the pack of miscreants, slobs and sharia law followers elected to Congress yesterday will tear down what’s left of this once great republic...I’ve been rewatching the Civil War documentary by Ken Burns, those who foretold of the demise of this nation in the aftermath of the war were right...everything takes time , especially a downward slope...I’m not talking about the abolition of slavery, that was the right thing to do, I’m talking about the dismantling of all values on the other side...just because...this is Custers last stand, the good guys are outnumbered, unless we somehow stop the flow of illegals into this country, it will dissolve itself quickly, a legal immigrant from Fiji joins the police force and starts a family and is gunned down by an ILLEGAL alien that should have been deported....it’s off the news cycle in 72 hours, yet the liberals that control the media will roll the tape of the fat bastard on Staten Island resisting arrest and meeting his rightful end....it’s subliminal mind control and sadly our next generation of mindless twits are soaking it up...

Suicide in the trenches

I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark........... In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again. S. Sassoon And so on Saturday amidst the hoopla and merriment, the cheering crowds and marching bands, the wearing of the Green and Gold and all things Notre Dame, I ask my friends to say two prayers....first and foremost for the family and friends of one Declan Sullivan, he is the young man tragically killed during a Notre Dame football practice in 2010...he was the team videographer that was sent to a 50 ft scaffolding during sixty mile an hour windstorm by the honorable Brian Kelly , head coach of Notre Dame ...in the aftermath of this murder the scoundrels of nd released a 100 page report explaining what happened and insisting it was just a tragic accident, although they did conclude that practice should have been moved indoors on this particular day..the Sullivan family ? They are a different breed, no lawsuit; although dozens of lawyers assured them they were entitled to millions, they turned their attention to their sons legacy, Mr Sullivan quit his job as an engineer and began volunteering with the horizon group, a charity that helps tutor and financially support kids from inner city Chicago, he is now the CFO of the charity, and they took initial donations and were able to create Declan’s kids...a small group of kids each year that received their attention....this year that group rose to Declan’s 90...amazing how some can turn tragedy into opportunities for others....you probably won’t see the Sullivan family on the pregame show as they shun the spotlight ( although kudos to both espn and sports illustrated for airing and writing stories about their charitable work......I did say 2 prayers didn’t I ? .....oh yes, say a prayer that the smug, arrogant, cocksucker that sent that boy to his death is haunted for eternity for his cowardice.....and while you’re at it, say a prayer that Clemson kicks their fuckin ass on the field. ...” You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go”..

delilah jones went to meet her guide

"AND THE OLD MAN NEVER WAS THE SAME AGAIN" in a cruel and unusual twist of fate.....on the eve of Christmas eve....my first guest to the Little Silver House and 19 year companion has died....keeled over....kaput......the Mighty Beer Fridge is No More....say a prayer.

Good times, bad times

You know I had my share....first the good news, sweater nite 21 is slated for Saturday February 23rd in the knights of Columbus.....plan accordingly....and I geuss there isn’t any bad news per se...just the regular bullshit.... I chuckled at the hypocrisy of the university of North Carolina students that tore down a statue that stood for a hundred plus years honoring the school alumni that died in the civil war on the side of the confederacy....”silent Sam” was the name of the statue.....the student body tore it down during the first week of classes back in August.,,the administration is trying to find a new permanent location on campus, but the spoiled brat shitbirds don’t want to allow this....so they carried black olives matter banners and chanted “ this is what democracy looks like “......well kids, your teachers have failed you....,this is mob rule, nothing similar to democracy ....good thing tuition only costs 50k

How does it feel, to be on your own

Well I’m reluctant and disappointed to be on the train and blogging at 10:30 the night of a Bob Dylan concert....sadly.... I bid adieu long before mister Zimmerman was done....his set list on paper was ideal...his renditions were bloody awful...oh well, I knew what I was getting myself into....at least the $10.50 blue Moon was cold.

Bowling Green update

The little publicity stunt, free advertising for a loathsome brokerage house; is gone......fearless girl has been moved...but of course the city allowed the firm that sponsored her to leave behind a placque on the ground inviting tourists to stand in her shoes......oh....and to remind everyone the name of the firm that sponsored it......the city..in their infinite stupidity; has now threatened to move the iconic bull too....after 30 years they have decided its a public safety issue.... in reality they are furious that the artist threatened to take the bull back if the little girl wasn’t moved.....I blog for the 22nd century...let these atrocities live forever.

sometimes.....feel so low down and disgusted

can't help wonder what's happening to my companions (Dylan)….when the lights grow dim, and the camera is off, when the audience leaves and the spotlight gets pointed offstage......when nobody is watching your grand gesture and nobody is listening to your shouts of appreciation, do they still happen ? if a tree falls in an abandon forest is it worthy of a twitter post or a hashtag ? In the home of the brave Jefferson turnin’ over in his grave Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan And there’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend