Kid Gleason

I see what CW said he was trying to get across. That he was trying to point out the faults of many over just one, or that not all were perfect. I mean, on one hand you have Clinton lying about the sex stuff, then you have Bush giving us every reason under the sun for why we invaded Iraq, and yet never coming clean as to what his real motive was. Then you have Reagan and whatever bad stuff he did, some say it was his lack of action against AIDS. It all comes back to what I was saying, you can pick a poison on any of these guys. I do still stand by it that no matter what was done, he is gone now and now is NOT the time to condemn him. Still too soon. I'm just still pissed I can't get to my Yahoo mail.

I apologize for that. My bad. I am not a fully religious person in that I don't claim any religion my own. I believe they all are somewhat right, and somewhat wrong. But I have nothing but the highest respect for those that give their lives to their Church. See your point there concerning Clinton and Reagan. Personally, I couldn't stand Clinton, and found almost as much to dislike with Gore. Just not sure about your timing in pointing it out. But eh, what ya gonna do? Not like I am losing sleep over this.

I don't know, maybe I should stay out of this thing here. I haven't read it at all until today. But ya know what, I am kind of bothered by a bit here. I see that CW is part of the Clergy. I think I knew that, but I get boggled up as to who is what around here. But a few things stike me as wrong here. One thing is that I see CW condeming Reagan for infidelity. Isn't it there something about forgiving in the Bible? Hating the sin and not the sinner? If God can forgive, can't you? Nancy loved the heck out of Reagan, and in the past few years he and his son reconciled, isn't there something to that? In my opinion, I am not the best person who does my job, IMO, but I try pretty damn hard. I know that there are some who like my work, I am also positive that some think I can do better. I'm only a computer operator/Land Surveyor. Not much hangs on my every move. I make errors, and I also make great choices. But at the end of the day, at the end of my life, I hope more than anything I am not judged by the people I know as a computer technician or a Land Surveyor. I hope those words never even come up at my funeral and wake. I hope that instead I am looked at as my duties as a father and a husband. I also hope I am judged on my compassion for the people around me. My point is that no matter what he was to you as a President, to some people he was a human being, and one who loved, and was loved. I would hope a man of the Clergy would understand that. No matter how much time passes, he deserves respect for the people that loved him. I am sure he doesn't care how you speak of him, but I would wager that the people who loved him do, and especially at the time of his burial. A week is also not enough healing time. No President will please everybody, as no garbage collector will. He made mistakes in his job, as I also have done. His were on a larger scale than mine, but I could never do what he did, nor would I care to. He was human, as are we all. As a man of the Clergy, you are one who should be able to show us decency, I would have to hope. Politics and Religion are a terrible mix, as is proven time and time again. In somebodies death is a terrible time to let the two mix.

I have a really bad feeling about this coming weekend.

Nope, nothing works. I see I have mail waiting for me to read it, but I can't get past the opening screen. This is lovely since this is the email addy that EVERYBODY I know uses for me.

See, I think we should pull all of our people out of the Middle East, hand them a couple hundred bucks, a box of Rice-A-Roni and a Gideons Bible, and let them be. They never wanted our help, and I have no problem not giving them any. Buy their gas, and let them war amongst themselves, as they have been doing since the T-Rex met Allah on top of Ol' Smokey. Eventually, if we all stay out of the place, we will be able to stroll in into the joint, look over all of the carnage and destruction, and start all over again. Hell man, this is the way the cats and dogs want to be. We could appoint Allah in charge of that place over there, and they will all still find reason to fight. In other words, there are NO ANSWERS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST!!!

Yeah, this is great! I just wish that I could still access my mail! But now when I go to it, I can't get in, and I have been getting an "invalid password" message.

The Waterboys - This Is The Sea A rerelease, but such a brilliant piece of music that many people just have never listened to. Damn near perfection. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues Not a new one, but if I am going to recommend the re-release of This Is The Sea, then you have to also check out the perfect follow-up album. The Chamber Strings - Month Of Sundays Local band that was just brilliant!

Can you imagine the line of 10 year old boys outside of that friggin' casting office??? Sorry, I know this is all wrong and such, but when I was 10, if I had heard about that movie being filmed, I would have sold off all of my Star Wars, Godzilla, Planet Of The Apes, etc. toys to buy a ticket to the UK for a shot at being in that film!!! But whoever filmed this thing is an idiot. I guess now we know why Nichole and Tom truely broke up. I guess Tom just wasn't man enough.

I'm sorry! But for crying out loud! I forgot there no was mail delivery today! I hate it when the mail stops, and this is just friggin' silly! Does anybody else in this country other than me realize that the passing of Reagan is sad only for the imposing threat of death on everybody, but by no means to I think he went too soon, or find anything that horrible about it! HE WAS 93 (94 depending on what you read) AND HE HAD A NASTY OL' DESEASE GOIN ON!!! All sympathy to his family and loved ones, but come on. Somebody remind me, did the world stop for Nixon? I know there was no Presidential burial for him due to his exit from the house, so I can only assume that the rest of the world was not effected, even though up until that whole Watergate thing, many considered Nixon to be a pretty stellar President. Sorry, maybe I should have dropped this in the rant thread going on.

He's starting to worry me! Gene started giving thumbs up to a lot of films he would never have normally given them to in the last year of his tenure on the show. I hope Roger is doing O.K. He's also gotten so dang skinny. I was torn up for quite sometime over Gene, but Roger would just destroy me.

Well, I'm pretty much a Pro-Life kind of guy myself. Though I find anybody who runs around saying they are either "Pro-Life" or "Pro-Choice" a little scary. I din't think anybody can be either unless they are in the situation themselves and know the whole story. But abortion as birth control shows that we as a race are f***ing idiots. But many things prove that. But that is off topic. Oh, and in my opinion it is just wacky that the whole marriage thing is silly. I am guessing that we are talking the whole "Gay Marriage" thing? Ya know, I'm straight, and the way I see it is if it is going to make people...god forbid...HAPPY, then how can it be bad??? Nobody gets hurt, right? Or, wait, for every gay couple married, does that mean a straight person has to be flogged for an hour? If so, then depending on who said flogged person is, I am against it!

Cripes, I heard this back in High School. What study was it? I have no idea. I always found it a silly little fact I heard, and use it all the time. You know, one of those stupid things that the saying "flogging a dead horse" was created for. I need a life.

Well, I for one could do without ever hearing Morrissey and his godawful yodeling ever again, but I am not about to wish him death. I am just going to wish unemployment on him. :puke

NOt sure what constitutes a "golf umbrella". Mine isn't one of those tiny ones, it's basically a cane type. But not as big as one of those REALLY long ones. I use the one I do because it has the cane handle and is nice to hook onto things when not in use, and it will cover two people O.K. But I only use it when it is pooring rain, severly. But I also am a guy who doesn't run like mad when it starts to sprinkle. I found out that by running you only get 10% less wet, so I figure what the heck, I can deal with a little moisture for the most part. Backpacks. I love mine, but I only use it while traveling. I keep all my stuff in it, and many times my change of clothes. But for everyday use? Nah. I know people who do, but in my job it makes sense to have something like that. Lucky me, I never dress any different for work than I do outside of work, and trust me, that is saying quite a bit! Heck, my company didn't even object to me when my hair was purple, and down to my butt! I hate people that make left turns, but while waiting for the proper amount of room, pull out so far that the people going to make a right turn can't friggin' see the traffic coming from the left!!! IDIOTS!!! You would think they would understand that they can't make a left if I can't make a right even!!! If I ever become a cause of Road Rage, it will be one of those situations that does it to me! :fyou

I need to catch up on things here, who would he nominate for the Court, and what is the stance that gets the thumbs up???

Plus he made great money off the box office takes for Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, so he is much happier with the US and the UK now.

I'm holding out hope that Bill The Cat will run again.

Once upon a time I was dating a girl whose name I will leave out of here. I wasn't really attracted to her, and she was annoying. 3 years later a buddy comes up to me and hands me a picture of a "business" card type of thing. On it is this INCREDIBLE looking "lady" doing a strip-type of pose. Turns out it is my ex-girlfiend. Funny thing is that she was now a HIGH priced stripper AND a lesbian! I guess she never dated another guy after me. Not sure how I should take that.

Well, Derek Frigo of Enuff Z'Nuff (local Chicago band that did decent in the late 80's) passed away last week, and then there was this just brought to my attention: LOS ANGELES, California/NEW YORK (Billboard) -- Guitarist Robert Quine, one of punk rock's most daring soloists, was found dead Saturday in his New York apartment. He was 61. According to close friend and guitar maker Rick Kelly, who discovered Quine's body, the musician died of a heroin overdose Memorial Day weekend. He had been despondent over the recent death of his wife. Born in Akron, Ohio, Quine was heavily influenced by the Velvet Underground, whose music he recorded obsessively while living in San Francisco. He moved to New York in 1971 and became the lead guitarist for bassist Richard Hell's important group the Voidoids, with whom he recorded two albums. His skittering, unpredictable work with Hell defined the possibilities of punk guitar. During the '80s, he recorded and toured frequently with Lou Reed and played on saxophonist/composer John Zorn's best-known albums. Quine made key guest appearances on Tom Waits' "Rain Dogs" (1985) and Marianne Faithfull's "Strange Weather" (1987). In 1989, he began a long association with Matthew Sweet; he also worked regularly with Lloyd Cole. In 2001, Universal released a three-CD box of Quine's live 1969 recordings of the Velvet Underground, "The Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes." "Robert Quine was a magnificent guitar player -- an original and innovative tyro of the vintage beast," Reed said in a statement released to Billboard.com. "He was an extraordinary mixture of taste, intelligence and rock'n'roll abilities coupled with major technique and a scholar's memory for every decent guitar lick ever played under the musical son. He made tapes for me for which I am eternally grateful -- tapes of the juiciest parts of solos from players long gone. "Quine was smarter than them all. And the proof is in the recordings, some of which happily are mine. If you can find more interesting sounds and musical clusters than Quine on 'Waves of Fear' (from Reed's 1982 album "The Blue Mask"), well, it's probably something else by Robert." "He was a marvelous guitarist, a soulful music lover with high standards and had an eviscerating wit," Patti Smith Band drummer Jay Dee Daugherty told Billboard.com. "He did not suffer fools gladly, but made up for it with a thinly disguised generosity of spirit." So it all depends on how "famous" you want your three to be.

Hey, how about that Roberto Hernandez! You think he should be our closer??? ***also removed a bunch of my other posts that were not a part of the original topic at hand, as they were just out of place then***

I found my wife while running lights for my buddies band. She was friends with his grildfriend. They broke up, and 11 years (10 years married) we are still together with two kids. So that way worked out best. I had also met about 3 other potential "girlfriends" over that weekend, but I didn't bother to even think about calling any of them once I met my future wife.

Boobs have that effect on some people. I think Roberto is in his position where he is for a reason. True, he might shut us down, but I think he probably still steps his game up everytime he comes to Chicago. I still want Shingo out there for the time being, and nobody else. I keep hearing people say how he should have been there in the beginning of the season, because now many batters have seen him. But I think his style is still so unusual that in a closer role, it won't matter if you have seen him before, your eyes will still need to adjust to what is going on right there.

Should ask how you "came" about that auction.

Isn't Bill going to be speaking at the Adult Film awards soon though?