Modern Times

I bought the new Bob Dylan album today. I don't want to make any comments before listening to it thoroughly. But so far I think it's really really good!!!

Long live Bob!

Death Pool 2006 review

So we are almost 3/4 done this fine year. Let's recap the death pool.

Finnegan is currently leading with two deaths correctly guessed.

No one else has guessed any, but Catfishvegas may be on his way to his first score with Gerald Ford and JLC appears to have made a timely call with Fidel Castro, though the next four months will decide.

Some notable deaths that went unpredicted this year have been:

Kirby Puckett--that would have been a hard one to guess

Dana Reeve and JonBenet's mother--deaths of tragedy survivors

Slobodan Milosevic

James Van Allen--which I predicted, incorrectly, last year (Ted Williams Syndrome)

Oleg Cassini--the guy who designed my famous short jackets, who I was planning on guessing next year (Reverse Ted Williams Syndorme)

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi--come on guys, have some faith in our troops!

Aaron Spelling

Ken Lay--perfectly foreshadowing the Cheney death I predict for Christmastime

Syd Barrett

Mickey Spillane

Death Pool 2006 review

So we are almost 3/4 done this fine year. Let's recap the death pool.

Finnegan is currently leading with two deaths correctly guessed.

No one else has guessed any, but Catfishvegas may be on his way to his first score with Gerald Ford and JLC appears to have made a timely call with Fidel Castro, though the next four months will decide.

Some notable deaths that went unpredicted this year have been:

Kirby Puckett--that would have been a hard one to guess

Dana Reeve and JonBenet's mother--deaths of tragedy survivors

Slobodan Milosevic

James Van Allen--which I predicted, incorrectly, last year (Ted Williams Syndrome)

Oleg Cassini--the guy who designed my famous short jackets, who I was planning on guessing next year (Reverse Ted Williams Syndorme)

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi--come on guys, have some faith in our troops!

Aaron Spelling

Ken Lay--perfectly foreshadowing the Cheney death I predict for Christmastime

Syd Barrett

Mickey Spillane

A Funny about Net Neutrality

(JIM, a simple guy with dark hair, sits alone at home,
on a crappy black ikea couch, talking on his cellphone
to LUKE.

LUKE is dressed like a member of Fleetwood Mac;
has on an 80's hair wig, aviator glasses, and
is wandering around a public park weirdly stroking
his chest hair.)

JIM:
So.

LUKE:
Complex issue here.

JIM:
Yes.

LUKE:
Black and white or gray and grayyyy?

JIM:
Both.

LUKE:
Ok.

JIM:
Regulation good or regulation bad?

LUKE:
Depends.

JIM:
Why don't they open up a new internet and just charge extra for that if they want to make cash for premium service?

LUKE:
Dunno, dude.

JIM:
This is going to drive me crazy thinking about it.

LUKE:
What about municipal wifi?

JIM:
Do you want to pay for it?

LUKE:
I'd pay 1 cent on every dollar for muni wifi.

JIM:
Yeah?

LUKE:
Sure would. Shitfire! Free internet for e'rybody!

JIM:
You'd still have to send some packets to a server at one of the telcoms eventually.

LUKE:
Oh...true.

(LUKE produces a ripe plum from his pocket and eats it.)

JIM
Well then. I guess we're powerless.

LUKE:
No way, man. I'm not powerless. Look at these guns!

JIM:
Nice.

LUKE:
Do you wanna call your congressman or something?

JIM
Ok. (Calls Congressman Bob.) Hello?

(CONGRESSMAN BOB in his office, spinning around in his chair
smoking cigars, putting into a mug. Documents and pictures
of himself with famous politicians line his tiny office.
He also has an odd stain on his shirt.)

BOB:
Congressman Bob here, what do you want?

JIM:
Please vote for net neutrality!

BOB:
Net Boobality! I'll vote it down just for you!

JIM:
No, no. Net Neutrality. About regulating telcoms.

BOB:
I have a telephone. Yes. Are you the telephone repairman?

JIM:
Um...yes.

BOB:
About time you called! I was just about to have my morning game of Pinocle. Do you like Pinocle, son?

JIM:
Vote for Net Neutrality, ok bye!

BOB:
I love you!

JIM:
I love you, too!

BOB:
I love you too. What a nice young man.

(CONGRESSMAN BOB twirls a drumstick.
(not a drumming drumstick, rather, a chickenwing.))

LUKE:
Feel good?

JIM:
Yeah. I guess. I just...

LUKE:
What?

JIM:
I don't know what to think about Net Neutrality. I am absolutely blank.

LUKE:
Ever wonder...what is the internet like in Japan?

JIM:
I bet they're way ahead of us.

FIN

Palm and moon

Palm and moon
Originally uploaded by lionelfrailey.

Best way to respond to:

You'd rather have Saddam in power?