By this River and Reflections in the Dark Waters

Here we are
Stuck by this river,
You and I
Underneath a sky that's ever falling down, down, down
Ever falling down.

Through the day
As if on an ocean
Waiting here,
Always failing to remember why we came, came, came:
I wonder why we came.

You talk to me
as if from a distance
And I reply
With impressions chosen from another time, time, time,
From another time.

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I wanted to share this...

I wrote a bit about this being Isabella's lullabye for some years now but I thought I might add that it is no small bit of Irony that when we "landed" in our new "home" we found ourselves living next to a river in a charmless little town. No less ironic is the fact that Isabella's mother on more than one ocasion had said to me that the song was really somewhat depressing. How odd that she was the one to drive away from this landscape and could have seen the river behind her waving daughter.

"Did you have a good life, enough to base a movie on?" -Jim Morrison

With that thought in mind I would have to say Yes! and this would be an unavoidable portion of the soundtrack.

A plausable solution.....If we can convince the Texans.

I have been following the news of late and I have to say that I am a little more than concerned with the state of the world. The states are really fucking up in the eyes of the world and I don't think that I forsee any intelligent decisions being made in the near future. I think I might have a solution though.

I propose that we relocate ALL of the Isrealis to Texas.Yes, You heard me, Texas. We could evacuate the entire state and relocate the Texas population throughout the nation. This is possible if we look to New Orleans as a model (Go FEMA, GO FEMA).Just think of the obscene amount of foreign aid saved. With the money we would save we could even move the Wailing Wall (This would be an instant tourist attraction for a fledgling country). I figure that we could reconstruct the wall near the Alamo some where in San Antonio and as a publicity stunt procure the talents of Ozzy to Piss on the wall. That surely would generate some press and further his career agenda as the anti-christ.


I think that this too would be an answer to the infernal border problems that plauge Texas. With a well armed faction of newly relocated Isrealies the borders could be secured in a matter of days. Little training would be needed as the soldiers would simply have to be retrained to shoot at sombreros and not turbans and burkas. Simple enough, Right? This might also be a great chance for employment for those fat, white, toothless militia members to become gainfully employed too as "Soldiers of Fortune". This would be a boon to the other remaining states economies as we could take those corpulant,undereducated rednecks off of the welfare programs.

This also frees up a rather sought after piece of real estate in the Middle East. We could just hand that over to Halliburton (Or one of its many tentacled subsidaries). I am certain that the good people of Halliburton would know exactly how to best utilize the land as they have proven repeatedly that they are more than capable of handling massive sums of money and resources, Just ask the White House.

In exchange for all of this perhaps a deal could be cut with the present White House administration to clandistinely help in the next election. How might this be possible you may ask? The new state of Tex-Is-real could stage a border skirmish with Oklahoma with the threat to kill all Muslims residing there. I don't suppose that it matters much that no Muslims reside there as we have had to suspend disbelief for alot less lately. That action, If well timed, could serve to be the smoke screen needed to declare martial law for the US and in a State of Emergency the Bush administration has nothing to worry about as far as ineligibility for reelection as you see,There will be no election. Problem solved......Now if we can just get Arnold to play along nice in California.

Just a Thought ......

this is why I should not do comic books...

This is why I need money...

8 days,16 hrs. 5 bidders $ 41.00

I wish so much that I could own this 17th century abomination.....I really do.

St. Dionysius was not only a great missionary and bishop, but also one of the most illustrious writers of the early Church. Dionysius was beheaded at the age of 110 years. An ancient tradition relates that St. Dionysius, after his head was severed from his body, took it up with his own hands and carried it two thousand paces to the place where, later, a church was built in his honor. Many kings of France have been buried in the famous church of St. Denis (just north of Paris). St. Denis is invoked against diabolical possession. Traditional feast day: October 9.

Alot has happened since I got that toaster....

Why just last night I had a lightly toasted cracked whole wheat and bologna sandwich. The bread was fresh baked and the meat came encased in that red rind that is really great to pull off the meat and little slivers of flesh remain stuck to it so it is nice to floss with as the slivers of processed and questionable meat product comes loose in your mouth. I slathered the bread with Miracle Whip and had a big bowl of chilled baked beans with freshly squeezed directly from the carton O.J. enriched with vitamin C-D,Calcium and zinc. That is exactly what the bells were tolling for at 3 am after a long night of painting.

I got a new toaster yesterday........

It was brand new at a garage sale and cost me one dollar. The slots are big enough to toast a bagel (Which is handy as hell if you like bagels). Today I fixed a lightly toasted, fresh baked, 8 grain bread with melted mozzarella cheese and an entire avacado. I was pleased.