Watching Bush Fall

Following all the stuff lately about the non-existent Weapons of Mass Destruction has made me giggle. Massive props to the CIA head George Tenet for saying publicly that our lying chief executive is continuing his ways.

I'm not deluded enough to believe that the Republican Congress is going to allow him to be impeached, much less indicted. But hopefully history will show that this loser never had any business being in the White House. I'm not saying Al Gore would have been perfect (though I'm sure he wouldn't have raped the environment like the Bush Administration has) but he certainly would have been better than the pretender on the throne.

Follow up to Feb. 1st

Okay... we saw the driving dog-walker from the other day and I got his license number down: Ohio - DZ86SP. Harass this ass as much as you see him. That poor dog was walking around in the rain by itself this morning and looking REALLY scared. Jenn and I are going to report him to the Humane Society. Luckily... she volunteers there, in the cruelty investigations department!

Songs from My Noggin

"Pattycake" - The Selfies

Songs from My Noggin

"No Sleep Till Brooklyn" - The Beastie Boys

Songs from My Noggin

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot

Songs from My Noggin

"Molly Malone" - traditional Irish tune.

Latest (and most annoying) Sign that People Are Getting Lazier

Jenn and I were out walking our dogs Brandy and Guinness this morning, and we saw a guy at the park who was walking his dog from his CAR. The dog was walking around outside the car as he drove down the park's road.

1. He could have run his dog over.


2. If something happened to the dog, like another dog or a raccoon attacking it, he wouldn't have been able to do anything.


3. If he was watching the dog, he wasn't watching the road.

Next time I see this bastard, I'll post his license plate number. Anyone in Columbus, feel free to egg his car.

Songs from My Noggin

"Blue Angel" - Squirrel Nut Zippers (Guess we've been listening to a lot of Squirrel Nut Zippers this past weekend).

Songs from my noggin

"Hell" - Squirrel Nut Zippers

Who Here Thinks the British Royal Family Is Out of Touch?

Apparently Queen Elizabeth is going to give an honorary knighthood to BILL GATES.

Let that percolate around in your mind for a while.

Latest Sign that People Are Getting Lazier:

Just went to get coffee at the coffee bar in OSU hospital. You pick up your coffee and then naturally move over to the condiments counter where they have cream, sugar, honey, stirrers, napkins, etc.

Right in the little basket with the packets of honey, someone had thrown two dirty stirrers. And the trash was about two feet to the left of that.

I worry about this world.

Songs from My Noggin

"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp)" - Allan Sherman

Support the Troops?

Okay... it's been several months since the War in Iraq officially ended (though no one seems to have told the "enemy"). And I think it's finally okay for me to ask this question:

What exactly does it mean when people say "I support the troops?"

I mean, I hope they don't get killed or wounded. I hope they come back home safely. I've sent care packages to them. I hope their families are well-taken care of. I let people know when the government isn't doing what it should be doing to support them, such as our president trying to reduce their hazardous duty pay or removing the benefits that families of soldiers in hazardous duty get. Is that what it means to support the troops?

Because I see a lot of people driving around with their "Support the Troops" signs and American flags on their cars, and I wonder - what exactly are THEY doing to support the troops?

It seems to me it's a lot of backlash from the Vietnam era, where you heard the stories about soldiers' poor treatment upon coming home. I can understand making note that the war itself isn't the troops' fault. It's the government's fault. And taking frustrations out on the soldiers doing the fighting is the wrong and immoral way to go. Reminding folks of that isn't a bad thing.

But is that what's happening here?

It's the Little Things That Bug You Sometimes...

This morning, as every morning, I reached Neil Avenue on my way to work (after getting off the bus, so I was walking). And, this morning, as every morning, I sat and watched in silent amusement and partial annoyance at the idiot college student who stood watching both ways in rapt attention to cross the street against the light. And of course, when the light did change, he wasn't paying attention to it so I walked right past him into the crosswalk.

Even better, yesterday I watched a kid try to cross against the light, forcing the oncoming car to slow down. Then they did that little dance where one starts to go just as the other starts to go, etc. All this while the walk light was on "Don't Walk." Finally, he just went. And about 2 seconds later the light turned to "Walk."

Folks... what the HELL is so hard about waiting 30 seconds to cross with the light?

Songs from My Noggin

"Dirty Old Town" by the Pogues (but as performed by Brigid's Cross)