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- December 2, 2019
- Cultural Wasteland
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Looking over various videos has left me wanting for something that isn't that schlock residue of the progeny of our generation of burger flippers cultivated in the leftist muck of the public education system.
Perhaps I'm just on the wrong end of history but the day hip hop lyrics and their forced meter and rhyme scheme coupled with imagery which can only be characterized as 21st century drug culture is simply more than I care to bear.
And then there is the nepotism of the children of various performers whose fifteen minutes has already gone by ... supposedly imparting their imagined talent to those blank expressioned wailing shaven head miscreant emancipated minor offspring.
Anyway when I see the heads of their audience swaying to and fro like they actually enjoy that nothingness it leaves me with few hopes for the future.
Recalling interactions with my father he likewise had generational issues. I attributed them all to the culture in which he was raised compared to that in which I found myself being dragged from navy town to navy town hoping to find that never to be attained nirvana ...
However, he had his crosses to bear as do I. Those who follow likely will cause consternation among some from which they arise.
I suppose it's all in the circle of life and it's completion is fraught with those pitfalls associated with growth ... and sometimes a total lack thereof.
We blame the millennials. The millennials blame the boomers. I for one decline to accept any blame for I succeeded where so many of you have failed. 'Tis absolutely no satisfaction however.
I would have preferred never learning of the deep state, shadow government and evil democratic party who would take the wealth of the world for their own use and have the worker pay the shirker and worse.
Like I said, we all have our crosses to bear.
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- December 1, 2019
- December Arriveth
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Yeah, we have an 80 percent chance of precip this first day of December. However, the meterological people say this will be liquid and not that powder I would prefer. Mom says it's because February is when we are most likely to get our coldest weather of the season.
So here we are deep in the holiday season. Christmas is a scant three weeks away. I don't have anything in the way of plans going on. My usual holiday handouts will be replaced by that RF and Ultrasound cavitation machine I've had my eye on for the past year or so. It would seem that my spot reductions are taking priority in my old age.
Just want to shape up and get busy with that little girl I've been chasing of late but it may be all for naught inasmuch as she comes off as worse in the way of damaged goods than I ever imagined myself as being.
But it's okay ... it will either happen or it won't and I'm not mincing any words or losing any sleep.
Happy holidays aren't here yet but I can see them off in the distance at this juncture !
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- November 30, 2019
- I Remember Tiny Tim
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When I was a kid there was a bizzare performer named Tiny Tim who rather took the Tonight Show by storm and became both a household name and iconic juke box musician with his high falsetto and ukelele accompanyment.
Herbert Butros Khaury
aka Tiny Tim
American Musician, Musical Archivist
April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996
It was later that I came to understand his knowledge of what were the (very) oldies at that point in my life. While I thought his life was quite dramatic and theatrical to a fault ...
Herbert Butros Khaury, known also as Herbert Buckingham Khaury known professionally as Tiny Tim, was an American singer and ukulele player, and a musical archivist.
He is best remembered for his cover hits "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight", which he sang in a high falsetto voice.
Some of his later selections were more on the barritone side of range and these appealed to me less than his upper range material.
He passed on stage before his audience on November 30, 1996 while playing a gala benefit hosted by the Women's Club of Minneapolis.
Two days prior he had suffered a heart attack and ignored strong medical advice to cease performing with multiple lifestyle disease vectors in play.
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- November 29, 2019
- Remembering Don Cheadle
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A number of things will trigger a blog entry from me. One of those is a performance which affects me profoundly. In 1997 I watched a movie called "Rosewood" which was a dramatization of a racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community in Florida circa 1923.
The criminal element in the town led to the murder of way too many good people for nothing. The one redeeming white person in the thing was Jon Voight as John Wright, who helped those oppressed victims escape the lyinchings which were running rampant.
Don Cheadle as Sylvester Carrier escaped the murders by riding in the coffin of his Aunt Sarah portrayed by Esther Rolle and Ving Rhames portrayed Mann, who escaped by virtue of his savvy and superhuman strength.
At the end, when the Don Cheadle character was collecting his thoughts regarding his escape and the heavy price paid for that deliverance he was weeping for Aunt Sarah who was a sweet person who harmed no one.
That moment caused me to cry with him and I tried to remember that it was all theater and I shouldn't be so tender in my thoughts, especially given the callous nature of my lifestyle otherwise ...
Existing in a technical college environment will make you that way. What a horrible place it was.
So from that time in my life I have been able to relate to Don Cheadle as a thespian and a person and I will consider watching anything in which he may be performing because of the effect Rosewood had on me and that callous streak I carried for so long.
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr was born November 29, 1964 and his career has been that of actor, author, and director. He brings a humanity to his roles that cannot be ignored by anyone who has faced adversity in their existence.
Today is his birthday. Happy birthday to you !
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- November 28, 2019
- Thanksgiving 2019
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- November 25, 2019
- Hating on Commercials
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I just reopened my subscription to Philo. I'm already chapped yet again over the commercial to program ratio. So I'm left in this eternal streaming stress leaving me wanting to find the offices of Philo and choke the entire company.
At least I don't have to watch any sports.
It's infuriating to the point that I intentionally boycot those advertisers to which they subject me. There's a lot of stuff I won't consider buying anymore because I make a list of those purveyors of commercial interruptions so that I can make those mental notes required to ENSURE they don't get my money.
My one biggest beef with the ridiculousness of commercials on streaming television is the irrelevance. Most of those commercials I endure are for businesses I don't patronize because I'm no where near them. For example I am deluged with crap from the Raleigh Durham area of NORTH Carolina while I am in the midlands of SOUTH Carolina. Can I get a DUH?
The ONE most infuriating commercial is Tom Steyer's 2020 Presidential Campaign. This democrat so-called progressive baboon has simply run his course with my patience even though I even agree with some of that he has presented. Nobody makes me endure their commercials beyond my level of tolerance then benefits from my patronage. Nobody. If they want to reconsider their ridiculous commercial to program ratio, perhaps I will reconsider as well. However ... I'm not holding my breath.
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- November 24, 2019
- Evolution Day 2019
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When I was a kid I explored the work of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. There are a number of people in my past who have voiced concerns that evolution is contrary to religious canon.
My personal views are inclusive of evolution due to that strong scientific background which permeates my existence and the methods of the almighty are mysterious and the timeframes subject to intepretation in the traditions of men.
Evolution Day marks the anniversary of the initial publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on November 24, 1859.
These celebratory events have been held for over a century, but the specific term "Evolution Day" for the anniversary is much newer and was coined sometime prior to 1997.
Evolutionary biology is the thrust of the festivities as are Darwin's contribtions to science.
This is not "Darwin Day" which is a separate observance held on the anniversary of his birth on February 12.
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- November 23, 2019
- Reflections of Domestic Gawds
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With Halloween past almost a month now we're well into my personal holiday season.
I notice many of the stores are in full Christmas decor as a marketing ploy and indeed, things progress steadily toward the yuletide despite the rigors of work and my other activities of daily living.
Today is Saturday. This is that day I have set aside for getting some of those house chores done which escape me during the work week.
I strip down the bed linens and wash them when I have two sets in the basket.
I spray the mattress, pillows, and bed frame with either a mild disinfectant spray or tea tree oil. Both permeate the house a good while afterward with tea tree oil lasting several days often times well into the next week.
I relocate a few pieces of furniture and some rugs from the kitchen and get the Roomba going in the kitchen and living room. The new battery runs the thing a good four hours and it does a pretty good job with adequate maintenance.
You have to blow it out and periodically wash the brushes and so forth and this gets done each Saturday.
Then I hit the kitchen counters and dust the living room, take my work duds to the cleaner in Dutch Square.
Sunday I'll have at the bedroom, the bathroom, and the back hall with the Roomba. I kick off the tidy whities in the washer then dry them upon my return from visiting Mama. The Roomba really does a good job under the bed frame with the dust bunnies and such. The furniture relocation is much more involved on Sundays because I want the Roomba to run unimpeded.
So with the advent of Sunday afternoon the bulk of the cleaning has been accomplished. It all is quite domestic but it makes me feel better to have reasonably tidy, cleaned, and orderly quarters.
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- November 22, 2019
- JFK November 22 1963 Dallas TX
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- November 21, 2019
- Happy Birthday Chiefie
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- November 20, 2019
- Remembering Robert F Kennedy
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Way back before the reputation of the democratic party became sullied in that mire of uncontrolled leftist debauchery they presently wallow in there were the Kennedys.
Robert Francis Kennedy
November 20, 1925 - June 6, 1968
They were a prominent political family who largely lived their lives under the microscope of public scrutiny and bore witness to that greatness and frailty which marks the human condition.
Robert Francis Kennedy largely existed in the shadow of his father, Joseph P Kennedy and his brother, John Fitzgerald Kennedy coming into his own after the assassination of his President brother in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 ... when I was a mere 8 years old.
He rose to the office of U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his untimely death by assassination in June 1968 ... when I was a foolish child of 13.
Now there are liberals and there are libtards, the difference being a grasp of reality the latter fails to grasp.
Robert Kennedy is rightfully viewed by some as a icon of liberal politics in the United States — but he always kept those ideals under check and never went off on the insane tangents so common in the democratic party nowadays as the result of the poor leadership of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and these failed students of our Republic including that incessant west coast deviant Adam Schiff and his equally aberrant unamerican acolytes Maggie Hirono representing Hawaii, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
What a poor show in the government by these unsubstantive game playing buffoons who would usurp the constitution at every turn in their quest to make us the socialist welfare state and wealth reallocation dream of the democrats and their main stream media cohorts in general.
We need to rise up against these enemies of the state. I for one am fed up with the leftist notions of socialism and illegal immigration beyond my personal tolerance already. The democratic party is a blight upon the nation and an embarrassment to The Republic and should be stricken from the record permanently.
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- November 19, 2019
- Remembering Della Reese
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One day in 1989 I was over at my good friend's house watching VHS tapes when we popped in Harlem Nights starring Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Redd Foxx, Della Reese and Danny Aiello among others.
By the time it was over Vera, played by Ms Reese had won my heart with her humor and most tender drama and it was then I decided I needed to reevaluate what I considered to be important in performance arts.
It was truly an eye opening experience with her portraying a madam in a bordello with period costumes and the entire ten yards to include a quiet concerned motherly side for the character portrayed by Eddie Murphy.
Then in 1994 there was the television drama Touched by an Angel, a series about angelic intervention in the lives of people featuring Ms Reese along with Roma Downey, John Dye, and Valerie Bertinelli who are angels on various missions impacting the mortals to whom they are charged.
She played the experienced angelic being Tess and some of those episodes featured favorite moments of mine during the time frame.
I followed this program as my schedule permitted and the moments were on a par with other such offerings. Having a religious streak I've tried not to lose over the years I am naturally attracted to such theatrical material as a matter of personal interest.
Delloreese Patricia Early aka Della Reese performed jazz and gospel music, was a insightful actress with impeccable timing and style of performance, and enjoyed a productive career of 70 some odd years. She was one of the true ensemble greats during her lifetime.
Ms Reese passed at home in Los Angeles at the age of 86 on this day in 2017; likely from natural causes though she did suffer from adult onset diabetes. Rest in peace.
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- November 18, 2019
- The Minister who became a Monster
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It my studies of scripture, I have learned that the the great white throne judgement of the one true God whose name is "I Am" and NOT "I Was" will begin with those who occupy the pulpit in His holy name.
Each time I consider these teachings I think of the peril of the Rev Jim Jones who would sully the body of Christ in those base traditions of men for his own carnal knowledge, enrichment, and the darkest depths that sin may thrust anyone.
Even the devil himself is commanded "Touch not my annointed" and may not go where Jim Jones went in his deviant religious career. He started out innocently enough.
However, he devolved into a manipulative murderous monster who raped, pillaged, and otherwise exploited his congregation known as "The People's Temple".
Beginning as a civil rights preacher his downward spiral began in faith healing through cult leadership culminating a mass suicide at his Jonestown, Guyana commune.
Media reports of human rights abuses within the People's Temple were not enough to curtail the final tragedy when US Representativer Leo Ryan and a delegation sent to investigate were shot down in cold blood ... Murdered by the inner circle thugs which comprised the leadership of the "temple".
The mass suicide by 918 commune members included 304 children, killed by drinking a cyanide-poisoned children's soft drink called Flavor Aid. Those who did not drink the poison were shot with rifles during their attempt at escape.
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- November 17, 2019
- World Prematurity Day 2019
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Today is World Prematurity Day, an annual thing to bring preterm births to the fore and make those concerns for preterm infants and their families known to the world.
Originating in Europe in 2008 the observance has been called World Prematurity Day since 2011. It is now part of the yearly calendars in some 60 plus countries.
Planned parenthood would likely object because surviving infants cannot be dismembered and sold for parts and are therefore not commodity items in the 'pro choice' realm.
They would much prefer using a surgical meathook and ripping the infant from the womb as a condition of pre sale operations to hedge that abortionist sideline which has evolved into the real moneymaker for an organization which would tout itself as one which provides mercy style services. As for me, I believe that a kid should have every opportunity to live and grow to attain that potential to which he or she may. I've always been a sucker for babies and mamas ... and puppies.
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