Friday, November 04, 2005
Song of the day:
Mama look at me now
Oh how I wish
You were around
So many friends I wish
I had right now
Mister you can't hurt me now
You've got my girl, I still don't know how
But it don't matter now
No it don't matter now
So look out into the morning rain
'cause I'm on,
I'm already on
The mourning train
-Mourning train by The Wallflowers
Random Picture of a girl wearing a ballcap:
This Day in History:
Today is Saturday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2005. There are 56 days left in the year.
In 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote for President Grant. (She never paid the fine.)
In 1895, George B. Selden of Rochester, N.Y., received the first U.S. patent for an automobile. 3 days later, Henry Ford knocked on his door and kicked his ass, muscling him out of the automobile manufacturing business. Or not. Maybe if I include the word allegedly, it'll keep the Ford lawyers off my back. But then again, what are the chances anyone in MI is reading this anyway?
(kidding, kidding)
In 1912, Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Republican Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent Republican William Howard Taft.
In 1940, President Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office as he defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.
In 1944, British official Lord Moyne was assassinated in Cairo, Egypt, by the Zionist Stern gang. That might be a tough one for those dyslexic gamers out there. It was a Zionist Stern gang, not a Lion-like Zerg gang.
In 1946, Republicans captured control of both the Senate and the House in midterm elections.
In 1968, Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.
In 1985, Spencer W. Kimball, president of the Mormon Church, died at age 90; he was succeeded by Ezra Taft Benson.
In 1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane, the Brooklyn-born Israeli extremist, was shot to death at a New York hotel. (Egyptian native El Sayyed Nosair was convicted of the slaying in federal court.)
In 1996, voters returned President Clinton to the White House for a second term but kept Congress in Republican control.
Today's Birthdays:
Singer-songwriter Ike Turner is 74. Actor Chris Robinson is 67. Actress Elke Sommer is 65. Singer Art Garfunkel is 64. Actor-playwright Sam Shepard is 62. Singer Peter Noone is 58. Actor Nestor Serrano ("24") is 50. Actor Robert Patrick is 47. Singer Bryan Adams is 46. Actress Tilda Swinton is 45. Actress Tatum O'Neal is 42. Actress Andrea McArdle is 42. Rock singer Angelo Moore (Fishbone) is 40. Rock musician Mark Hunter (James) is 37. Actor Sam Rockwell is 37. Country singers Jennifer and Heather Kinley (The Kinleys) are 35. Actor Corin Nemec is 34. Rock musician Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) is 34. Country singer-musician Ryan Adams is 31. Actor Jeremy Lelliott is 23.
Miscellaneous Quote of the day:
Word of the Day:
Tree of Serenity:
Mama look at me now
Oh how I wish
You were around
So many friends I wish
I had right now
Mister you can't hurt me now
You've got my girl, I still don't know how
But it don't matter now
No it don't matter now
So look out into the morning rain
'cause I'm on,
I'm already on
The mourning train
-Mourning train by The Wallflowers
Random Picture of a girl wearing a ballcap:
This Day in History:
Today is Saturday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2005. There are 56 days left in the year.
In 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote for President Grant. (She never paid the fine.)
In 1895, George B. Selden of Rochester, N.Y., received the first U.S. patent for an automobile. 3 days later, Henry Ford knocked on his door and kicked his ass, muscling him out of the automobile manufacturing business. Or not. Maybe if I include the word allegedly, it'll keep the Ford lawyers off my back. But then again, what are the chances anyone in MI is reading this anyway?
(kidding, kidding)
In 1912, Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Republican Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent Republican William Howard Taft.
In 1940, President Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office as he defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.
In 1944, British official Lord Moyne was assassinated in Cairo, Egypt, by the Zionist Stern gang. That might be a tough one for those dyslexic gamers out there. It was a Zionist Stern gang, not a Lion-like Zerg gang.
In 1946, Republicans captured control of both the Senate and the House in midterm elections.
In 1968, Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.
In 1985, Spencer W. Kimball, president of the Mormon Church, died at age 90; he was succeeded by Ezra Taft Benson.
In 1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane, the Brooklyn-born Israeli extremist, was shot to death at a New York hotel. (Egyptian native El Sayyed Nosair was convicted of the slaying in federal court.)
In 1996, voters returned President Clinton to the White House for a second term but kept Congress in Republican control.
Today's Birthdays:
Singer-songwriter Ike Turner is 74. Actor Chris Robinson is 67. Actress Elke Sommer is 65. Singer Art Garfunkel is 64. Actor-playwright Sam Shepard is 62. Singer Peter Noone is 58. Actor Nestor Serrano ("24") is 50. Actor Robert Patrick is 47. Singer Bryan Adams is 46. Actress Tilda Swinton is 45. Actress Tatum O'Neal is 42. Actress Andrea McArdle is 42. Rock singer Angelo Moore (Fishbone) is 40. Rock musician Mark Hunter (James) is 37. Actor Sam Rockwell is 37. Country singers Jennifer and Heather Kinley (The Kinleys) are 35. Actor Corin Nemec is 34. Rock musician Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) is 34. Country singer-musician Ryan Adams is 31. Actor Jeremy Lelliott is 23.
Miscellaneous Quote of the day:
Many men can make a fortune by very few can build a family.
-- J. S. Bryan
Word of the Day:
winsome \WIN-suhm\, adjective: 1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
2. Causing joy or pleasure; agreeable; pleasant.
You got chocolate in my peanut butter!
Recent word has filtered out that Coca-cola is discontinuing its production of Vanilla Coca-Cola. Word hit the daily Update Writer's household quite hard. In baseball terms, Vanilla Coke was the change-up to the constant diet of Coca-Cola classic fastballs that my Roger Clemens regimen provided. It certainly wasn't everyone's favorite, and I can remember being none too impressed with it when I first tried it. But it grew on me, and I was able to develop a taste for it in no time at all. Cherry coke seemed to be just as harsh, and maybe even a bit heavier in the gut than the regular stuff, and Vanilla coke provided a smoother, slightly lighter alternative from time to time.
Oh, crap! Vanilla Coke was all that Joel would drink from the 1 true bottling company! Oh, for his sake, I hope that Leah held his hand throughout the night, as he suffered what must have been many night sweats at the thought of it gone.
Then again, he still has beer to fall back upon.
As for the rest of us, there is talk in the above article of a Black Cherry Vanilla Coke.
This product must be made for the good of all mankind. I am quite sure that the members of whatever board that makes these decisions would prefer that their cars NOT be keyed with some sort of terrible slander. Like..."Pepsi drinker" or something.
Tree of Serenity:
-Picture provided by Sonja Petersen
I have journeyed many times across the mountainous terrain of a troublesome mind to arrive at this tree found within my soul, though I have never seen it myself. It has survived the fires of my anger and the floods of my sorrow. Emotions stronger than the winds that swirl around the highest mountain tops have pushed me to thoughts and acts I could not imagine, and yet this tree stands in stillness, surrounded by a calm unfit for description.
I come to this park inside myself when there is no refuge to be found in the outside world. If one were to look closely, the tree would show the slashes from sharp words and deeds, and yet it does not die. It continues to grow and bear fruit.
I dare not stand any closer than this; the ground surrounding it I revere as sacred, though I have no way of knowing this. As I look upon it, I feel the darknes surrounding me, the quiet of the moment. There is no one else within this world; the park I have to myself. I am alone. the thought is comforting and terrifying all at once. There is no noise, other than the beating of my heart, the sound of my own breath. I panic for a moment. there is no one with me! What will I do on my own? And then the moment passes. I am stronger than that. I am on my own. I can trust myself, and do not need another. This moment is for me.
The winter air is cold and biting, and I feel it nipping at my ears. Were I to move, I would hear the crunch of the snow beneath me, which has formed a thin crust atop the soft yet densly packed flakes beneath. I stand here for a moment, taking in the absolute silence, as though I were standing in the middle of a forest at midnight. Is it only in my mind that I hear the roar of a wind? I do not feel it. Perhaps my mind cannot comprehend the idea of such quiet, and has engineered it's own sounds to fill the void.
The tree cannot chase away the demons of the outer world. It does not provide protection from my own fears. But here...in this park within myself...I find the stillness I need. I can become this moment. I can become the stillness, the quiet. I take in a lasting blast of the cold winter night air and hold it within my chest. I find composure, and let the air out. I hold in the cold winter night however, and it chills the searing conflict of feelings within. I travel back to the world in which we all belong, and I find that composure that comes from becoming that park. I am no longer angry, or carry doubt, or am fearful.
Those things were left behind along my journey from the tree in the park within.
Comments:
Thank you for the beautiful interpretation of my photo... I couldn't have asked for something more appropriate.
My mom has that photo hanging in her office, poster-sized. I learned a few days ago that she feels a sense of "almost-panic" when she looks at it, because of how she imagines she'd feel walking around on that much ice.
Needless to say, I like your reaction to it better. :)
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My mom has that photo hanging in her office, poster-sized. I learned a few days ago that she feels a sense of "almost-panic" when she looks at it, because of how she imagines she'd feel walking around on that much ice.
Needless to say, I like your reaction to it better. :)
