Chris De Burgh - Spanish Train

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Got home just in time to ring in with Coldplay

live

wliw 21

PS: the year is already off to a good start...

(yeah, caught lady gaga and dick clark too. (sad)

to each his own...

here on

one

one

two

zero

one two.


PS: not accounting for the 13 million previous since

The Big Bang!

APPLAUSA

madison

(you know who you are)

PS: gracias

LOOK

if sending a picture through this series of wires and pipes makes you feel threatened by "big brother"

send an old time one- you know eastman-kodak thru the u.s. mail

(i've lost my younger readers-

once upon a time we had a machine with a shutter that controlled time & light.
you could aim it at someone and take their picture. ((after paying someone to develop it))

((you know- eastman-kodak))

you could expect the government to deliver it for 14 cents.

people whom became good at it were called "shutterbugs""

{we are all bugs in amber (kurt vonnegut)



PS: i believed until i was aboot 13 that the only way the machine worked properly
was to point it at your subjects and say " say provolone"

my mom always laughed

yet, in her pictures

all the heads were cut off...

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Let me tell you how i spent the last two days...

(a zookeeper among the upright walking uncaged)

Yawn...


{coming soon to a blog near you)

sweet dreams

DAMN

Today,

i cut myself

burned myself

&

broke a nail.

The triple crown

of manual labor.

PS: i wonder how the less fortunate spent their day.

CONCERNING

That picture never taken-never sent

You. (You know who you are)

in your N.Y. winter caps

:(

one is a jet fan the otro an eagles...

gimme a break (forghettaboutit)

PS: have it your own miserable...

PSS: i'd wave the puerto rican flag for you!

{think of it as the primarys

your candidate lost

let's rally behind the "home" team; amigos}

i decided to celebrate the day

by cooking a special meal.

APPETIZER:

Baked stuffed scallops

(store bought 9 for $3.49)

squeeze of fresh lemon

(succulent)

foreplay...

ENTREE:

Shepherds pie

(a variation)

sweat shallots, celery, carrots, turnips and onion (small dice)

remove from heat.

brown 1 pound ground lamb

mix half the aromatics with 1/2 the lamb in a casserole dish
(save the other half-we will make another meal manana-maybe pasta?)

smother with bernaise sauce

(store bought packet-cheap and idiot proof)

pipe whipped potatoes over the top

covering all

(don't have a piping bag? simply spoon- scoop potatoes over all)

place in oven until duchess potatoes are golden brown

serve piping hot

with garlic toast points

yumm

PS: better than sex

i think i'll finish with a bailey's

and dreams of sugarplums dancing....

(i am a man- when i'm done i rollover and sleep)

CHRISTMAS 2011

who knew?

after all these years

we would all still be here together...

(SOME HAVE LEFT US)

(AND OTHERS HAVE JOINED)

a family intact ...

how great is that?

much love to all

(pabloshouse)

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

LIFE IS GOOD

:)

Merry Christmas

my brethren

U-MV160 - Sting - Gabriel's Message

Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time

PS: :)

Where are you Christmas? Faith Hill

PS: you gotta believe-tug mcgraw

Gloria Estefan - Silent Night

Goo Goo Dolls - Better Days (Video)

Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In (Video)

John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Bing Crosby & David Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth

PS:toasting an eggnog

Bob Dylan - Little Drummer Boy

PS: merry christmas

Santana - Put Your Lights On [TheWraith]

PS: everlast meets the light

99 YARDS

Alexander julian

i told you

"come schmooze with victor cruz"

PS: 1/2 black and half puerto rican

(he sez)

go giants, go giants, go giants...

TODAY

is my favorite day

of each and every year.

ANTICIPATION...

PS: combined with love

it's the engine of our lives...

{forever young}

SOMEONE ASKED

How do you want to be remembered?

my first thought?

(look, sonny i ain't THAT old, yet")

{upon further review}

he came

he saw

he was not

conquered

PS: i am the bastard child

of

erma bombeck

&

oscar wilde


;-}

TO EVERYONE EVER BEFRIENDED

is your life better

since 1st we met?

PS: mine is;

:)


ever-becoming...

i'm a junkie

i have to admit. i will stand here before junkies anonymous and shout it out...

i am a junkie!

(ahem)

I AM A JUNKIE!


last night (travelling wilburys)- rangers v. icelanders

tonight

rangers v. flyers
(jagr returns)

manana

giants - jets

(many marbles at stake)

sunday

knicks-celtics

monday

rangers-icelanders

i repeat

i am a junkie

{new york style}

PS: feels like a Christmas fix

STICKS AND STONES

Can break my bones.

Words

can only inform me.

THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING

The plane is too heavy. we are going to crash unless we get people to jump-right now.

(parachutes are available as always) in 1st class



to be fair- let's go in alphabetical order

all african-americans move to the door

flight attendant:
you sir, why are you not moving?

"i'm aint no african american-i'm a nigger"

all irishmen-your next

you sir-get up

"i'm not an irishman-i'm a mick"

italians, next in line

sir?

"i am a wop"

all latinos-deplane now

you sir, why do you still sit

"siesta-anyway senorita- i am a spic"

PS:the moment of truth

David Attenborough - Wonderful World - BBC

PS:thanx Darma

JUST SITTIN' HERE

in my #49

working House's ball...

Life is Good

:)

PS: Contemplate your belly button ...

PERSEPOLIS

ever seen?

an animated feature from an iranian woman

circa

fall of the shah

and the fallout...

a history lesson

must see

playing on starz

(or a net flix by you)

i just ate

a camel, a wreath

a christmas tree and a butterball

reminds me

of

8 east hill drive

andrew 5

0507

PS: gifts from heaven

thanx DARMA

who got to lick the spoon?

:)

TO MY EMPLOYERS

i am here when you need me

(otherwise)

when you think you want me

i am often otherwise engaged...

i am starting a petition

change their name

to

the new jersey

J.E.T.S.

PS: do you realize?

if the jets beat the giants

&

the giants beat the cowboys

the eagles could make the playoffs

PS: A.J.-wipe off that smirk...

i am lettered in b.s.

no, really

i have a B.S. Degree in Education

from an accredited University

((ask bob french))

i am working on my next degree

an honorary B.S.

B.S. as in...

PS: maybe from Freedonia U.

(is there such a place?)

((probably, on-line))

{say the magic word and win $50....}

MY MOM CALLED

On the phone.

we all seem to communicate electronically these days.
(ever-texting-tweeting-e-mails)etc. etc...

Funny.

3 years ago i didn't know how to set up voice mail.

now , the phone

is so yesterday.

(i digressed again)

my MOM called:

it was nice to remember her voice.

a package from santa is coming, i am on my way to florida

let me guess?

cookies

2 books

&

a check


PS: does my mother know me

Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World

BESIDES

No Fear

No Greed

No Envy

the only advice i can offer

is

"Don't Never Get Too Full Of Yourself"

your world can implode

in a

new york minute

PS: be a teacher :)

not

a preacher ;-(

PS: seen the latest #'s from the early polls?

on the outside- coming up fast

dr. ron paul

ANOTHER ASIDE

(been awhile)

this is like a diary

i call it my sounding board

sometimes

maybe i'm too frank

blatant

too personal

too

graphic...


(idaho, i'm small potatoes)

leonard cohen says "be for real"

i wear my heart (and soul) on my sleeve

daily

at (pabloshouse)

i pedal a bike back and forth to work

(and all place else)

24/7

12/365

for 9 +

years

((my choices)

is there anybody out there (pink floyd)

so

game?

1 TENTH OF A SECOND

(after further review)

THE RANGERS WIN !

PS: Replay- need i say more?

Even Baseball has joined

as i predicted?

no

foresaw ?

once before

in

THE IMPERFECT PERFECT GAME

h'mmm?

karma

or

just another bright student?

132

that's the number of hours i am scheduled to work

the next 2 weeks.

merry #@*!#@ christmas and a happy new year

i feel like the denver broncos coach (lou saben or mac speedie?)

in the classic NFL films clip:

"THEY'RE KILLING ME!"

GERRYMANDERING

by legislative order

needs to be


overturned

PS: supreme court ruling coming...

america elects. org

join us

"The Actor" - The Moody Blues

PS: be the lead actor in your own life...

The Moody Blues - Dear Diary

PS: welcome to pabloshouse

IF NOT FOR YOU

(robert zimmerman)

i could not speak my mind...

gracias

mi familia

(pabloshouse)

PS: feliz navidad

HOT STOVE LEAGUE

The winter meetings have concluded. (and it's not even winter, yet)

{go figure}

a couple of names that could change the balance of power remain

(( can Yu say Prince)) ?

but...

angels vs. phillies

2012 world series

PS: you heard it here 1st

REASONING

with me

(over certain things)

is like...

h'mmm?

it's like

pulling teeth.

BE TRUE

to friend and teeth

or they will be false to you

PS: the one's whom were meant to leave

are gone

GONE...

PS: inside; smiling on...

:)

PSS: outside; too

LAYMAN'S TERMS

My employer offers health insurance. (as do most of yours')

(if you are employed)

((most of us could be-but that's another story))

i have a $1000 per year availabilty at an 80-20 co-pay

in dental

i have a 10,000 dollar guarantee-for the lifetime)

do the (boring,freaking,dirty- math)

i am thinking longer term than some of my friends


every $ saved; today

remains in the bank...

(pabloshouse)


PS:(pay yourself 1st)

another

successful oral surgery

PS: i feel like steve martin in "little shop of horrors"

John Lennon & David Bowie - Bicycle built for two

Elvis Presley and David Bowie- Together in 1976 (GOLDEN YEARS)

PS: they share a birth date

albeit years apart...

HE AINT HEAVY

he's my brother.

PS: not everyone can carry the weight of the world...

Johnny Cash Hurt

PS: all life is suffering

acceptance puts one on a path to

enlightenment...

Coldplay - The Scientist

PS: forewards in backwards motion

Enigma - Return To Innocence

PS: it's a return to yourself

don't care what people say...

follow your own way

(follow your bliss)

Robin Trower - In This Place

Robin Trower - About to Begin

BE YOURSELF

Everyone else is taken

(oscar wilde)

a blast from the past

the week


PS: birds of a feather...

ALL ART

And most expression

is

metaphor.

For?

i don't know

i am a delivery system

connect your own dots...

PS: ever-becoming

Victor Borge Phonetic Pronunciation

PS: Phffttt...

Hallelujah Shrek Part I

Coldplay - Paradise

TV On The Radio - Nine Types of Light

PS: I HAVE INTRODUCED THESE BOYS FROM BROOKLYN BEFORE

HERE'S MORE...

CONCERNING E-MAIL

i am nuts.

you have been some 53 years forewarned.

{well, DarMa-DaDoo & Gichal, anyway)

Blame DarMa

she gave me this thing

a series of wires and tubes (said the congressman)

what was i supposed to do with it?

google porn and jerk off?

PS: what's the difference between making a statement and jerking off?

the intent behind your instrument.

"the gospel according to... (paul alexander)

PSS: i once dated a girl with the last name chrishart

some years later i was 2nd interviewed by a man named chris hart

karma

the last thing he said to me before offering the job?

"do not blow smoke up my ass"

PSSS: the older we get

the bolder...

had to laugh

(from beyond the grave)

a 60 minutes tribute

(tick tick tick)

andy rooney

"i just figured out that jennifer lopez and j-lo are the same person"

ha ha ha

so many folks

seem

so "detached"

onwards

1'ly soldiers...

(you'll be hearing from me again...)

IN 2010

Ichiro reached base 256 times

he scored 72 runs

mark reynolds reached base 99 times

he scored 77 runs

PS: Lies, Damn lies and Statistics

(samuel clemens)

i'm addicted

to

breathing

to

facing each new day

to

dealing and coping

to

wheeling

and hoping...

what are your addictions, my friend?

PS: program?

1 step at a time...

Coldplay - Speed Of Sound

REMEMBER POPA SAID

(Tickin' Tickin")

"Go "putch" in the woods"

"use a piece of newspaper- or a leaf"

i used the new york times

my brother?

PS: "you're gonna need an ocean

of calamine lotion"...

Alan Parsons Project - Old And Wise -updated

Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill Best Quality in HD with Lyrics

PS: 1 more time... (john lennon)

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

i urge all

to urge all

with whom you share a

floor and walls...

this fall

as you visit the malls

pitch loose change

towards the bell ringers call

deck the halls...


PS: if you are cyberspace shopper

salvation army.org


{pay it forwards}

Coldplay-- "Clocks"

PS: closing walls and ticking clocks...

AN OPEN POST TO MY MOM

Dar-Ma

you could have been just "an incubator *

as was so apropos

once a time....


you are

as your father before

a teacher

gracias,

pablito

LAUGH

and the world laughs with you

CRY

and the world laughs

at you

PS: Alligator tears...

HAPPY THANKS GIVING

11/24/11

who knew?

we'd all still be here, together

(and others' have joined)

lighten' up

y'all

brother (son) ((uncle))

paul

gotta go

harold and the purple crayon

is playing on

h.b.o.

PS: always a "kid" at heart...

stories by crockett johnson

songs by van dyke parks

Don Henley - My thanksgiving - Muziek & Entertainment - 123video

Don Henley - My thanksgiving - Muziek & Entertainment - 123video

PS: happy thanksgiving

amigos

OF YOUTH AND AGE

The old believe everything; the middle age suspect everything; the young

know everything.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old.

That is life's tragedy.



The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.

(oscar wilde)

1950

12% of high school seniors surveyed said:

i am a very important person

in 2005

80 %

-gallup-

(talk about a generation of "self-expansionalists")

PS: 2009

19% of americans surveyed said:

i am in the top 1% of wage earners

{do the math}

(same said )

-gallup-

we are not only ugly orson,

we are arrogant...

PSS: 90% of 70 or overs said:

i married too young

yep

(or should i say yup ?)

-gallup-

THANX

Again. for placing me here

(right here right now)

{you know who you are}...

young player

(bless my sacred heart)

in we

you've got a friend...

:)

Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime"

Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

PS: think the previous song had any influence on young peter?

humans murmurating....

Manfred Mann My Name Is Jack

BRAVO

mr. president

veto any changes to the original mandate

(we know you have a big stick,

thanx for showing

your balls)

senators congressmen

those who profit by pen,



the times they are a changing...

(thanx, mr. zimmerman)

PS: an american "fall" is looming...

november

twenty-twelve

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

John Cale - Zen

KICK THE CAN

(manfred mann)

itty bitty

super committtee

#3

is a much easier

place to be.

PS: fellow zygotes

do not blame me...

all of us are free to see

the sign posts ahead of we...

i once read the dictionary

i thought it was a book about everything

(stephen wright)

PS: worth repeating...

between me and life is a mist of words (oscar wilde)

it's only words (the brothers gibb)

AND, NO

i did not misquote him bass ackwords

he told you 2

the other way round

PS: he let me in on the joke...

don't ask me why (billy joel)

a 3 minute egg

yields

a soft yoke...

JUST A REMINDER

(Yawn)

all videos provided contain endless links at their conclusions

feel free to runaround

or as mom used to say

"go out and play"

((go blow the stink off))

today

you don't let your eyes off...

what a sad sad day

for kids at play...

PS:

GO

if i get there 1st i'll mark an X

if you get there 1st-erase it...

or

"have it your own miserable way"

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WAS WRONG

in 2005

"twitter"was still a sound

the "cloud" was something in the sky

"3G" was a parking place

"applications" were what you sent to colleges

and

"Skype"

was a typo

(thomas l. friedman)

"the world is flat"

The Beatles - Revolution (Live)

Al Stewart - Where Are They Now?

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE

The more they stay the same...

PS: the me percent

THE EVER REPEATING ANNOUNCEMENTS

( at work)

"Hi this is andrea assincrack- consumer advisor for your local
( international-multinational conglomerate)
( mostly fake) food market"

Join us on family day-turn off all distractions-P.C.s-cell phones- T.V.s
and have a family meal with great conversation.

"maybe relate something that happened today or tell a funny story"

"remember the family that eats together- stays together"...

PS: "who left the top off the toothpaste cap?" "who failed to refill the ice cube trays?"
"get your elbows off the table-and drop the rungs from your feet "
"stop rockin the back legs of your seat"
"why are the garbage pails-still at the street?"
"why is your hair growing towards your feet?"


i remember it well

maurice....


[ one day, my father

all of us shall meet...]

TIME

if you think of it forward

twenty years probably seems like a long time

yet if you think of it backwards

didn't those first 20

go by in an eye blink?

PS: see NOVA

space

and

TIME...

courtesy of

albert einstein

Nostradamus - Al Stewart

Sirens of Titan

PS:

i became malachi constant

when i found fiber

the "breakfast of champions"

-the gospel according to...

PSS: under the christmas tree

i can't tell you the year

a small, wrapped package from santa

5 vonnegut novels

my 1st boxed set...

including- "the sirens of titan"

LOOKING FORWARD

To

12/12/12

:)

keep on smilin' thru the pain

(wet willie)

NO MAN

is rich enough to buy back his past

(oscar wilde)

no man is too poor to forage a new future

(me)

LAMB OF YOUR LOINS

i know

i have little right to speak...

"your children are not your children"...

kahlil gibran

THIS JUST IN

Appellate Court ruling

obamacare is constitutional

PS: scalia and thomas

put on your white wigs and tell this nation we are wrong

i dare you...

11 million

americans

suffer from insomnia

(charles osgood)

PS: i tossed and turned all night...

ALL OF US

are lunatics

but he who can analyze

his delusions is called a

philosopher

(ambrose bierce)

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY

sting like a bee

i just beat

mohammed ali

joe frazier

R.I.P.

My wish as a novelist

has been overcome

by the events of our lives...

PS: i am a commenterian (sic)

HAPPY VALLEY

Pennsylvania

with Jo Pa

as pope...

PS: closeted circles

A tribute to calvin trillin

a writer like 1 in a million...

(of us there are 7 billion)



his shortest foray?

O.J.

oy ve

IF

herman cain, rick perry and michelle bachman all claim that god called them to be president

isn't He

fucking

with 2 of them?

-bill maher-

Genesis, Happy the Man

Woooh!

(how do you put "take a deep breath" on the printed page?)

((pink floyd did it so well on vinyl - audio wise))
{thank alan parsons}

i regress (i mean digress-don't you wish you could leave a word on the page-yet xxxx it out?)

you can

if you pick up a pen or a pencil...

((onwards only soldier))

we have an income disparity in this country

(are u kiddin' me ?- in this WORLD! Pablo)
{go live in singapore-you ugly american}

this is NOT the problem

it is the symptom of a much bigger disease-

Educational disparity.

"As property values rise-so will the value of a college education"

and now the puppets want to revolt against those that think they have mastered the strings.

((another fine mess, ollie))

i digress

1 side argues-the occupy wall street movement has no centralized leadership, are defecating in the street,and are a mob
of unskilled burn-outs

the other side counters:

these people are college graduates in debt without a job.

is anyone wrong?

is anyone right?

clog the port in oakland

(that serves what purpose?)

here's the bottom line

the government (we the people)

HAVE FAILED IN PROVIDING EDUCATION

to our youth...

the government needs to get out of "child-rearing"

{see the greeks}

Seriously, now

allow free enterprise in the schooling of our youth...

the commodity exchanges do not keep prices low so poor people can eat

they get stamps

give those stamps to our "kids"

so they can learn...

PS: brought to you by a believer in charter schools and a free market system....

POPA swore by Verdalia's

writing is like ... peeling an onion

(particularly if you are writing auto-biographically)

{ all 1st time novelists do-read early irving, dickens, hardy}

(frank mccourt "you fekin igit'" or his little brother "a monk swimming")

((write what you know))

tell

your story

later- you will write about you don't know
but you'll research to fill in the blanks...

writing is like peeling an onion

each layer of outer skin removed reveals a bulbous joy

yet

you know what hoppens when you peel an onion... grasshopper

writing on...

(with kleenex as an aid)

registered trademark infringement or product endorsement?

china

feel free to weigh in....

John Cale - Circus

TIME

clock on the wall is ticking away...

TIME

waits for no one

TIME

things can turn on a dime

TIME

lemon's or lime?

TIME

rhymes...

TIME

pantomime

TIME

TIME

Live in the moment...

PS: TIME

may change me

but

i kant trace

TIME...

herman

is upside down and inside out

he means

"6'' "6" "6"

wonder how that will play

in peoria...

Ps: give the devil his due

"The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss, the COMPLETE dramatized Reading!

an aside

(i've been thinking...}

if one could go back and relive past moments

to walk again in one's shoes

which moments would one choose?

some might be quite specific

for instance the night mickey hit a walk-off against don mcmahon

and beat the sox-just popa and i sitting down the right-field line.

or

less so

fond memories of fishing

(maybe, impossible to pick one particular expedition)
so capsulated into something like fish or cut bait
but shorter

i am not asking for short stories

{call it- "research"}

anybody game?

send me yours

and i'll send you mine

(confidentiality is expected and required)

chapter 16

WELCOME, HOME

he arose early-stopped for a pack and a joe

here we go...

he came around the corner-dressed to the nine's

(never looked so fine)

"welcome back, jack-impressed?"

"i have climbed aboard your horse" "keep your finger's crossed-i've a meeting with the boss"

"yes"

he thought

"par for the course"

chapter 15

"REPUTATION THIS"

i am a man of no invisible means

NAME:
me and i are gemini

EDUCATION:
i am lettered in B.S.

MUSES:
Sport
Music
Literature

GOALS:
i am waiting for godot

HEROS:
Mom

pal o' mine
palindrome
where u ares'
where i call home

(a man , a plan, a canal, panama)

A Paradigm, wrapped in a riddle, rolled in an enigma...

{as are we all}

he licked and sealed.


"laura, cash me out- and give this to paula"

chapter 14

THAT QUIRKY CARD STORE

he lived in an area not unlike greenwich village

sidewalk cafes-street walk pantomimes-used record stores

galore...

old fashion clothes sold anew.
(piccadilly circus)?

he walked to the card store.

looking for? he was not sure,

yet knew he would find.

he rifled thru

a slew

then found a picture of

daltry and townsend

live on stage...

inside

3 words

"who are you?"

he registered and returned

sat at the bar

"another turn...

coffee back"

he pulled out his pen

gold cross

(came in a set with a note

here's to success)

((e tu hermano...))

he wrote...

chapter 13

SATURDAY, SATURDAY...

Jack was married to the daughter of a preacher man.

They would spend their nights before the sabbath in the company of other couples.

Usually, dinner and a movie; or bowling.
Many of these evenings were spent in revolving residences.
each of the couples in their circle, in turn, would host.

Since jack & diane were the only childless couple among the group,over time,
more evening's were spent at their house than others...

Diane was a good cook- and charades, or monopoly, or the game of life that followed dinner could not be interrupted.

After dessert, coffee and goodbyes, they would retire to their bedroom
for short, missionary position sex.

then it was the proverbial lights out

so to speak

for the room was already dark

chapter 12

THE TOUR

coming soon-

chapter 11

SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALL RIGHT FOR...

Among the amenities included:

live music in the lounge

friday and saturday nights.

(friday's were single-man's night out-saturday?-date night)

most saturday's he visited... (alone)

{"easy lift to the walk"
"i mean-easy walk to the lift"...}


a duo

paul & paula

(no, not them) yet they always covered

"hey, hey paula...."

one night-she visited

"is this seat taken?"

"yes-it belongs to you-i have been saving it for weeks"

"where are you from?"

"my mother, aren't we all?"...
"sorry-new york"

"i should run right now-reputation"
"wham, bam, thank you mam"!

"no, no you misunderstand"

"got to go"


on stage

"this is for the man in the pinstripe suit"

she offered a sultry, jazzy rendition

of

"smooth operator"

he downed his drink

"laura-keep my tab open-i'll be back in a few blinks"

chapter 10

7TH INNING STRETCH

"did you know this place got built by a shrewd move by the mayor in funding the '64 world's fair"?
(with a little help from his friends)
"it's where the frisbee got introduced"
before that the met's played at the old polo grounds-as did the jets-tho' they were called the titans"

"we hosted a fair 1900, i think-the ice cream cone was introduced"

"speaking of food"
'when's the cafeteria going to open?"

"when we are half moved in"
"we have 6 floors occupied- 1 every 2 weeks is on the horizon-"your operations people want to make it an issue"
"but, everybody else is just across the street"

"what are you going to do with the exec's?"

"don't know- not my problem-i work for the tele-co that's why we did not address in the bid process"

"tomorrow,we will offer you possibilities -take note"
"enough shop" "how about a dog?"

"sure 'nough or my name ain't E.T.
-willie mcgee"
"order-why i go see a man about one"

chapter nine

ARC OF THE DIVER

he rolled over
heard commotion

people had wandered out from the bar...

looking up



saw a man

standing on the roof

of the lounge

he jumped

a perfect dive

into the pool

he surfaced

"are u a fool?"

"no, sanjiv patel"
"at your service"

" are you suicidal?"

"no, the amount of water in accordance with the jump was mathematically appropriate"

"mathematics are the art of the possible"
" why did you do that?"

"i like attention"

"i hate it"


"what's your name"?

"you can call me johnny quest"
"can i buy you a beer,haji?"

chapter eight

NEW YORK NEW YORK


Jack met Nick in the lobby of the marquis

"what's shakin', bacon?"

" so nice to see you-how you been?"

"chillin' like a villain"
"how be you?"

"got 2-a little birdie spoke in my ear"
"coney vs. andujar" "are you game?"

"for shame, for shame, of course, I'm game"

"loser buys dinner"

"that's a winner"
"my redbirds' are gonna kick your metropolitan ass"

" game on, let's go- pedal to gas"

chapter seven

REMEMBERING ALOUD

Hart & Rodgers, the brooklyn dodgers, jolly rogers'

Elliot (Win) mortal vs. venial sin, 1st sip of tonic and gin
marty&spin, rin tin-tin(when cans were tin and a fin was a fin)

sky king-crosby 2bings
white christmas-pepper piddlin'
i can see my breath
holiday-caroling

small town parades-a game of charades
sentimental serenades-penny arcades
(where's time gone?)
lost decades

michigan rummy, hang the dummy
mom's cooking
yummy yummy
love in my tummy
sundays before church
stone-man the mummy

eel fishing-basket swishing.
youthful, hopeful
forward-wishing

Lennon's blister-game of twister.
bridget joseph
sister-sister
mister-mister
gary wister

P.F. Flyers-clothes line dryers
mickey retires
in 'Nam we mire
don't get me started
you'll raise my ire

coco the clown-catch a flies up
spy on the headlights
right after Sup

sonny fox- soupy sales
(white fang-how come i see F & u see K)
wonderama-where's doris day?
dock of the bay-or danny kaye
have we lost our way?

topps gum-bazooka joe
colonel bleep
G.I. Joe
clyde crashcup
&
leonardo

mr. truby, Begonia, ruby-ron kuby
scooby-brothers doobie-1st peek at a boobie

breyers' peach ice cream; a re- occuring dream
abe beam-your little league team
clams that steam
canned goods in Popa's pantry
elmer gantry

jack&dolores-charlieðel
the kemps-the schicks
the lefkos-the quicks
(natasha&boris)
donald&doris

piggy-back fights
"is the hun up yet nights"
playdo-lego
duck, duck goose
Bullwinkle
moose

catching frogs
lincoln logs
red rover red rover
a 4 leaf clover
musical chairs
ginger rogers&fred astaire

(almost over-not yet quite there)

red book-the suffolk sun
peter pan-freedom land
candyland
john updikes' rabbit run
sally field as
flying nun

stick a fork
now, i'm done

time to go-time to go
there could be so much more
you know, you know

like sand fleas and horseshoe crabs
fond moments and unpaid tabs
or
john diebner-lenny boyer
anticipation in nanas foyer
perry mason-trial lawyer

blow fish-sea robins
curbside dams-squirting clams
holiday meals
with the whole flam dam

little africa or gaynor park
the boogie man
in the dark
the herald angels
Hark!
with Tiger's bark
campo, mark

kick the can-manfred mann
hardy&stan
stan the man

venus of paradise
al rice
a rabbit hutch
the Pa. dutch


salisbury park-a bike built for 2
the bronx zoo
me and u and a dog named boo
cuckoo ka chuw
(coleman, choo choo)

have grinder, will travel
the egg man
now bang the gavel
i'm outta here
hope you r a fan...

gil hodges-old codgers-hornsby, rogers

(hart & Rodgers,the brooklyn dodgers-jolly rogers)

what goes around comes around

on this merry go round

we are captive on the carousal of time...

he put down his pen.

"thanx my lady of the canyon-you'd never believe who is sitting across a pool of water from me"...

when he looked up from his tablet

he was alone again, naturally

chapter six

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS


"The Plaza"
sat on a king's way
across from a forest lawn.

Once upon a time, it was regal
(well, if the only game in town)

{in the basement ballroom- the ghosts of freddie blassie,
george "the animal" steele,haystacks calhoun
and gorilla monsoon
still reside...}

It got so popular they added a tower...

later

progress reported

and two new hotels in the city center nearly put it down.

New owners took charge-converted the high-rise into apartments

come live-with all hotel amenities included:

he moved in.



Since Jack was in the city that does not sleep...

he thought he should take a stay

"I am not going to work today".

instead- pool side

(tho' it was a grey,overcast day)

{he had the place to himself}

his boom box

a little Tom Petty

a beach towel

a tablet and quill...

come what will.

out of the entrance

came a man

thought he knew him from his farmer's tan

he came closer...

"hello, mr. zimmerman"

he chuckled.

walked around the pool

and sat across ...

(without a soul to bare witness)

he thought of "subterranean homesick blues"

a method of writing that attempts to exhaust rhyme schemes to death

"let's give it a shot"

he thought, "why not"


he picked up his pen

"if not now, when?"...

chapter five

ROOTS

he was born in a small town, where they think small thoughts and use small words.

But not his kin. They were forward thinkers.

he was summoned to a parental conference. Must have been 15 going on 16 years young.
(he knew the drill, 2 had come before)

"Time to start thinking about your future kiddo"
(time has come, the chambers brothers-he thought)

"Options"

"graduate from high school and go to work"
better get a job soon. you are going to need transportation and pay room and board.
Or- you can commute to one of the local colleges.
start saving for a car. you can live here free.
Or
you can go away to school. not too far-it costs money to get back and forth for holidays and semester breaks.
we'll do all we can,but money does not grow on trees.
and Florida is off limits-you are not spending college lying on the beach"

his first lesson in options...

(tho' this was a no-brainer)

"can i sleep on it ? "

and that's about the time the dream began.

he had been schooled in psychology that everyone dreams; yet never remembered any of his own.

"try a pad and pencil, bedside. first thing when you awake write down what you think"

1st try. he wrote.

"i want to roll over and go back to sleep"

and then one night...




he is sitting in the classroom. it is his final, final exam. pass this test and you graduate from university with a degree.

and as the students filed in and the room began to swell, so did his chest-fore he recognized no one.

and when the teacher walked in- a man he had never seen before-he asked, gasping for breath-

"isn't this the Art's final"

"no, no, that was yesterday"

and that's when he sat up in a cold sweat and realized,
terrified, he was at home in bed.


and from that night forth

time and again

that dream would rear it's ugly head

over and over again...

chapter four

HE SEZ

he sez

something stupid
(frank and nancy)

he sez

something profound

he sez

something funny
(acts the clown)

then quotes a renowned

he relates a story

maybe from his past

then he is silent

(a repast?)

someone asked

who is he any way?

He is you.

he put down his pen.

"i wanna be a writer but i know not when"

he announced to an empty room

he gazed at his watch. A gift from his brother.
(another reminder-live in the praesens)

"jack should be touching down, at j.f.k.

if you can make it there...

or am i just lost in camelot?"


he needed to lie down...

if not sleep.

chapter three

FIELD OF DREAMS

"Jack, i am not asking you to go ask the higher-ups to redesign the 42nd floor"
"let's not get ahead of ourselves. It's a business trip, 2 nights-1 full day. See how executive services work
in the real world. Some of your board members sit on Boards like our New York accounts... you got to see the kind of service they demand.
"we need to cover our asses jack. the 1st time Zane gets cold eggs, believe you,me
the yoke is gonna be on both of us"

"Sounds like a self-fulfilling prophesy "

"i don't need the weatherman to tell me which way the wind blows"
" and i ain't never seen shit roll uphill" "when that forklift fell on you and they gave you last rites
and yet you recovered-but you'll never walk again, and now your on 3 softball teams?"
"it changed you, didn't it? in a way you can't talk about to people in your life-especially your wife"

"Live in the now, Jack"
"this is your one shot"...

"Take It"

Plus you'll have fun. Nick will be your guide. And i see the redbirds are in town.
what would you rather? the mets or a show?"

"Go"

"go sell it on the mountain"

he left his office convinced...

if you build it they will come.

chapter two

THESE ARE THE BEST OF TIMES, THESE ARE THE WORST...

he had a couple of hours before his face to face. Needed space. A quiet place. (requiem for an ass?)

he laughed.

Not far from work (a short hike for a jerk) was his respite.

Flowers and trees-the scent in the breeze- could bring him to his knees
Oh Lord! Please?...

The best was the carp pond.

Teeming Teeming

unlike the seas...

Metaphor

(teams and seasons)

"He's a baseball fan" he said too loud-for others heard

"sorry- speaking to myself, i am not too proud"
(not part of this herd)

{back to point-focus}

{Gashouse Gang}
pepper martin

((remember, Popa said)

{ticking , ticking}

pinstripe man to redbird fan

there's a plan...


{random thoughts in the head of an innocent man)

as he exited

"how was your visit?"

"perfect as usual

thank you mam'"

{make your pitch

take a stand...}



he gazed at his watch...

time to smell the roses...

chapter one

IF YOU KANT STAND THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN

"why did i take this job"? he asked in rhetoric
he knew why. the path. the calling...

it started early, once clete boyer was announced

by bob

now batting #6...

"he is gonna hit a home run"

"how do you know"?

garagiola, deep to left...

"you've got the shine"

yeah. and i am claiming it now as mine.

he picked up the phone.

"mary ann, when the shit hits the fan, i am the man whose fanny is gonna wave in the breeze"
i ain't gonna truck food up a freight elevator to feed the 30 most important people in this corporation.

you call the salesperson who sold this piece of shit and tell him the client is coming for a visit. free some time
I.B.M. for breakfast-International Paper for brunch-lunch will be served at Celanese-courtesy of the chef.
call Houston- (we have a problem) i want Skip to agree to bankroll this trip-even tho' you and i know Bell will pay his way...
i need something in my tool kit, greater than my wit."

and get some tickets to a broadway show. something funny.
may i suggest P.S. your cat is dead-he'll laugh his ass off

"have you spoken to jack"?

"not yet, that's next-got to go-get busy"

he hung up.

gathered himself.

thought

"you have huge cajones"

yeah. living in a small hotel...

time to meet with the liaison.

this is going to be one hard sell...

houdini

david robertsen

now you see it

then you don't...

PS: he is amaZing

David Bowie Imagine (John Lennon cover)

irene's aftermath

lots of twigs and branches...

{not the 1st time i've been accused

of being in the dark.}

a wonderful time for contemplation...

and saying thanx.

be kind to one another...

gods other son

even got imus in the morn'....

ready, willing, able

i called in


4 hours early

store mgr.

what's up- got power

yes
but no one in your dept. showed up

see you monday

stay safe

Starman - The David Bowie Experience

PS: can u believe this?

mr bowie aint even dead yet.....

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication [Official Music Video]

PS: anthony is from grand rapids

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California [Official Music Video]

David Bowie - America @ Concert For New York City

David Bowie Sings Frank Sinatra - My Way

PS: mayor hanna proud...

David Bowie - Buddha Of Suburbia [Music Video] - Starseed Pop-Culture

the power was shut off

(by lipa)

not irene...

(living in lies by the rail way ties

kant tell the bullshit from the truth...)

there is something going on here, but you don't know what it is-do you

mr. jones

(ballad of a thin man)

the power came back on...

14 hours off

i.f.c.

the door in the floor

(a widow for one year)

mr. irving

irony...

Bob Dylan - Shelter from the storm

SWEET

little willie

(1 hit wonder)

((ballroom blitz was not a hit)

sorry- i digress

SWEET

outside my door this a.m.

my digital cable box

just set it up

got c-span back

book t.v.

h.b.o.-i.f.c.

bbc-america


etc. etc.

pabloshouse is 1 happy couch potato

(as irene rears her fugly head)


windy had stormy eyes...

THE FUTURE - LEONARD COHEN - LIVE IN LONDON

Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World

once; again too

same song-different images

the beat goes on...

the yankees hit 3

grand slam

round trippers

same game

( "poosh 'em up" hit 2 in 1)

never been done before...

baseball, alone, will keep me passionate for life...

what a wonderful world, mr. armstrong

canned soup

(sounds like a marx brother's title)

the canned soup aisle was also wiped out

i asked one man with,like 14 cans in his basket

"you must like soup"

"if the power go off, least i got something to eat"

(how are you going to heat it? over a sterno?)
((i see a busy day for islip F.D. if the power "go off"))

another-she usually shops on mondays' (monday,monday)
(mamas and papas)

{that one's for you-Dar-Ma}

she had an over-loaded cart (even for hers')

"whadaya doin"?

"just in case-i know i'm stupid, i watch fox news too"

"what are you afraid of"?

"the power going off"

so you are here buying a cart full of things that will fill your refrigerator and your freezer?...

PS: i am dumbfounded ... by the sheep

and know

i am not a shepherd...

(rock & a hard)

zookeeper's assistant

Bottled water

Batteries

Beef (ground)

Milk

T.P.

all gone, gone, gone

(phil & don)

'fore the day got long

{the line was 12 long at the deli for 1/2 the day...}

we ran out of plastic bags at the checkout...


people are crazy and times are strange
i'm locked in tight i'm out of range(bobby zimmerman)

people are strange(jim morrison)



saturday & sunday

i am going to pedal to work in the wind and the rain

i think all these animals

are fucking insane...

someone asked II

why do you hide it?

because if i showed it in public

and

couldn't control it

i would probably get arrested

my lawyer would plead "blood supply"...

i remember...

some folk ((1 in particular))

tellin' me

the people you meet in college will be life-long friends

yeah, right

cleopatra...



how many of us remain in contact with alma-mater "friends"?


PS: ships in the night

silver linings

cable company is charging $7 per month remote included. my bad. (by $36 annually)

( i had paul, call)

i can offer you a 1 year grace period.

install all digital boxes needed to your add-sets now
and you will not begin to pay the $7 monthly charge per box until september 2012

please send.

should be delivered in a few days.

so don't worry about covering the cost (i offered)
till next year.

oh,

and now you will get optimum

same as we have upstairs

all the movie channels
it's like 150 channels...


PS: sweet

(silver linings)

i felt the earth move

under my seat

(carole king)


the sky did not tumble.

by sunday

a few trees may

say

goodnight, irene

(john sebastian)

PS: a quake and a 'cane in the same week

{ GORE !!!}

(stephen colbert)

call the cable guy

(jim carrey)

((not you, larry))

my cable is off; 'cept a blue screen background with yellow letters

think it sez. ha ha we got ya.

now required to attach a digital box to your t.v. set to receive signal

box is FREE

call(866) 580-0535

yep.

box is free.

monthly fee?

10 bucks (if you want a remote)

PS: got you by the short and curlies (mick jagger)

i urge

the super congress

all 12

read simpson-bowles

then call your first meeting to order...

(among this disorder)

find where you can agree

(at least there's a woman to referee).

to the t.e.a. (party? really?)

partyests ...

pinky's up!

you brought this debate to the floor

of national concern

and for that you deserve kudos..


now

offer us independent, blue, doggedly conservative progressives a presidential candidate

not out of a lewis carroll classic

or stand down.



PS: even a broken clock is right

twice a day.

munia, munia, munia

yada,yada,yada

rudebega, rudebega

(the incessant noise of an uninformed crowd)

i am just a worker ant...

PS: i am working on my rewrite

(all right)...

succinct

precise

&

concise

PS:aye, there's the rub

(billy the shake)

borders

the nations largest book store is going out of business.

(well, shame on them for trying to compete)

((why buy a book when there's a thriving, lending library in town))

bricks and mortar...


vinyl (sam goody)

tape (blockbuster)

the book?...

see you in cyberspace

read you on kindle

(or a blog)

what a brave new world...

Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed

PS: 10 -10 thirty

ryan will pick up

A.M.?

things have changed....

did ya' know?

huntsmen speaks fluent chinese.

wow!

tho' i think we are 25 executive election cycles away from needing the president

to speak mandarin.

PS: got to go

my schezuan dinner is ready...

math class

i was good at plus and minus

got times and divided

geometry? a bit harder

algebra?

really tough for me

(what the fuck is X?)

half way thru the year

i am not doing well...

on the bus one morning

i sat next to jimmy

(he later became nypd blue
got shot on the job-now owns an eatery nearby)

he asked: "did you do your homework?"

no

me neither- i thought i'd do it during spanish

you do the first 5

i'll do the last 5

we'll exchange and submit...

at class

a few days later...

mr tanner

mr's paul and jimmy

see me after class...

you guys got 5 right and 5 wrong with exactly the same answers...

what gives?

1st tell me who got the 5 right


PS: later at a parent - teacher confab

mr tanner said i remember another son from a summer school-i have now seen light lightbulbs glow bright in both their heads...

PSS: my "lightbulb" lit when Popa explained how to figure batting average

and E.R.A.'s

(now we have bill james, saber-metrics and the elias sports bureau)

{evolution- Shh-it scares some...}

Allentown- Billy Joel

PS: symbiotic


levitown ?

Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"

PS: something borrowed

something blue...

Subdivisions - Rush

PS: hear this....

now hear ....

someone asked

what's the best thing that ever happened to you?

Being born into my family.

to quote the iron horse...

i am the luckiest man on the face of the earth...

SPRING

(arab style) has turned towards summer

fall is soon to follow

libya, syria

winter can be cold...

PS: citizens of both,

be bold....

that's right

i'm working on the rewrite

(all right)

gonna take the title

and throw it in the trash

gonna change the ending

and turn it into cash.

PS: thanx mr. simon

(lookey that-we share a 1st name and initials)

PSS: P. S. i love you (john lennon)

PSSS: y tu misters king, irving & brooks

(sounds like a regal, legal & serene team)

you inspire me.

{not you, bobby z.- i love you

but

your brilliance intimidates}

P (how many now?) S:

there's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door
you didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done,
in the final end he won the wars
after losin' every battle.
(idiot wind)

or

don't need the weatherman to tell me which way the wind blows...


take a

stand...


set free your bears...

google mr. brooks

he sez

something stupid (frank and nancy)

then

something profound.

he sez

something funny

(acts the clown

then quotes a renowned.

he tells a story

maybe from the past

then a poem

then

maybe nothing

he is silent



(a repast)?

someone asked

"who is he, anyway"?

he
is you...


PS: come together (john lennon)

johns hopkins

study

(trial)

reduced caloric intake

1200 calories (a day)

(lab rats)

perform at much higher levels

than their peers

at advanced ages...

human trials are underway


i'm a believer (neil diamond)

as a writer

well,

as a poster

(impostor ?)

i am all over the fucking place

aren't i

PS: don't ask me why

(billy joel)

PSS: i think most times...

you are no vincent

you are more jackson pollack

throw it at the canvas

and see what sticks.

PSS: you are starting to speak in the 3rd person (rickey henderson)

stop it...

national geographic

this month.

(every time i see the magazine i think of christmas and marge and bill.)

(( in florida over lunch i called him uncle war hero whom never wants to talk about it.))

i should have referenced margie. (my bad)

i thought should i say aunt 4-H? or aunt national geo for i believe the subscription was probably her idea.

(missed opportunities)

national geographic magazine.

horseshoe crabs have an enzyme in their blood that detects pathogens that could kill mankind.

who knew?

(and whose brilliant mind even set off in this kind of discourse?)

PS: mea culpa

for all the horse shoes we overturned in the ebb tide sands of short beach
spike down-belly-up

to bake to death under the sun.

hurricane helen

was forced down my end tonight

(schedules)

(( i fight and debate at both jobs that they will work me within certain parameters))

i do not always get my way.

{ despite some co-workers belief in the contrary}

Another had to be cut-off at 9:00 p.m.

(he was "scheduled" to close)

NO OVERTIME!

the designated shift leader:

no no what am i gonna do!

you got 3 closers plus yourself and the svengali is here until 12

you gonna stay 'till 12? (d.s.l.)

i have been working since 8:00 a.m.-what do you want from me?

your scheduled until 12 (mgr.)

i will stay until 12- when rico gets back from vacation-we all need a pow-wow
hire another part-time cook. i'll train.


meanwhile- we need to have a discussion aboot' ms. hurricane
all night long you have been calling demands for extra things to a deaf woman.
(you are talking to me-but i aint working her mucking fess of a work station)
want me to start playing dumb?

PS: things will change

(and i will repeat)

i aint changing rooms no more...

at least not until an urn is interned

somewhere...

FARM AID II

No. ( as in "on the road, again" running from the tax man willie nelson)

Yes. (as to a provision in the "economic recovery act")

Farmers who suffered damage because of the economic crisis could get relief
by filing a federal form.

a shrewd barrister , al spire, went over the law with a fine-tooth comb.
he deduced that "attempting" to farm was covered.

To date: $2.25 billion (yes, that's a B )

has been paid out.

how much went into the pockets of "attempted" farmers
is hard to evaluate.

one true farmer was brave enough to stand in front of the camera and say:

"farming is in our roots. our fore-fathers worked americas' land for others profit.
every african american is due $50,000 that should have been paid to our grandparents.
this generation is collecting our reparation."

buffet said

"the rich should pay more"

(a yearling at work)

"i think the parrot heads agree"

PS: out of the mouths of babes in margaritaville

pooh, pooh

i wanted to deliver colbert's take on the anderson cooper laugh out

(i laughed like a 13 year old girl-he said)

any one wonder aboot' his "orientation" now?

but

i kant install adobe flash player

nor interpret

cave carvings

greek

latin

nor

most of what

steve duecy sez...

blow hard

i was the executive in charge for a term

plus

(left as nixon)

((sounds like a novel

save the wave and the 'copter))

you have to take a stand and demand

it may cost you in the long term

as it pays dividends to others in the short term

((early bird gets the worm))

be firm

in your convictions

((in youth- be not afraid to say

i don't know, no comprende, it's beyond my experience))

yet

fret

less

about biting off more then you can chew

at any time (alanis)

we have big mouths and

bigger brains...


(a blow...)

back in a few moments



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i get by with a little help from my friends...


post-script

i finally broke free

and got my first

Ta-too

i wanted to hide it

(unlike others whom seem to scream

look at me)

so i got a Ta-too on my penis

(well-hidden nobody has seen it in years)

what of?

a bigger penis

of course...

PS: show off

we got no place else to go

('cept gold or as mattress stuffing)

that's while we'll hold 10,800

or so

((anybody wanna buy H.P. (or should i say h.p.) or bank of america stock?

i think not

we lost $1.5 billion bailing and then selling chrysler...

(lee's rolling over)

And... to a french concern.
(or was it german? who can tell anymore)

((at least we can be sure they won't be building vehicles of mass destruction))


{i think the french invented soccer. who else would play a game that left their hands free
free to what? surrender?}

(curtis silwa)

i digress...


the bell is ringing

maria is singing

our 401 k's are burning

as

obama fiddles...


PS: nice bus

(made in canada)


PSS: we will never surrender

no matter the cost

(winnie the p.)

PSSS: and if your thinking "pooh"?


i just might,

take a shot at you...



got you

in my cross-hairs

(i mean: sight)

51%

of american tax payer filers


(emphasis on filers)

paid no federal tax in 2010


PS: taxed enough already?

whom?

PS: do the math

this system is not self-supporting...


everyone needs to pay a share

(carry that weight)

meatloaf

(i always loved it cold with ketchup-on a sandwich-next day)

((kinda-like possum innards mr clampet ))

{ tho' after my catholic school daze-brown bag was kept in your desk drawer)

then, we had pbj's and tuna fish.

(tuna fish?)

today, child services would send investigators

anywho

back to no point...

meatloaf was on piers morgan tonight

i saw him once

at oneonta

part of the national lampoon traveling revue

(a 4 person team)

comedy in prose & song

PS: later, he was the only of the troupe chugging beers in the rathskellar

(ask ricky)

Harry Nilsson - Turn On Your Radio

volume was low

friday's in august are usually slow.

maybe we've reached the low.

(or a new normal)

where's mark haines?

dow is about to tank

we will be below 10,000

by fridays' bell

PS:it's four o'clock

where's your $

maria

FIND THE HUMOUR

or have it your own miserable way...


PS: good day

new venture

glow-in-the-dark

sushi

PS:think it'll sell?

Harry Nilsson - Joy

3x06 The Mark of El Kabong

oh my darling

i'm a huckleberry

doc had a quick draw

dadoo's got a

babba looey

PS: doll holdings...

these are the best of times

these are the worst of times

(charles dickens)

by the by

i wear A & F as i blog..


any offers?

deep to left

back at the track at the wall we are tied

i don't believe what i just saw..

YES...

kick save and a beauty...

holy cow!...

Ps: fond soundtracks

80's Starkist Tuna Commercial

a blast from the past

Dream On - Aerosmith

PS: 1/2 my life is in books written pages

lived and learned from fools and from sages

BRAVERY

palex 52258 @ G-mail.com

(608) 630-2233)

come talk to me (peter gabriel)

talk to me (joni mitchell)




PS: publisher's calls take precedent

nobody's talkin to me

(mr nilsson)

ain't sharing a word they're thinking...
(only their echoes in my mind)

oh well

i'll put the lime in the coconut

and blog on...

ratzo rizzo

i swear

some days

i have to check this blog

PS: i think i sleep post

(i already know that i sleep walk)

((better than most whom seem to walk aboot' in a daze))

and think "post" is a cereal

if you are here

on an expired visa

or green card

(or you walked across the border)

you should be collected and sent home.

rasmussen poll

g.o.p. candidates

1. perry

2.romney

3. not sure

not sure?.

take a stand

get your head out the fucking sand

PS: #4?

bachmann

#5

dr. o.b.g.y.n.

i was watching

the "idiot box"

when they reminded

elvis died this day.

(hence the prior posts)

then bachmann guffaws (again)

and i think

jesus christ almighty

i cannot make this shit up!

elvis

has left the building...

PS: bachmann is soon to follow

"happy birthday"


tell me the one aboot' paul revere; again...

xavier beccera

muy bien senora pelosi

Ain't Talkin' Lyrics

Ain't Talkin' Lyrics: "Bob Dylan Ain't Talkin' lyrics in the Modern Times Album. These Ain't Talkin' lyrics are performed by Bob Dylan Get the music video and song lyrics here. As I walked out tonight in the mystic garden The wounded flowers were dangling from the vine I was p"

PS: god i wish i could write like this...

Paul Simon: Graceland, concert Zimbabwe / South Africa

TOP 5

(john cusack)

television programs

5. the twilight zone

4. south park

3. the colbert report

2. charlie rose

1. house

honorable mentions:

nypd blue

the mod squad

all in the family

all in the family


monty python's flying circus

as time goes by....

(keeping up appearances)

Neil Young - He Was The King

PS: r. i. p.

elvis aaron

Arcade Fire * Laika

PS: alexander

popular name in my company

REFORM

the tax code

entitlements

food stamps

the military budget

&

unemployment compensation

or

have it your own

miserable way

Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

PS: a response to an e-mail from my brother

keep moving forward, grasshopper

i tend

to dominate conversation

for it saves time

and prevents arguments

(oscar wilde)

PS: i suppose that is why few engage...

their loss

my gain

John Cale — "Song of the Valley"

VALLEYS

that is where thru introspection

mountains get moved

PS:not from the peaks

BOXERS

These are definitely

not my underwear


(ha ha)

PS: let the rain come

john...

an enigma

wrapped in a riddle

rolled in a paradigm

PS: as are we all

( whom are worth their salt)

i often

blow a ...(in person)

i am a tea pot

here's my spout.

i say what i mean

i am literal

(( that's my stubborn nature))

we both need to

"work on it"

MEP Music Video: "Warehouse" - Dave Matthews Band

IMAGINATION, n.

A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.

(ambrose bierce)

i rarely

expound. (in person)

ask what you mean

i am literal.

((that's my stubborn nature))

working on it...

(as are we all) mr. vonnegut

customer service

one asked: "do you have a bathroom"

"yes"

another: "do you know what time it is"

"yes"

a 3rd: "do you work here?"

(i wear a logo uniform and a name tag)

"no"

PS: another :

"can i ask a question?"

"yes"

"where is the london broil on sale?"

"that's 2 questions"

i paddled

to work today. (well, almost))

i pedaled in a down pour (much needed)

((yahweh finally cried again))

the flowers, grasses and trees are thankful...

(((not to mention the reservoirs)))

in the garden

wet with rain

no teacher

no guru

just you and i in nature...

(van morrison)

be thankful

you have a visitor

a union honcho (guido)

he tried to announce his entrance in grand fashion!

but the boom box was a bit too loud and i ignored.

"sonny" "can you turn that down for a moment"

"sonny was my Popa's name" "what do you want?"

your e-mail address and your cell phone #

(over my dead body, jimmy hoffa)

"i don't have a computer"

((liar, liar, pants on fire))

"and my cell is at home and i do not even know my own number"

((true story))

"what if we need to mobilize quickly?"

((what do you mean "we", kemosabe?))

"i am sure that i will hear it thru the grapevine" ((marvin gaye))

Altruistic

adj. regardful of others

(opposed to egoistic)

self-preservation is hard-wired in our d.n.a.

anyone who self-identifies as being altruistic is a self-serving egotist

the key is :

how do i feed my ego

yet

have regard to the well-being of others

perry v. bachmann

my god is bigger than your god

oh, this advances the country

PS:

as zealots and darwinists

argue...

we all devolve

(a paraphrase and i promise that i will try (not) to quote myself again)

BOY OH

Danny boy

was i wrong

(thankfully)

boehner did not cave and appointed no "tea party activists"

bravo

((here's a tissue))

man-turtle mcconnel?

1 of 3

milquetoast reid

blue-dog democrats


ditto

((here's some personality))

pelosi?

hello

the meter is running....

PS: at the tune of $833 per minute on interest on the debt to china, alone.

PSS: pundits claim reid believes compromise is possible...

(therefore; no schumer)

PSSS: so far, 9 white people.

8 with a twig and berries...

i still laugh

everyday (dave matthews)

when i google pabloshouse

p

pandora?

pa

picasso?

neruda

escobar, sandoval, (kung fu panda?)

pablo francisco?

schreiber ...

PS: no no

just little ole' me


with my eyes bugging out....


PSS: did you know?

among all our body parts

the eye size remains basically the same from birth....

IF

you do not get my references

good.

(for instance: under a pomegranate tree)

((did you see harry reid's short speech on the senate floor just before the debt ceiling vote?))

{for shame}

If you get my references

better.

{for writing}

is useless

save

for the reader.


PS: born first as a reader
delight in story
&
follow the leader

born, again
weighted lighter
find your passion
&
become the writer

(the gospel according to...)

PSS: just another moment of zen....

straw poll II

bachmann wins

and

ron paul

finishes 2nd?

what an oxymoron.

((my favorite team is the yankees, my 2nd favorite team are the red sox))

what the #*@**#+#....

that's all we need to know aboot' iowan straw pollers...

now it's on to new hampshire

(and let's win there)

PS: not you pawlenty

you're fried rice

Utopia Life Goes On (HQ)

PS: todd does his best beatles impersonation

( a view of "eleanor rigby")

with a man in the title role

here comes perry

whose gonna be his running mate

yahweh?

PS: things should start to get interesting... right about now (mr. zimmerman)

romney, huntsmen, perry, newt and bachmann

on the same stage

how's murdoch gonna paint the differation? (sic)

straw poll

if i only had a brain...

as iowa goes

PS: so goes a nation?

i think not

jennifer

( how appropriate)

a newbie

if only

i was humbert humbert

lolita

Changes - David Bowie

PS: change we can believe in....

D.C.


that beacon on the hill...

Moby - mission impossible techno remix

PS: a previous post has self destructed

Van Morrison - Listen To The Lion - live - "It's Too Late To Stop Now"

FROM THE "NOSEBLEED SECTION"

You would like to think we elected people whom might deal with these things


but, no

many of them are sitting in the luxury box.

PS: or under a pomegranate tree.

i'll weigh in

(140 wringing wet)

now to another love

football

the giants and jerry reese are being beaten-up by the new york press

and the ink has not yet dried

on the new c.b.a.

behind the curve they are

(the mara's AND the tisch's?)

o'hara and seubert are too old by n.f.l. standards (esp. in a salary capped world)

smith will not be on the field for 2 months (or more)
kevin boss? you would think we have lost bavaro or bob tucker if you listen to these talking heads.

our $'s on offense:

eli

bradshaw and jacobs

nicks

snee

on D.

tuck, osi, canty, kiwanuka, phillips, ross, webster, jean-pierre paul

(too bad prince got hurt)

defense wins super bowls.

a managed offense (lessen the miscues)

good special teams

ball-hawking

Q.B. sacking defense

Brilliant!

the giants have more heavily invested in the defensive side of their football team

(save-as most others- their quarterback)

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL

BEST WAY TO SAVE A BUCK

is a penny at a time.

unless my brother

you can spare a dime...

the old testament sez to give away 10 %

translations

put away 10 %

and give away

wherever your heart leads...

i dunno

if i was in charge of music at cnbc- as we go to commercial

should i play:

on the rebound

ride my see-saw

don't worry (be happy)

or

silver and gold ?

CRAFT YOUR WORK

WORK YOUR CRAFT.

derek jeter didn't get 3000 hits by not getting into the batting cage everyday.

mozart had to be dragged away from his piano

edison failed 99 times to invent a light bulb that soon will be legal only in texas

einstein worked in the very office that obama wants to reform

da vinci often wrote in code

nostradamus wrote in quatrains

galileo was imprisoned by the catholic church

darwin thought he had documented new bird species...

no said the scientific establishment

these are all finches...

(ay, theres the rub)


truth 1st revealed is ridiculed

later it is debated

later, still

it is realized as self-evident

PS: my moment of zen...

AN ANALOGY

Let's pretend that the home team at baseball games had to pay the umpires.

(pay-outs occur after each inning). would it not become soon apparent that favorable calls

towards the home team would benefit the umpires?

the home team are the investment banks.

the umpires are the rating agencys

(and you and i sit and watch from the grandstands)

standard & poors issued AAA ratings to the very credit default swaps that put us between this rock

and a hard place.

Joni Mitchell-Talk To Me

PS: (pabloshouse) is open...

real good...

(and free)


PSS: so is e-mail...

pre-season

(michael kay)

JoSoMo

(joba, soriano, mariano )

hey michael

take some r & r

(robertson and rivera)

Everlast - Naked

RUSS BALLARD - On The Rebound

i feel

like a

hamster on a wheel...

(where's the "super committee" zeal?)

((no more spiel))

balance the keel

"one small step" neil

seal the deal

we need to heal

{{ i wanna clap like a seal}}

and pray thanx for our next meal



{now prone,

head to heel

dreams in teal (and of jennifer beale)....


alarm clock ssqueeeaLLLs !!!

back to the real


hamster on a wheel...

Batter up

i am standing here in the sandbox

knob in my hand

anybody ready to kick...

anyone?

no no

they are all on recess...

Jackson Browne The Pretender

THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO FEAR

IS FEAR; ITSELF.

fdr

brave

(adj) exhibiting courageous endurance .

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

(a letter to the corinthians)

Saul

o'neill

simon (song-smith)

simon (bow tie)

mccartney

volcker

lynde

PS: ron

PSS: means

Brave

we were only freshmen

(verve pipe)

i spent my freshman year of college in "podunc".

the mayor had been in an argument with the city council

long before i 1st entered the registrars' office at the school.

as i was signing up for class,

he wanted a park in the middle of a depressed inner city and

the legislators wanted an "enterprise zone".

i had been counseled " take as many courses in your major as quickly as possible"

the cores are easy- you can back-fill anytime.

i got 3 of 5 for my 1st semester.

one was something called "advertising 341"

7th class

professor enters and says "someone in this room-i am told by the registrar- isn't supposed to be here-see me after class"

i asked the girl in front of me

"what does he mean by that"

"some one in this class didn't take advertising 241"

"i haven't even taken 141" "they were all closed"

"you better see him after class"

i packed up slowly after class. (i wanted no witness)

"i believe i am the student of whom you spoke"

"you?" " i will speak to the dept. head. he can waive the prerequisites-you are not leaving this room"


Later, that year, i went and sat in that inner city park where every day at high noon

(instead of the towered clock in the center of the park chiming)

frank sinatra sings my way...

PS: written by?...

paul anka

PSS: mcdermott

mr mcdermott

(took a day for the synapses in my brain file to fire...

i don't know anyone getting younger

monkey business

sorry.

aboot' the bananas

79 cents @ lb. (currently)

hey ben-print more $'s and how about Q.E. III?

the chinese:

"we reed international currency"

(yeah, right)

the euro was the test

now we have pigs.

P. I. G. S.

(an acronym)

portugal
ireland (italy)
greece
spain

pigs.

PS: let us not turn this into apigs

as in "a" for....

go figure

a banana is grown in brazil by a farmer who pays a picker

and a trucking company to transport to america

they arrive at a warehouse

where

a company pays for the transport

to the market

where a compensated produce head has ordered

for an underling to merchandise

so the customer can buy

for 66 cents @ lb.

PS: and everyone along the chain got enriched

i may have written this story before...

but my reasons will always be different

(oscar wilde)

i remember...

(memories in bits and pieces...)

1 time

margaret stevens came out fishing with us...

lake montauk for flounder.

another time, grandpa came

(i don't think he enjoyed, much)

and then another time

(i will never forget)

dad came with us

we went to start up again,

a return to trolling

and the rip-cord to the outboard

ripped out in his hand

we went trolling all right

(we were heading out to sea with the tide..)

we got WAY out there

(farther from home-shore than when Popa used to dig "chowder clams"

(nana's fritters-sometimes i can smell them cooking...) ((i mean frying)) {alliteration}

Popa finally took the helmet off the engine

gerryrigged the broken chord

and after a few futile attempts- started the engine!

whew

((maybe next year we should attend school on the jewish holidays))

{ha ha}

we went back in

got a new engine

(after consternation to the chief)

and headed back out...

PS: get back on that horse...

TARP

& the ensuing "economic recovery package"

for all the expenditure of a bill no one read until after ratification

we could have written an $80,000 check to every taxpayer

(instead of puerto rican rum makers and indian bow and arrow providers)

1/3 would have "banked" it

thus capitalizing the financial industry

another 3rd would have banked 1/2 and spent
thus helping both the institution and the economy

the other 1/3 would have just spent

PS: win, win, win

but don't ask me

(with a grin on my chin-i'm certain to win) ((peter gabriel))


i'm no economist

mr. krugman

simple together, alanis morissette

CONUNDRUM

we have a 1 man seafood department.

he recently transfered in.

2 weeks ago the store manager discovers a couple of hundred $'s of expired product on his shelf.


suspended - go home.

next day

i pull the expireds-the case is now relatively-empty

to dept head union brother:

"we can't let sales disappear because 1 of us fucked up"
where would be our integrity?
"we got to do something, anything" (todd rundgren)

"you got an hour?"

yeah.

he gets reinstated 4 days later. yo, bro

"i covered your case in the meantime, you got outdated crap in your frig too"

"scan it off-and pitch it-comprende, amigo"

he did.

4th day back after suspension

he is pulling the case of out-dates

manager checks

"why are you pulling these, they still have 24 hours"

"i am going to bump them another day"

go home.

now he has been demoted to the deli in a nearby store

and the schedule gets posted (no conversation)

and i am doing seafood & meat until?

PS: no one seems to know...

(or care)

PSS: at the public house:

gentlemen, i need some relief...

no problem, what's your concerns?..

THERE ARE :

Too Many People
(sir paul)

in this country with their head in the sand.

PS: ozzie the ostrich

Paul Simon - Rewrite - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

remember?

(rerem rember)

the tv funhouse animated segment from saturday night live

years ago?

the super heroes

the ambiguously gay duo

ace and gary?

the voice of ace?

stephen colbert

GOLF

(d'ya know why it's called "golf"?)

all the other 4 letter words were already taken.

i played in a league 1 year with my brother.
( i sucked the place up)

late in season-scoring our cards after another poor performance

a couple introduced and said we play you next week.

"what is your handicap?"

(without an eye blink)

"my brother"

(ha ha)

years later we played 9 with his wife and son.

1st tee. i hit an iron dead center of green. 3-4 feet from cup.

my nephew,

"you got a shot at a birdie"

my young friend,


"you have not seen your uncle putt"

PS: yipes

(i got a 4)

true story...

what's wrong with this picture?

(dorian)

i recently finished a stretch of 19 of 20 days worked

including 13 in a row.

this week i worked 62 hours.

next week i am scheduled

64.

cnbc tells me that more than 9% of us are out of work as i work a job and a half.

PS: any body want half a job?

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters [Original Video]

i ain't

no anne sullivan


PS: but, i got 3 sisters

who R !

etc.

how aboot'

rand paul from the right

schumer from the left

from the house?

i'm still a pondering...

steny hoyer?

pelosi herself? (a la dick-dick with the bad heart tick)

PS: damn all the talent is on the gop side.

PSS: and where's the Hebe or the spic?


wowie zowie (mr. zappa)

a ps cont'd

"do you watch house?"

he is our house. omar is foreman, chase keeps changing yet remains the same

i'm cameron

to him

your 13

over the course of the next 30 days

he might assign a name to your face

if he does

your days are #'d.

17 times

was the debt ceiling increased under ronald reagan

(alone)

much ado aboot'....

everything

do not continue to kick the can...

triggers?

PS: super congress

you are in the cross-hairs...

PSS: let's guess (shine)

ryan, kantor, jordan

franks, etc. etc.

kyl, demint and a gop to be named later...

durbin, conrad etc

( i'll come up with some etc's before they are named)


PSSS: wiener cosponsored 91 bills in the house

zero passed

i am ever becoming convinced that politicians cannot solve problems

the gang of 12

(we have multiplied by 2)

each leader in the 2 houses pick 3

(reminds of the baseball playground)

batter up!....

wild thing

whatever happened to the

everet dirksens

of this country?

PS: the flip side was r.f.k.

i'll bet you can find it in Dadoo's 45rpm record library