July 2009
1 post
Tiny rant
trapezemusic:
I hate the cosmetic/weight loss/glamor industry with white-hot passion. They continually prey on people’s insecurities, telling them their eyelashes aren’t long enough, their faces aren’t lovely enough, they aren’t thin enough, they aren’t dressed well — the list goes on and on and on — all to sell them a boatload of offal at highway robbers’ rates.
Meanwhile the inner person, the...
June 2009
2 posts
May 2009
3 posts
Watchtrapezemusic:
Billy Idol: White Wedding
If you were alive in the 80s, saw this video on MTV for the first time, and didn’t think it was somehow revolutionary, you were either on the cutting edge of music at CBGBs or you voted for Ronald Reagan. The first sin is forgivable; the second isn’t.
Anyway, it’s still a nice day for a white wedding. (And everything that comes after.)
I voted for...
February 2008
5 posts
She: Do you like Kipling?
He: I don't know. I never kippled.
“I love you oh so well
Like a kid loves candy and fresh snow
I love you oh so...”
– Dave Matthews
Taxman
John Bergeron has done my taxes for 20 years. My entire married life. He died a couple of weeks ago. His ticker just. stopped. He was only 60. Smoked like a chimney. That’s what probably got him. John did my taxes for $10. But he was an entertainer. He always had a lot of stories, and jokes, and advice … and not just tax advice. Hell, he didn’t talk taxes! Then he would have to...
Golf: 9 Feb 08
I shot a 74 today and lost money. My partners didn’t play well. I had four bogeys: The first was on the 5th where I tried to hit a hard drive, and popped it up. My five-wood hit a tree. And I didn’t get up-and-down after a half-way decent pitch. I hit a very good drive on the 9th. I was about 140 yards out and was between clubs … hard 9? easy 8? I hit the hard 9 and skulled it...