Going Home High above the tarmac that trembled beneath the weight of the icy wind, an orange crescent hung in the deep blue sky. The icy wind had pushed Private Sandoval deep into the bunker. Cradling the M-16 against his body, he raised his wrist for the tenth time to check the hour. Each time the youth of his face, and the pain in his eyes were reflected back to him. He groaned. For the tenth time, he looked towards the woods that seemed to go on forever: “Sixteen hours out here. Have they
The Hammer I was watching my 500th episode of Seinfeld, and nurturing my fantasy of getting laid by Elaine when the phone rang; “Hello,” I grunted. “How about helping me move on Saturday?”That is his way. He never says “What’s up dog?" "Sawadee Khrab," or even "How are you?" He just tells you he wants to steal your precious time. “How about 10:00 a.m.?” I said. “Alright,” he said. At 9:55 AM Saturday, I tapped the doorbell of the Tenderloin studio apartment four times; no response; I
The first time I heard this song, I thought it was so pretty, and it's fairly easy to sing. To sing it kinda like Stevie, it's good if you are a woman, or a man with a tenor voice, or a man who's had a few too many to drink.
You can hear the actual song and www.youtube.com
Just search "Stevie Wonder Purple raindrops"
On the other side is "Uptight" a high energy song about a boy who has no money, but he loves his girl.
Purple Raindrops by
Stevie Wonder (1963)
Purple Raindrop
What’s with these people (always men) who climb into GuGu the panda’s enclosure and get their ass kicked? A while back, someone climbed into GuGu’s cage to get a hug, and GuGu being very heterosexusl, I guess, wasn’t having any of that stuff, so he worked the intruder over. Then a tourist got into the cage only to be attacked; then yesterday a man got into GuGu’s cage to retrieve a toy his kid had dropped (how did that happen?) in the cage.
This reminds me of friends who hired a known irrespo
Today is January 5th, the first day of the year when people are returning to work and preparing to "get serious". As for me, I think we take too much time off from the middle of December until about the middle of January. No wonder a lot of people are catching up with us. But those are just my thoughts. When I get my own island, one of these days, I'm going to see to it that the help doesn't slack off. Since I'm a nice guy, they'll get two days off a week, and none of this three and four day wee
One great thing about living in San Francisco is that we get to celebrate something like 6 different New Years.
There is the regular Western one that's going to happen here in California in about 45 minutes; there's the Persian New Year, the Chinese, the Vietnamese, the Thai, and probably a dozen more. Because January 1st is the one I grew up with back in the southern United States, I've got to say it's my favorite, though I'm not biased against the others.
Here are a few significant moments
I was having one of those conversations with my friend Lucy today. She was going on and on about this guy she knows, and says she wants him out of her life. I gave her my two cents worth (again for the tenth time), but she kept repeating the same stuff. I have told her she must be obsessed with something about him,but she claimed, as always, that she's not interested in him romantically. But she keeps on ranting about him: his lack of a job, education, honestly, and being out of shape.
Anyway e
I heard the news yesterday about a man whose girlfriend got swallowed up by a wave and washed out to sea, never to be seen again. I thought "what a tragedy."
Today I watched a few minutes of video where the man was telling the story about what happened. What struck me hard was that he was telling the story with the same detachment I would use if I were telling you how to gather the garabage and take it out, or how to go online. I was wondering how could he tell the story in such a way without s
A week ago, a star football player put a loaded automatic pistol into the waistband of his trousers, WITH THE SAFETY OFF! For his trouble, the gun went off shooting him in the thigh (or someplace), and now he's been suspended because of the injury, and for breaking the law by having no permit. NOt too mention, having no common sense.
Just tonight we all were sitting around the lab when on guy said "Hey it says here that man shot his wife while they were having sex." I would like to know how tha
I just read an entry entitled, "I told you so." It was followed by a number of probably very insightful comments. Having said that, don't expect me to add anything insightful because John McCain and I have a couple of things in common: our military service, and the fact that neither of us know much about economics.There's a lot of confusion there for me. First how does the richest country on earth, with some of the brightest people find itself in this mess? I don' have a clue.Second, how doe thi
The story goes that back in the day, just before the American Civil War, one Southern Congressman took out his cane and beat the holy crap out of another Congressman who was pro Abolition. The beating was so sound that the Southerner broke his cane on the Abolitionist. The cane was probably very expensive, but the caner had nothing to worry about; those who hated Abolitionists promptly sent him a number of canes, for free!
Today I met an elderly woman at the bus stop. She struck up a conversati
Another Friday night just after Thanksgiving (TK Day). Oh boy, I?ve seen so many Thanksgivings, and all have been pretty much nothing to crow about, maybe, except for one, which happened about 18 years ago, or maybe even longer.
On the eve of that particular TK Day, I was driving down to Southern CA, with my then girlfriend. This is the same girl who, after criticizing me for having a lizard-hide watch band, went out and bought a coat made of rabbit fur. (Journal entry, 28 April 2008; ?If Wome
Sometimes people do strange things and you have to wonder just what were they thinking when they acted. Following is two examples from recent TV.
1. The story was about three big auto maker CEO’s who wanted Congress to give them 25 Billion dollars ( a million dollars 25 thousand times, that is) to bail them out of their failing industry. The problem many people in Congress had is that the three CEO’s flew to D.C., each aboard his own private jet! American CEO’s have a reputation for earning mi
A local university was conducting research in primate sexuality. Researchers were comparing the erotic behavior of female gorillas to that of humans. The problem with such research, as you know, is that male gorillas are very shy and don’t like to have sex when they are captivity, much less have sex when a bunch of people are watching them through a window. So it was impossible to get a male gorilla to do the job.
The university, realizing that university students are always looking for some
I am working part-time in the tutoring lab at a local city college. We are asked to keep journals, and I sometimes do. Following is an excerpt from one encounter I had this week with a student.
Most students I saw during this period presented nothing I thought exceptional; after all, my several years of tutoring at CCSF has allowed me to spend time with literally hundreds of tutees, and though most sessions fall within the realm of the ordinary, the ones that do not, occur only infrequently and
Over the past month, I?ve busied myself learning DreamWeaver (web design software), computer hardware maintenance, and following the ?dizziest? campaign season I never could have imagined possible. But I?m not going to talk about either of the above; instead I?ll share a conversation I had with my friend ?Lucy? tonight on the train after we left the university. You might recall her name from a couple of entries I made a month or two ago.
Me: Every time I walk by your office and look in I see a
Today John Edwards, former presidential candidate (2007 - 8) admitted (when he really no long had a choice) that he had an extra-marital affair with one Rielle Hunter.There is a video featuring Ms. Hunter saying ".....John Edwards was very inspirational...he was very real and open. He was willing to try new things and do things in new ways."I know "just words" but don't they paint a ...picture? Expect Jay Leno, David Letterman, and other late-night talk show hosts to have a ball with this one!
It's Thursday morning here, @10:15.I have just finished reading the journal comments submitted by about a dozen of you. Now, you have to know something about me: I can be serious at times, but I do have a sense of humor that's sometimes whacky, and even can border on the idiotic. But I never deliberately try to insult anyone, but I do know that some people might be offended. Sorry about that. But let's look at the conversation I just had with my dear Lucy who just stopped by dressed in black pan
Today I was having this talk with a friend who works in the finance department at the school. She is pretty, kind of hyper, and takes some things too seriously, if you ask me. This is how one of our conversations went today: I'll call her Lucy, but this isn't her real name.Lucy (in a very intense tone): "So what do you think about that 22-year teacher having sex with her 14-year-old student? (before I could even answer) It's a shame when you can't even send your kids to school without someone ta
Hello!
There is a very, very tall coconut tree and there are 4 animals,
a Lion, a Chimpanzee, a Giraffe, and a Squirrel , who pass by.
They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to get a banana off the tree.
Who do you guess will win?
Your answer will reflect your personality.
So think carefully . . .. Try and answer within 30 seconds
Got your answer?
Now scroll down to see the analysis.
If your
THE COPING DIET
Only girlfriends can understand this one. This is specially formulated diet
designed to help women cope with the stress that builds during the day.
Breakfast
1 grapefruit
1 slice whole wheat toast
1 cup skim milk
Lunch
1 small portion lean, steamed chicken
1 cup spinach
1 cup herbal tea
1 Hershey's kiss
Afternoon Snack
The rest of the Hershey kisses in the bag
1 tub of Hagen-Daaz ice cream with chocolate chips
Dinner
4 glasses of wine (red o
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2008
NEW OFFICE POLICY
Dress Code:
1) You are advised to come to work dressed according to
your salary.
2) If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a
Gucci bag, we will assume you are doing well financially
and therefore do not need a raise.
3) If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your
money better, so that you may buy nicer clothes, and
therefore you do not need a raise.
4) If you dress just right, you are right where you need
to b
Hi folks, I've been so busy for the past two months that I've had no time to come here to TF. Maybe things will lighten up a bit soon and I can put up an entry or two. Barry
Sunday night I went to a movie with a lady friend with whom I've had a platonic relationship for more than about 10 years. Being female, she doesn't like going out alone, so she often takes me to what many guys would call "Chick Flicks". She doesn't like movies with a lot of violence, so we settle for something tame.
The other night we saw "Made of Honor". It might come to Thailand soon, if not already there. The movie is about a guy and gal who met in college, but they were never lovers, just
Someone replied to one of my journals with a story about a rabbit that got sucked into a vacuum cleaner. He might have been joking, but the following story is real. Back in the day, an army buddy told me this story. The buddy?s brother was a firefighter up in Sacramento. The brother?s fire precinct got called to a house fire one day. There was no one in the burning home so the firefighters broke down the door and went in and put out the fire. By the time they finished the home owner, a woman who
