a fine post i wish i'd written...

     I found this beautiful and true in most every respect.  Now, I undermined it all when I laughed out loud just once: 'Why are clowns so frightening? Their demonic aura comes from the fact that they never stop smiling. Hell is the country of clowns, where tormented strangers smile at one another compulsively and forever.'  It's not that I'm large, and thus contain multitudes.  I aspire to serve the hobgoblin of little minds.  No, it's just funny because it's true.

a thanksgiving offering...even for those who don't do 'thanksgiving'...

     I give you 'Cotton Tail' from the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert of 2008 with Neil Peart.

can i put this on my resume?

     So, it seems I've balanced the budget.  I wonder - if I ran for office on such a collection of taxes and spending cuts, would I get shot the day after I started the campaign, or the day before the primary?  'Tis a poser, my friends...