sound & furythoughts from slightly off-centerbeantown- August 21, 2003 tomorrow morning its off to Boston for a weekend of Red Sox games at Fenway, Guiness & Bushmills (separate glasses) at the Black Thorn, and Fresh Lob-stah for every meal.Its a pity the Red Sox are in the tank and fading fast from the playoff race, but hey, it IS August, so what would we expect Games at Fenway are special regardless of the Sox success or lack thereof. I'll post photos on Monday, but really this is something everyone should experience.The best part...http://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/21/beantown/41 could this be more studid- August 21, 2003 ok, so this is right up there with Oakland schools deciding they are going to teach "ebonics" as part of their standard curiculum.High school students in Beaufort County (South Carolina) will have a chance this school year to pass a class no matter how poorly they do in the first semesterDid I miss the meeting where it was decided that school was no longer supposed to educate children and prepare them to succeed in lifeOf course, in a society where we no longer allow children's sports...http://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/21/could-this-be-more-studid/40 11 days- August 18, 2003 11 days and counting until we are set free from the suburban hell of south riding. thank (insert mythical character of choice)!!saturday night our neighbors decided to have a party outside in the street and blast music until lord knows when. party - fine. music - fine. but outside!!! i was gratified when the sky opened up and poured hellaciously on them for several hours, including some quality lightening.anyway....packing is not fun. a million things to do, also not fun. but, in 11 days,.http://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/18/11-days/39 Typical- August 15, 2003 in a typically disgusting act of selfishness, France is holding up resolution of the awful Lockerbie bombing incident and preventing the families of its victims from recieving compensation.Is this based on some moral or legal objectionOf course not.France doesn't want this to happen until they get a greater piece of pie for a separate incident they believe (though they never proved) Libya was also behind.For once, just once, is France not capable of putting its self-obsession and megolomania...http://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/15/typical/38 walmart wine, yum- August 15, 2003 one can read on Google and other places about the intention of Walmart to team up with E&J Gallo Winery of Modesto, Calif in the production of some very inexpensive wines for sale in Walmart."Some Walmart customers soon will be able to sample a new discount item -- Walmart's own brand of wine. The world's largest retail chain is teaming up with E&J Gallo Winery of Modesto, Calif., to produce the spirits at an affordable price, in the $2-$5 range. While wine...http://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/15/walmart-wine-yum/37 countdown- August 13, 2003 T-minus 16 days and counting until the exodus from the paved townhome prison community is to be complete. Hallelujah! ...I'll believe it when its done ;)In the meantime, its all about scheduling the movers, the cleaners, packing, worrying about where to put the dogs, and nailing down closing logisitcs.... too much fun, really, dontcha thinkbut it will all be worth it standing out on the (soon to be ripped out and rebuilt) back deck and looking as far as the eye can see, 180 degrees, and...http://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/13/countdown/36 word of the day: "decapitation"- August 13, 2003 this is SO WRONG in so many ways, I don't know how to react; disgust, horror, anger, sadness, perhaps all of them Having lost my father not all that long ago, I simply cannot CONCIEVE of how someone could do this sort of thing. Truly sickening.and, adding insult to injury, this goes on as the A's decapitate the Sox playoff chances on the fieldNot a great week in Red Sox Nation.http://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/13/word-of-the-day-decapitation/3... Arnold vs. Arnold- August 8, 2003 so we have Arnoldvs.Arnoldcan't you just picture the debatehttp://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/08/arnold-vs.-arnold/34 interesting point- August 6, 2003 from vodkapundit on the current situation in Iraq as compared to similar nation rebuilding after WWIIhttp://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/06/interesting-point/33 what, Hurricane Shaniqua Tropical Storm LeDontrelle- August 5, 2003 This story is so stupid in so many ways, it is only worth writing about as a plea:Please do not vote for this woman ever, under any circumstances: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas1. who the F cares!!!2. aren't there more important things to whine about Does having a tropical storm named after you really help the African Amercian cause in some way3. Would someone else not bitch about racial stereotypes if we had a Hurricane Tyrone or Tropical Storm Shemiqua For Christ's sake - we have Hurricane..http://journals.aol.com/zvx/soundandfury/entries/2003/08/05/what-hurricane-shaniqua-tropic... |