I’m not affiliated with the dorks above. I’ve been taking a looooooooong sabbatical from music, but I still have crap I wanna say. I’m not a fan of any of the big social media sites. I like Mastedon, but there aren’t a whole lot of folks jumping on the Mastedon bandwagon. In fact, there is no such thing as a Mastedon bandwagon. This way, on my website, I get to spout off about touchy subjects like how awful Donald J. Trump is, and no one can say mean things back to me. It’s win-win. Well… It’s win. I win. Yay.
I’ve been thinking about selling t-shirts since way back yesterday: T-shirts, or “t’s,” as the kids call them, that say, you know, funny stuff. I can’t think of anything right now, but you get my point. I’m also thinking about releasing some songs again — old and new things. I don’t know. I get tired of watching tv sometimes.
I’m sleepy. But if you think this is exciting, then just wait until I think of something else to write about. To paraphrase Al Pacino, I’m just getting warmed up. Yeah… So…
04/25/2024 I think that if the right wing of the Supreme Court is going to act like a bunch of political actors pretending to be serious jurors, then they should be treated as such. Had I been arguing the case before the court today as the attorney for the special counsel, I would have started off with, “Shut up, Alito, you partisan hack. Seriously. Just shut your mouth. And Thomas, why are you even here, you corrupt piece of shit? You should resign, and if you’re not going to resign, at least recuse yourself. In fact, why are any of us here? Do you ‘originalists’ or ‘textualists’ or whatever crap you cloak yourself in these days really think that the framers of the Constitution, who had recently rebelled against a monarch who claimed to be above the law, thought presidential immunity was a great idea? Why are you even considering this nonsense? You’re wasting everyone’s time. ‘Well, what about the hypothetical of a president who orders a military coup? Would that be considered part of his or her official duties?’ Really? Seriously? Are we really having this conversation?”
The Supreme Court thinks of itself as this grand institution that demands respect, but why? Why should lawyers kowtow to these pompous assholes? — I mean, other than wanting to not offend in order to improve their chances of prevailing — But if the justices really are the paragons of jurisprudence they hold themselves up to be, then they’ll decide cases based on the law.
If you have a case pending before the Supreme Court, let me know. Like the personal injury lawyers say in a stilted way in their commercials, “I’ll fight for you!”
06/28/2024 It’s a real shame that I live alone; Nobody gets to hear my astute powers of observation. For instance, like many cities, we have a local television channel that refers to its news as “Eyewitness News.” Every time I see that in the on-screen channel guide, I think, “Eyewitness news? More like ‘Eyewitless News,’ right?” at which point I mentally elbow the non-existent person in the chair next to me.
Who am I kidding? There’s no second chair in my apartment. I wish I had two-chair money. Maybe someday.
07/01/2024 I don’t think I really understood the meaning of the word “gobsmacked” before, but today I understand it in a painfully visceral way after the supreme court’s decision on presidential immunity. I’m thinking about how right-wingers, including some to whom I’m related, go on at length about “activist” judges “legislating” from the bench. Well, the Roberts court has made hypocrites of them all once again today.