I’m very fortunate that I haven’t lived around racists for decades. I sometimes take the ease of my life for granted. And I’d also like to see a bit more of the Star Trek utopia here in ‘merica.

I read a book called “The Hiding Place” by Corrie Ten Boom.
Corrie’s family hid Anne Frank’s family.
the most important thing i got out of that book was that the nazi’s hated the jews because they saw them everyday. in other words, there was a constant reminder of their guilt and inhumanity any time they looked around. people who bleat racist rhetoric or actually participate in genocide are sooner or later gonna come face to face with the cold hard facts that “we’re all in this together”. ELO loves the star trek shows because she believes it shows a time when man has grown beyond prejudices.

i read the first half. i’m like, people think this is news?! when i moved to muncie, In was when i realized there were people from the better walks of life, IE: dr’s, policemen, middle class what-have-you, who were virulently racist.
i hate white trash. all of the white people the story talks about are my definition of white trash. they are scary to be around. i’m never around them too long without them sounding me out to see if i’m with ‘em or against ‘em.
it’s scary out here. i’m gonna post more later.

Darren Wilson was innocent. If only the city’s cops offered their own citizens the same due process he received.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/The-Gangsters-Of-Ferguson/386893/

Ferguson cops “routinely” block public from filming them, DOJ says:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/ferguson-cops-routinely-block-public-from-filming-them-doj-says/

Florida Man’s Facebook Job Complaints Land Him In Middle Eastern Jail:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/ryan-pate-facebook-comments_n_6806336.html

Darwin.

I’ve never heard anything other than Cats in the Cradle. This tune is fun. :-D

Je ne suis pas, as opposed to the jimihindranceexperience’s “Oui Je Suis”

Harry Chapin had some great story songs. All of his music, probably. If you never heard 30,000 lbs. of Bananas, give yourself a treat.

Yep, they need to get it right or leave it alone.

“It’s too bad she won’t live! But then again, who does?”

Nice.. I’ve never been to a huge production play. We’ve seen many at the local theaters but never anything known at the national level.

If I had a million, I’d fly us all to the east coast so we could throw flowers at David at the first show’s curtain.

Damn YouTube and their disabled embedding.

i’m praying for everyone that they don’t fuck this up. if they miss, it won’t be pretty. blade runner was all about the technology, which has improved exponentially since then. they’ve got harrison as an older and wiser rick dekard; no excuses, no exceptions.

larry david is what warren zevon was talking ‘bout when he wrote “Excitable Boy”. if i could afford to live in manhattan i could cough up 300 bucks for a ticket to the first best show of the year. you know me, i’d go 3 or 4 times.

i had excellent (2nd row, center stage) seats to Wicked on a Saturday night. but it was in des moines. i had 2nd row again, off center, to Les Miz, in Chicago. but it was a matinee.

des moines was about 3 or 4 hundred dollars, maybe more including dinner and parking. i did it right. dessert, fancy truffles at intermission, etc.

i paid about 150 for the les miz seat. when the author of the article says a “stratospheric” 300 dollars, i wonder if they’re living in the real world. i won’t go if i don’t have a good seat. i get to go every couple years and it has been almost 4 this time, but when i get to go i am going to experience the motherfugger. if the going rate was 4 or 5 hundred i’d probably pay it.

Yup. Toes tappin’.
Thanks

Episode 1 of Season 3 — Too much emphasis on Doug’s brutality recovery. Not enough of Frank’s zinger insights. Not enough of Claire’s sexual callous.

Thanks man! I think I’ve reminded myself, each day, in a punishing sort of way, that it is winter.

As they say, February is the shortest month but it feels like it’s the longest.

Prisoners is pretty dark. I don’t know if i liked it too much. Literally dark, the color of November or March. The color of light should include some color.