William and Kate Have a Baby Girl

Let's talk about this pathetic John Boehner interview with Chuck Todd of Meet the Press.  Boehner makes these dubious generalization and tracking down all the misstatements squeezed into this short stint on TV would be a project.  Chuck Todd was as uncritical as a Barbra Wah-wah interview, where there were almost no challenging questions.  However Boehner said that the economy would fall apart and that Obama Care would take jobs.  The ironic thing is if Romney were President right now- - he'd be celebrating all the "good' economic news and FOX news would be trumpeting a 5.5% unemployment rate.  Also Boehner had stated that "more people would be knocked off insurance than would be picked up" where in fact there are more people insured now.  I think the uninsured rate has gone from 17% to 10% or something.  I think that Thom Hartman has every right to be more than a little upset with the course of this interview.

Prince William and Kate have had their baby and it’s a girl, just as rumored.  She is eight pounds three ounces, which is pretty big for a girl.  The four names being considered for the Royal Princess are Dianna, Alice, Charlotte, and Elizabeth.  Mal Evans pointed out that Princess Dianna has not ever been reincarnated and this baby is not an incarnation of Princess Dianna, and it would take away from her uniqueness to use her name here. I’m sensing an Alice vibe myself; we’ll see.  Mal Evans was somehow able to get an edict that no one would use the designation 'Pretty in Pink" to describe the new Princess, because this is the code phrase reserved for Amanda, Kathy's daughter that she had in mid September of 1990.  They said that Ben E King left the Drifters on this date in 1960 which I find not credible because “Save the Last Dance for Me” was popular in September of 1960.  I think the final Ben E King hit was "Na, Na, Na, Na - - Late at Night" that I don't remember at the time but came out very late 1960.   And today in 1957 Elvis Presley recorded the song ‘Jail House Rock”, following the pattern of the Beatles to record the songs for a movie and then filming the movie.  One "engram" that sticks out in my mind- - was Elvis wanted to sing gospel songs- - but after lunch the Colonel made the others refuse to go along with Elvis- - and Elvis was pissed about that.  Elvis told his Mom "I don't like the Colonel" and Gladys said "Elvis, just do whatever the Colonel tells you to do" and Elvis felt a bit betrayed by this remark.  Coffee break was just after ten and then I joined Melinda Lee.  She talked about cinnamon rolls, and tamales wrapped in banana leaves rather than corn husks.  Today is May 2, 2015.  We had mushroom soup for lunch followed by chicken nuggets and catsup and potato salad followed by cantaloupe.  Owen gave me all five of his chicken nuggets so I had ten.  Then I listened to Leo Le Port.  But as usual I grew drowsy.  The Johnny Jett guy was aboard another river vessel with 75 state rooms so it holds only about 150 passengers.   He was showing videos of it live, if I had the visual transmission up.  We learned from Jeopardy that Amsterdam was on the Amstell River- - which the beer is named after. There was that line in "Beer Nuts" where a guy says "Amstell Here!"

 I turned “Hardball” on computer.  There was an awful lot of stuff about the Baltimore PD on.  But there were also the indictments of three key figures in the Christie Bridge-gate scandal.   That Wildstein guy pled guilty but the other two fought the charges.  Brigette Kelly claimed she had a lot more stuff to reveal.  So it’s very much an open question whether Governor Christie is still on the hook for his deeds.  And I also watched a lot of stuff about Droning, and there were discussions on the ethics of droning.  But my blogger numbers are headed down.  I am not encouraged, and so even if I did have enough material to generate a half way meaty posting, it’s questionable I’d do it today.   It was at some breakfast that John Kasec, the governor of Ohio spoke and I listened to some of that.  Right now on C-Span I have Governor Jeb Bush on tap.  Hopefully it’s not as hot today.

 I would just remark about Bones because it’s the one episode where both parties got the inkling they were attracted to each other, that is Temperance Brennen and Sealy Booth.   Bones would say “With my old boyfriend the sex was perfect and he was the ideal man who invited me to sail around the world with him”.   If the dialog at times between the two of them seems a little dumb, just remember it’s only what the writers wrote.  Last night I had a dream that a bunch of Rolling Stones albums from 1965, 1966 and 1967 had been remastered, but somehow Tim recorded them all on tape.  It was some jazz artist from the sixties who engineered all the remastering.  But the thing is none of the song or album titles were familiar- - it was all this - - other stuff.  There seemed to be an inordinate number of songs about looking for a job, or not wanting a job but your friends bug you to look for a job or something.    It was a couple of weeks ago that I had a dream I was in a state room - - I think - - it was either that or a hotel right by a harbor but I think it was a ship- - and we were in one location but then had to move to another location- - and a lot of this dream was just spent wandering around- - looking at all the food and sights there to see.

 The favorite, American Pharaoh won the Kentucky Derby.  Firing Line came in second and Dorcman was third.  “Frosty” came in out of the money at fourth.  For one horse they were worried about the horse getting a number two inside position.  The horses for the first time numbered up to 21.  I thought their limit was twenty.  Three horses dropped out.  Dorcman was undefeated.  The three horses were almost tied near the end of the race, and the finish was fairly close with the outside horse, American Pharaoh - - getting a lead at the very end. 

I used mouthwash and we were off to Mom’s and went to her room and I was carrying the vase and the flowers were fragrant.  We entered church about a minute late.  Reverand Rick Warren will be preaching at this place Wednesday night.  Mom had said she'd be going to church but bailed at the last minute. This one young lady played the dolsimer twice, for two selections- - and now I know what one is.  Paul says they are usually played flat.  The message was on John 5 of “He who has the son has Eternal Life and he who does not have the son is judged already”.  The guy gave his “testimony” and says he got saved at age seven in 1946, so we know how old he is.  He says he’s had such a satisfying life even if there were no eternal life, it would be worth it.  They give the benediction half way down the aisle and are both there to greet you and shake hands.  I felt a little “tired” with the pastor who delivered the sermon, but appeared more alive and responsive with the regular guy.  Paul had six National Geographic magazines he wanted me to have, and I’ve been reading the latest one from March on science deniers.  Judy and Paul and I had a fairly friendly talk about politics and they’d never heard of the Trans Pacific trade agreement.  Judy responded with taxes the way they are businesses can raise prices, cut quality, find a way to make do with fewer employees, or they can go out of business, OR they can relocate off shore.   In terms of those five things on the front cover of the “Science” magazine- - the only thing Judy will agree is false is-  she will stipulate the moon landing was not faked.   We sharply disagree on Global Warming and it’s all a gigantic conspiracy to tax carbon.  I’m not sure where [two names censored here] were all this time- - - I know that it was not yet 11:15 but somehow before we knew it- - we were late in getting to Marie Calendar.  Actually we were parked in front of Paul and Judy’s house for some time and went out of the way to drive there to pick up “Wendy Anne’s” birthday card for Mom.  In the sermon we are told the pastor drove out from Cathedral City and the 91 was free flowing.

 We went to Marie Calendar at Brookhurst and the GG Freeway and were escorted to our table for six.  Mom sat at the head of the table and Marie sat next to me at the other end of the table.  Service was excellent all around- - definitely an A grade.  They all sang “Happy Birthday” to Mom as they gave her her piece of pumpkin pie- - and slowing out the one candle seemed a challenge to Mom.  A lot of people went for the “soup and salad bar” but I wasn’t up to that.  I had a turkey sandwich on a crescent roll- - with chunky turkey, tomato, bacon, avocado, and the like and it was called a “club sandwich”.  I got French fries and catsup- - and I gave Marie a very few of them.  Wendy thought it was important to tell “happy stories” but the stories we told took on a rather dark quality. [extensive material redacted here] * 
[name withheld] remembers going to some ‘driving range’ walking through the bean fields to get to.  Wouldn’t you have to cross Centanila Blvd to get to that?   We went back to Mom’s place.   OK you people from the Federations can turn your cameras back on now.  We wandered all around the parking lot looking for a place.  A lot of units back right up to parked cars.  We went in the west enterence of “Building C”, and I didn’t know there was one.  We took a different elevator.  But at one point we walked into Mom’s small dining room that she usually eats at and she pointed out exactly where she usually sits.  Paul asked the staff what they served for lunch that day and the waiter said “Prime rib”.  Was that a joke?   I just had a stroke or “low blood pressure” incident where a haze descended on just my left eye- - but my right eye was unaffected.  That’s the second time that happened to me.  The other was a couple of months ago out on the back bench in the early afternoon.  I’m going to have to ask a doctor about it.   Stu and Dennis Wilson put in an appearance.  Dennis did most of the talking.  He calls the architecture of the place “dumpy” and says the place reminds him of a sleazy roadside Motel “that you get rich- -so you don’t have to live in a place like that”.   Dennis remarked the ventelation in the place was non existant.  Paul noted “The one thing I don’t like about this building is air circulation problems”.   I don’t see how that “new carpet smell” could last and be so strong in over a month.  Where her place is you can open every window and have zero breeze.  With the Air Conditioning wall unit (like a Motel) going full blast the thermometer read 78 degrees on a day when the maximum temperature barely reached 78 degrees.  There was a major argument about whether to do some major furniture moving.  Me and Judy and Mom were against it and Paul and [names withheld] were for it.  We left Marie Calendar about a quarter after one- but somehow by now it was approaching three o clock.  Judy reminded Paul that he was expecting a call from a friend living in Sparks, Nevada sometime after three and we’d better get going.  [names withheld] decided to leave at the same time.  Dennis Wilson noted that “You seem more at east and are a much more lively conversationalist with just Paul and Judy in the car on the ride home”.   I don’t know why that would be.  I know there are often a lot of topics we need to avoid when we all get together.  I remarked about “OK coming out this enterence this looks like the scene out front and across the street that I saw on Google street view”.   I grabbed the six magazines and returned - - and Dennis Wilson remarked “The air is even fresher in here than it was in your Mom’s place” but perhaps that was due to the fact that the staff has been working overtime cleaning lately.   I don’t know who they’re sprucing up the place for but I’ve seen a lot more action lately.

footnotes:  If you add back material that had previously been redacted, if that called a "de-redaction"?

also:  The last report of Keith Relf of the Yardbirds is that Bones offered him a guitar part on "The God Who Failed" in February of 1995.   This is the famous song re-done a bit where "Nobody played bass" and John Bonnum was still on drums doing kind of a "When the Levy Breaks" beat.  Could it be that Keith Relf being "unavailable" went back into Amanda's body? 
 also:  If karmicly you were trading torque for speed in your karmic quest or "up shifting" would it make sense to call you a karmic bicyclist- - since a bicyclist trades torque for speed (plus harnessing physics also in ease of travel)