NoCode/The Daily Bushwhack

Thursday, November 21, 2002

Thanks to Mark Hoban (hoBACK! not Hoban. Mark "virtual Occoquan" Hoback. Must.take.my.medication.), here is another blog I have to add to my list of must-reads: Everything That Sucks. Written by a 25 year old single mother, Amanda (Drew), writes with a righteous anger, a lot of wit and healthy does of Zen teaching. It's a great combination!
11:41:38 PM

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It was the bright lights ("and the dog ate my briefing book"). We've all blanked on a name occasionally - usually the name of a relative or someone we know well. It happened to the "President" yesterday before a NATO meeting. According to AP reports, he got stuck on the name of Republican Congressman Elton Gallegly. Happens to all of us, right? A White communcations director, however, blamed it on "the bright lights in the 'president's' eyes." I suppose anything bright would give him pause.
10:56:47 AM

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Family values took a nose-dive in New Jersey recently. A rabbi (a rabbi!) was convicted of murder for hiring two men to beat his wife to death so he could carry on an affair with another woman. He met that woman while ministering to her dying husband. Apparently, he did considerable ministering to her, too. According to wire reports, Rabbi Fred Neulander, 61(!), said he and his wife had "an open mariage." I guess it wasn't that open, though. It's probably safe to assume they weren't Orthodox.
10:47:49 AM

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You've probably seen the picture of Michael Jackson dangling his baby over the railing of the fourth floor hotel room. Michael issued a statement saying he "got caught up in the moment of excitement." What is so exciting that would make you want to hold your kid 40 feet in the air? Granted, I've fantasized about dropping my once pre-teen girls from a great height, but I never actually did it! Michael's handlers are blaming the press, of course, for creating the furor. Maybe next, they'll say Tito did it.
10:38:10 AM

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This Saturday is the Ohio State - Michigan game. Less a game than football sacrament, this is the contest that defines the season for Ohio - a national championship might be ok, but it means nothing if they lose to Michigan (as Ohio has done on many, many occasions). Columbus on Saturday is the last place I want to be - surrounded by tens of thousands of pumped-up, screaming, testosterone-poisoned people. I'd rather watch it on TV, eating crackers and Easy Cheese and getting a much better view. Go Bucs!
10:27:50 AM

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