DEFRAGMENTING
John Wolvoord, 92, died this week. He's the author of the best-selling book, "Armageddon, Oil, and the Middle East Crisis. The book, which sold a million copies, included copies to former President Bush, members of his staff, and was recommended by Billy Graham. It addressed the "end times." according to the Bible. The final battle on earth and return of Jesus Christ is supposed to begin in the Middle East, and it seems, if what I read is on the mark, that many Evangelistic Christians and extreme Right Wing Christians welcome any developing conflagration in that area because they believe it is the prelude to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
When television was born in the l940's, my husband sat down in front of the TV, and never got up except to go to work. Right now, he watches all of the daytime Judges. Starting with Judge Judy, and going down her list of imitators. The judges, unlike judges in courts, never stop talking. Of course, they must, given that they are doing a theatrical turn.. The shame is what is done to the poor miscreants who are hauled in-- I guess for Union Scale--and made into objects of ridicule. It would be so great if someone very smart answered one of the show's cattle calls, pretended naiveté or plain old stupidity, making them acceptable foils for the scolding, wise-cracking judge. Once on the show, they would revert to type and take it to the judge. It would never work, of course, given that the shows are taped. The segment would be replaced. But at least the handful in the live audience would see it. Just a fantasy to entertain me while I do dishes.
Perhaps you read about the following in today's papers: British Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has written a poem that appeared above the fold
on the front page of the Guardian. Here are the four lines that caused a bit of a dust up:
"They read good books and
quote, but never learn
A language other than the
scream of rocket-burn.
Our straighter talk is
drowned but ironclad:
Elections, money, empire, oil
And Dad."
One of my best friends, perhaps my only friend, was what we called a "dry drunk." He gave up drinking, but replaced the habit with a change in personality, and an idee fixe, that were almost as ruinous. Maybe worse. That is all I will say on the matter. Except I do know of one highly-placed man who could use a stiff drink.
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