Then we'll cut up the Constitution and make yellow ribbons out of it.

From Democracy Now...

American Legion Declares War on Peace Movement
The organization the American Legion has voted at its national convention to target peace activists and the antiwar movement. The group boasts nearly 3 million members. The group's national commander called for an end to all "public protests" and what he called "media events" against the war, even though they are protected by the Bill of Rights. Thomas Cadmus told the convention "The American Legion will stand against anyone and any group that would demoralize our troops, or worse, endanger their lives by encouraging terrorists to continue their cowardly attacks against freedom-loving peoples. The delegates voted to use whatever means necessary to "ensure the united backing of the American people to support our troops and the global war on terrorism."

Chaka's licking the carpet. She has to stay inside in the mornings because the mailman is all freaked out. I guess she growled at him. I probably would have also considering his Dufus shades and liederhoesen like back-support.
I'm blowing out of here...so long Boise. I actually like Boise. It's a nice little small town. It's quiet and yet they have some cool bars and it's beautiful up here. But my time has come. My foray into the the world of construction-remodeling has made me realize manual labor sucks. Breathing in plaster dust while hauling eighty pounds of broken tiles, plaster and wooden lathe on your back, doing it for seven hours and then doing the same thing again the next day and then the next, well, you get the idea. Sysiphus had the idea.
so, yes chaka is licking the carpet...I am trying to figure out how to get my shit back to san francisco even though I'm headed east. ups, us mail, uship.com?
A friend is driving East and I'm going to meet up with her in salt lake city and then we'll drive the little fiat to New Joysey. Oy gevalt!

mmm...smoke..good

mmm...smoke..good
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Here in Boise...Wali took off to go camping and I came down with some bug. So I hauled my ass down to Blockbuster and rented Sideways and Sin city. Sideways was great and Sin City was better than I expected. I thought Mickey Rourke looked a little like the Beast from Jean Cocteau's Belle et Bette.
Also got The Bride of Frankenstein, M (by Fritz Lang),Amarcord, and A Bullet in the Head(john Woo).(from the library-much cheaper)
the BOF was great. I can't believe I never saw it. The monster starts drinking and smoking and then he wants a woman. He and Doctor Posterius(whatver) force Henry Frankenstein to create the monster's bride and when he does she is a twitchy freaky thing with great eyes who promptly rejects the monster. Classic James Whale.
M has a young peter Lorre as a murdering child molester in 1930's Berlin. Alot of the movie has an almost documentary feel as they indicate all the latest types of detective capabilites to track down this insane killer who is terrorizing the city. Shots of people analyzing handwriting(unfilled loops indicate an indolent, lazy type of character, such as an actor), tracking down types of paper used in candy stores, etc.
The scene where Lorre is put to trial by the criminals of the city(who captured him because the cops kept busting their hangouts and messing up their biz.)is excellent. Peter Lorre pulls out all the stops.
Amarcord is great. Memories of small town italy from the thirties as only Fellini can do it(although Woody Allen tried).One great scene is when the family goes on a horse carriage trip to the farm and on the way they pick up the uncle who is at the Institution. After lunch and a few glasses of wine the odd uncle climbs to the top of a tree and starts yelling "I WANT A WOMAN!" over and over and won't come down.

I can relate.

Drink and Dial

A friend of mine called me and played back a message I had left him last Friday or early Saturday. I didn't remember calling him but when I heard the fitful starts and whining pejorativisms I painfully recalled making said call.
If there are any ohers out there to whom I may have rang up in my inebriated state please accept my, ah fuck it, consider yourself lucky.

I do remember get 86'ed from The Torch, a local strip club, but that's another story.

8/18/2005

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pope visits german homeland

When did we start using the term Homeland? After the events of 7-11? What a God-Awful way to refer to our country. It seems very germanic, nationalistic, fascist, and Orwellian.
We just got a T1 line here at the house of eternal re-modification, Boise division. So now I guess I'll have to get caught up on current events. Has Karl Rove been arrested yet? Ha-ha, That's a good one.
Oh and who gives a fuck about the shuttle?
Jeebus help me.

ooh comments

I received two comments on my last brilliant post and was feeling pretty good about myself. These people seemed to enjoy my blog and they were going to tell their friends! Gosh. I guess I have just about the best blog I know.
Then I realized they were probably some sort of automatically generated comment that puts in a link to someone's commercial website. One was for ceiling fans. Side note: You can't cut off your head with a ceiling fan. Even if you use an upside down lawnmower with custom reinforced blades. they will give you a nasty whack but the force of the blades will push your head away thus impeding severance.
the other comment site was for something called life wave. some doo-hickus that gives you untold energy. Around here in Boise that's known as Methamphetamine.
Boo-yah!

Library internet

So I discovered the internet terminals here in the Boise library where you can actually sit down. oh boy. Also you can use them for a whole hour. They have all the internets.
This not having a computer biz is starting to suck.
I must admit the people that work here at the library are amazingly helpful. At one point there were three people trying to help me track down a book. After twenty minutes they found it on a cart in the basement. Damn. In "Frisco" it would have been more like a shrug.
I love using the "Frisco". It really shakes folks up.
As you can tell things are pretty darn exciting here in Boise. But the weather is hot and excellent. Totally. Right now at my apartment in "Frisco" Its probably about fifty degrees with a wind chill factor that is rivalled by those living near Lake Huron.
Hmm.
Magwa kill the greybeard and all of his seed.

bbq-oise

Bill's barbecuing drunken chicken on the Char-Broil wearing his vintage celtics apron that mimics Larry Birds uniform circa 83? including short shorts. the mitt is a tiny basketball. the grissom t-shirt adds to the mayhem.