making the rounds

Today is a cool dude’s burrrrthday. Since the traditional fare is copyright protected: here a few of my fav songs on the subject matter:

Any other suggestions?

I am finally admitted to myself after quite a bit of time, that the Avvett Brothers are just too perfect for me. Silly pride, who was  I fooling?  A complex  and yet simpley soulful and sweet alt-country harmonies?   The ” Heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt , the light pop concision of  Buddy Holly , the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones.” ?  Please, they saw me coming.

Just start diving into their repertoire, so here are a few a dig at the moment.:

UPDATE:

I am seeing them live. Hey, that one person,  who reads this damn thing wanna join me?

I have a pretty pre-Renaissance attitude about germs, but all told I really appreciate this X Ray Spex song

If  you ever  can’t sleep, I suggest you research your beloved old pastimes on the webs.

I happened to be raised on lil ole card game known as Pinochle.  As any of my cuzins can attest, I am an  entertaining player at the best and at worst someone other then their parents to hold 1/4 of 48 stacked deck .  What I lack in basic strategery skills, I make up with wit and charm that lower your guard as I proceed to hand your ass to you as my luck eventually comes cashing in.

And now 5 things for my nightly investigative report:

1) ” Pinochle derives from the game bezique, which is virtually identical to the original two-handed version of pinochle that is still played by some. The French word “binocle” also meant “eyeglasses”.The word is also possibly derived from the French word, “binage”, for the combination of cards called “binocle”. This latter pronunciation of the game would be adopted by German speakers. German immigrants brought the game to America, where it was later mispronounced and misspelled “Pinochle.”

2. Wikipedia also includes one little line in their article about Irish immigrants playing it in there as well.  Those two “facts” I imagine how it made it way into my life in the immigrant rich Buffalo.

3) The most helpful website on the topic is without a doubt National Pinochle Association. I know I am not messing around when I say anything in w/ the scrolling text, so clearly,  ” Pinochle . . . PINOCHLE . . . Pinochle Really Turns Me On!!!!” is not to be taken lightly.

4) Apparently it is understood that card  games such a Pinochle it stimulates brain activity well into the golden years ( p.s. score one for the Internet Generation  cuz what what so does web surfing)

5) How did we, Pinochle lovers of the world, miss this during US election season ?!? Pincocle was a political metaphor for a split second and we let it us pass by !

3, no 4, intense conversations deep , on this tuesday eve i wrote an ill advised, quickly convinced poem.

After me, the flood…

our minds are clearest ,
when the tree lines are gone.

illogical everyday,
force de majeure

could be late afternoon
maybe early morn’

damp, warm.
scattered, and swarmed

where’s that piece
of humid’s guns

a roofs still floating
in our swimming pools

the laughs of
durable fools

the wails of
missing mules

damp, warm.
scattered, and swarmed

I happened upon these eerily fantastic and extensive collection of animated classic poetry recordings on Youtube. I tend to spend sleepless nights scouring the web for just such an oeuvre. When St Patty’s nears, I go all misty-eyed for the aesthetes of my ancestry on the Isle. The videographer, Jim Clark, of an Irish blood himself , has over created 288 animations set to recordings. Enjoy it my moo-cows and baby tuckos…

And one neighborhood (that’d be Columbia Heights/U Street Washington DC y’all) poet for good measure:

So here is my attempt to recap at a 5th grade writing level (on request from my Dad’s class) the events of my historic weekend. Enjoy the mispellings , oversimplifications and the highly (!) censored content to protect their innocence .

Continue reading ‘Herstory’

there was not so recently  2,000 emails in my inbox.

catharsis is  hard word to spell, but not  as to hard to define

it might be the longest and arguably the  most dyamic effing election in American history.

despite the  taxing lines,  ohh baby:

the futures in our hands

Standing up to nasty housing scammers – one solid sassy email at a time.

THE SCAM:

The apartment is available and it’s located at 733 15th Street, Washington, DC 20005, with one bedroom, one living room, one bathroom and one kitchen, square feet 1208. I really want to find a good and responsible tenant for it and i was hoping if you can send me some personal and financial informations about yourself. The monthly rent of $1800 will include all utilities such as water, electricity, Internet, cable, parking etc. The only problem is that i had to move with my job to United Kingdom, London where i am now and i left the keys and contract already signed by me at a company
called Rent.com and they will handle the payment and delivery for us. If you want to know more
about how this deal can work please get back to me ASAP and i will send you the details step by step. Thank you and hope to hear back from you.
- Stacey

THE SASS:

Hi Stacey,

Sounds great!

Just one thing – Stop trying to steal from people! The people most likely to fall for this are old ladies and immigrants. In short, the most vulnerable people in our society. You may not think this possible, but there are really down and out (poor) people in America. Some of them are very good people, and their lives would be ruined by those like you who want to steal their savings. You could profit off them, but you could be destroying the life of a great person who doesn’t have much in this world.

So you really shouldn’t do that!

Good luck with obtaining lawful employment.

Regards,

Someone who prefers not being scammed.

** Much admiration for the great office mate who wrote this in hopes of finding a nice place to leave that’s not under her desk.