THINGS ARE GOIN' GREAT !

WELL... things are really shaping up to be a lot better than I had expected they would. I had been thinking that by now... people would be revolting in the streets and demanding justice and demanding that those thiefs on Wall Street and the Bank-Bailouts account for the money they TOOK, and if there was any given as bonuses (there was). These people are greedy as all get out. But they will find it a lot harder to get away with this shit for much longer.

In this age of stupendous feats of screwing-over, using, and out-right XXXX-ing over of fellow human beings... it is possible that a certain contingency of upstartsw ill revolt against the status quo, and if that happens... seriously.... it's going to be a war to end all wars.

I AM NOT HERE

"I AM NOT HERE."

"WHERE ARE YOU?"

"I AM THERE."

"WHERE IS THERE?"

"HERE."

"WHERE IS HERE?"

"THERE."

MAX RAINCLOUD

THE SOURCE OF MY PEACE

ANOTHER MONTH INTO THE YEAR. This is usally the coldest month of the year in these parts, but it's supposed to be nudging 70 degrees at the end of the week.. It snowed about a zillionth of an inch of something resembling snow this morning, and last week it did snow about 7 inches here-'bouts. But there is something very warm about the month of February to me. It is the Month i got married, this year marking 30 YEARS of true love with a very pretty lady who, by the grace of all the gods, is way smarter than me. I mean, I have my categories---I am very good at some things weird though they may be. But she's tough and smart, and i am truly one of the fortunate ones, to have found such a fabulous mate, and that she has always been there for me, and allowed the me that was there to be the only me she gave a hoot about. I love this woman with all my heart and soul.

So... MY February is going to be warm. We might go to the beach. N. Topsail, NC. All the tourists have high-tailed it, and we love to put on our pea-jackets and stroll along the shore adding to the ever growing seashell collection of our lives. We are a million seashells strong.We are a wave that never ends, upon one shore today, and months later, beating it's way to a whirlpool on some distant island or coast... where it of course rebounds---the never-ending wave.

My wife and I made quite a splash those 30 some years ago. We caused shadows to embrace the sandy earth, and we always left the art of our embrace scraped into the damp tons of gritty sand.

My wife has never read this blog. She has always much reading to be involved in concerning her career. As I write this, I am truly am aware that hardly anyone has read this blog. But the passion behind this is just a replica of some sort of vent. A vent in my brain. A much needed vent for my thouights and after-thoughts.

Sometimes I cannot conjure the necessary energy to even put all this into the record.

I write short stories too. I'd be glad to share, just ask. Some opf my tunes on these videos are more or less "audio sketches". So far, I have received citique ranging from " Really well-written" to "You SUCK!". I am a glutton for both attention and .punishment.

I any case, if you like what I wrote, good. I am not really pursuing publication. but I am always on the lookout for a decent manager with a knack for knockin' down the bucks. We will be a 51/49 team.

I'm hoping to get some time in my brother's brand-new state of the art recording gear. We are separtated merely by geographically considerations, but it's not a lot more than 100 miles to his lace.

I have threatened to record a CD before, but be kooking for it in the Springtime, when I tend to come out of the doldrunms and ahold of more than just a box of doughnuts. Even though I love doughnuts emmensely, this spring I intend to not ersue THE DOUGHNUT ADVANTAGE.

Here's a picture of my love, my life, my perspiration.... behold my true love...



this stands alone

MAX

WHere were you, don't leave me ALON

FOR POSTERITY... IT'S A TOSS UP

THANKS TO THESE PEOPLE politicalhumor.about.com


THIS is an historical moment in time, captured by every major media meanderer with a camera that day. I often go to look at this video of Bush getting the shoes tossed at him.

Everyone knows, I assume, that exposing the bottom of a shoe or a foot to someone is a great insult in Arab custom. I'm not sure if it' equal to "the finger" or more, or less severe.

But it was more than just an insult from one journalist... people rallied around his protest, and he was hailed more or less as a hero throughout the Arab world (one side of it). He was IN Iraq, on a surprise visit. People do not seem to like this man. Did you notice that this distinctly Arab custom was easily understood by the entire rest of the world, and that its most indelible effect was that everyone in the ENTIRE WORLD laughed at our beleaguered Commander-in-Chief. In my personal opinion, Bush gets TWO FEET UP. I am assuming that would be about the equivalent of two over-emphasized manual gestures involving two digits. (Insult math is as hard as any kind of math.)

The entire incident captured the world's attention on outlet after outlet. It was "news", then, like all other "news"... it faded into gray-glory and the past. So I will be giving you that link here and there to keep you reminded of that poignant moment in our nation's history.

Do you remember way back when former President Bush choked on a pretzel, and all the world sort of laughed at that, but you know, it really isn't that funny, someone choking... but it's just another example of the highjinx of a rather goofy "world-leader".

Well... here's even another Bush Video that will possibly make you chuckle.
BUSH EGGS IT

these and other snippets are ending up on my cutting floor

MAX

PLEASE DON'T EAT THE KITTENS