Fuck!
I was having a good night, getting stuff done, making myself happy.
I thought I might like to listen to some music, and now I am in trouble.
I put on Bob Mould.
Deep Karma Canyon, for God!s sake! I should know better.
That is some shit you don’t walk away from alive.
What a dope.
Now I do it to you.
I am a fellow who enjoys life. For the last 12 years, I have enjoyed life in my studio. I am a sculptor, and with brief interruptions, I have been living in the squalid environs of this or that warehouse, or garage, or lot. Comfort has always taken a distant second place to utility when choosing where to lay my head.
I recently moved to Philadelphia from Durham, North Carolina. I am going to be 40 years old in a few weeks. Earlier this year I realized that I could retire from the Duke University, where I was on faculty and staff.
This insight made me more than a little uncomfortable, being as I had not really been aware of the passage of time, and was not prepared to have the last job I would ever have.
I decided that there must be time for one last great adventure.
I moved here to be a part of something that is bigger than me. An art foundry. We are making the next big thing.
I also decided that an apartment might also be nice. I have had the chance to visit the homes of others through the years, and I have seen some things that I liked.
I like my place. It is a 1-bedroom place on the second floor. I have 9 windows in 4 rooms. 4 windows in the living room make a nice nook where I like to sit and read, look out at the squirrels, in the trees, in the yard. It is the reason I got this place.
Now, the point of this message. I would like to announce that I am now a proud member of the houseplant owning public.
I hope you will indulge me with a few pictures. They are not for the feint of heart; they are a display of the natural reproductive imperative. You are warned.
That means I get a tax cut, right?
Yeah, about that.
There is a new AP poll out. Says that people are willing to wait for their tax cut, and that the new top priority is health care.
Hang on a second. I just posted a blog a few days ago about the exit polls for the last few elections. This year, people coming out of the poll said in numbers less than 10% that they voted on the basis of health care. Now, all of a sudden they think it is more important than money?
That, my friend, is a line of shit. I will go out on a limb here and say that this AP poll is bunk. It is an attempt to prepare the uninformed electorate for the fact they they will not, indeed, be getting a tax cut.
Ha-ha, it is to laugh. My new president is a liar, we all knew he was a liar, and yet he was elected. I wonder if those who voted for him thought he would stop lying, and give them the straight scoop. Dolt.
What do I know? I wouldn’t have thought about the connection between the CNN.com exit polls and the AP poll if I hadn’t just been writing about it last week, but I was, and I did, and now you are thinking about it, too.
What are you thinking about it?
