Día De Los Muertos

Pouring one out for all the sisters & brothers who are no longer here.

Sunday Suggestion

Just a suggestion. Not necessarily an incitement to violence. Or is it? It's a free country, & you're allowed to possess as many guns as you can get your hands on. Don't let me stop you.

Intelligent People In Gov't.?

Might be a good idea. Note that Sen. Keating was a Republican, yet spouts the Commie line in response to the social worker from Manhasset's letter at the beginning. And robots were stealing jobs almost 63 yrs. ago too.

The Surgeon General gave a damn about his job & knew how to do it. Compare & contrast:

Since January 20, 2025, when Vivek Murthy departed, no surgeon general has been confirmed and the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) lists the position as vacant. Deputy Surgeon General Denise Hinton performed the duties of the surgeon general until her retirement in September 2025.

Who needs a Surgeon General in the Age of COVID & other plagues?

Monday Message Of Hope

And away we go!

You may not want to know what's waiting at the bottom of the hill.

More War

It never stops, does it? Or, "That blowed up real good."Good job by Trump setting this in motion; be nice if the Houthis could depose Lumpy's friend Crown Prince Bone Saw & the rest of the Saud family. PROTIP: Start w/ the oil fields.

In Fourteen Hundred & Ninety-Two, Columbus Sailed ...

My goodness, some people really do hate America. Where do they get such bad attitudes?

Actually, Kurt, it was thousands of years.

Ah, no wonder there was no mail today.

Thursday Tab-Clearing

Advertising Analysis W/ Connie Clausen

This commercial is in my "Non-Sequitor" bookmarks, so I was amused to see this:

Analyzing the Persuasive Elements of a 1961 Coca-Cola Commercial

Ms. Clausen, by the way, had better things to do than be a "low-level actress".

Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même

Dry heat.

Remember, this is inside the bunker. However, I have yet to perspire.

Monday Memorial: Brother Brick

At Jeff B.'s birthday, 2 August 2009.

Phyllis Beane-Wahl, Brick, some guy I remember but not his name, a pathetic woman-hating alkie,
a Mexican apartment dog, several unknowns.

At The York, 16 January 2012.

Brick, a horrible person who abandoned me to homelessness whose name I will not print,
Phyllis Beane-Wahl, & that guy again. Must've known Brick.

More Serenades

In honor of the heat wave. Oddly, I didn't steal it from BarkBarkWoofWoof, but heard the Joanie Sommers version on the radio, & the Coltrane-Hartman take was recommended by a robot/algorithm/something.

The End Is Near

75%+ through this annus horribilis, but it isn't over yet. Could well get considerably worse. More war losses, Election Day may be "Anything Can Happen Day", & prices & temperatures are still rising, yada.

As in temperatures of 100°F (37.8°C) predicted for tomorrow through Monday. So much for autumn in L.A., as Aug., Sep't. & Oct. are the hottest months. Guessing between poor circulation & anemia it won't bother me much.

Idle Thoughts I Barely Care About

Surely None Of You Will

Positive development: My primary care physician apparently over-diagnosed the thing on the bottom of my foot. Went all the way to Westwood to see a podiatrist, who said it was a mere callus, not the plantar wart (caused by a strain of HPV virus) the M.D. thought it was. He applied cryotherapy twice, the podiatrist simply shaved it right off. No pain, then or now.

Other non-negative note: Rec'd. both pension & Social Security today, & still had US$505.87 in the credit union & a twenty in my pants. Guess I can afford several turnouts at $30.00 each now.

Completely negative: Watching baseball on Peacock, & its few advertisers. Does NBCUniversal no longer have a sales staff? I'm more than ready for TikTok to be banned worldwide & all involved to be imprisoned if I see that effing advert once more. What a crock.If they can't get more than five or six sponsors, could the sponsors make a couple more commercials so we needn't see the same damn ones approximately 50+ times per game? Nor am I interested in any Peacock streaming series, let alone seeing the same promos over & over & over & over. And yes, we understand very well that "This copyrighted broadcast is presented by the authority of the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball. It may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form, and the accounts and descriptions of this game may not be disseminated without express written consent." Most broadcasts only recite that once. I'm wearing out the mute button.

Good to see the Pale Hose beat the Houston Cheat-os. The South Siders might be fun in a Series w/ L.A.'s former Bums of Brooklyn. And maybe next yr. the Cubs & Sox can face off in the Series.

Current Economic Situation

From the customer before me: Two pints of Ben & Jerry's® & 22.3 oz. of Screamin' Sicilian Pizza®, US$20.97, put on a Mastercard. Yup, 21 bucks of debt for a junk food dinner & dessert. Making America Healthy Again!!

In other consumption news, purchased a 200 sq. ft. box of Kroger Aluminum Foil® for eight bones from a guy selling them from a folding table under an awning on the sidewalk. Retail at Ralphs: US$13.99! Six dollars saved, & I s'pose, open to charges of receiving stolen property & aiding & abetting. Come & get me, coppers!

Ebola Up-Date

Mostly because the editor likes the image of the sign.

The World Forgot About Ebola. The Organization Fighting It Has Never Been More Worried

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to be the largest ever.

From WIRED, possibly paywalled. Headline's all you need. See y'all in the boneyard.

George Gershwin's Birthday Too

Gershwin & Coltrane, two of America's musical giants, born on the same date. Who'da thunk it?Gershwin died too young too.

Coltrane's Centennial

Induction photograph, 1945.

Born on this date, 1926.J.C. died 17 July 1967, at the age of 40, killed by the pig society that drove him to drink, 50 yrs. too early.

Burning Tree?

Or "corrected" sunset?

Somewhat Later

Taking A Break

Resting for the next lap of the proverbial rat race.

Fall cleaning 'phoning it in: There are items scheduled through the end of the month, mostly crap from the hard drive. See y'all in October, maybe ...— 30 —

Still Early