Dirty politics

Dirty politics

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Sheesh, what next? Charles Babington, The Washington Post: “In bitingly partisan exchanges yesterday, lawmakers plunged into the dispute over Karl Rove’s hand in leaking a covert CIA operative’s identity.” Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) proposed an amendment aimed at Rove “to deny access to classified information to any federal employee who discloses a covert CIA agent’s identity.” Then Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) retaliated by offering an amendment designed to strip the security clearances of the chamber’s top two…

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Hurricane Dennis

Hurricane Dennis

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capt.ny10807101040.hurricane_dennis_ny108 Originally uploaded by KidneyNotes. Hold on to your hats! Here it comes. Gramma – get in the car and drive.

Published poem

Published poem

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Little Poem Press has published one of my poems in This So-Called Life. Edited by C. E. Laine and Kathy Kubick, it is a collection of the best of the TSCL writer’s group. I am honored to have been included. You can read some of my poetry at the VirusHead main site.

Unconscious Mutterings 7-10

Unconscious Mutterings 7-10

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Note to HK: “Unconscious Mutterings” is just a blog toy – just for fun. Every week we get this handy list of words – and we just free associate. The first word is theirs, the second, mine. Do-it-yourself:: disaster Pickpocket:: or two Ballet:: tour jeté Resumé:: curriculum vitae Phenom:: fab Love/Hate:: fervor Unusual:: pussycat Intense:: repulsion Interruption:: syncope Not enough:: sample – I mean, ample

President Talks To God

President Talks To God

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Bright Eyes sang this on the Tonight Show. When The President Talks To God When the president talks to God Are the conversations brief or long? Does he ask to rape our women’s rights And send poor farm kids off to die? Does God suggest an oil hike When the president talks to God? When the president talks to God Are the consonants all hard or soft? Is he resolute all down the line? Is every issue black or white?…

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Jokes for your weekend

Jokes for your weekend

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Some miscellaneous jokes for those of you who are trying to activate or maintain a sense of humor. Famed fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his gruff assistant Doctor Watson pitch their tent while on a camping expedition, but in the middle of the night Holmes nudges Watson awake and questions him. HOLMES: Watson, look up at the stars and tell me what you deduce. WATSON: I see millions of stars, and if there are millions of stars, and if even…

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