Power outage hits Hell-A

a day after that jackass american turned al qaida convert runs his yap??? Coincidence??? i think not..nope, you can not convince me at this juncture..watching the LA newscasts they are trying to say an employee fucked up and cut through something..and that would make fifty percent of LA go dark? Horseshit..but its early, unless they parade some guy in front of the newscameras I ain't buying..all I am saying..

Pigskin Post

I love football for many reasons..its a fall sport..fall is my favorite season of all..not too cold, not hot the days get shorter-I am a night person...but i digress..

There have been a minimal amount of movement by free agents this off season..the biggest being Randy Moss. Randy is a man with incredible talent..and a big fucking mouth. Its hard to love a player that exhibits such stupidity off the field.

Now, that being said..i have become by nature of my residence...a fan of the Raiders..now, this coming from a born and bred Charger fan is pure blasphemy. Here in central Cali, you either get the Niners or the Raiders..if there was an Hell-A team they would get it hands down..but there isn't..which is total bullshit btw..

so..i took the Raiders..they are AFC and afterall is said and done, I AM an AFC type of woman. I have loved the AFC since its enception..but again..i get offtrack..I haven't informed my friends in the San Diego area..until now that is..I managed to tell someone that told someone..and now my secret is out..I have become a Raider fan..it took three years of diligent resistance mind you, to become a Raider fan..I tried to keep this horrid event from transpiring..but to no avail.

So with regards to Randy Moss..I hate his fucktarded ass and yet..I pray to all that is holy that he lifts those sorry ass bunch of Al Davis employees to heights above and beyond the rest of the league. It would make it alot easier for moi since now I am the village idiot in the eyes of my compadres in the San Diego area..but I wouldn't get pissed if the Chargers made it to the playoffs by any stretch of the imagination. I follow many teams since I have lived on the east and left coasts and a few points in-between. Some folks can't understand this logic of mine but there it is anyway..a fan of many teams and lover of none...well, i do love the chargers but they usually drive me insane at some point in every season.

Here is hoping that the Raiders, Chargers, Falcons and the Redskins have good seasons and that I figure out a way to have sundays off for at least the next 16 weeks..its a bitch working on such a hallowed sports day..seems like heresy to me, the sports nut,having to work on this day....wait..i think i feel a screwed up back coming on..yes, yes it is...omg there it is..the infamous "I can't work today, my two blown discs are acting up again"... are you ready for some football? I know I am :)

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown Dies

He escaped Katrina and went back to his hometown of Orange,Texas. He has been in ill health for over a year, suffering from lung cancer and heart disease. He was a fantastic musician and I loved to listen to him play. His family stated his home in Sidell, LA was destroyed by the hurricane and he was heart broken over it. Gatemouth was a helluva blues player but refused to be pigeon-holed into just the blues, he loved country,jazz, fusion and zydeco..the whole ball of wax. His biographer stated:"He never wanted to be called a bluesman, but I used to tell him that though he may not like the blues, he does the blues better than anyone," added Walters. "He inherited the legacy of great bluesmen like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, but he took what they did and made it better." Clarence was 81 when he passed this weekend at his brother's home. We lose another one sadly much too quick.

In less than an hour it will be Sunday...

Sunday September 11th. Just saying it out loud gives me chills still. Its not going away any time soon. I can still see the conference room where we all stood around the table staring at the 19 inch tv with horrible reception. The visions we were seeing left us all speechless, some of us crying silently. The girl in the cubicle next to mine softly repeated the date: "9-11,9-11 they picked this day for a reason" she said."It's what you call when all hell breaks loose." "Yes, I said..hell has broken loose."

But now there is a fresh hell, and its on a larger scale. It is not however, man-made, which somehow makes it easier to swallow for me. Well, technically I believe global-warming has alot to do with all the weather anomalies of the last 5 years, but at least this fresh hell isn't something a group of religious nut case's did to us.

a blog notable..it tears at your heartstrings..

my girl daisy has a blog..i say my girl..but she is a blogger bud..i love her to death and thats another story..but her post today was so full of emotion, it ripped me apart and made me cry..I wish I could put my emotions and feelings on paper(or computer) like she did today..if you read through her archives she has been through a ton of shit in the last few months..and i mean tons..and she is a sweet soul that actually goes into the depths of hell to help the oppressed, she went to south america on her summer vacation to work with the poor FOR A MONTH!! who among us can say we have done or would do that?? Not me, I talk a good game, but you wont see me living without electricity for a month, or running water..hell my idea of camping is a fully stocked Winnebagowith a Dish or cable..

but go give my girl daisy some love..tell her that you too would cry like she did..tell her how good she is at putting her feelings down in words...just go...if your a hardass you wont go look..if you are self centered you will say she's a softie..but if you love honesty and people that think of others before themselves..you will like daisy..or maybe love her as i do..we don't have enough daisy's in the world..and thats sad..damn fucking sad..but at least I can say i know someone like her..someone that is always looking for the positive angle..the good in all of us..

I hate sit com's..but this one is different..

Its on showtime and its called Weeds. .Its different only because it has a base in reality..at least its a reality that I recognize...that of yuppie land with all their bullshit trappings and their hidden agendas..they tell their kids to just say no but they enjoy a lil coke or pot on the weekends at a friends get-together. They rant and rail against second hand smoke but when they are sitting on their patio with a martini or cosmo they light up a cig...and then have the balls to tell me they are not a smoker..not really..yeah right..the theme song is rich, "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds..it was recorded over 20 years ago by someone who's name escapes me but it seems to have been taylor-made for this show. The creator is Jenji Kohan, who has written for many good shows such as Sex in the City, Tracey takes On and Boston Common. She won an Emmy for Tracey's show.

The premise is this: The primary character recently lost her husband who did not plan for the future and she turns to dealing marijuana to the other yuppies that smoke on the sly to make ends meet..including the city counselmen who happens to be her accountant. Do not tell me this doesn't happen cuz folks i know first hand it does..city counsel folks smoke pot..doctors smoke pot..you would be amazed at who still smokes pot..but thats another rant..

The fifth installment was this past monday and its become a dramedy..its not all laughs it seems being a pot dealer in suburbia..one of the main characters has breast cancer..its ironic of course because she is the one that is all about looks..or how it looks to the outside world at least..I have a sista that closely resembles her and her outlook on life. I of course pray my dear sista never gets breast cancer..i love her and it might ruin the tummy tuck and liposuction she recently paid through the nose for..

But its a good show..for those of you that are against pot smoking in any form or reason, its still a good show because it shows the other side of "having it all"...the main character could be a stripper or telemarketer, some other type of frowned upon employment, the rest of the show would still hold up..plus it has some good actors..Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins and the main character played by Mary-Louise Parker. Its only a half hour of your life..watch it..and tell me what you think..it airs a new episode on Monday and then repeats like a mutha on wed and fri..there is a marathon of all five episodes this weekend..

Michael Brown steps aside as head of FEMA hurricane relief.

Why am I NOT surprized by this action? The guy has enough bad press with his lying on his resume and all..Now if they could just dump Chertoff I would be very happy..but you cant always get what you want..Michael Brown will be spending alot of time walking his dog I think...and it seems Bush has found his scapegoat..I dont know if Brown was pushed or jumped from the bus..what do you think???

A little fluff for the world..Martin Schoeller - "Close Up"

This german photog believes in the "less is more" theory. His portraits of famous and infamous people are stark and no frills. The women have only a minimal amount of makeup on for the most part. He only does head shots and with a light colored,plain background. Cecil B. DeMille would be proud. He has Bill Clinton, Jack Nicholson, Brad's Angelina, Marilyn Manson even Lance Armstrong is in there. I like looking at them, its warts and all.. and they look ...human,for lack of a better word. Clinton looks...smug..yes,thats it..he looks smug or maybe its a look like the jokes on us, but whatever the look, it intrigue's me. The link to Schoeller's website is here.

Federal Government will give victims 2K each.

I think its unprecedented..for the government to give out this type of cashola without any strings attached..The estimate of $640 Million has been bandied about as what this giveaway will cost the taxpayers. I have mixed feelings about this endeavor. Yes, its good, people can buy clothes,shoes, baby formula etc. It will be in the form of a debit card, so hopefully that will cut down on illicit use. The victims need everything and will be able to prioritize their needs personally, no big brotha telling them what is excluded. Is it the pessimist in me that thinks this is going to get hosed up?

All the news that fits..

The Cali legislature today became the first in the country to legalize same-sex marriage, with the State Assembly narrowly approving a bill that defines marriage as between "two persons" instead of between a man and a woman. Massachusetts has allowed same sex marriage but only due to court rulings. Link to NY Times article is here.

Jack Kerouac was a real trip according to the Navy. He was unceremoniously discharged after 10,count em 10 days of active service..the link to the Smoking Gun article is here.

The Prez has promised to find a whipping boy for all the fuck-ups by the federal government after Katrina hit. He is sending...get this..Dick "Halliburton" Cheney to the gulf area to "cut through any bureaucratic obstacles slowing recovery efforts". Isn't that like putting the fox in charge of the hen house in a roundabout sort of way? The link to the latest bullshit spewing out of the White House and who is pointing a finger at whom now that congress is back from vacation, courtesy of the NY Times, is here.

And MY personal fave...a juicy little tell-all tale about Microsoft and its head nerd Billy Bob Gates. Seems Billy is fond of four letter words(who isn't?) and temper tantrums which drove one of his chief minions over to Google. Microsoft sued his ass and he counter sued. Its rich and I will follow this trial to its conclusion. The link to the newest wrinkle in this trial can be found here.

And now for something completely different..

My feral kitten update..they are now all domesticated and driving us up a wall. I buy them toys but the damn dogs chew them up,so they play with aluminum foil balls or old boxes. The top one is Leroy..he always enjoys a good perch, or box...

The second is Patty..I love the green eye reflection. We swear she has a hidden stash of pot somewhere in the house..shes looney as hell. Yes, that is a plastic bowl she is lounging in.

This is Bobbie whom we believed was switched at birth. She sure has hell isn't feral,she loves people..and the inside of a house too much. She was trying to get in from the time she could walk.

Quote of the day

"There's alot of work to be done"-Prez. Bush visiting
hurricane victims in Baton Rouge LA.

Is this not THE most understated remark you have ever heard?
Couldn't the man think any quicker than that? Over state the obvious there W....

Fed's guilty of criminal neglect.

When there are people dying in the Superdome 6 days after Katrina hit there is something wrong with our heads of state. When an emergency management employee gets calls daily from his elderly mother trapped in her own home and he tells her daily that yes someone is coming to save her and they dont, and she drowns in her own home Friday nite, four days after the hurricane went through,there is something seriously flawed and fucked up about our heads of state. When our president can entertain the IDEA of going to a baseball game or sit and strum a guitar while people are dying in their own homes in our own country..there are seriously some screwed up and out of touch heads of state. When 200 of the 1500 police officers of New Orleans walk off their job and 2 of them commit suicide because they are over whelmed by the enormous pressure of trying to do their jobs in the face of hopelessness waiting for the federal assistance that took their sweet ass time getting there..we got some seriously apathetic and grossly negligent heads of state.The horror stories are mind numbing. There are some folks that believe this is blown out of proportion and that the residents of the Mississippi Delta got what they deserved for living in a flood plain or below sea level or not leaving when they were originally told to go prior to Katrina's arrival. These people do not take into consideration various factors. Factors such as 1. The levees have held up for more than a hundred years. Yes, they needed rehabbing, but W rerouted that money to the Iraq debacle. 2. The elderly and poor had very little at their disposal to get them out of harms way. If you do not own a car or you make minimum wage, its hard to get the fuck out of the way of a hurricane. I could go on and on but why??? The people that do not have a vested interest in the Mississippi Delta area and view it as "not their problem" can and will rationalize their view of this atrocity committed by our heads of state.I call it an atrocity because that is what I see the lack of reaction by the federal government..aka our heads of state, as. Its sickening to me to think about the hundreds of people that died days after the hurricane went through that did not have to perish. The people that died in their own houses waiting for someone to rescue them. The fishermen that tried valiently to save whole neighborhoods with nothing more than a dingy. Do I point a finger? Yes..I do..they mobilized faster for 9-11 and the Tsumani relief effort than they did for Katrina. New Orleans was home for over half a million humans. Whether they were fine upstanding people doesnt matter, they deserved better than they got from our government. In the words of Denise Bottcher, press secretary to Gov. Kathleen Blanco of Lousisana:"We wanted soldiers, helicopters, food and water. They wanted to negotiate an organizational chart." She was speaking of the assclowns at FEMA. These horror stories are just now coming to the surface, the ones where our heads of state play head games and ego trip at the cost of hundreds of lives. The officials from the Mississippi delta states are talking now on national TV and to big news agencies and sista its gonna get real ugly. I think its important to figure out who,why and how people in positions of authority in Washington screwed these people over so that it can never happen again. I want that jackass Mr. Chertoff and the FEMA director, Michael D. Brown to be publicly humiliated and never be allowed to hold any type of public position or office again. I think they should be charged with a crime of negligence, they are directly responsible for the deaths of many of the citizens of the Mississippi delta who died AFTER the hurricane went through the area. There is a good article in, what else, NY Times about what the Governors of three of the states affected have said so far about the bullshit they had to endure to get the feds to move their ass. One example is how FEMA kept water,diesel and food from being delivered from PRIVATE companies or individuals to the affected areas merely because they had not asked for fucking approval from FEMA to enter the oppressed areas. GIVE ME a FUCKING BREAK.... a direct quote from the article: "Far from deferring to state or local officials, FEMA asserted its authority and made things worse, Mr. Broussard stated on "Meet the Press."When Wal-Mart sent three trailer trucks loaded with water, FEMA officials turned them away, he said. Agency workers prevented the Coast Guard from delivering 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, and on Saturday they cut the parish's emergency communications line, leading the sheriff to restore it and post armed guards to protect it from FEMA, Mr. Broussard said". dear god in heaven this just isn't right and those bastards should be made to pay. The link to the NY Times article is here.

Jerry Rice Retires

I hated the 49ers..always..but I loved to watch Jerry Rice. His work ethic was always outstanding and he never played the drama queen unlike some of the athletes from San Fran. His wife almost died during childbirth his last year with the niners but he managed to still play football, I dont know if that was a good thing or not but he loved the game..and we will miss him. His records and stats for his illustrious career:

A look at Jerry Rice's career in the NFL:
1985: Drafted 16th overall by 49ers; Won Rookie of the Year
1986: Led NFL in receiving yards (1,570) and receiving touchdowns (15)
1987: Set single-season record with 22 TDs
1989: Won Super Bowl XXIII MVP with record 215 receiving yards on 11 catches
1990: Super Bowl XXIV: Seven receptions, 148 yards and three touchdowns
1995: Super Bowl XXIX: 10 receptions, 149 yards and three touchdowns
2001: Released by 49ers, signed by Raiders
2002: Scored 200th career touchdown
2004: Traded to Seattle for seventh-round pick
2005: Signed one-year contract with Denver; retired before season opener
Some of Jerry Rice's 38 NFL Records:
Most career receptions: 1,549
Most receiving yards: 22,895
Most receiving touchdowns: 197
Most touchdowns scored: 208
Most career Super Bowl receptions: 33
Most career 100-yard receiving games: 76

Barroid Bonds is coming back from his vacation.

Barroid aka Barry Bonds has deceided that since the Giants are now in second place in the shitty division known as the National League West, he will now play this year. Gee Barroid, must be nice to take 95% of the season off and have fresh legs when your whole team has been struggling all season to get out of the friggin basement. They did it without Barroid and I wonder how they feel about him suddenly showing up and saying he is ready to play with less than a month left in the regular season. Barroid is a jackass with a big shiny smile now, all ready to talk to the media, whom he shunned for the last six months. I can not tell you how much this man offends me. I wont even try...

Blues Innovator R.L. Burnside passes

The man, the myth and the legend was 78 when he finally succumbed to heart problems in a Memphis hospital this week. His last album was released in 2004 which I find incredible for someone that age and who hasn't been in the best of health for the last five years.

Born in Harmontown, Mississippi, on Nov. 21, 1926, Burnside grew up as a sharecropper and fisherman before learning the guitar from local musicians like Fred McDowell and Rainie Burnett. He eventually migrated to Chicago in the 1940s where he came under the influence of blues legends like Lightning Hopkins and Muddy Waters. He didn't stay there long, returning to his Mississippi roots after his father, uncle and brother were murdered there in the span of one month. He played with many people and by combining his gritty countrified sound with elements of indie rock, hip-hop and even electronica he found a new audience of people primarily defined as "youngsters",using his own word.

Burnside is survived by his wife, Alice Mae, 12 children and numerous grandchildren. One of his grandsons, drummer Cedric Burnside toured with R.L's band in the 90's. He will have some great company up in heaven..

Chief Justice Rehnquist dies of cancer.

He worked up until a few days before his death so say his assistants. He refused to step down and let Bush name a successor prior to the new court session. Bush will now have the rare opportunity to replace two justices on the Supreme Court, the last time was 1971. Rehnquist, who championed states' rights and helped speed up executions, was the only member still on the court who voted on
Roe v. Wade in 1973(he opposed the pro abortion ruling). He was a true right wing jurist although when he joined the court it was controlled by liberals. His belief in states having more autonomy is about the ONLY thing I agreed with him on. He voted against giving more protection to female victims of violent crime and he supported prayer in public schools.

This will be an interesting summer and fall for the legal branch of our government and us as a nation since Bush will now leave a very large footprint on the court that will last for decades. FUCK!

Your never too old to cap the Ball and Chain

73 year old Mollie Hardbarger shot her 69 year old spouse in West Virginia this week. He was cheating on her, but the worst thing evidently was the woman he was bumping uglies with had a swell case of VD which really didn't sit well with Mollie..so she shot him with the family 22....the link to the story is here.

Baseball extravaganza!

"According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the first time in 10 years that an entire division has entered the last full month of the season so close to the playoffs. Five teams, separated by about 1,350 miles along the Eastern seaboard, are straining through the final days of summer to reach the first act of fall."<---this quote is from the article in the NY Times about the NL Wildcard race..a race so tight that only 3 count em 3 games separate the top five teams vying for the final spot in the playoffs..which by the way begin in 32 days 7 hours and 11 minutes from now..The teams are Philly, Houston, Marlins, Mets and Washinton DC's boyz the Gnats..All those teams with the exception of Houston are in the NL East division.. Its a good read if your a baseball nut like I am..the link to the article is here.

In other baseball news..Pitcher Sidney Ponson got his walking papers today from the Baltimore O's...seems they were none too happy with his second bust for Drunk Driving in 9 months..dude is 28, too bad he has the maturity level of a frat boy during homecoming..OH..he also clocked a judge in his home country of Aruba in the off season during a Christmas Day fight at a beach,for which he did 11 days in the slammer. The O's are trying to prove grounds for termination under the infamous morals clause, paragraph 3(a), that reads: "The Player agrees to perform his services hereunder diligently and faithfully, to keep himself in first-class physical condition and to obey the Club's training rules, and pledges himself to the American public and to the Club to conform to high standards of personal conduct, fair play and good sportsmanship." Thats a fucking vague ass clause if I ever saw one..but its standard in all O's contracts..all 40 guys have it. Sid is gonna fight it and i DONT blame him..but the man IS FELONY DUMB and a good candidate for FOTW..(fucktard of the week)

I hate it when I can't sleep..

of course it gives me plenty of time to checkout the newspaper..I really wanted to see that the price of gas will be over 4 bucks soon..lord have mercy louise..this can not be happening..yes it can..and it is..here in bakersfrigginfield, we not only pump oil out of the ground, we refine it into gas and diesel..yet, the price went over 3 bucks a gallon today..and it isnt jumping by a few cents daily..the shit went up by 12 fucking cents in one day..ONE DAY..if that isn't price gouging i dont know what is..

in other news, the mouth that roared aka David Wells shot off his yap again..and was promptly called on the carpet by Buddy Selig, aka the Commish..Wells, a poster child for open mouth and insert foot, bitched about Selig when he lost his bid to lower his 6 game suspension for making contact with an umpire..bet that was a pretty site...Wells retracted all his crap today..jeez what a surprize there eh? He mocked ol Buddy Selig for his handling of the steroid issue in baseball..evidently Wells forgot that his players union is the one holding up the whole process of making life hard on those that shoot up roids..no one ever said Wells was smart..just a lefty that can throw a baseball..lefties last forever in baseball cuz their so damn hard to find..doesnt matter if they suck..Wells is the dipshit that wrote a book stating he was drunk when he pitched his no hitter a few years back for the yanks..seems he pitches ALOT better drunk than sober cuz his numbers arent all that sportsfans.. Kerry Woods finally ended his season on a sour note..surgery...he has been off and on the DL like it was a freaking contest all season..BARROID aka Barry Bonds, the wonderful, fun loving, steroid taking hitter for the San Fran Giants has resumed batting practice after taking the entire season to date off for what was supposed to be minor surgery..not that he will do the Giants any good...they are so far down the food chain they will never see the light of day this year...

In NFL news...the nimrod known as Maurice Clarett was dumped by the Denver Broncos this week..hopefully you remember Moreece..he was the college player that attempted to go pro after ONE year of college ball at Ohio State..the NFL won the court case tossing his ass out of the draft until he was at least three years removed from high school..plus Mo got popped for lying about alot of things that happened during his tenure at Ohio State..a stellar stand up guy Clarett is,right?..however he is currently unemployed and his agent is hawking his ass around the league..good luck Mo..your gonna need it..trying playing for the team instead of whining and getting "hurt" the entire preseason..when they draft you in the third round, they usually expect something other than the infamous "pulled groin"..as coach Mike Shannahan said..its hard to evaluate him as a player when he never played..no shit mike?