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I loved Jay Leno's "The economy is so bad.." jokes. Here's a few favs to kick off the evening.

The Economy is so bad . . . . . .

CEO's are now playing miniature golf.

Jewish women are marrying for love.

Hotwheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.

McDonalds is selling the 1/4 ouncer.
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Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children's names.

A truckload of Americans got caught sneaking into Mexico.

The most highly-paid job is now jury duty.

Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting.

People in Africa are donating money to Americans.
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Mothers in Ethiopia are telling their kids, "Finish your plate, do you know how many kids are starving in the U.S.?"

Motel Six won't leave the light on.

The Mafia is laying off judges.
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The economy is s-o-o-o-o bad . . . that "Blank" Lincoln actually talked to a constituent today!

Was it Catfish Eater who hyperventilated the other night re David Letterman making a joke abou one o Sarah Palin's daughters? Well, there's this today:

Letterman explains - and sort of apologizes for - jokes about Sarah Palin daughter

He also invited Palin to be a guest on his show, saying, "I think we could put these differences behind us." But the offer, extended to both Palin and her husband ("or leave Todd at home," Letterman suggested), was turned down on Thursday.

"The Palins have no intention of providing a ratings boost for David Letterman by appearing on his show," said Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton. "Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman."

Gee, you think Palin's spokeswoman maybe went too far with that last comment ("Plus, it would be wise to keep Willow away from David Letterman."? Wonder how long it will be before Mizriz Stapleton apologizes for her foot-in-the-mouth moment? Or Flush Limpwrist apologizes for calling Judge Sotomayor racist? I won't hold my breath. I guess only liberals need to apologize when they say something stupid.

Sound, he also explained that the daughter to whom he was referring had already been knocked up.
He went to great lengths to disclaim any suggestion that her minor daughter be sexually harassed in any way.

Anyway MooseWoman will not improve his ratings one percent. Likely the other way around.
I think the Huckabee Show needs her help, that is, if it's still running. Lame.

For all you chocoholics - sexaholics, there is Kama Sutra chocolate pieces with some very, very explicit pieces to devour (with your eyes or with your mouth). Clicky, as Miss Jazzy would say.

how about all those Palin people just go away? Forever? Please???? join a commune and take the huckabucks with them?

jake, i havent looked at them yet - and what exactly were you doing, young man, when this particular tidbit of information was brought to your attention, anyway?? -- but I can already think of a few bad puns. cant you?

I'm anxious to hear from jazzy, her hubby was going to yet another doctor or for tests or whatever today. In a month or so, who knows, someone might even treat the poor man's symptoms.

I'll bet that fancy chocolate is expensive. Only our Congressmen can afford that stuff. Im sure whoever makes it will give the Huckster a box to enjoy on his teevee show.

Didn't look like dark chocolate to me Jake but decadent just the same.

Anyone know what's happened to durango these daz?

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Economy is soooo bad I'm thinking of selling my body again,,,,so I put on my fish nets, dug out
my Salvation Army bell and sat in front of Kroger ringing away.....had one customer who
said he only had two bits...I said, *Thats ok honey I don't think I could even last for one bit.*

I'm with you about Palin, Tina.

I don't understand why Lettermen backed off at all. It was obvious he was making a joke about Bristol, an 18-year-old who indeed got knocked up and didn't marry the sperm donor. She's launched her own crusade against "getting knocked up as a teen'' so she's fair game for "knocked-up jokes.''

And the jokes about Sarah were not out of line at all. She does dress like a whore on occasions and uses her sexuality to appeal to the lesser-educated GOP voters. No one claims she's bright so she has to use something to attract those who are intellectually bankrupt. As we all know, sex sells.

I read a column today by a woman on liberal blog who basically said men shouldn't demean women by calling them sluts for any reason - even if they're right wingers.

I disagree. Women like Sarah Palin and Carrie Prejean set our gender back at least two decades by pandering to the great unwashed and should be taken to the woodshed. It's the exact same with Clarence Thomas and African Americans.

I'd like the Sarah Palin types to be exposed for the fraud sluts they are.

Jazzy! the last time I tried that, my suitor was here visiting and he sent me out with a mattress & some rollerskates. When I got home he said, Who in the hell gave you all these dimes, honey?

and I said, Everybody did! Every single customer gave me a nice shiny dime. Wasn't that nice?

It's hard to sell your body when it's past its expiration date. ;)

How's Armand?

Durango is at the beach.

Why Jake, my face is red...........NOT.....aren't you a teacher of our youth??? :>)

tina,,,more screw ups with our grand health care system.....no doc till NEXT THURSDAY...........
if he lives that long......................BEATS ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jazzy, Im so sorry. Did anybody ever give the poor man anything for his symptoms?? Just a thought. I must be delusional. Excuse me. And then people who keep fancy statistics wonder why patient compliance isn't higher......

If it was me, Jazzy, I would take myself to the ER this very evening and tell them I was sick and I needed help and wasn't getting any, and then fight with your insurance company later. Who knows? Maybe they'd actually allow an ER visit for someone who's been sick for this long. Miracles can happen.

I thought Jake's fancy chocolate came in both light & dark varieties. I dont like dark chocolate in case someone is planning to send me any of those. I would really rather just have a Hershey bar.

Goodbye cheap oil. It's official.

Do the clicky

jazzy: "Economy is soooo bad I'm thinking of selling my body again.."

Again! Is that how you wound up in Hot Springs, my dear/

I will be over and meet you on the corner of Central and Higdon Ferry Road. I will be the one that's high on Viagra!

Twenty pictures that give steroids a bad name.
Do the clicky.

Now that is pretty scary Cato!

Cato....yeah that intersection where Higdon meets Central in front of track.
I said AGAIN 'cause during Raygun years I sold/lost/thot of everything to stay afoat.....
but never to sell my fab body.....that was only given in looooooove.......to a few happy men, wink.,,,
I only think of selling when repugs make life so hard for us true american dems.

We all know that Obamas war on American is in full swing, now he is aiming his recklessness at the Jews.

Our new president did not tell a virulent anti-Semite to travel to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington to kill Jews, but he is most certainly creating a climate of hate against us.

It is no coincidence that we are witnessing this level of hatred toward Jews as President Barack Obama positions America against the Jewish state.

Just days ago Obama traveled to Cairo, Egypt. It was his second trip in a short time to visit Muslim countries. He sent a clear message by not visiting Israel.

But this was code.

In Cairo, Obama said things that pose a grave danger to Jews in Israel, in America and everywhere.

And if his views are not vigorously opposed they will help create a danger as great as that posed by the Nazis to the Jewish people.

Just last week, Obama told his worldwide audience - more than 100 million people - that the killing of six million Jews during the Holocaust was the equivalent of Israel's actions in dealing with the Palestinians.

This remark is incredible on its face, an insult to the six million Jews who died as a result of Hitler's genocide - and it is a form of revisionism that will bode evil for Jews for years to come.

While Obama acknowledged that "six million Jews were killed - more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today" - his discussion about the Holocaust was followed by this statement: "On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of a homeland."

"On the other hand . . . "?

Obama's clever construct comparing the mass genocide of six million Jews to the Palestinian struggle will not be lost on the estimated 100 million Muslims who tuned into to hear him.

Perhaps it was not lost on James W. von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist identified as the alleged attacker Wednesday at the Holocaust Museum. He apparently felt that he could easily take retribution against the Jews for the atrocities Obama implies they are guilty of.

At first blush Mr. Obama's speech seemed rosy, optimistic - one that espoused tolerance and understanding.

If you scratch the surface it is a dangerous document that history will view as a turning point for America and Israel - one that will lead to dangerous times ahead for both Jews and believing Christians.

The immediate danger posed by Obama's speech is in its incredible re-writing of the history of Jews, Christians and Muslims from Medieval times to the present.

Obama, continually throughout his speech, talks of Islam's peaceful intent. And while there are certainly Koranic verses that support this interpretation, Islam has a long and bloody history of violence against fellow Muslims, Jews and Christians.

Has Obama not heard about the Muslim's violent conquest of the Middle East, Spain and half of Western Europe? Was he never taught that the Crusades sought to turn back this Muslim onslaught that demanded subjugated populations convert or die?

In his almost hour-long speech, there is not a single word about Islam's well known and checkered past.

Ironically, the American president offered plenty of references to what he sees are America's evils, such as its "colonialism" and history of slavery.

"For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation," Obama told his audience, citing a litany of American shortcomings. He failed to mention that Arab Muslims were the greatest slave traders in the history of humanity.

According to Obama, Israelis, too, are guilty of wrongdoing, especially when it comes to their supposed maltreatment of the Palestinians.

Isn't it odd an American president would go to a foreign country and slander his own country and its long-time ally?

At the same time he praises - unconditionally - a religion and culture that has a long history of being antithetical to the very values that have made America a great nation?

Mr. Obama even has the unbelievable gall, when talking about the treatment of Muslim women, to condemn Western countries for attempting to stop Muslim women from using the full facial cover, or hijab. This is a symbol of Muslim subjugation of women.

Listen to what Obama said: "Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit - for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear."

And Obama not only ignores the gross subjugation of women in many Arab societies - he does not mention even once the almost total religious intolerance throughout the Muslim world against Christians and Jews.

In his speech, Obama's only plea for Muslim women living in Muslim countries is that they should be afforded an education.

How about a discussion of the beheading of Arab women for "crimes" such as adultery? How about the malicious treatment of women in Muslim countries who choose not to wear the hijab?

Obama insists that Islam has promoted tolerance and that in Islamic societies such ideals have flourished.

Obama claimed that "as a student of history" he understands more than most the truth about "civilization's debt to Islam."

He added, "And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality."

Does he not know that a Jew or Christian would be beheaded in Saudi Arabia for practicing their religion today, now, this minute?

Of course, Obama offers not one example of where religious freedom is truly tolerated in the Muslim world. Yet, he proudly told his audience that in every state of the union and throughout the U.S. there exist more than 1,200 mosques.

But why, Mr. President, is there no Christian Church or Jewish synagogue operating within the borders of Saudi Arabia? Not even one.

Why in many countries, including your host Egypt, Christian churches have suffered vicious and continual persecution? Why is a once vibrant Cairo Jewish community - a home for the likes of Maimonides - today practically extinct?

Why, dear president, has the ancient Christian community in the West Bank and places like Bethlehem been almost completely wiped out by the modern Muslim onslaught?

"On the other hand," to quote you Mr. President, you avoided mentioning some other truths.

Let's start with the Israeli Arabs who can claim one of the highest standards of living in the Arab world. Indeed, they have more rights than Arabs in any Muslim country, their religious freedom is completely protected, and they even vote in free elections.

Tell me what Muslim country matches Israel's record in protecting its minorities?

Even Arabs in the West Bank, during the time of Israeli control, saw their standard of living rise dramatically. Today, Arabs there are among the best educated in the world, thanks to Israel.

In your revisionist view, Israel has acted to harm these people. But it was not Israel that could not abide by United Nations resolutions clearly setting borders for both the state of Israel and an entity that had never existed before named Palestine.

You cleverly omitted any discussion of these facts, or the continual attacks against the state of Israel over six decades by its Muslim neighbors. Nor is it the Israelis who persecute from time to time the Coptic Christians of Egypt.

No, Mr. President, I do not accept your assertion that you are seeking religious tolerance or that you are seeking to protect Jews. I do not accept it because you are inventing a false history to fit your own agenda.

Mr. President, I am deeply disturbed that you would offer such a distortion of truth in the hopes of creating a lasting peace. A lasting peace cannot be created out of lies, distortions and half truths.

You profess to be a Christian. But you seem more intent on protecting Muslims. In your speech you talked openly of your Muslim heritage, your admiration of their way of life, and so forth. You said in your speech that you have made one of your chief aims of your presidency repairing the image of Islam.

Why did you hide these views from the American public during the recent presidential campaign?

Why, as president, did you fully bow to the Saudi king, who refuses to allow any religious freedom for any Christian or Jew?

You have made clear, by your words and assertions, that you are re-positioning the United States away from Israel, America's lone democratic ally in the Mid-East.

You have made clear through your statements and those of your minions that Israel should, under no circumstances, prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

And yes, you have promised to retaliate against Iran if it ever attacks Israel with nuclear weapons.

But you know full well that if Iran succeeds in its admitted goal of "wiping the Jewish state off the map" - and hits this tiny nation with nuclear warheads - there will be no Israel for the U.S. to retaliate on behalf of.

Some Jews may be naïve, but we are not stupid.

tina & Charles Eddie & anyone else who cares,

the pup I posted about on last night's open line was returned to his owner today. We call LR Animal Control w/ the number on the rabies tag, who put us in touch with the dog's vet, who put us in touch with the owner. She was very glad to hear from us, as you can imagine :) She had already made signs to put up in the neighborhood -- turns out the little guy was from a house that we can almost see from our front door about a block over, so he didn't get too far from home.

We had alot of fun having him as a guest; almost hated to see him go. So, all is right in the world, at least on one count.

Been a crazy/busy day here... visited with other new moms this morning, appeared on Dave Elswick's show this afternoon to talk about food...

just got done with dinner, baked chicken with herbs, roasted orange bell pepper and overripe tomatoes in olive oil with garlic on Spinach Feta bread broiled with fresh mozzarella on top, roasted purple and wax potatoes with oregano, and ears of corn. I feel accomplished today.

And the child? Doing fine at six months -- and very much developing her personality (photo on bluename).

Catfish, in case you didn't know----------

"Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that . . . I want to tell you something very clear: Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it." - Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001

Jazzy...you/Armand need to get some of that stuff that catfish is enjoying. That wreck/etc. will be history...just like the last eight years.

Beautiful child, Kat! Of course you know how blessed you are to have her sharing your days/night!! And, thank you for sharing her with us!

Catfish Eater, you need to stop committing plagiarism. Learn to write your own words.

Just this once, I'm going to do what you do and take an infodump here in an open line. Compare Rabbi Pomerantz's words--the words you stole by plagiarizing them--with what President Obama really said:

The second major source of tension that we need to discuss is the situation between Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab world.

America's strong bonds with Israel are well known. This bond is unbreakable. It is based upon cultural and historical ties, and the recognition that the aspiration for a Jewish homeland is rooted in a tragic history that cannot be denied.

Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust. Tomorrow, I will visit Buchenwald, which was part of a network of camps where Jews were enslaved, tortured, shot and gassed to death by the Third Reich. Six million Jews were killed -- more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today. Denying that fact is baseless, it is ignorant, and it is hateful. Threatening Israel with destruction -- or repeating vile stereotypes about Jews -- is deeply wrong, and only serves to evoke in the minds of Israelis this most painful of memories while preventing the peace that the people of this region deserve.

On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people -- Muslims and Christians -- have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. For more than 60 years they've endured the pain of dislocation. Many wait in refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, and neighboring lands for a life of peace and security that they have never been able to lead. They endure the daily humiliations -- large and small -- that come with occupation. So let there be no doubt: The situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. And America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity, and a state of their own. (Applause.)

For decades then, there has been a stalemate: two peoples with legitimate aspirations, each with a painful history that makes compromise elusive. It's easy to point fingers -- for Palestinians to point to the displacement brought about by Israel's founding, and for Israelis to point to the constant hostility and attacks throughout its history from within its borders as well as beyond. But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: The only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security. (Applause.)

That is in Israel's interest, Palestine's interest, America's interest, and the world's interest. And that is why I intend to personally pursue this outcome with all the patience and dedication that the task requires. (Applause.) The obligations -- the obligations that the parties have agreed to under the road map are clear. For peace to come, it is time for them -- and all of us -- to live up to our responsibilities.

Palestinians must abandon violence. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and it does not succeed. For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights. It was a peaceful and determined insistence upon the ideals at the center of America's founding. This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia. It's a story with a simple truth: that violence is a dead end. It is a sign neither of courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus. That's not how moral authority is claimed; that's how it is surrendered.

Now is the time for Palestinians to focus on what they can build. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people. Hamas does have support among some Palestinians, but they also have to recognize they have responsibilities. To play a role in fulfilling Palestinian aspirations, to unify the Palestinian people, Hamas must put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, recognize Israel's right to exist.

At the same time, Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. (Applause.) This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop. (Applause.)

And Israel must also live up to its obligation to ensure that Palestinians can live and work and develop their society. Just as it devastates Palestinian families, the continuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza does not serve Israel's security; neither does the continuing lack of opportunity in the West Bank. Progress in the daily lives of the Palestinian people must be a critical part of a road to peace, and Israel must take concrete steps to enable such progress.

And finally, the Arab states must recognize that the Arab Peace Initiative was an important beginning, but not the end of their responsibilities. The Arab-Israeli conflict should no longer be used to distract the people of Arab nations from other problems. Instead, it must be a cause for action to help the Palestinian people develop the institutions that will sustain their state, to recognize Israel's legitimacy, and to choose progress over a self-defeating focus on the past.

America will align our policies with those who pursue peace, and we will say in public what we say in private to Israelis and Palestinians and Arabs. (Applause.) We cannot impose peace. But privately, many Muslims recognize that Israel will not go away. Likewise, many Israelis recognize the need for a Palestinian state. It is time for us to act on what everyone knows to be true.

Too many tears have been shed. Too much blood has been shed. All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of the three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra -- (applause) -- as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, peace be upon them, joined in prayer. (Applause.)

Now, you can agree or disagree with President Obama's words--I'm not a hundred percent in agreement with them myself--but if you can find incitement to kill Jews there, you're not reading very well.

The guard killed by the white supremacist at the Holocaust Museum was profiled in the Washington Post. You can read about him by clicking my blue name.

Now, what sorts of things did the white supremacist believe? I'm going to quote from his own description of how he got his first felony conviction, for trying to kidnap...well, let James Von Brunn speak for himself:

"In 1981 Von Brunn attempted to place the treasonous Federal Reserve Board of Governors under legal, non-violent, citizens arrest. He was tried in a Washington, D.C. Superior Court; convicted by a Negro jury, Jew/Negro attorneys, and sentenced to prison for eleven years by a Jew judge. A Jew/Negro/White Court of Appeals denied his appeal."

If you go through what Von Brunn wrote, what you end up with is a classic far right hatemonger. Well, that and a stain on your mind. Anyone who suggests otherwise--Mark Martin comes to mind--is bullsh*tting you.

I'm glad you did that, JAA...

I honestly want to know why Catfood and Saywhat continue to plagiarize when it's so obvious. Plus, there are mistakes in the first line, for goodness sakes.

Do they think we don't know? Do they think we'll be moved by prose that is not theirs?

They're here for a reason, and I don't know why. HELP! I need to know.

How sad to see a mind going to waste. Catfish may want to open up and give his some exercise.

One last thing: Rabbi Pomerantz should know better than to make this deeply dishonest claim:

"Just last week, Obama told his worldwide audience - more than 100 million people - that the killing of six million Jews during the Holocaust was the equivalent of Israel's actions in dealing with the Palestinians."

What Obama actually made comparison of--and it's a comparison disliked by extremists on both sides of the issue--was this:

"America's strong bonds with Israel are well known. This bond is unbreakable. It is based upon cultural and historical ties, and the recognition that the aspiration for a Jewish homeland is rooted in a tragic history that cannot be denied...

"On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people -- Muslims and Christians -- have suffered in pursuit of a homeland..."

That's the comparison, which is quite explicit when Obama's two claims are set next to each other, but ought to be clear to a careful reader of the speech in full: Two people's similar desires for a homeland. I'm not sure who hated it worse, the extremes in Israeli society who hate Palestinians generally, or the extremes in Palestinian society who hate Israelis generally, but it ticked all of them off. That's a very good start.

Hate crosses all boundaries Sister. Once you have it in your heart you want everyone else to believe as you do. And if the other side does not believe as you do, you are more than happy to attack them on any front. It's something that you and I may not understand, but it is a sign of the times.

Goof, I know you're right but why on a left-leaning blog that promotes tolerance?

They can't get their jollies here because they're always exposed as being big dumbasses.

I just don't understand the motive and end result of what they're trying to achieve. I guess that's the wanna-be psychologist in me.

sistertoldja,

That first line, with the bad grammar and the spelling mistakes, was Catfish Eater's own writing. I don't know why he cut-and-pastes here, but I'd guess it's because he has something he wants to say and understands he doesn't have the skills to say it effectively. Probably he hasn't done well in the educational system, either, or he'd know deliberate plagiarism shows he is ignorant (the charitable assumption) or dishonest.

From reading his own words, I think it's not that he's being consciously dishonest. I think he genuinely does not get why it's wrong. I feel a little compassion for him. Not a lot, but a little.

Not to derail this lovely discussion.....but a little good news. If you're wondering what to do this weekend and on various days this month, get out and go see something at the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre's Festival. I saw an excellent performance of Macbeth last night and am looking forward to Taming of the Shrew in a few weeks. It's a great time, good performances and they have some special events for one and all.

Check out www.arkshakes.com (No, I don't work for them, don't have relatives that do. I've enjoyed their performances, admire the effort and would encourage you to see for yourself.)

JAA,

You're much more tolerant than I am...I just see the hate in Catfood's soul.

I'm really beginning to detest his type and am growing more and more intolerant. It's ironic I preach tolerance and here I am saying I can't tolerate someone or his views. Maybe I should look at myself with respect to my hypocrisy. Yep, I'm guilty.

It's just hard sometimes to turn the other cheek, so to speak. I want to howl at the moon and sometimes curse God for people like Catfood and his ignorant beliefs. However, Catfood's take is the prevailing opinion in Arkansas and all of the South.

How do you fight that?

sistertoldja,

First, I'm going to let Bob Dylan speak for me:

"I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound / I've seen enough heartaches and strife"

I'm very tolerant of people with bad ideas. I am utterly intolerant of those ideas or actions taken to further them.

IMHO JAA you atre right on.

Good work, John A. I don't usually do Me Too posts, but you did a great job of letting Obama's real words silence the catfish and paste moron.

Sista, tp paraphrase Vonnegut, "fish gotta swim, bird gotta fly, you gotta sit and wonder why."

It may seem never to come, but what goes around comes around or as our CCRR's conveniently forgot, Galatians 6:7 ". . . Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. . . ."

P.S. Handle is changing to prevent confusion with the other ARTimes Blog poster "Doc." Why "Dott?" Dottore is doctor in Italian.