Lunch Break - I wish I was I rish....

Why is March the best month?
MARCH MADNESS!! Of course. I am going with Louisville, Memphis, Oklahoma State, and Villanova as the Final Four and - Louisville to win it all.

Baseball is almost here.


In the olden times (5 years ago) the Oscars were in March, also in the olden times I actually cared about them...

Yours truly was born in March -I'm sure you know the story... In 1832 - On a blustery, cold night there was no room at the Pub, so my father took my mother to a private poker game out back in a barn, which was, weirdly, inside a log cabin. And there after losing his shirt and my mother's too - The Great Kate, South ofMelrose, went into labor and gave birth to me on a pile of hay and empty whiskey bottles before three wisenheimer men: Larry, Moe and Shemp. Curly having passed out in the manger. Sadly, my COLB is lost - but later I'll be printing out computer abstracts, which you are welcome to call birth certificates over and over again and hope no one notices.

Speaking of printing - does anyone need any long green? I think other central banks have done it already around the world but basically what it amounts to is money printing


Speaking of Green: Did you know? According to legend, on the day of Judgement, while Christ judges all other nations, St Patrick will be the judge of the Irish.

I generally love the Irish more than most peoples and I have no idea why....there is not an ounce of Irish blood in my veins. Something about irrational affection for and attraction to happy drunks, pretty redheads, sexy ruffians with sexy accents, and good story telling....I also lean strongly to the Catholic end of my Anglicanism... ('cept the Catholic no women priests thing...that ain't right. At my church, I've seen Catholic women cry upon receiving communion from a female priest for the first time. Message to the Vatican: wake up!)

Lunch Break

Sign of Apocalypse: Rush L./P. Krugman both critics of Prez. Obamanomincs already failing?

ICountry: It is a crappy time to be a country that begins with I. Iran, Iraq, Iceland, now Ireland.

Soup For You!: Orlov on the next few years.
The theory states that the United States and the Soviet Union will have collapsed for the same reasons, namely: a severe and chronic shortfall in the production of crude oil (that magic addictive elixir of industrial economies), a severe and worsening foreign trade deficit, a runaway military budget, and ballooning foreign debt. I call this particular list of ingredients "The Superpower Collapse Soup."

Bristol Talks: Abstinence is NOT realistic. Bristol, you are correct. Conservatives are WAY off base on human sexuality. OR more on point they are FEAR based. Talking openly, removing shame about sexual desires, (including Gay and Bi impulses- homosexual behaviour with some members of a population is normal and healthy in many mammals.) being realistic and helpful about sex, STDs, and having contraception available is realistic. To think that human biology would change just because we invented High School in the 1800s, or because some ancient agricultural society handed us down a series of edicts that made sense TO THEM - is idiotic.



Music: From the 60s. Okay this was released in 1970. But it may be the last moment in American culture before irony was dumbed down completely. Imagine a pop song about a personal existential collapse in 2009. Country gets close on occasion. But Hip Hop is merely about being horny all the time. Rap is about giving legions of the talentless the impression they matter. Both have long since worn out their usefulness....and need to go.

Big Lunch Break! Photo, Quote, William Shakespeare, John Lennon, Heath Ledger, Milli Vanilli, Hollywood, Depression tips, The Beatles

The photo was sent from Ireland where a friend was attending a wedding. Seems like a leprechaun - or perhaps a small Kennedy - should be peaking out from behind that tree...

A Hard Times/New Depression tips: Eat your Veggies!

2 hometown notes: The meme that the movie business is not affected by bad economic times ain't gonna be true this time. Viacom (MTV, Paramount, etc) is cutting back. And - I wonder if there will be a Milli Vanilli exhibit?

Music - I was not posting John Lennon this week because of the anniversary of his death (I had no idea it was upcoming)but I am now. Lots of Ireland in this clip as well:


And a Beatles song for good measure. I have this song on every Itunes list I've ever made and never get sick of it...odd...I'm still not sick of it.



Shakespeare: Earlier this week I posted a clip from my favorite version of Taming of the Shrew. Here is a clip from my second favorite version - a modern adaptation called "10 Things I Hate About You." Here Heath Ledger in the Petruchio role ("Patrick Verona") continues his wooing of Katherine (Kat Stratford ). Much is written about the "battle of the sexes" in "Shrew" To me the play is about the delicious power of human sexuality. It's about flirting really. And how much fun it is to flirt. The "10 Things" modern version gets it.



A quote: I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

Voltaire

Ireland Coyote.

I do love photos from readers. Coyote sent these a while ago from Ireland. I just love them. Read Coyote's blog here.
I have a commitment tonight so won't be posting - please have a great Sunday night...!! Enjoy True Blood! Thank God for TIVO!