WE'VE GOT A PILL FOR THAT

The R Spot returns, in scattershot, mindbending, my-English-composition-teacher-would-hate-this style:

DeLay Away

First Frist goes down, then DeLay resigns from the Congress. Of course, he was smarmy and unapologetic to the end (he claims he didn't want the Democrats to make his reelection campaign a referendum on him, but interestingly he didn't decide to resign until one of his top aides was subpoenaed--supposedly, he possesses information that could put DeLay in the clink for a me-love-you loonnng time). Strangely, I don't feel like celebrating. President "If I Only Had A Brain" Bush is still in the White House, unimpeached and uncensured despite the crimes he's committed (and continues to commit with the wiretaps). And Dick "If I Only Had A New Heart" Cheney is still his number two with a bullet (and a rifle) profiteering indirectly from the war in Iraq while unapologetically working to destroy every shred of America's remaining protected natural lands in the unholy quest for more oil and more profit. Until those two are gone (and the Republican dominated Congress and the conservative packed Supreme Court), then what's to celebrate? A Liberal's work has only just begun.

All Wet

I was driving to work this morning at my secure undisclosed location in Southern California and I saw small animals lining up by the side of the road two by two. I'm a fan of big rain in SoCal--all that sunshine and smog is bad for you and some inclimate weather now and then is good for one's character--but the last three weeks have been kind of ridiculous. I hear most of Hawaii has also washed away in floods the last month. Meanwhile, Satan and Ronald Reagan are cross country skiing through hell. I wonder if there's a connection? Meanwhile, on my ark I just hope to leave enough room for my cat Sammy and his new found friend across the way in the apartment complex. If global warming is going to drown the planet, I'd like to repopulate Earth's feline population with Sammy's offspring. He so cute and unpredictable! I wonder if there's time to get him unfixed?

Random Thought #1

If I could come back to Earth as anything, I might choose to come back as a pharmaceutical executive. Those bastards are filthy fucking rich! They've got Americans convinced that somewhere, there's a pill that can solve any problem. And in just one of my lives, I'd like to be rich, without worry and unburdened by conscience. Just to, you know, see what it feels like...

Quick Shout Out from Braydon

As promised (although I don't know why I kept this promise, when I break so many better ones), here's a dispatch from my cousin Braydon, whom some of you may remember contributed to this blog when he stayed with me over the Holidays. You might say he's "OC meets O.G.":

Thanks for that lameass intro cuz. If you want me to deejay your wedding next year, you bettah recognize cuz my shit is fo real! Word! Anyway, hello to all of you politically minded mofos who read this blog. I respect that. I'm down myself. I watch The Boondocks! Anyway, I just want to give props to Florida for winning the NCAA title. I was rooting for UCLA, but my man Joaquim Noah just laid it down! He needs to go to the NBA next year and play for the Clippers--but with the Clips going to the playoffs this year, they might not draft high enough to get him. How wack is that?

Also a quick shout out to Tori Spelling's new sitcom/reality hybrid, noTORIous (get it?) I saw her debut and not only was her shit not bad, it was actually kinda funny, although if I were a scientologist, or Tom Cruise, or her parents, or somebody who could act and was good looking I might be kind of hatin' on it, youknowwhatimean?

Well, that's it from me for now bros and bras. Keep your bongs clean yo, and please help my cousin get a little more hip. For the sake of his future children, I beg you--

Whatever they pay public school teachers in Orange County, it's not enough...

New in Music Today

If you want to know what's new in CD stores and online today--then go to towerrecords.com or iTunes, this is a goddamn blog for Pete's sake!! Although I am going to try and listen to Pink's new one. But I'm just saying, this ain't a free music site, know what I mean?

Baseball Preview

Here's my preview of the coming baseball season:
--Barry Bonds will continue to be an unbelievable asshole. He'll break Babe Ruth's home run mark, then challenge Hank Aaron's all-time American total. People will boo, throw things at him and generally wish him ill will. Bonds will blame racism and the media, instead of recognizing that if he weren't an asshole who pumped himself full of steroids specifically to break these records, then maybe he'd be received better. Pundits will debate whether Bonds should go to the Hall of Fame when he retires. It won't matter.
--One of the following seven teams will win the World Series: the defending champion Chicago White Sox, the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, the LAnaheim Angels, Boston, Atlanta or St. Louis. Actually, you could probably eliminate any of the National League teams on that list. The ratings will suck. It won't matter.

Wake me when it's the 2nd round of the NBA Playoffs, would you?
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I'll try and summon the energy for more blogging this week. I still haven't said my peace about TV's Deal or No Deal yet. But man, it's hard working for the man, and then planning your wedding and then finding time to blog for you people. I don't mean to be a whiner but it's the truth!! But for you out there in cyberspace...I'll do what it takes.

Peace.