Sunday, May 31, 2015
"RISE AND SHINE"
That's what I say to wake C up. I feel like Jane Wyman in Glass Menagerie. I would say "wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey" but they do not pay to make him breakfast.
"LEAST SAID, SOONEST MENDED"
Attributed to Charles Dickens and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Not trying to make Beau Biden's death into a political thing. There have been true and false things about the accident which killed his mother and baby sister--at least one reporter whom I very much admire posted something which has never been proven. More than seven years ago Celia Cohen, whom I would not call a conservative by any means, refuted a statement made by his father: http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/12-07bidencrash.asp . Meanwhile, one of the most conservative guys I know praised the younger Biden for his work as Delaware Attorney General.
At the same time a guy I normally like posted two items about Beau's death and after that at least six items trashing Republicans/conservatives. Not impressed. It's easy to trash other people/parties, but apparently harder to build up yourself, your own party/ideals. That goes for people on the left/right, Democrats/Republicans, liberals/conservatives :(
Not trying to make Beau Biden's death into a political thing. There have been true and false things about the accident which killed his mother and baby sister--at least one reporter whom I very much admire posted something which has never been proven. More than seven years ago Celia Cohen, whom I would not call a conservative by any means, refuted a statement made by his father: http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/12-07bidencrash.asp . Meanwhile, one of the most conservative guys I know praised the younger Biden for his work as Delaware Attorney General.
At the same time a guy I normally like posted two items about Beau's death and after that at least six items trashing Republicans/conservatives. Not impressed. It's easy to trash other people/parties, but apparently harder to build up yourself, your own party/ideals. That goes for people on the left/right, Democrats/Republicans, liberals/conservatives :(
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Friday, May 29, 2015
I LOVED THE '80'S
Or at least didn't mind them too much. Marketing idea for Adams Morgan. Have an '80's party with ''80's music and free cheese in the Ronald Reagan vein. And speaking of cheese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK92NYwBMts
I COULD HAVE MARRIED FOR MONEY
Or taken a lover in the afternoon. But I didn't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HGaJHhUJR4
Apparently the original by Umberto Tozzi song was a love song. Or at least a fantasy.
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Apparently the original by Umberto Tozzi song was a love song. Or at least a fantasy.
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Thursday, May 28, 2015
"I WOULD HAVE MADE A PERFECT GENERAL'S WIFE"
Irina Muravyova
" For that you would have to marry a lieutenant first and for years move with him from one small town to another."
From the 1980 Soviet film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10q228_moscow-does-not-believe-in-tears-1980-pt-1_creation
In this scene Lyudmila has just had to deal with her hockey player ex-husband Sergei and sees a general and his frumpy wife walk into her workplace. She wishes she were married instead to a general. Probably a good thing she didn't--about eleven years later the Soviet Union fell anyway.
" For that you would have to marry a lieutenant first and for years move with him from one small town to another."
From the 1980 Soviet film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10q228_moscow-does-not-believe-in-tears-1980-pt-1_creation
In this scene Lyudmila has just had to deal with her hockey player ex-husband Sergei and sees a general and his frumpy wife walk into her workplace. She wishes she were married instead to a general. Probably a good thing she didn't--about eleven years later the Soviet Union fell anyway.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
IT WAS A ONE-EYED, ONE-HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
Just had the urge to listen to Sheb Wolley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx47qrH1GRs
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"STRAIGHT TEACHING"
That's what "orthodox" means literally. I'm sure there are equally annoying things people assume about Catholics: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jewinthecity/13-annoying-things-most-people-assume-about-orthod-9kbu
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SEVEN MAD MEN CHARACTERS FOR WHOM I FELT THE MOST
Either felt the most for or just felt sorry for. Mostly alphabetically:
Anna Draper--The real Don Draper's widow. She died of cancer at a young age. I really liked her.
Glen Bishop--He was a really messed-up little kid who grew up to be a messed-up big kid. G-d knows what made him that way--I shudder to think of it.
Joan (Holloway) Harris--She took care of everyone and everything yet no one took care of her or gave her the credit that was due her. Even when she had her second going-away no one ordered a cake for her because she was they one who ordered cakes for everyone else and apparently no one else knew how or where to order one.
Ken Cosgrove--Lost his eye in the line of duty and as far as I know was never properly compensated for it. As he said, he's everyone's favourite toy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6nDsLx98SI
Sal Romano--Fired partly because he wouldn't succumb to that scumbag Lee Garner Junior's carnal urges and partly just for being gay. Although there are a lot of frivolous sexual harassment lawsuits, this wouldn't have been one of them in this day and age.
This post was originally supposed to be six, but I couldn't decide between the last two:
Peggy Olson: Like Joan, unappreciated by everyone, and not just the people at Sterling Cooper.
Trudy Campbell: Married to a cheater, had to deal with a prep school headmaster's sexual advances. In the final two episodes, though she had really grown up. I felt really happy for her in the series finale when she boarded the Lear Jet in her heels, pink mini coat and matching fur hat.
A Top Ten (Not Seven) List:
http://www.tv.com/shows/mad-men/community/post/mad-men-secretaries-139833574038
Anna Draper--The real Don Draper's widow. She died of cancer at a young age. I really liked her.
Glen Bishop--He was a really messed-up little kid who grew up to be a messed-up big kid. G-d knows what made him that way--I shudder to think of it.
Joan (Holloway) Harris--She took care of everyone and everything yet no one took care of her or gave her the credit that was due her. Even when she had her second going-away no one ordered a cake for her because she was they one who ordered cakes for everyone else and apparently no one else knew how or where to order one.
Ken Cosgrove--Lost his eye in the line of duty and as far as I know was never properly compensated for it. As he said, he's everyone's favourite toy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6nDsLx98SI
Sal Romano--Fired partly because he wouldn't succumb to that scumbag Lee Garner Junior's carnal urges and partly just for being gay. Although there are a lot of frivolous sexual harassment lawsuits, this wouldn't have been one of them in this day and age.
This post was originally supposed to be six, but I couldn't decide between the last two:
Peggy Olson: Like Joan, unappreciated by everyone, and not just the people at Sterling Cooper.
Trudy Campbell: Married to a cheater, had to deal with a prep school headmaster's sexual advances. In the final two episodes, though she had really grown up. I felt really happy for her in the series finale when she boarded the Lear Jet in her heels, pink mini coat and matching fur hat.
A Top Ten (Not Seven) List:
http://www.tv.com/shows/mad-men/community/post/mad-men-secretaries-139833574038
"IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING...
every road will get you nowhere."
Henry Kissinger
And then there's
Henry Kissinger
And then there's
“If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else” and "When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!"
Yogi Berra
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
THE POWER OF ALGORITHMS
Or something. A guy in one of my Meetups plays a lot of cards.
Not sure how it happened, but somehow he got an invitation to play cards naked.
COMFORT ME WITH APPLES
Started Power of Kabbalah 3 tonight. We talked about setting goals. Mine is to eat more fruit, to start out with.
Note: this picture is by photographer David Vertacnik. It is on display at the Slovenian Embassy in DC.
Note: this picture is by photographer David Vertacnik. It is on display at the Slovenian Embassy in DC.
ON THE TRAIN
I saw a guy who looked like you. There was a woman sitting next to him with her legs in his lap. I thought I had lost feeling for you and for all other men.
NOBODY DOES....
so why should you? Happened across this on Youtube--the Fabulous Singlettes from Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmZnJVIS4X0
M SAYS I'M BORING WHEN I'M NOT DRINKING.
B says so too, but I think she finds me boring all the time.
I AM STILL LIVING WITH YOUR GHOST
But not on the west coast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW6E_TNgCsY
Monday, May 25, 2015
MAD MEN--THE FINALE
It’s been over a week, so here’s the rundown on the six
characters most people consider the most important, unless you’ve been living
in a cave:
Don Draper: When last seen he had abandoned his Cadillac in Oklahoma , headed to California
to give Stephanie (Anna’s niece) Anna’s engagement ring and drove up north with
her to some cult-like place in Northern California .
There we are led to think he got inspired to buy the world a Coke, headed
back to New York
and made even more money: http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/see-mad-mens-series-ending-finale-montage.html
Betty Draper: I guess it had to happen to one of them,
considering how much they all drank, smoked and kept a bad diet. In the
penultimate episode she was diagnosed with an incredibly aggressive form of
lung cancer and had less than a year to live. She wasn’t exactly my favourite
character but geez, why her? It still hadn’t decided where her and Don’s three
kids would go.Ironically, the real Don Draper's wife, Anna, died of cancer, too. In the final scene Betty is seen smoking and dying while Sally does the dishes. Don’t they have a maid for that?
Roger Sterling: His agency having been completely absorbed
by another, Roger draws up a will, leaving most of
it to his grandson, Ellery, and his and Joan’s love child, Kevin. Marie Calvet
(Megan’s mother) has left her husband, Emile, who was an asshole anyway, for
him. It’s nice to see Joan’s face when she hears the news. When last seen Roger
and Marie are seen in a cozy café, either in Paris
or Montreal ,
with Roger ordering champagne and lobsters
in French.
Joan Holloway Harris: After being screwed out of a quarter
million dollars, she decides to cut her losses and start her own company
without the consent of her gazillionaire boyfriend. Peggy refuses Joan’s offer
to make her partner, and Joan is last seen running her new company, named “Holloway
Harris” out of her apartment.
Peter Campbell: The scum also rises. Pete accepts Lear’s
offer to move to Wichita
and Trudy accepts his offer to re-marry her, despite his dalliances. When last
seen they are beautifully dressed with Tammy in tow, boarding a Learjet.
Incredibly romantic—I wouldn’t mind being Trudy, even if she ends up in Wichita with an adulterous
husband. At least she’ll have use of the company plane, so she can fly back to New York any time she
wants to.
Peggy
Olson: So she and Pete have a love child already and at 4:24 and
4:44 it looks as though there could still
be something going on: https://vimeo.com/38969950
. In the final episode Stan Rizzo makes a declaration of love for her (did not
see that coming) and we last see her getting a back rub from him while pounding
away at her typewriter. The “Mr. Peggy Olson” jokes abound. Okay, it they’re
happy. I guess he's preferable to Duck Phillips...
A TAIL OF TWO COWS
A Russian farmer is praying to G-d. His neighbour has the
most fantastic cow anyone could want—she’s sweet, beautiful, gives huge
quantities of milk and gives birth to huge numbers of beautiful, healthy
calves.
G-d asks “so what do you want me to do about it?”
The farmer says “kill his cow.”
I don’t want anyone to lose his/her cow, no matter how badly
they’ve treated me or my family/friends. I would ask for a cow just like his,
or better. Or better yet, two cows.
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IDENTITY THEFT MADE FUNNY
Years ago Citibank did a really funny spot about identity theft. It used phrases such as "What's it too you,""buzz off," "take a hike" and "none of your beeswax." I just loved the inyourfacedness. Too bad I can't find it on Youtube. Others were less funny.
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I'M SO SILLY
When I first heard about the Sopranos, I thought it was a musical thing, like the Three Tenors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUT07eZoXPw
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ENDLESS SUMMER
Some people say summer begins Memorial Day and ends Labour Day, others say it begins with the summer solstice and ends with the autumnal equinox. I prefer to have it begin Memorial Day and end with the autumnal equinox--that way we get more of it.
And as for people forgetting the meaning of the holiday, right now I am thinking of my Great Uncle Louis Kozma who did not die in battle but in training camp, my cousin Tom who was badly wounded in Viet Nam and my late father, Edward Hautanen, who served in World War II but did not die then.
As I say on Martin Luther King Day, if there is ever a Jane Hautanen Day I give people carte blanche to do WHATEVER they want--go to the beach, go to the mall, go to the movies, surf the web, watch TV, get drunk, get high, have sex, sleep in, stare at the wall or just stare into space.
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Sunday, May 24, 2015
YUM! YUM!
Burger baskets at the Town Tavern to kick of the summer. Come to Adams Morgan and get your drink on. Even if I can't be there: http://www.towntaverndc.com
WATCHING TREMBLING BEFORE G-D AGAIN
"When one falls, one falls right into G-d's lap" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-9wxLVQhcc
Saturday, May 23, 2015
WHO WOULD WISH THEY WERE ME?
A quadriplegic? A starving Somali? An unemployed person in a small market?
Friday, May 22, 2015
TODAY IS THE FEAST OF ST. RITA
Patroness of the Impossible: http://catholicexchange.com/saint-rita-hope-for-the-impossible
Thursday, May 21, 2015
PRESENT PERFECT
"Nobody was in the yard and that was nice. Usually it was preempted by the boy whose father rented the store on the ground floor. The boy played an interminable game of graveyard. He dug miniature graves, put live captured caterpillars into little match boxes, buried them with informal ceremony and erected little pebble headstones over the tiny earth mounds. The whole game was accompanied by fake sobbings and heavings of his chest. But today the dismal boy was away visiting an aunt in Bensonhurst. To know that he was away was almost as good as getting a birthday present."
Betty Smith
Other things are as good as getting a birthday/Christmas/Chanukah present--For example having the bus pull up right in front of you just as you arrive at the bus stop. And having a nice seat there for you at Starbucks.
Betty Smith
Other things are as good as getting a birthday/Christmas/Chanukah present--For example having the bus pull up right in front of you just as you arrive at the bus stop. And having a nice seat there for you at Starbucks.
A PIPE BROKE AT GRAND CENTRAL
One broke at Mom's house and one at work before that. What am I, a broken pipe magnet?
I want cupcakes
There is no such song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLJ1vuUWprA
Years ago I needed a picture of a cupcake for something or other. I ended up saving about 20 to my hard drive. A student said "you must like cupcakes."
Years ago I needed a picture of a cupcake for something or other. I ended up saving about 20 to my hard drive. A student said "you must like cupcakes."
THE BEST-DRESSED PERSON IN THE PHARMACY WAITING ROOM WAS MOST LIKELY A TRANNY.
I felt like such a frump.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
CAN'T GET THIS SONG OUT OF MY HEAD
You are all I long for, all I worship and adore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhujM7T1_fQ&app=desktop
Bart Howard
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Bart Howard
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ONE THING ON WHICH I PRIDE MYSELF:
I have never done anything like this to advance myself: http://fablesofaesop.com/the-partridge-and-the-fowler.html
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015
I DON'T IDENTIFY WITH THIS
And I don't believe necessarily that "mongrel" children are smarter, more attractive etc. There seem to be a lot of biracial children in special ed, juvi etc: http://www.buzzfeed.com/elliesunakawa/31-things-all-half-asians-know-to-be-true#.vpv957e5Z
RE-READING ANOUILH'S ANTIGONE
"Who was always the first out of bed every morning because she loved the touch of the cold morning air on her bare skin? Or the last to bed because nothing less than infinite weariness could wean her from the lingering night?"
Like Joanne Woodward said at the end of the movie Sybil, there aren't enough hours in the day.
MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT MY AVERSION TO FOOTWEAR
That includes shoes, socks, stockings, pantyhose, tights, etc. But I would wear these:
Monday, May 18, 2015
ISO
Two of my Gentile colleagues have Jewish bosses and/or business associates and get invited to Jewish events in their line of work. Neither one owns a yarmulke. I would like to get them each a nice one (not too kitschy) which does not cost too much but is presentable and could be worn in Temple . Are there any places in/near DC that sell them or do you recommend buying one online? Thanks!
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Sunday, May 17, 2015
ATE MY EASTER DINNER
Offered to share my funnel fries but no one accepted. That's okay--more for me.
TATTOO YOU
I want my next one to say "wonton soup" in Chinese: http://www.thedailymeal.com/news/eat/guy-thinks-his-hebrew-tattoo-says-strength-it-actually-says-matzo/51415
PROBABLY TOO MUCH INFORMATION
In 1989 I had probably the worst cold ever. I wasn't that sick, just kind of tired. But the snot WOULD NOT STOP FLOWING from my nose. About a month ago we had a repeat--snot would not stop flowing from my nose and I kept coughing up phlegm. Last week it was the opposite--snot would not come out of my head. At least now it's starting to come out, albeit kind of dry.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH CLEANING/REPAIR PEOPLE?
We are paying them yet they act as they we were making an imposition on their lives.
Friday, May 15, 2015
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS
Heard a guy singing it on DuPont Circle. Reminded me of my father: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYPVa7r1Sto
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
MICHAEL SAVAGE SAYS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS GOING COMMUNIST
In that case I have a leg up--Dad taught me the International Communist Hymn in sixth grade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7zdr62dcdA
OOPS, I FORGOT
Today is Ascension Thursday: http://catholicexchange.com/the-ascension-jesuss-priesthood-and-the-mass
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
THE ROBBERY?
Yeah, I realize it was over two and a half years ago. Seriously, though, I heard that B gets beaten up and robbed about once a week. Not because he carries that much money or goods on him, but he's so obnoxious he pisses people off who wouldn't normally rob him. I guess they figure while they're beating him up they might as well take whatever he happens to be carrying.
Monday, May 11, 2015
SOMETHING MORE ADDICTIVE THAN PIEHOLE...
...more addictive than Newman's Own Salad Dressing: the funnel fries at Grand Central.
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WOW
The child in question has Down Syndrome: http://catholicexchange.com/but-its-god
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Sunday, May 10, 2015
Saturday, May 09, 2015
COMPLETED MY EASTER DUTY
Managed to go several hours without sinning, did not text this fact in church, either. The priest was nice.
Friday, May 08, 2015
Thursday, May 07, 2015
Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Tuesday, May 05, 2015
Monday, May 04, 2015
WHEN I MET YOU IN THE RESTAURANT
You could tell I was no debutante: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOnv8lXDzhg
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I AM A NICE PERSON
That is why when people leave their accounts open I don't post things like "I'm 50 years old and poop in my pants."
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Sunday, May 03, 2015
I AM AMUSED
I got an email about simcha planning software. I am not Jewish and I have not thrown any smachot in a while: http://home.smartsimcha.com:8000/Default.aspx?AffiliateID=0&ReferralID=0&EMCTID=299
Saturday, May 02, 2015
50 SHADES OF DULL
50 Shades of Grey is now available from Comcast on Demand. I was bored with it the first time--why would I pay to see it a second?
I AM NOT TRYING TO BE DIRTY
... but Chef Boy Ar Dee's meatballs look smaller: http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/4th_series/chefgirlardee_front_small_smaller_images.jpg
IT'S A GIRL!
The Duchess of Cambridge just gave birth to a baby girl. #RoyalBaby #RoyalBabyWatch #RoyalBabyGirl
My grandmother, Hilda Elena Kuvaja Hautamaki was also born on this day in 1888.
My grandmother, Hilda Elena Kuvaja Hautamaki was also born on this day in 1888.
Friday, May 01, 2015
POOR PEPINO!
I forgot his birthday. He was a year old April 29th, but as he's a pig he doesn't know. He will be spoiled at a later date. At least we didn't have a tornado the way we did on one of Pandora's birthdays.
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MOM'S HOUSE WAS BROKEN INTO
She and the cat are ok. Fortunately, she was asleep and didn't notice until she realized some things were missing.
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