Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Monday, August 27, 2007
Well, I can dream, can't I?
In my dreaming everyone is nude. Especially the cops and robbers.
Posted by frances on from bc 08/27 at 10:04 AMIn regards to the second quote.
You’re going to die a horrible death, remember. It’s all good training, and you’ll enjoy it more if you keep the facts in mind.
Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to your execution it not generally understood by less advanced lifeforms, and they’ll call you crazy. Richard BachPosted by frances on from bc 08/27 at 10:31 AMHello Frances (and all Expendables soon to arrive). It’s pretty cool and dry for August here.
Great quote, Frances. The type of statement that will clear a room in the blink of an eye.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 08/27 at 11:37 AMMischief. Mayhem. Soap. http://tinyurl.com/29huvt
“It isn’t as bad as we think, it’s even worse.” - anon
I just finished “The Disposable American,” which I admit I read for punchlines: a NYT business reporter attempts to understand layoffs and the disintegrating American economy/society. Still no sign of class awareness among the victims and, unless I missed a stray, the word ‘democracy’ appeared only once, at the very end. How appropriate. It’s amusing to read someone from within the machine try to articulate humanity or social democracy without actually doing so.
In other news, Michael Dukakis has discovered the concept of “organizing.” http://tinyurl.com/2ryly2 After the projectile vomiting passed, I posted that The Duke threatened Ralph Nader in 2000 for practicing this idea. Anyone else would have gotten a visit from State Security.
Captcha sez “Language!” http://tinyurl.com/2577t4
Posted by Zen Prole on from Urth 08/27 at 12:20 PMI thought Michael Dukakis was dead. Or am I thinking of Paul Tsongas? Or Olympia Dukakis. Maybe I’m thinking of John Kerry…
And that article had 255 comments? Who the heck are those people?
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 08/27 at 03:19 PMMickey- you never answered Bob’s request for live interviews. Do you have any live interviews on TV or radio? Let’s proove you are real, and not an invented personality to promtoe counterpunch. Don’t hide from the issue. Did you look up the Chris Owen novels Bob mentioned. Do you think Chris Owen is a pen name for a certain left wing editor? Isn’t the name Astoria the best name for a fictional writer to come from!! “A- storia”. Brilliant. I’ll wait for live interviews and plllllease check out the Chris Owen S & M gay novels. Interesting stuff.
Posted by Claire on from Portland 08/27 at 04:12 PMMenagerie
Mulla Nasrudin went to a psychiatrist, who tested him by showing him symbols on a sheet of paper.
First there were three dots. “What do those stand for?” asked the doctor.
“Three wolves,” said the Mulla.
“And these dashes?”
“They stand for two elephants.”
“What do you make of these dots and dashes together?”
“They illustrate a herd of ponies and donkeys.”
The doctor told him:
“I am afraid that you are obsessed by animals, and we’ll have to do something about it...”
“Do something about yourself first,” said the Mulla,"for all these creatures belong to YOUR menagerie!”
Idries ShahPosted by frances on from bc 08/27 at 05:47 PMJames, Paul Tsongas passed away. The others are just teasing.
Posted by Zen Prole on from Urth 08/27 at 06:48 PMI just heard this story on Radio Netherlands...don’t know what this means?
With a French request for the extradition of Panama’s former dictator to be heard in the US on Tuesday, we take a look at the complicated history of the man himself, Manuel Noriega, and the reasons why Paris wants him turned over.
R.M. Koster on a potential negative consequence of the French extradition request being granted:
“It’s interesting to know what might happen now when he goes to France, for he had knowledge of high crimes and misdemeanours on the part of George H. W. Bush, and that was one of the reasons why he was captured.”
“It’d be interesting now whether he might in France make declarations that might be interesting politically in the US.”
Posted by joe of maine on from 08/27 at 07:32 PMMickey and Fam --- I just received 4 titles that Mickey Z wrote—I’m half-way through “Murdering of My Years”—MICKEY Z is real folks—and yes—he does ponder the meaning of life on a daily—ney—hourly basis..... Remember—Mickey—your writer’s bloc—a few month’s back???? You had a similar “cramp”—after 9/11—which resulted in ..:"Murdering..."""" .. I love that book ....... Great idea—Eclectic characters—Non-Astorian—and Astorian—to boot—!!!!!—Damn the agent—of late—who led u on—and babbled—something to the effect/affect—WTF ..... that your ideas—were to “off-center”—not Mainstream enuf—James—from Hell’s Kitchen can attest to the fact that 89% of N ew Yorkers r’ not Mainstream—BUT—they kipe the Weekly World News at the Superette—to prove that someone out there is “nuttier than they"”—by the by—WWN—is defunct after the current Newsstand Issue is distributed or stolen—collector’s item anyone?—The NY and LA Times—editorial page—is stranger—than even the WWN ----- besides—it’s hard to read—when the biggest veiwed—“print-cyber-media”—is PORN—LUST—OR BUST—VIAGRA—NOT NIAGARA—How’d the Masses get soooooo dysfunctional ?????? WTF ------ ?? ....... SO AS Donald Fagan says ---- Reeling IN the Years—STOWING Away the Time http://tinyurl.com/ywq58a http://tinyurl.com/34z5j3 --- as Richard Berry’s SEA SHANTY/CHANTY --- says ---- “Me gotta go” KINGSMEN ---- SPOKANE’S BEST ------ (Louie Louie) --- ps MZ and FAM—“NEVER --EVER—LET THE BASTARDS GET YA’ DOWN --- WELCOME HOME *M*I*C*K*E*Y***** TEXAS can be a drag !!!!!!! http://myspace.com/richiedeadhead ..... My alter-ego ---- dreamscape that I lived—till it bled me 15k $$$ dry ... ( smile )
Posted by Richie on from st cloud / n ft myers FL 08/27 at 07:57 PMHello again, Expendables. Thanks for vouching for me, Richie. “Claire from Portland” is the same person who pretended to be “Bob from New York” and “Alison from Toronto.” It’s always interesting to discover how folks choose to use their meager time.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 08/27 at 08:47 PMFrances-- I love all the Nasrudin stories.
Here is a modern one:
Nasrudin (during his age, there was no car) is looking for a parking place for already 20 minutes. He turns around, he waits, he drives a bit further, but finds nothing.
He has an important business meeting and he’s gonna be late, but nothing, no parking space. Filled with despair he raises his eyes up to the sky and says :
“My God, if you get me a parking space in five minutes, I promise to you that I’ll eat kosher (halal) food for the rest of my life...”
And suddenly - O miracle! – right next to him a car drives away leaving an ideal parking spot.
So Nasrudin turns his eyes to the sky and says: “God, stop searching, I found one!”
Posted by Robert B. Livingston on from San Francisco, California 08/27 at 11:05 PMThanks Robert. These stories always give me a good belly full of laughter.
Posted by frances on from bc 08/28 at 12:24 AM
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