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Prepping For Easter Sunday...
"He is risen! He has risen, indeed! Halleluja!" --from "The Book Of Common Prayer." Well, tomorrow is Easter Sunday...the holiest day of Christianity. it is so because on that blessed day, Jesus triumphed over Death and was ressurected from his …
What's So Good About "Good Friday"?
"Believe in Me and send no money/ I died on the cross--that ain't funny!" --Iron Maiden, from "Holy Smoke" Today starts the holiest weekend in the Christian liturgical year...Easter Weekend. Today is the mis-named "Good Friday," when Jesus met his …
Looking For Boogeymen Under Every Bed...
"Homie--Comin at ya! Ya know I'm gonna get ya!" --Rage Against The Machine, from "I Could Just Kill A Man." The recent example of John Gardner's illegal "MySpace" account should warn anyone that before you meet somebody you met on …
Stepping Out For A Howl At Smitty's.
"Out there in the spotlight/ you're a million miles away!" --Bob Seger, from "Turn The Page." Last night, I decided to do something fun for myself--and get out of my apartment as well for a while. So, at 19:30, I …
Change--The Most Unreasonable Fear Of All...
"Lunatic fringe--I know you're out there!" --Redd Ryder, from "Lunatic Fringe" Change is a part of life. No matter how much we try to deny it--everything changes, be it for good or ill. This is how life renews itself, after …
Saint Patrick's Day is a'coming...
"It takes more ta be Irish than ta swill green horse p*** and talk with a brouge that'll get ye clipped dead in Belfast--especially once a bleeding year!" --Fran Johnston Tommorrow is the day where "Everyone In The World Becomes …
Welcome To The Kingdom Of The Madness!
"Those whom the gods destroy, they first make proud." --Robert Ritter, CIA Deputy Director for Operations, in the early Jack Ryan series of Tom Clancy's novels. Starting today, we have entered The Kingdom Of The Madness. From here, all roads …
Trying to find love...
"Lonleliness, a constant friend--and lover--I know well." --Aisa, from "One Step Closer." God only knows why...and He's not talking. When I am looking for love, it seems that Cupid keeps his arrows quivvered and his bow cased when around me. …
Death Be Not Proud...For You Took The Wrong Ones!
"The Angel Of Death hears your last breath/meanwhile the Reaper looks on!" --Iron Maiden, from "The Duellists" on POWERSLAVE. Two young lasses gone too soon. One perv charged with both killings-- Open and shut case, right... Or is it? Remember …
Think God Has Had Enough?
"What we got here is--failure to communicate!" --Strother Martin, from "Cool Hand Luke" (and the opening of "Civil War" by Guns & Roses). After I woke up this morning and performed my daily abulations, I flipped my Cricket Wireless cellphone …
When "Wellville" Became "Hellville."..
"It's easy to lead people on a leash. I just hold up a dazzling campaign poster--and they jump right through it!" --Dr. Josef Goebbels (1899-1945) Propaganda Minister of Nazi Germany Have you often wondered why Kellogs' Corn Flakes are made …
Starting The New "Vista Blues"...and other things.
"I live the life I love, and I love the life I live!" --Royal Crown Revue. Good morning, folks! LPR here, and I'm glad to be back from my time away. No, I wasn't in the Crossbars Hotel, mind. Between …
An Unwanted Break--But Now I'm Home!
Hey, folks! LPR here. Sorry that I have had to take a hiatus from blogging, but when a modem goes haywire, you have no real choice in the matter. However, thanks to the folks at Cricket Carlsbad, my modem was …
Bye-Bye Lou--You Bit Off More Than You Can Chew!
"Open Your Eyes, or You Will Be--The Master Of Insanity!" --Black Sabbath, from "Master Of Insanity" on DEHUMANIZER, (R.J. Dio on Vocals) It used to be that when you mentioned CNN and Lou Dobbs, you thought about business/financial news. Now, …
Happy B-Day, USMC!
"To Err Is Human, To Forgive, Divine... Neither of which is USMC Policy!" --On a pillar in Recieving Barracks, USMC Recruit Training Depot, Parris Island, SC. Quote found in the book "The Marine Machine." Today marks the birthday of the …
Is It A Closure--Or Merely An End?
"For at five o'clock, they take me to the gallows pole. The sands of life, for me, are running low!" --Iron Maiden, from "Hallowed Be Thy Name." Tonight, at 21:00 hours (EST), there will be an execution in Virginia, at …
Thanksgiving...The Reason vs The Fiction.
"Thanksgiving...is where you get the turkey and I get the feathers." --from a Pat Oliphant cartoon (1977) In a few weeks, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving, or as my grandmother Franny calls it (yes, she'll be celebrating birthday number 95 …
Where Are You Gonna Go With No Home?
"And so it goes on, and on, and on... It's Heaven And Hell...oh, well!" --Black Sabbath (RJ Dio Version) from the title track of HEAVEN AND HELL In one of my essays, I referred to a place in Outskirts Vista …
From My Past--To My Future...
"Time...is always on my side!" --Iron Maiden, from the title track of SOMEWHERE IN TIME. Last Thursday, I was shopping at Big Lots' Vista Store for staple items (mostly pasta, sauces, spices, breakfast items, tea, and tinned fish). It was …
Stepping Out After Midnight...In Vista Ranch
"Darkness falls upon the land. "The midnight hour is close at hand!" --From the spoken-word portion of "Thriller," done by Vincent Price. When you live like I do (alone), you sometimes develop a case of "cabin fever." It can strike …