Trrrumffp

Other than never saying The Donald's last name,
I think I'll just have difficulty in pronouncing it:

Trrrumpfff

Or just mumble it:

Trrrumfffp

It's that terminal p that throws me.

Losing Weight

@ my current weight (300+ lbs)

my cardiologist gives me 10 yrs.

to live, projecting death by 79.

My GP says he can keep me alive

until I’m 90, but can’t guarantee

‘Quality of Life” Both want me

to lose 1-2lbs a month, walking

aerobically about 45min. a day.

That & more, caddying reduced

me from a fat 13 to a trim 17;

50+ years later, what will @ 68?

(25 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v1

Celebrating Easter

Celebrating Easter

Celebrating Easter resolves the conundrum

“Can Life defeat Death?” with resurrection.

Which of us wouldn’t rejoice at knowing

it was & will be done again? wouldn’t

want our beloved resurrected? Our joy

in knowing they will be makes the rest

of our lives all the more bearable; I’m

looking forward to seeing carolin again;

I expect she wants to see me coming.

(05 MAR 11)v2

written @ Karl Kadie's invitation for
St. Mark's [Episcopal], Santa Clara CA:
"Our Easter Journey:
A Gift of the People of St, Mark's"
(Easter 2011 meditation calendar}

Bad Teachers' Rubber Room

Tonite a guy who'd been watching "CNN or FOX, I don't know which..." told our weekly sr. cit. adult-ed class there was a 'rubber room' in NYC where K-12 teachers who'd failed to get tenure just killed time & collected their pay, thanks to their union. It took the whole class, with the intervention of the community college VP who conducts it to disentangle union from tenure in this guy's mind, but he finally got it as the class ended. Here's the New Yorker version of what he saw. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/31/090831fa_fact_brill

Blueberries

for Bob Chute

Bob eats Wymans’ truly
authentic ME blueberries,
not knowing how trendy
they've suddenly become,

blended w/ pomegranate
as a ‘dark fruit’quietly
lurking in the Juice aisle;
flash-frozen in plastic bags.

Thoreau’d {B} bemused.

(12 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v5

RANDIAN RHYTHM

In fa$cinatin' Randian-rhythm,
his bright blue-eye$ blinking,

Paul Ryan (R-WI ) tap-dance$
like a Hollywood hoofer,

while Ayn Rand* clap$, de-
lit by his $ong & dance.

Rand doe$ a $tar-turn;
Ryan recognize$ her:
"Thi$ i$ your $how!
$tand up, Ayn!"

(13 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v6 *Ryan was outed today as an Ayn Randian by Jonathan Chait, Sr. Ed. New Republic, in NEWSWEEK 13 APR 2011 pp 6-7: [Connecting the Dots] "War on the Weak" How the GOP came to view the poor as parasites and the rich as our rightful rulers http://www.newsweek.com/2011/04/10/war-on-the-weak.html

DEALT HAND

DEALT HAND

Libyan conceits

Paid mercenaries play cards.

People risking death play spades.

People seeking freedom play hearts.

Troops suppressing freedom play clubs.

(The Colonel’s already got the diamonds.)

The suffering People play backgammon.

(10 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v2