It's not that I'd rather go blind . . . .
I love Etta James .
Now that she's gone ,
the world is a less better place . . . .
but
Beth take this song ,
and wrings it dry . . . .
fuck
and with Bonamassa ,
OMG
start here , The Kennedy Center Honors Buddy Guy 2012 . . . .
that Should Be Mr Buddy Guy . . . .
if you don't know why . . . .
you're already dead .
Watch the whole thing ,
as an aside , I like the fact that the president and Mrs O'Bama are rockin' to it . . . .
To all the naysayers about Bonnie Raitt ,

really ,

I mean really

fuck you .

Then listen to this . . . .
Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart   " I'd Rather Go Blind " . . . .
Jeff Beck is a guitar god ,
but
he overpowers this song . . . .
Bonamassa and Hart
a symbiotic relationship
each feeds off the other
to more than either alone . . . .
whiskeys wearing off
grinding to a halt . . . .
time for some chocolate .
If you don't understand about chocolate . . . .
I'm sorry .
That's life in the big city ,
life sucks . . . .
then you die .
if you expected more than that ,
what can I tell you .

Lubricity

OMG ,

I think I found my new favorite word . . . .

lubricity

I'm not gonna tell you .

Look it up .

I think I have been sufficiently lubricated to continue ,

a discourse .

I've been sick lately with whatever is currently going around .

I don't take drugs ,

licit or illicit .

Licit because I don't believe the drug manufacturers are as concerned
about my physical well being as their fiscal well being . . . .

Let's be honest here , if my dying gets in the way of their bottom line . . . .
guess who's dead .

Illicit , done some , liked them . . . .

I'm a cheapskate the cost always got in the way .

there are two kinds of cost . . . .

monetary and . . . .

after a while neither seemed worth it .

Others never seemed worth it .

I can read and reason .

Reason gets in the way of a lot of things . . . .

I think the things it gets in the way of . . . .

are best forgotten .

Anyway ,

is alcohol a drug . . . .

depends on who you ask .

Between blowing my nose every minute

or trying to cough up a lung . . . .

I've been treating myself with an old family recipe ,

hot toddys . . . .

my mom use to give us hot toddys when we had a cold .

I think now cost and a need for sleep were reason enough .

a teaspoon of sugar ( to help it go down )

a finger of whiskey

fill the glass with hot water

drink it right down

and get in bed and under the covers

sort of sweated it out of you . . . .

Think about it .

You had a restful night ,

and so did she .

I miss the kid . . . .

a lot .

And I know why I like whiskey  . . . .

in addition to treating ills ,

you can take that any way you want .

it lubricates the thought processes ,

that's not quite right ,

they're always there ,

it makes it easier to express them .

hmmm , after checking , I don't think express . . . .

conveys my meaning .

Look it up ,

express milk from a breast . . . .

I don't think so ,

this is not what you would expect to receive ,

from a breast . . . .

sets them free . . . .

to quote Walter , " Holy Crap "

who'd ( don't spell check that , not sure it's a word ) ,
want them running around loose . . . .

coffee , with a splash of whiskey ,
doesn't seem to have as much ,

lubricity .

I'm a Viet Nam vet . . . .

I offer that ,

not as an excuse . . . .

for the way I am .

But as a reason .

It does not excuse the way I am ,

rather it explains it . . . . sortta

Although I bear no visible scars . . . .

I can always see the difference ,

between you

and me .

WTF

WTF

don't you people get it . . . .

they keep telling us where they blow the money . . . .

" leaving the United States spending just $5 billion annually on Iraq , assuming State Department funding remains stable at 2012 level of $5 billion . "

just

5

billion . . . .

WTF

in the next breath ,
they tell you ,

our budget problems are attributable  ,
to Social Security and MediCare . . . .

WTF

and you idiots ,
keep voting for these liars . . . .

WTF ,

that's ,

WHAT THE FUCK . . . .

and it's not the republican'ts ,
or the democraps ,
it's all of them . . . .

Wake the fuck up . . . .

I shouldn't have to be a wage slave ,
for the rest of my life ,
because of your laziness and stupidity . . . .

That's FIVE BILLION DOLLARS a year ,
without our troops being there . . . .

DROP THE PEN , BACK AWAY FROM THE CHECKBOOK ,
WITH YOUR HANDS OVER YOUR HEAD . . . .

allegory

. . . . in the Bible ,

Cain ,
slew his brother ,
Abel . . . .

Who ,
of his brothers ,
is he out to slay next . . . .

The brothers Koch ,
I think not . . . .

Tho' slaves ,
have risen up ,
and slain their masters . . . .

His brother ,
GOP contenders ,
surely .

They stand ,
in his path ,
to depose his brother ,
the President . . . .

" dead weight "

You've heard the term ,
" dead weight " .

No . . . .

Buy a book ,
learn to read . . . .

I was a gunner ,
in helo's in Nam .

We transported some bodies . . . .

In body bags ,
talk about " dead weight " . . . .

Think about two 18 year olds ,
trying to get these bodies ,
into the cabin of a 34 . . . .

Hurryin' to get out of the LZ . . . .

There was one ,
on a stretcher ,
partially covered with a poncho .

The next was in a body bag ,
we had to drag across him .

His buddies didn't like it .

Not to sound callous ,
he was gone ,
the vessel was empty ,
just putrefyin' flesh and bones ,
beyond any pain or cares . . . .

No disrespect was intended . . . .

He was lucky ,
he didn't survive ,
to be written off ,
by an indifferent country . . . .

Or ,
reviled ,
by his countrymen . . . .

Besides ,
the guy in the body bag ,
was fuckin' heavy ,
we didn't have the strength ,
to lift him over the stretcher ,
had to drag him across . . . .

The skin of the guy on the stretcher ,
kinda smeared ,
like clay . . . .

internet-ruptus

My internet connection has been down since the 6th .

CenturyLink .

Apparently ,
if they can't blame you ,
or the modem . . . .
the repair is beyond their technical skills . . . .

After the latest call ,
the fourth I believe ,
where I learned something had been done ,
although they didn't know what . . . .

They would try again ,
either Monday or Tuesday at the earliest . . . .

This morning it was mysteriously restored . . . .

Needless to say ,
I stand in awe of the technical skills ,
that have once again connected me to the net . . . .

I'm thinking ,
someone forgot to flip a switch . . . .