Saturday, August 29, 2009

Aug 29th, A day I cant forget

Sherry Katz was a friend of mine....She was an antique and art dealer,Mother, Wife, lover, psychologist, alcoholic, and tortured soul. She was so much like Rosalind Russel in Aunty Mame... The same look, the same voice, the same warmth. We could talk about anything....from intellectual to our sexual encounters. Nothing was out of bounds....there was a bond between us....that was amazing. We shared each others most intimate secrets.
WHen my store was destoryed by a flood, right have I bought my house.and completly gutted it...she kept me together by saying...is ok, take it one day at a time. I would be over two years before I could rebuilding my store, and get money to finish my hosue and move in..ONE DAY AT A TIME... The phrase from AA....Alcoholics Anonymous...And it kept me going....until time passed and I was able to achieve my goals...unfortunatley she died and never saw my house..
I was told that she had a stroke, but I think that she took her own life...becuase she had mentioned that 2 other family members died on AUG 29....I dont think it was a co incidence.
I never forget this day....nor the love that I had for her...Today is 39 years since she died...and, the song that was our song,"Bridge Over Troble Waters" is still our song.......and brings me to tears, when ever I hear it.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

mORE kENNEDY THOUGHT

tHEY LINED UP
FOR HOURS
TO PASS A COFFIN
DRAPED WITH A FLAG
RED WHIE AND BLUE
THE COLORS HE KNEW
THE COLORS HE LOVED
THE COLORS HE FOUGHT FOR
WITH A PEN AND STRONG WILL
tHEY SAID ITS THE END OF AN ERA
THE END OF A LEGACY
ALTHOUGH THE BODY IS GONE
THE SOUL WILL REAMIN
IN THE MINDS AND HEARTS
OF THE MULTITUDES
WHO VALUED HIS LIFE
AND ALL HE FOUGHT FOR
ALL HE STOOD FOR
aND THEY WILL MAKE
THE DREAM LIVE ON

i REALLY HAVENT WRITTEN ANYTHING YET THAT i LIKE..BUT i AM USING THE BLOG JUST FOR NOTES...AS i THINK ABOUT STUFF. tO CONDENSE HIS LIFE...INTO A POEM, SO QUICKLY AFTER HIS DEATH...AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING SPECIAL IS NOT EASY. i WILL KEPP ON TRYING..AND EVENTUALLY, i WILL FIND THE RIGHT WORDS, AND THE RIGHT METER, THAT HE DESERVES.

i WENT WITH MIKE SHOPPING TODAY.....IN THE AREA WHERE JANSEN USED TO BE....TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET THERE.....THE FIRST DISAPPOINTMENT WAS BREAKFAST..WITH ALL THE FAST FOOD PLACES THAT ADVERTISE THAT THEY ARE IN THE REST STOP, ONLY BURGER KING WAS OPEN, AND THEIR CHOICE WAS VERY LIMITED. I ORDERED A SO CALLED DOUBLE CROSSANT BREAKFAST SANDWHICH...WHY IS IT DOUBLE???? i KNOW, BECUASE THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS CHARGE DOUBLE THE [PRICE ON A HIGHWAY.....THAT'S WHY. IT WAS SMALL,...THE EGG PORTION WAS SQARE AND LOOKED LIKE A YELLOW SPONGE WE USE IN THE SINK...AND TASTED ABOUT EQUALLY AS DELICIOUS..tHERE WERE TWO PIECES OF THIN CHEESE THAT WAS NOT MELTED..AND A SLICE OF SAUSAGE AND ONE PIECE OF BACON. TRUTHFULLY...THERE WAS NO BACON, SAUSAGE OR EGG TASTE. I WILL WRITE TO THE HOME OFFICE OF BURGER KING...IT WAS A SUPREME RIP OFF AT ALMOST 6.00 WITH NO DRINK OR POTATOES....ITS SIZE, PRICE AND TASTE.....MADE ME THINK OF INSERTING THE SANDWHICH RECTALLY, INTO THE SERVER....
THE SECOND DISAPOPINTMENT WAS THAT THE PITEM I ORDERED AND THEY CLAIMED THEY HAD.. WAS NOT WHAT I NEEDED...AND, ALTHOUGH, THE WOMAN PLAYED DUMB, SHE KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 5FT AND A 6FT TALL BOOKCASE........
ON THE WAY BACK FROM OUR ORDEAL, MIKE AND I STOPPED FOR A NATHANS HOTDOG...THAT I MUST SAY LIVED UP TO ITS REPUTATION, AND ALTHOUGH STILL A RIP OFF, AT LEAST, IT TASTED GOOD.

kENNEDY

tHE FLAME IS OUT
BUT THE WARMTH CANNOT BE EXTINUISHED
THE MEMORIES WILL LIVE
THE GOOD OR SCANDLES WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN
HE WAS A MAN
NOT SAINT

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

teddy

I lIT A CANDLE IN MY HEART
FOR A LION NAMED TED
WHOSE WHITE MANE
ROARS OF JUSTICE ,
SHOUTS OF LIBERALISM
CONCERN FOR HIS COUNTRY
FOR THE POOR
FOR THE SICK
FOR OUR SOLDIERS
AND THE LAND ITSELF


WHEN I WAS 19, I cried for days for his brother, John, who was symbolic to me..of a young vibrant president, who was out to change the world ...a man who wanted peace....and whose idealism, was akin to my own. His death, crushed my own hope that I would see world peace in my own life time.
I was in shock when his brother BOBBY died.....but I understood the revenge motive of his death...The Mafia helped elect his brother, and BOBBY as attorney general, jailed hundreds of them.....but it still saddened me. and I cried again when JOHNJOHN, Tedddys NEwphew died in a plance crash, which I predicted and belive was murder.....He was killed by those who was afraid he would win the presidency and reopen his fathers assasination......and of course..People in the government....and CIA and MAfia, and others...wanted to protect those still alive....
Teddy was the only Kennedy that died by natural causes....Teddy lived up to his brothers most famous line"ask now what your country can do for you...but what you can do for your country. TEDDY, sponsered over 2500 pieces of legislation, of which more tha 500 were put into law..which makes him the most prolific man in government ever.. He produced more legislation than any president....... Had he have won the presidency, and if he wouldht have been assasinated by the same group, who killed the rest of his family...he would have been an awesome president.
Regardless that he is a multimillionaire...or billionaire....he was always for the underdog...the poor. He wanted better education, better medicine, less pollution, womens rights, gay rights,..better roads, better transportation.....better baking and insurance company practices...... He wanted only good things for all Americans..

I will go to sleep tonight, and Light a candle in my mind. I will watch the flame burn as a fall asleep. I will think how he has changed the political climate...for without him, our country would have been in much worse shape. But although his heart is no longer beating, his voice will not be silenced....there will be others who will surprisingly pick up his torch, and will be come more vocal. I cannot say yet who will do this...but it is a prediction...and wil surprse us all. We have lost a truly great man. But great men are not perfect.
When Kennedy went off that bridge...and MAry JO Kopecne died...I wondered if someone ...the same group that killed both his brohters, and eventually his newphew....didnt cut his brakes and try to kill him....
They say he was drunk..so frunk he couldnt save her... If he was so drunk.... how was he able to save himself, get out of the water with no lights at NIGHT! They called him a coweard that he didnt save her...if it was at night....would there have been enough time to get out himself..get around to the other side of the car(underwater) and get to her. I dont think so. If he was taht drunk...I think he woudl ahve died as well. We were not told the entire truth.....

Monday, August 24, 2009

Feels good to be busy

Sat and sun...werent very busy....and most of the people who came in didnt want anything...but today, starting almost a 10:10, we had people in the store all day, and they last ones stayed to almost 8:30 and were buying....
The last customers....who, somehow became instant friends...were very interesting. The man is an actor and director, and invited me to an opening of a show..on Sept 11 (a strange day to be in NYC)
His wife is getting her Doctorate at OXFORD..(across the POND)....both of them are exceptionally charming people, and i think we made a "connection" I really enjoyed the day..meeting new people, and old customers, and the vibrations were good all day.
And these vibes were better than taking a valium.....
I was noshing all day...cooked up a batch of Thai noodles...with peanut sauce...simple and delicious...the noodles were soaked in water for 10 minutes...before boiling..which only took 3 min. These rice noodles...were covered then with a sauce made as follows: two or three tablespoons of sugarless peanut butter, and three tablespoons of hot water, one small garlic clove grated fine, a splash of soy sauce,tablespoon of roasted peanut oil, tablespoon of sesame oil, your choice of heat....tobasco, hot thai chile sauce,cayenne....) heat in microwave...stir...add more water to thin...to a good consistency that "almost can pour,but not quite) taste for balance..add what ever it needs) drain noodels..and pour on sauce....add finely chopped parsley or chives....(ground roasted peanuts optional)
Its hard to belive that Athens is in danger of burning, after it survived for thousands of years. Most people do not know, that Athens....has not always been a thriving city as now, for a long time, it was covered over.......and almsot forgotten, and then a few hudnred years ago, it was rediscovered and brought back...Other greek cities..had been so much more important...Click here: Thessaloniki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaClick here: Thessaloniki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



A steel beam from the original World Trade Center in New York was returned to the site Monday. Dubbed the "Last Column," it became the final standing steel column removed from the site of the Sept. 11 attacks. It will become part of the planned National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum.
This steel beam is supposed to be a symbol of all that America Stands for...That we cannot be kept down....we rise up, like the Phoenix from the fire...For strenght of steel, is like the strenght of the people...hard, tough, courages,
But it will be a lasting monument for the corruption of the Bush Government.It will be a tombstone of all the victims of what they called terrorism. It will be a monumnet to hypocrasy...A Monument for greed,power, corruption,. A tombstone,in America for the million Iraqis and Afganis we killed in that war, and a headstone for the death of our economy..... I wil be working on a more sophisticated editorial on this same subject when I am more awake....and I feel a poem coming on..But not tonight.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Response to Cactus Photo & poem, I await another bloom




Last night, after i wrote the poem and added photos, and emailed to my friends and followers, i was surprised at the response. It musthave hit home emotionally with a lot of people, who wrote emails of approval.
I must admit, as being part human...I do enjoy public approval. Compliments are as important to our soul, as food is needed for sustenance of our body. So, I felt very good getting emails of praise, just as a dog wags its tail when its own talks in an approving way....so I guess I was waggin my psychologlical tail all day.
I woke up this morning, startled to find the flower already closed....and its beauty, that grace the world last night, was now over. It was a short and very sweet existence...and that made me sad for a moment. The large but had closed. by 8 in the morning....which gave its openlife only 12 hours at most..and as little as 6, depending exactly when it opened and when it closed.
I was telling my customers about it...at the end of the day, the last person to leave, asked me about how old the plant is. I said about 7 years. She said, you know, when the sun goes down, and the moon comes up, and the temperatire declines, the flower will bloom again...It might bloom for a month this way.
I was so happy, that Imight have a chance to see this gorgeous flower once again open up and share with us, its beauty,I was also shocked this morning,,,,thinking, if I didnt fall asleep in the store, I owul never have seen the flower... open at all.
There is something very magic about all this..The photos intodays blog show the flower closed...the mystery arisses if the flower will again bloom, to amaze me and anyone who crosses its path, in reality or cyber space.

Friday, August 21, 2009

tHE cACTUS BLOOMS TONIGHT




ALMOST POETICALLY, MY PET CACTUS PLANT BLOOMED TO NIGHT.. sLIENTLY, NOT BELLS OR WHISTLES, OR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS...TO LET ME KNOW, THAT ITS INCREDIBLE BEAUTY WAS THERE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, IF THE WORLD WOULD COME.
I HAVE HAD THIS CACTUS FOR AT LEAST 7 YEARS. LAST YEAR, IT STARTED TO HAVE A BUD, AND WAS ABOUT TO FLOWER...WITH IN DAYS, BUT A PREDICTED STORM, MADE US BRING THE PLANT INSIDE. SOON, I NOTICE THE FLOWER DIED. WHEN I EXAMINED IT, THE FLOWER WAS ATTACHED TO THE CATUS WITH A LARGE SCREW.. MY BOYS TOLD ME IT FELL OFF WHEN THEY MOVED IT, AND TO ESCAPE MY RATH OF ANGER, THE PUT IT BACK ON WITH A SHEET ROCK SCREW..I WAS NOT ANGRY, BUT DISAPPOINTED, AND AMUSED BOTH.
NOW THIS WEEK, THE TINY LITTLE BUMB APPEARED FROM THE SIDE OF THE TOP OF ONE STALK, AND GREW AT THE RATE OF ONE INCH A DAY....AMAZING, HOW FAST...THEN THE TOP OF THE BUMP THICKENED, AND STARTED TURNING A REDISH COLOR....WITH ME, EXPECTING A RED FLOWER, IF NATURE ALLOWED IT TO BLOOM THIS YEAR.
aS OF 5 OCLOCK TO NIGHT, THE BED WAS STILL A BUD, AND I DIDNT THINK I WOULD SEE A FLOWER FOR TWO OR THREE MORE DAYS. BY THE TIME I CLOSED TONIGHT, I WAS SO EXHAUSTED, AND FILLED WITH PAIN OF AN INFECTED EAR....THAT I LAY DOWN FOR A MNINUTE TO REST. I WOKE UP 4 HOURS LATER.....AND PROCEED TO CONTINUE PUTTING ADS ON CRAIGS LIST FOR THE STORE AND UPCOMING AUCTION...IN SEPTEMBER
I FEED BUDDY, AND A FEW MINUTES AGO, HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO GO OUTSIDE. WHEN I PASSED THE CACTUS, MY MOUTH FELL OPEN WIDE, TO SEE A HUGE WHITE, GORGEOUS FLOWER
OPENED...WIDE..WITH MANY LAYERS OF PETALS....
i WONDER IF ALL CATUS BLOOM AT NIGHT.... OUT ON THE DESERT, UNDER THE MOON, WITH NO ONE BUT THE HEAVENS TO WITNESS THE BEAUTY.
Almost Poetically
my cactus bloomed tonight
silently
without warning
without bells and whistles
or a symphony orchestra
announcing the opening
of a most magnificent beauty
a natural work of art

It choose the night
by moonlight
to expose its beauty
to the world
with humility,
as if, its motivation
was to let heaven look down
on what arose
from a thorny core

Thursday, August 20, 2009

2ND POEM IN ONE NIGHT

MY WELL OF WORDS HAD RUN DRY.... FOR MONTHS I HAVE WRITTEN NOTHING, THEN IN ONE NIGHT 2 POEMS...( IF I MAY CALL THEM POEMS) CAME FORTH)..I GUESS THAT THE WAY THINGS ARE....FEAST FOR FAMINE....
HERE IS THE SECOND ONE.... I RARELY USE SYMBOLISM...BUT

LIFE!

IT IS DANGEROUS
TO GO WALKING IN THE DARK
RUNNING, OR STROLLING THROUGH THE PARK
DEFENSELESS
AT THE MERCY OF THOSE
LURKING IN THE SHADOWS
HIDING BEHIND ALMOST ANYTHING
TO MASK THEIR FORM
DISGUISE THEIR BEING
TO MAKE YOU FEEL SAFE
STAY ON THE PATH
BRING YOUR INNER LIGHT
DONT TRUST STRANGERS
WITH PROMISES
TALL TALES
CALLS FOR HELP
THE NIGHT AIR NEEDS
ILLUMINATION AND CAUTION
DISTRACTION COMES EASILY
KEEP FOCUSED
PROCEED GINGERLY
WISELY
UNTIL YOU REACH YOUR DESTINATION
WHERE THE LIGHT
WILL BE SHINING BRIGHTLY

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

NEW POEM,CURRY RECIPE(INSTANT) ETC

THE POWER OF A WORD

tHE POWER OF A SINGLE WORD
ONCE HEARD
MISUNDERSTOOD
TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT
HAVING DOUBLE MEANINGS
USING NEGATIVE LEANINGS
MAKING MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLEHILLS
SONIC BOOMS OUT OF WHISPERS
TRAGEDY OUT OF INNOCENCE
EVIL OUT OF GOOD
PLANTING THE SEED OF A GREAT NATION
AND THE SEEDS OF SEPARATION
WOULD SPAN THE COURSE OF TIME
THOUSANDS OF YEARS
COUNTLESS TEARS
BLOOD WOULD FLOW
aCROSS CONTINENTS
BYPASS A THOUSAND GENERATIONS
FORMATIONS OF NEW IDEAS
BY HOLY PROPHETS
MOVING IN OTHER DIRECTONS
WITH OTHER MYTHIS AND IDEALS
RESTRICTIONS,SUPERSTITIONS AND EXCLUSIONS
TRAVERSED THE EARTH FIRST BY MULE
AND NOW ATOMIC FUEL
BUT NOTHING CHANGED IN ALL THE TIME
THE WORD, THAT SINGLE WORD
STILL HEARD, AND MISUNDERSTOOD
THE CHOSEN PEOPLE
WHO LOOK UPON THEMSELVES
WITH HUMILITY,
NOT EGOTISTICLY
THE WORD DID SAY
ON THAT FATEFULL DAY,LOST IN ANTIQUITY
THAT THEY ,THE PEOPLE
WERE CHOSEN
BY GOD
TO RECEIVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
AND PASS THEM DOWN
SHARE THEM
SPREAD THE WORD
SO ALL CAN HEAR
AND ALL CAN LEARN

I HAD A GOOD LAUGH WITH BARNEY FRANK, they very controversial and outspoken Politician from MASS. He could do stand up comedy, if he looses his seat in Congress...At a TOWN HALL MEETING yesterday, an idiot female...(it could have been an idiot male-no sexual things implied here..) had a photo of OBAMA that had been altered..with mustache and Swasticas...She asked Barney Frank how he cold support a NAZI like OBAMA (reference to health care)
He said, quickly, I will revert to my hertiage(JEWISH-bu t he didnt say it) I will answer your question with another question...."What planet do you spend most of your time on?" I thought it clever and hysterical. He then compared her intelligence to a dining room table....

I hope when he is no longer a COngresman, he will be available for talk shows, weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.


ALMOST INSTANT VEGGIE CURRY

THIS MORNING I LOOKED INTO THE FRIG AT THE STORE AND SAW TWO AGING YELLOW SQUASH, AND ONE SMALL OVER RIPE GREEN SQUASH THAT i FORGOT TO USE....NEXT TO THOSE POOR THINGS I SAW A BOWL OF LEFT OVER SAUCE FROM THE MACARONI AND CHEESE THAT I MADE SATURDAY...IT WAS VERY CHUNKY WITH THE DICE TOMATOES WITH THE CRUSHED TOMATOES...... ON THE SHELFF BELOW, I SAW TWO ONIONS, ONE OF WHICH WAS STARTED..AND A SLICE MISSING...AND A CELERY THAT SHOULD BE USED SOON OR ELSE....THERE WERE SOME CAPERS IN A JAR......
MY MIND WORKS QUICKLY (SOMETIMES) IN A MINUTE, THE SQUASH,CELERY,ONION,HALF A GREENPEPPER(LEFTOVER) WERE CHOPPED UP.....AND THROWN IN AN IRON ENAMELED POT...THE BOWL OF LEFT OVER SAUCE WAS THROWN ON TOP.....THEN A SPLASH OF OLIVE OIL, HALF A JAR OF CAPERS, TEASPOON OF POWDERED GARLIC, SALT, PEPPER,......THAT WAS ABOUT THREE MINUTES..... THEN A TABLESPOON OF CURRY IN A CUP WITH A TABLESPOON OF OLIVE OIL......AND MICROWAVED FOR ONE MIN.. THEN ADD THAT TO THE MIXTURE.....i THEN ADDED ABOUT A CUP OF WATER...TO COVER..AND PUT IT IN THE OVEN AT 350 FOR AN HOUR... i STOPPED IN A FEW TIMES AND STIRRED IT.... ABOUT 45 MIN INTO THE COOKING,I CORRECTED THE SPICES.....THE PREPARATIONS WAS ABOUT 5 MIN... SERVE OVER BROWN OR WHITE RICE... DELICIOUS,HEALTHY,CHEAP AND EASY.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Gay Hallocaust, Lamb Pate, Musician"ZADE" & other things on my MIND

Tonight, as I write this, in a hell hole of Irac, in a war, that was not necessary, except for the lunacy of the CHENEY BUSH Nazi regime, gay men are being rounded up, as in Nazi GERMANY, tortured and murdered. The Shiite clergy have decided this is the proper thing to do,for they do not represent what ISLAM stands for.
In my NOT SO HUMBLE OPINION, Muslims stand for nothing...nothig good. They glorify them selves in hatred, ignorance, murder, suicide and revenge. The Words of the PROPHET Mohammed, either are the words of a mad man, or so perverted that they make no sense....They have no use for women, gays, prostitutes, and anything in life like a good education, and the civil rights of people. They feel they retain the right to kill wives and daughters if they disobey or embarass them.
I have no real love for any organized religion, but I do detest these people...the ones that are the most"relgious" are really the nmost crazy....and any fundalmentalist....regardless of which relgion are insane....
The Taliban execute women if they flirt, or show to much skin....and yet, Afganistani men have little boy friends that they have sex with...and that is ok....it has some acceptible name...and is not considered homosexual behavior...PARDON ME< but in our country there is also a name for it PEDIFilia.!!1

I would like to become invisible, and beable to follow these religious men around, as they attempt to kill gay men...I would put gasoline on their stinking beards and set them on fire... It would look like spontaneous combustion>>>>all these religous men, suddenly bursting into flames.... If any of you can....write to the UNITED NATIONS asking them to intervene. Hundreds of young men already have been murdered....I do not know if anything can be done....
This wouldnt be going on, if BUSH didnt start the war and have SADDAM HUSSEIN and his Republican Guards killed and disbanded... Saddam was a bastrard, but he was able to control all the stupid asshole Muslims.....If anyone reading this is a MUSLIM you have two choices, to agree with me, or try to justify....how then can kill young men, and women...for no reason at all....(of course they think they have a reason)///

And now...LAMB PATE" This is the first time that I attempted to make it...I had a leg of lam. Too the leftovers..and fat....and ground it thru one of those old fashion heavy iron grinders that grandma make chopped liver in...I added spices...garlic, salt ,pepper, tumeric.. but you can experiment and add anything you like....Fresh Tarragon, a hint of oregano... One recipe I read said ad about one half the amount of veal fat as lamb meat. Then I added one envelope of clear gelaton disolved in half water half red wine....plus I added smore spices to it...You also can use a boullion cube instead of water...and add to the mixture..
Make another cup of gelatin, add spices....and pour into a loaf pan and let set for a while in the refrigerator...when a bit set, you can add sliced carrots that have been cooked, olives, capers, parsley leaves...on top of the gelatin and then pack in the pate....let set for an hour or two before serving.... you can then remove the entire loaf, and if you wish, cut slices and place on a plate of individual servings...and pour more gelatin on it to cover and glaze it...YUM

Last night on PBS, they had a concert by a Jordanian 29 year old named ZADE. I can only compare his concert to Yanni, at the Accropolis......Zades whose music is similar...and he is a pianist that is accompanied by the LONDON Philharmoic and individual "stars" of the international music world.....His concert for PEACE was hellin in a 2000 year old ROMAN Amphitheater in Jordan....which gave the similar effect of YANNIS program. he is awesome. LOOK him up....go to his website and enjoy..

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Digging around a burnt out home.....The MONA LIsas Sister

Today, the boys and I spent hours digging around the burnt out shell, of what was a luxurisous home in SADDLE RIVER.....The house was built in 1956, when Saddle River was considered the "toukis-arin", or ass hole no-where...very far from the city...approachable from the South, mostly by Route 17 North, which was one lane coming north, and one lane going South...
The area was farms....or forest. Not many people lived there....So a huge home back then in Saddle River was a rarity......The owner, whose name I will hold back, is still alive at 96....and is or was the owner of 600 rental properties in the RIdgewood Bergen County area, A drug store and a Restuarant...but so cheap, that she wouldnt spend the money to hire a gardener to take care of her property.
She was blessed with a drug addict daughter, who had one child at age 15...unmarried of course... and one son.. The daughter, they say is responsible for this fire...and since supposedly burning down this house, she has been in two more fires, buring over 70 percent of her body.
One of my customers bought this property, becuase it is situated directly across the street from their new gorgeous brick mansion......They are going to teat down this building, or should we say, what is left of it, and turn it into a 4 acre park..
We were there, trying to find some things that we could buy and make money on by reviving it....We did get a bunch of things...and now, Richy and the boys have to perfrom magic to make these items live again...Among them are chandeliers, set of 20C modern Chairs, Modern Danish flip to bar, Kindel Country Frenc Dresser, an Italian hand painted and hand gilded vanity....a few outrageously carved mirrors, a 20th C modern very strange desk, a small low boy, a modern table with inlaid stained glass top, and very funky lorge round mosaic tile table in a brass frame, most likely Italian origin, a few painted end tables and armoire (repros) prints, paintings,, glass, china, Asian Influence wall sconces, and much more....We already started washing and deoriderizing all of it....
Walking thru this burnt out shell of a house, with only a flash light and sunlight streaming in thru holes in the roof, where the blue tarp blew off.....makes me sad...The floor was carpeted, but filled with plaster, broken glass and pieces of this and that that was tossed around by the firement...and subsequent visitors...I tried to close my eyes, and visualize the sounds of laughter, music, holiday dinners....their xmas tree...sounds of people opening presents.......and in minutes,an entire lifetime went up in smoke. Luckily, the woman and her daughter survived......the one loss was their cat, who didnt come out when it was called...I am sure it was frightened.....So sad, but it could have been worse.
Anytime we get bargains,, there is always come kind of sadness involved.. Fire,death, divorce, moving, downsizing......or the need for cash....This is not a happy business..and it does take an emotional toll on me.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

I am Tired, Corn on the Blob recepie,stupid news

For the past 4 days, i have been very tired...and dont know why. I have gotten nmore sleep than usual...the stress no more than usual,and my eyes hurt and burn.. Now this is boring to all of you, but this is my blog..and this is about me. There are other medical issues, but dont worry, this is not a hypochondriacal blog...or a medical website....
The news bores me..Some shocks me...Like the woman driving drunk and stones who died and took 8 others with her...most of them children,what was she thinking????And how about the 80 inches of rain that fell in CHINA during a Typhoon, 80 inches in one day..we kvetch and moan when we get one inch in a day...then an old lady, an Aushwitz survivior, who was homeless in NYC, left Hebrew Univeristy 100,000 dollars.....I wonder where she left her will, if she didnt have a home?
The Australians want to kill a lot fo wild roaming camels.....becuase they are eating up the grass that the sheep eat....I say plant more grass....and if they do, I am afraid we will see Camel on the BArbi...at OTBACK STEAK HOUSE. Camel meat is eaten in many mideastern countries...and probably as good as any other protein from cows,pigs,sheep, chicken..etc. But I wonder if Camel is kosher???
a Hot dog dealer....in front of the Museum in NYC had to pay 54,000 a month to park his weeny-mobil.......and he couldnt pay the rent.....He was evicted.....How in hell can they charge that kind of money....for rent...The wonderful city...of NYC
I am still waiting for the BIG SHOTS of AIG and the BIG banks that all that stimulus money.....give back all the bonuses.....WHY IN HELL SHOULD THOSE CROOKED BASTARDS GET MILLIONS..IT IS THEIR FAULT THAT THE COMPANIES GOT IN TROUBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE.. IF ANYTHING, THEIR BONUS SHOULD BE A LARGE INDUSTRIAL SIZE CONTAINER OF VASELINE.....AND INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO BEND OVER...ISNT THAT WHAT THEY DID TO OUR ECNOMY./..I DO NOT UNDERSTND WHY THE OBMAMA ADMINSITRATION.....DIDNT PUT RESTRICTIONS OF WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE MONEY!!!!

HERE ARE SOME NEW RECIPES FOR CORN ON THE COB....TAKE A COOKED CORN ON THE COB AND BRUSH OR SPOON ON TOSTITOS BRAND NACHO CHEESE....OR YOU CAN MAKE OUR WON USING CHEESE WIZ AND ADD PICKLED JALEPENOS. NOW YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF OPTIONS:
SPRINKLE ON GARLIC SALT
ROLL IN VERY FINELY CHOPPED PARSELY
SPRINKLE DRY POWDERED PARMESN OR ROMANO CHEESE
ROLL IN TOASTED SESAME SEEDS
USE FRESH GROUND BLACK PEPPER
HUNGARIAN VERSION: BRUSH ON BUTTER, THEN SCHMEAR ON HOT PAPKRICA PASTE(COMES IN A TUBE LIKE TOOTH PASTE..GET IT AT AN EASTERN eUROPEAN FOOD STORE OR GOURMET SHOP)
COAT CORN COB WITH SESAME PASTE, THEN USE GARLIC POWDER, AND HOT SAUCE
oTHERE CORNY RECIPES WILL FOLLOW...

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Quick poem,boring day....nice night

Its a full moon, but the crazies stayed away today.....Nothing much happened....no special customers to make me laugh, or get me angry, or drive me nuts...all the emplyees (who are also my dearest friends) were just operating on an even keel..We made some new displays....went on a few normal housecalls...there was very little business.....but the evening played out very nicely.
BArbara Comerford, the most gorgeous attorney and I went to EL CID, the Spanish restaurant that over feeds you. I wasnt even hungry, but I dont have to be hungry to go to eat there. The blue cheese dressing is orgasmic, their warm fresh bread and butter down right delicious, and with a glass of wine, the combination makes me think I am in Europe. I had babylambchops (only with a small side order of guilt) and Barabara had fabulous spicy shrimp...with a heavyh aftertaste of greenpepper and onions....delicious.
But the most delicious part of the dinner was the conversation. We two should have been married.. We get along so well, and can talk about anything and everything, and always see to agree; our philosophy seems to have eminated from the same group of thinkers...and we have come to the same conclusions on just about everything from Politics,law, medicine, religion, bringing up kids, school,animals, food et al.

New Poem (well I call them poems or prose-you call it what ever you want)

YOU TUBE!

I AM NEVER ALONE ANYMORE
EVEN IN THE DARKNESS OF MY ROOM
QUIET SOLITIDE
EASILY BROKEN
BY MY WILDEST DREAM
OR INNERMOST THOUGHTS
I CAN HAVE COMPANY AT A MOMENTS NOTICE
FROM ORDINALRY TO FAMOUS
LIVING OR DEAD
WHO WILL ENTERTAIN ME
'TALK TO ME
SING TOME
TEACH ME
REACH ME
DANCE FOR ME
ACT FOR ME
I CAN GO TO THE ZOO
SEE ANIMALS MATE
GO TO ANY STATE
OR ANY CITY
ANY LAND
OR PLANET
I DONT HAVE TO CLOSE MY EYES
FOR THESE DREAMS
I DONT HAVE TO INVOKE MAGIC WORDS
HIRE MAGICICANS
I HAVE TO ONLY THINK
TYPE IN A SEARCH
UP IT COMES ON THE SCREEN

Bill Clinton Shines again

Can you imagine being a young woman, arrested and sentenced to 12 years in a hard labor camp in Korea, a country that is still living in the past, maybe the 1050's, but who now has atomic capabilities and missles, and a mentally ill deader, who is supposed to be dying.............4 months into their incarceration....they car told they are being moved to their final labor camp...put into a room. They are frightened....when the door opens some time later, BILL CLINTON walks in!!!!!
Can you imagine the shock they must have had. Were they having a dream? Were they seeing an illusion>? a hologram? NO, it was reality.......

This might be one of the most memorable actions Bill ever took......He is still a viable force....More later tonight.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

New Poem(not finished) Bill Clinton in Korea,New Soup

Dreams Can Come True


jesus Prince of light
Hitler, prince of darkness
SHARED in common
dreamING

to change the world
but motivations
moved in opposite directions
one ,affection for what was right and good
love for the misunderstood
eased suffering for the multitudes
brought joy for those within his reach
reachedING across oceans and continets
to spread love and understanding
building an empire IN the hearts of man

The other
affection for what was wrong and evil
loved nothing but the fantasy of power
causING inexplicable suffering
enjoyING the spread of hatred
bringing nightmares to those within his reach
reachING across oceans and continents
destroying countries and empires and the spirit of man
to spread his GLOOM
in the hearts of men.

The above poem is not finished, but I like shareing things, even if not complete, its sort of like when you were young, when your mother was baking a cake, she would let you taste the raw batter, before it was cooked and finalized into a finished product. So go ahead, I offer you the opportunity to lick the wooden spoon of my poetry.

So BILL CLINTO FLEW TO KOREA.... to dicuss getting those two American reporters, who were imprisoned for 12 years of hard labor......our of jail and back to America. He arrived this morning, and they were freed already. I bet he did it in his low key, Clintonian way. He Bent over his chair, and whispered into the ear of the tiny president of North Korea, "Let those girls go, or I will personally rip your fucking lungs out right now....." Or "Listen to little shit, if you dont let those girls go right away, we will bomb the living shit our of your country...before you can even think of sending missles anywhere.." or "Hey little shit, let'em go and you can have a piece of MONICA"
Regardless of what he told him....they are free. RIGHT ON BILL!!!!!!

HERE IS A NEW SOUP THAT REALLY DOESNT HAVE A NAME YET..MAYBE SPAGHETTI SQUASH SOUP?

cUT UP A SPAGHETTI SQUASH IN LITTLE PIECES, CUT UP A RED OR GREEN PEPPER, TWO STALKS OF CELERY, TWO POTATOES(LEAVE SKIN ON) HALF BUNCH OF WASHED KALE, ONE CAN OF KIDNEY BEANS, 4 TO 8 CLOVES OF GARLIC, HALF LEMON WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF CLOVES STUCK INTO IT,ONE CAN OF DICED TOMATOES(OR TWO LARGE TOMATOES(FRESH) DICED, TOW LARGE ONIONS, FEW SPRIGS FRESH CILANTRO, SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE. YOU CAN USE WATER AND A VEGGETARIAN BULLION CUBE, OR CHICKEN STOCK) JUST THROW ALL OF IT INTO A POT...OR SLOW COOKER. cOOK ON A LOW HEAT FOR TWO HOURS....OR IN A SLOW COOKER OVER NIGHT..TO LET ALL THE FLAVORS MERGE.
YOU CAN LET THE SPAGHETTI SQUASH COOK IN LARGE PIECES TOO. WHEN IT COMES TO THESE KIND OF SOUPS, YOU CAN ADD ALMOST ANY KIND OF VEGGIES YOU HAVE AROUND...YAMS, OTHER LATIN AMERICAN TYPE ROOT VEGGIES, TURNIPS, OTHER GREENS,......i DID LEAVE OUT CARROTS...BECAUSE i HAD RUN OUT OF THEM.....AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN ADD A HAND FULL OF OKRA...THEY HELP THICKEN THE SOUP AS WELL. YOU JUST CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN MAKING SOUPS.

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