Bo Diddley

I have Bo Diddley albums that cover all kinds of material- rock, blues, and, of course- Bo Diddley music. Like Chuck Berry- he could’ve written the same song a million times over and every one of them would be great. You never get tired of that beat. Seeing him while hearing him play was as surreal and intense as it gets. The man, the guitar, the maracas and band replaced your own eyes, ears, and heart when he played. Heart failure? The beat goes on- forever.

Hang seperately

I went to Hillary's site last night , as she suggested, to offer my opinion. I said I would've voted for Bill again if he could've served a third term. I was always an admirer of both Clintons. But it's time to unify the party behind Obama. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but reading the comments of her supporters was very unsettling- more inarticulate and deranged than the most heated American Idol discussions. Yes, this is a passionate election, but the threats to vote for McCain and never, ever "that Obama" were startling. I hope Hillary isn't listening to these messages- or proud of them. Perhaps this sort of "passion" isn't limited to just her and her website, but John McCain- sorry- you know better, and I hate to say this- but I'm not sure I "trust" all of the American people. After all, Bush got in twice. And there is a lot of sexism and racism, spoken and unspoken that are big factors here. It's frightening. I live in NY State. I'd be scared to leave- it's relatively sane here- but not everywhere. Even in my own circles, I detect these very sins, unspoken, and rationalized among some acquaintances. One more thing- how is it that so many people can't spell?

Sex and the City

I'm not interested in the series or movie, and even less interested in dogs, I am repulsed by the smelly, drooling things. If you're a control freak in need of unconditional love, put Yo Mama on a leash.

Sorry- I just couldn't help myself...Posted at 11:49PM on May 30th 2008 by auramac

Obsessed!

Sorry- I find tattoos so repulsive I'd love to take a blowtorch and obliterate them all. Cover up, people- please! Ugh...

One more thing- yes, it does hurt to look at them. It's the visual equivalent of nails on a blackboard. I also agree with Nathan's comments... this is a very odd sociological phenomenon years from now will have people scratching what hair is left on their unmarked heads. I don't care if you have a Master's Degree- you're an idiot if you mutilate yourself this way. "Beautiful?" Michelangelo would disagree...

Idiots

Still fuming as they dismiss it as a joke:

It's the most offensive thing I've heard Huckleberry say, though he's said a lot of stupid things. In fact, if you don't believe in science and think God talks to you personally, chances are you're mostly an unfunny idiot (like George W). This was the racist version of the Freudian slip McCain made- "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran." Only this time- it's "Someone's shooting at Obama." That's offensive no matter who he was talking about. This was doubly chilling.

You like these people? Wanna vote for them? Someone voted for Bush a few times.. guess we got what we deserved. I never dreamed he could've done so much damage. Want more, right-wing idiots?

Huckleberry blog response

Is it any surprise to the cretinous right-winged uneducated science-disbelieving racist- sexist- homophobic morons clutching flags or flag pins/paraphernalia that even such a failed joke could cross the mind of one of their own? Freudian slip. "Jokes" and words uttered under the influence of alcohol reveal much- I would never dream to make jokes about assassination or even think the words Mel Gibson screamed while drunk. In other words- no excuses.

And, in the end...

The school district just e-mailed me a lifetime pass to all events there (whoopee!) plus a $50 gift card for Crossgates Mall. Also, a copy of a speech I assume my old boss wrote and recited on their staff/retirees recognition day, which I chose not to attend.

It sounds like an obituary! Yeesh! Parts of it are very nice- the teachers, I've been told- Did love me... I can tell my boss wrote this because he was clueless about a lot of things, especially me, and I hardly ever saw him, except at meetings, where you couldn't get a word in edgewise if you wanted to.

I've never been accused of being an extrovert, but the co-workers I liked and of course, the teachers, I don't think, had nearly the difficulty he had in "starting a conversation" with me. I was actually quite comfortable around most of the people in the school district- other than the boss and supervisor. The "obituary" makes me sound like the epitome of the quiet computer nerd who can only talk and think technology.

Oh, yeah- it was more than 600 computers, and there were a lot of people involved too- who I advised, made recommendations to, broke the rules for, made house calls to help them with their home computers. It's odd that after 9 years I was the only one in the Tech Dept. who really knew anything about Macs (not my fault)- and they're still trying... (Luckily the teachers and some students took some initiative themselves..)

My replacement walked off the job after one month, and his replacement was just fired.

I'm pleased not to be there, I had a good run, and I'll consider this "obituary" a good reference for my next job:


"Mitch Sternbach

Mitch was loved by the people he worked with. He was quiet and competent and worked long hard hours to make sure the Macintosh computers in the District were working well. Mitch was our only Macintosh technologist and he maintained about 600 computers. Although it was tough to start a conversation with Mitch, when you engaged him in conversation you always left amazed by his depth of knowledge and understanding of how computers worked. When it was announced that Mitch was going on medical leave- everybody's first thought was "What are we going to do for Mitch?" not "How are we going to survive without Mitch fixing our computers?" Mitch was loved by the people he worked with. We wish him well."