PrettyFakes

the below post, from march of 2002, makes me a little sad. reason one: musiquarium is gone. to my strange delight, though, i’ve heard several people call it “the ol’ mq” lately—as in, “the old house on the hill”—and i liked it.

reason two: steve and bubba are gone now, steve up nawth to lecture at state, and bubba way up nawth to study law in new yawk city.

but i still have the songs and they still make me smile.
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i’ve re-thought my catoptric “ban” after a friend wrote me:

>can’t you just, you know, not write seven-page posts? then wouldn’t you have

>time?

smart-aleck. so i shall do just that, plus post old thangs i got kickin’ around: like when last year most of the lads loaded up & headed to cali for the nuptials of roy III & amy.
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Dear Times Editor,

I was delighted to see an article on August 27, 2003 concerning my favorite artist, Jack Kirby. I was not so delighted to see accompanying art that was neither drawn by Mr. Kirby nor featuring characters he created.
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I’m tired. It’s just a shade past five o’clock, and I want to go to bed. No dice, though, because I have some stuff to tell you guys, and a bit of explaining.
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says the judge!! whoo-hoo, al franken!

perhaps the first memory of my nearly thirty years was laying on the hood of my grandfather’s car at the old drive-in, now long gone, at the alabama state fairgrounds.

my baby sister was next to me, both of us sprawled out on a blanket. star wars was on the screen.
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and that ann coulter is a liberal! whoo-hoo! way to go, john!

the riaa now says it won’t prosecute users with just a few “stolen” songs—after massive public vitriol probably stunned them.
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people from alabama are fiercely proud of their famous sons and daughters. the sidewalk in front of the alabama theatre is covered with stars of the semi-famous and almost famous—but we love them all, because they’re ours. i bet all of alabama watched the last american idol—not because it was any good, but because of the big “205” on ruben studdard’s belly.

so growing up, why had i never heard of justice hugo black, the most powerful man ever to stride out of our coal-soaked soil?
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ah, the trial by media—and by bush-appointed axehandlers. for reasons of conflict of interest, i can’t directly comment, but our state supreme court has a good man—oliver diaz—who has been targeted by the bush administration. and who’s been hit bad.

it’s not so good right now for our trial lawyers, and the diaz blow-up doesn’t help. i’ll dig myself out of some conflicts and write later. jp! does a good job of defense while i’m out (er, maybe i ghostwrote that a bit).