one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions

i am sure you already know that crawford's local paper, the lone star iconoclast, has come out in support of john kerry. if you haven't already read their editorial, i highly recommend it. it is much stronger in condemning bush than i expected.

i didn't know phil donohue was our president - and i didn't know he was so angry.

rant
Originally uploaded by clairevoyant paranoia.

the text reads: "but we wouldn't think it was funny if we saw the president of the united states on national television, and he was jumping up and down, yelling and screaming, and beating his fists against a podium. we would probably say: "even if the president is angry, he should be able to control his BEHAVIOR better than that!"



i found his ranting during the second debate much more shocking than his ridiculous facial expressions from the first debate. how can so many americans think he's a "nice guy"? i can't believe "personality" is the deciding factor for so many people in such an important political race; but, even if it is, how do people not see him as the sneering, arrogant, unstable megalomaniac that he is? i just don't get it.

party with the ponies

last night tracy jo, wendy, heather, greg, and audrey went with us to the sam houston race track for a "party with the ponies" night. despite all of us placing our bets using the best-name method, tracy jo was the only big winner with a $14.60 payout on a $2 quinella. with horses such as texi gogo girl, ib your huckleberry, daddy's magic rocket, and crimson rojo diablo we thought we couldn't go wrong. can you believe those horses didn't come in? the world of racing is obviously falling apart.

we did rather enjoy the ac/dc cover band bonsfire who played lackluster sets in between the races. audrey did a lot of spectacular dancing and we all took turns in gallop races with her, wendy playing the perpetual finish line. the fix was in with those races as audrey swept the night, but what are you going to do?

at one point, another little girl came up to audrey, tilted her head slightly, and said simply, "let's play." and they took off immediately in comfortable play of their own. it is my wish that we could all grow into adulthood without loosing that openness and lightness that allows children to play so easily with complete strangers. oh well.

you can't bowl at gallery furniture

everything's bigger at gallery furniture
Originally uploaded by clairevoyant paranoia.

back in august, wendy, aaron, john paul and i decided to look into the rumors that gallery furniture had a bowling alley. we did find a wall full of very strange pictures, a gigantic television broadcasting infomercials, shaquille o'neil's personally designed basketball motife throne, a free hot dog buffet, and indoor tennis practice cages; however, no bowling alley. by far the best attraction was the oversized dining room set. walking along the side of the enormous buffet piece really did recapture those childhood experiences of living in a world that is just way too big for your body.

ok. i can't resist.

it seems like everybody has a blog today. so why not me? i'll try and see what happens. i might surprise myself.