Mitt Probably Would Have Bullied ME
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedNot that much is needed at this point to put a big red flag on Mitt Romney’s pathetic bid for the presidency this year, but the revelations of the past 48 hours sure haven’t helped. A recap for tho…
I Missed The Burnings of LA AND London
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI was informed that yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Simi Valley, California jury acquitting the four LA police officers of assault on Rodney King despite video evidence …
Personal Memories of Dick Clark
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read late Wednesday that American television legend Dick Clark had passed away at age 82, I thought, like so many of us Baby Boomers, of the times watching “American Bandst…
I Don’t Care Who Called Who What
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedA couple of days ago, one of my few avowed conservative Facebook friends posted a YouTube video of a man harassing a couple of Democratic Congresswomen, using Michael Moo…
The Wonderful World Of Jet Lag
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I should have felt crappier when Eileen and I arrived in California nearly three weeks ago, because the flight out was a much more taxing journey than the return. The fligh…
Forgiving and Such
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedOn February 9, 2009, I returned to London after two beautiful weeks in South Africa, made some money, got accolades, missed some atrocious UK weather. I was returning to a marriage tha…
I’m Getting Too Old For This
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI know, most people my age have a secure home that they’ve lived in for a while, and will probably stay in until they meet their maker, or Elvis, or whoever you (want to) meet when you pass o…
Top and Bottom Five’s of 2011
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIn the year where the unwritten rule was for the top chart artists to be single females preferably with a single name, that alone should have been more cloying than it turned out to be. For me, the grim r…
Twas The Week Before Christmas…
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been an eventful week, one that started out fairly gloomy but ended on several gleeful notes. On Monday, I was informed that I had been pulled from Thursday-Friday in Leed…
“Tis the season for the folly, bla bla bla bla bla….”
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThree gigs, three visits to hell, and there’s still two weeks (and 7 gigs) to go. There could have been FOUR visions of hell, except that after the first disaster in Leicester, I was s…