The High Tech Question

I’ve Blogged and Facebooked, I’ve been Twittered and Skyped

And that business with Myspace was just so much hype

I’ve Googled and Yahoo’d and seen much multi-media

And there’s nothing I can’t find with that old Wikipedia

With music and video my hard drives are encoded

As well as software and pictures and other crap I’ve downloaded

Technology’s great but I miss things gone away

Like old neighborhoods, friends and my 401K

No more hanging on corners or dips under the plug

No more am I referred to as a punk or a thug

Now I’m left to wonder if my open mind’s intact

When I hear myself bitch about the way young folks act

These high tech marvels are they bad or OK?

Do they bring us together or do they push us away

So I’ll close the laptop and wonder and shut down the PC

I’m goin’ downstairs to play a game on the Wii

I'm goin' off the deep end here, to wish everyone a Happy Christmas.

Adventures in Poetry

The glue sniffers and hookers the homos and he shes
I wake up in the morning wondering where is my tv
I go to my car in the dawns early light
I open the door and smile with delight
Climb in the seat and see the dome light is on
and you know it's a good day 'cause your battery's not gone
Charlton Heston will tell you have guns at the ready
But I needed no gun I had Mom and Aunt Betty
At night I'd return just to deal with the cops
The white car goes by and most often stops
Are you looking for drugs are you some kind of queer?
No, I'm just coming home because I live here
The Jews all scadoodled and left our commerce bare
Replaced by the Asians who made me the biggest guy there
From my abode in Pine Valley a better life I can't have
But I long for one day back on Kensington Ave

And so, with eighty three days left 'till Christmas we say so long to summer

Adventures in Manhattan

This is not a scam. Years of associating with characters, cartoon and otherwise, have finally paid off. Below is a legitimate invitation from the folks at Disney.

We figured we could parlay a trip to NYC with a visit to "The American Girl Store". This has been Bailey's life long dream for at least the last five minutes.

Day One

After transportation, lodging and The American Girl Disney paid for everything. The movie, the popcorn and soda and the bus ride from the theater to the Plaza Hotel. The legendary Grand "ever lovin'" Ballroom at the Plaza Hotel. Gourmet food, festivities, celebrities and all the wine you could drink. It's ok, I was on my best behaviour.

Day Two

Our Vacation v2008

The Video Postcard