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May
30 |
 Yawn.... I can't get myself going today. An early dinner, homemade believe it or not, extra sleep (until 8:30, thankyouveryuch!) and even a great breakfast to start the day; I had pipe dreams of visiting the Met and seeing the newly reopened American wing. I have about three hours at this point but, what the hell. Watching the Hudson river and the clouds go by from 38 stories up is sometimes just as pleasant a way to spend the day than slogging around at ground level, even if it is slothful. Oh, but the President and the Mizzez are in town tonight for 'date night'. I like that, 'date night'. You may recall their last date night a few weeks ago, the first couple strolling around the White House lawn hand-in-hand after getting back from dinner. A quiet stroll somewhere on the front lawn then towards the back, away from the prying eyes of the fishbowl media. Tonight's a bit different though. Mr. O. is taking Mizzez to the Big Apple. No word on what they'll do or where, but I hope we'll bump into one another. If I do, I'll tell 'em you said "hi".
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May
10 |
 Strong coffee, anxious to get out for some sun on the humid streets of Manhattan, considering next career move, dinner with Doug, do I REALLY need that pair of Nikes, why do my nieces never call, how is Boudreaux, problems friends are having which they can't see for themselves, just remembered those four shirts at the dry cleaners, I could really use a trip someplace happy and above all, Mom is heavy on my mind. I miss you mama.
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May
8 |
 Forget or a moment the oddity some may find in seeing a guy walking down the street in a skirt, but Jeremy Kerr of my hometown doesn't refer to it that way, he just calls it what it is; a fucking KILT.
During a recent appearance at a court house in New Orleans Kerr was yelled at and stopped by a New Orleans police officer who demanded Kerr explain why he was wearing a skirt. I'm going to skip the whole "it's the culture of some people who should have the right to wear their indigenous garb" argument and just ask the question, SO WHAT?!? What if the guy wore a skirt and heels? Perhaps earrings? Odd? You bet, to me anyway. Illegal? Immoral? Otherwise inappropriate? No, not unless we're going to force woman back to the kitchen and out of slacks, jeans and pants suits.
There are all sorts of issues with this but chief among them, in my cough medicine with codeine hazy head is the growing, incessant, dangerous double standards in our society being faced by men and the fact no one is talking about them. Check out the link below and decide for yourself: and if you decide the cop was right, please stop reading my blog and don't contact me until you've reached synergy with your therapist.
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May
6 |
 Nothing is impossibly new other than my careless lack of attention of this website and other things; sadly that isn't really so new at all, so scratch what I wrote above.
When I decided to update BBS this morning, I was going to write a post about my sudden case of strep throat over the weekend, my lack of seeing Boudreaux and how my dad still doesn't seem to be coping with the loss of my mom all so well, but that's just sadness. Blah. I'd much rather know about how some of YOU are doing, especially those of you outside the U.S. who've been so nice about sending notes and questions. Emile in London, are you serious about cooking school in Illinois?!? REALLY? Frank in Toronto, thank you. ThankYouVeryMuch and yes, it really does look like that. ;-) Person in France who works at Versailles and whose name I can't pronounce, much less type; are you still with us and did you see San Francisco?
Other news? I'm no longer going to Asia for work, or anyplace else for work for that matter, my nephew broke up with his fiance' of six years and quickly claimed a new bride-to-be, I decided to return to the gym before renting out ad space on my stomach became an irresistible option, we have a black man as president (positive thing) whom we elected regardless of knowing nothing about (bad thing), I've explored the battlefields of Gettysburg, the beaches of Delaware and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the last three months and organized a 'Free Hugs' MeetUp group to make random people smile, so all is not lost. So, how have you been? Really?
-JD
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