Stoner Scum / "Spider-Man 3" / "Super Size Me" / Governor Corzine / NFL Draft / TGO7 (?) / Reading

1) For someone with much too much time on his hands, seeing two kids smoking a joint behind the building next door to mine is like a dream come true. If I linger in the doorway of the study, I can see them there; one white kid and one black kid – the black kid works on getting the joint together while the white kid keeps a look out. They were eventually joined by a big titted girl, but until and unless she starts pulling a train for the two of them, her presence is uninteresting.

I intend on posting notes for them on the wall they were leaning against; further developments as they warrant. This could be a very entertaining week after all.

2) Waiting to see Spider-Man 3? Well hell brother, you may as well wait five more months, rent the DVD and save yourself $10 - $20. You won’t be missing anything.

3) Finally saw Super Size Me a few weeks ago; Propagandist Tripe. Should I think of something as succinct that more graphically gets my thoughts across, I'll let you know.

4) While away I missed the opportunity to comment on New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s SUV accident. He was on his way to – um, mediate? – the meeting between Imus the First and the Rutgers ladies basketball team (in all their bulletproof glory) when he went off the road; having almost died in a car, I appreciate his recent struggles.

But, uh, I couldn’t help but notice: no seat belt, speeding, and he was driving a SUV?! Don’t all those things in tandem get you kicked out of the Wacky Liberal Club? If all that weren’t enough, the motorcade taking Governor Corzine from the hospital home was, at times, tooling along at 15 miles per hour over the posted limit with no emergency lights flashing. These lights would have at least made other motorists aware they were presence of someone for whom traffic laws, from front to back, just do not apply.

5) Pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year I beat out a small group of anti-social, like-minded loons to win our annual NFL Draft contest. These were my correct picks, for which I received two points apiece.

One - JaMarcus Russell (quarterback, Louisiana State) to the Oakland Raiders.
Two - Calvin Johnson (wide receiver, Georgia Tech) to the Detroit Lions.
Three - Joe Thomas (tackle, Wisconsin) to the Cleveland Browns.
Four – Gaines Adams (defensive end, Clemson) to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Five – Levi Brown (tackle, Penn State) to the Arizona Cardinals.
Six – LaRon Landry (safety, Louisiana State) to the Washington Redskins.
Seven – Adrian Peterson (running back, Oklahoma) to the Minnesota Vikings.
Fifteen – Lawrence Timmons (linebacker, Florida State) to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Twenty-nine – Ben Grubbs (guard, Auburn) to the Baltimore Ravens.

For the second straight year, a late round pick killed the rest of the league; this year on the twenty-ninth pick, last year on the thirty-first. For predicting the Beloved Denver Broncos would draft Jarvis Moss (defensive end, Florida) with the twenty-first pick – it didn’t, but traded up to seventeen to get him – Team TGO received a point for an accurate team-player call, making the grand total of nineteen points. The nearest opponent scored seventeen points.

6) Once Lincoln’s Tomb collapsed, I started thinking of something else to do; something rare and interesting. While chatting with The White Yoko last week, I brought up that old political autobiography idea again, but there’s no point to that. It ought not be written, and besides that, I’m fucking sick of myself.

Something did finally pop into my head late Saturday night / Sunday morning; it rendered me sleepless (to which an unfortunate Law student at The People’s Republic of Columbia University can attest; she was pelted with dopey text messages and one phone call). Will spend a couple weeks looking into the feasibility of the idea.

7) Currently reading Gerald Posner’s book about the Kennedy assassination, Case Closed. Upcoming, The Wages of Destruction, a study of the Nazi economy; another light, breezy read. Between the two, I intend to squeeze in The Education of Ronald Reagan, about the former president’s time at General Motors, and how he evolved into conservatism.