Schmaltz und Grieben mit Alois, Klaus, Deb und der Lugers

October 2007

10/30/07:

...GUESS NOT: Every now and then, I read the TV listings to see if there's anything on these days besides reality shows about morons. Here's a gem I found today:

MOONLIGHT: Jack the Ripper is undead and well and has gone high-tech. Prostitutes were the mysterious British serial killer's favorite target, and the same is true of the teenage vampire whom Mick (Alex O'Loughlin) is hunting in the new episode "Arrested Development." But instead of prowling the streets for his victims, he finds them online. An intimate encounter has Mick and Beth (Sophia Myles) feeling awkward. Ah, sexual tension—gotta love it.

Pheeeew. Talk about "arrested development"...

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TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY: Rock and roll never forgets, and neither do we. Here's Carla Gugino in a reprise.

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10/29/07:

HE'S DAMNED LUCKY WE WEREN'T THE JUDGE: A jerkoff who throws a dog off a balcony to prove a point to his girlfriend?

He thinks three years in prison is harsh?!?

We'd have him swabbing out shower stalls for the lonely lads at Gitmo for the rest of his natural life.

We at S&G take a very hard line on animal cruelty (as well as white-collar crime).

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10/28/07:

BLOGGING DISCOMFITURE: Y'all may have noticed that posting here has been lighter than usual of late.

That may have something to do with the fact that Klaus has been tending to his ailing mother in Pennsylvania since July, Deb is in the early stages of being, as they say, "with child," and yours truly is working those insane hours (although working any hours beats the hell out of the alternative). So none of us has had our usual opportunities to make snide commentaries upon the news o' the day.

HOWEVER, that does not mean that S&G will be going "on hiatus" or anything like that, because that's what communists want and it would mean that the terrorists win. It may mean, on the other hand, that what you will see hereabouts could be (to quote Frank Zappa) "horribly foreshortened" and possibly devoid of mega-caloric content*. So please be patient. We ain't going anywhere. Really.

*"Schmaltz und Grieben Lite"...eeewwwwwww.

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10/26/07:

YEAH, BECAUSE YOU'RE A CLUELESS ASSHOLE: Seen today in Madison: A Volvo-drivin', Birkenstock-shod "older female" with a bumper sticker proclaiming I'M ALREADY AGAINST THE NEXT WAR.

Imagine the depths of blithering dementia that this no-doubt "educated," Sunday-Times-reading harridan has descended to. And she's probably allowed to vote. Only in America...

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A BROTHERSTON MOMENT(TM) HACK, HAR, WHEEZE, SOIL MESELF! The University of North Carolina-Asheville comes up with further inconveniences for those students not afflicated with paresis of the frontal lobes:

UNC Asheville will have reached diversity when:

􀂃 Classes will include substantial variety in the participants’ religion, ideas, political convictions, gender, ability, gender preference, socio-economic status, race, and ethnicity, even if these differences are not visible or otherwise evident.

􀂃 Students, faculty, or staff members seeking to form a committee will have a diverse group of participants; identifying individuals with the appropriate expertise, representation, and availability for the committee will provide sufficient diversity.

􀂃 Photographs taken on campus on any given day will reflect a variety of visible diversity.

􀂃 Students will have ample opportunities, both in class and out of class, to interact with, learn from, and get to know other students, as well as faculty and staff members, of differing cultures, language, ethnicity, race, religion, political conviction, ideas, abilities, and preferences.

􀂃 Immersion experiences in other cultures will be a common component of a UNC Asheville student’s experience, with encouragement, support, and camaraderie to do so readily.

􀂃 Opportunities for service to the community will strive to include participation with populations and situations that students have not experienced in their lives so far...

I especially like the part about "differing political conviction"—as if anyone not hewing to the neo-Marxist, Church Of Political Correctness party line would not be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail.

Asheville (where my paternal grandfather used to live) was once a good, redneck, God-fearing town. How did this nation sink so far that these PC communists are even able to show their faces in the neighborhood... much less dictate policy?

(Hat tip: Deb)

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10/24/07:

SUX TO BE YOU: And it couldn't have happened to a nicer town.

But the home of Sioux City Sue takes it on the chin.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Saw a bumper sticker in Madison this morning (actually one of those ribbons that used to symbolize support for our troops before they became used for everything and thereby completely meaningless) that said PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.

I said aloud: "Yeah. And then what?"

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TUESDAY ON WEDNESDAY (SIGH) AGAIN: More to follow shortly, due to the constant exigencies of etc. etc. etc. Anyway, Jessica sez hello.

Image credit: Bullz-Eye

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10/21/07:

SEVEN O'CLOCK AND I'M GOING TO BED. HOW PATHETIC IS THAT? One big drawback of my new job is that I've got to be in bed before 8 PM because my shift starts at 4:20 AM (and it's a pretty lengthy commute to the gig). For a natural-born night owl like me, this goes totally against everything in my nature.

On the other hand, I get to see plenty of the night. I just see it from behind the wheel of a 40-passenger bus, circling aimlessly through the mostly empty hospital parking lots of Madison.

Hell, with these hours, I might as well become a professional musician again. I'd hit town just in time to play the after-hours clubs, fresh as a daisy.

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