Quote January 31, 2007
Posted by Mark in : Layers , add a comment“Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work.â€
- Gustave Flaubert 
My Niece January 22, 2007
Posted by Mark in : Family, Friends, I'm Not Gay , add a commentMy brother and family passed though LA yesterday on their way to San Diego. They met Arthur, Jeremiah and me for lunch at a 50’s diner in Sherman Oaks. We had a great time. Later in the day my brother sent me a text message. S is my niece. It read:
“S asked if A&J were gay and said she knew because a) they are cute together and b) their hands were nicely moisturized.”
Fly Fishing January 20, 2007
Posted by Mark in : Blogging, Moving , add a comment“There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.â€
~Patrick F. McManus, Never Sniff a Gift Fish (1979)
Groundhog Day January 19, 2007
Posted by Mark in : Freedom, Politics , add a commentThis year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the
Union address occur on the same day. As Air America
Radio pointed out, “It is an ironic juxtaposition of
events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we
look to a creature of little intelligence for
prognostication while the other involves a
groundhog.”
California Dreamin’ - Part 2 January 17, 2007
Posted by Mark in : Moving , add a comment
California Dreamin’ January 15, 2007
Posted by Mark in : Freedom, Music , add a commentby
John and Michelle Phillips
All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey
I’ve been for a walk on a Winter’s day
I’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.
California dreamin’ on such a Winter’s day
Stopped into a church I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray
You know, the preacher liked the cold - he knows I’m gonna stay
California dreamin’ on such a Winter’s day
All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey
I’ve been for a walk on a Winter’s day
If I didn’t tell her, I could leave today
California dreamin’ on such a Winter’s day
