for current monkey biz go HERE 5.25: a crush on Vermont? the Chron's Rob Morse has one personally speaking, we gotza crush on sumbuddy else, & she know who she bee... ~ ~ ~ bad dog? ~ ~ ~ cracklin' dick cheney & Space Commander Bush a pair of Tom Tomorrow Cartoons from local weekly fishwrap, San Francisco Bay Guardian ~ ~ ~ seems like they left shoe shopping off the list... somebody posits what women need to be happy ~ ~ ~ from the NYT, Looking back on Miles ~ ~ ~ & this one last thing to kick off your Friday are you also getting Monday off? oh yah, well, we hope so... turn this up, & get ready to dance ~ ~ ~ monkey superior jumped the gun... really only Thurs nite, but we be SO busy on Fri... for now, visit el lobo's wwyw & because we care, here's something with a friday follyish flavor: The Odd Duck The Center for the Easily Amused hokay keeedz, go onnaouttadere & maykada worl' a bettah place 5.24: we fond of toast TOO from Slate, at home w/Wallace & Gromit More chewy linkage goodness: Nick Park; Aardman Animation; the Creature Comforts film; that last & more also available from Atom Films ~ ~ ~ yah babee! 2 of our favorite things... sex & poetry & for extra value added linky goodness, we include this one, too ~ ~ ~ they got a lot more to apologize for & datz da truut Rooth! McDonald's sez "Sorry 'bout the fries." ~ ~ ~ the esteemed Senator from Vermont Sen. Jeffords statement on his decision ~ ~ ~ feliz cumpleanos a roberto d something is happenin', but ya don'know what it is... photo by Jim Marshall, from Early Dylan, Bullfinch Press more dylanish linkage at: C's Book Notes from 10 years ago from Time Magazine's 100 Dylan; Cohen; Poetry & the Popular Song mebbe mo' laytah... 5.23: our kind o' place cynicalbastards.com tippin' da ol'red fez in direction of bifurcated rivets ~ ~ ~ a man of conscience? could such a man be a member of the U.S. Senate? write Senator Jeffords in support, whether you are Vermontese or not... link from Electronic Activist, & thanks to hardworking pal at hhns for the linkage heads-up... ~ ~ ~ atom eve James Ridgeway on the resident's recent scheme, from the Village Voice ~ ~ ~ dear katz & kitteez ohmanohmanohman, D.S.S. Self-Esteem is foundering a bit of late, unable to extricate ourselves from rocky shoals of disgust & dismay w/events in the world today, near & far, the all too apparent lack of real leadership in this country, the related absence of vision & interest in anything other than short-term gain & lining the already sable-lined pockets of the wealthy. It may only take a day or two, but yours truly needs to recharge & resupply, before we end up on the rocks, spine broken & unsalvageable... you all go on out there & fight the good fight... ~ ~ ~ bored are we? check the daily bleed, & find nuggets of linky goodness like this one 5.22: the payback from Slate, the resident's legal team & patronage yah, sorry, we know it a week late, but we not getting around like we useta, & particularly when it comes to dubya, it hurts, it still fuckin' hurts knowing that there's years of this crap ahead of us.... ~ ~ ~ yea, verily. we usually do... related story here, again from local fishwrap... ~ ~ ~ a good thing to know... Buy Your Books thru the Powell's Employee Union this heads-up from the fine minds at IBS ~ ~ ~ so much stupidity, so much idiocy in the world today, & here's another example of it. makes us weep, makes us SO sad, almos' wanna give up... ~ ~ ~ Coppola's literary indulgence... the story from this Am's fishwrap Zoetrope All Story yessss, & a big hearty "Right On" to Francis ~ ~ ~ we humbly submit our petition for your forgiveness 'cause it's good for ya! ~ ~ ~ protest... ~ ~ ~ let's play 5.21: from one curmudgeon to another... bravo Senor Davis, bravo & if someofyaz evah in 'da neighborhood, drop us a note & we'll buy ya a drink at that other Hotsy-Totsy club... ~ ~ ~ eau de texass many thanks to the astute mind @ The Coffee Grounds & here's the column in the Sunday Observer Yah, datzda ticket, we movin' to England... ~ ~ ~ a man, a map, a misunderstanding ~ ~ ~ yah, okayokayokay... we did use the word "intermittent"... we wanted to share this discovery, courtesy Riley Dog ~ ~ ~ sheeeesh! okay, right... horroscopo de capricornico: While everybody around you is sweating and straining, you are the picture of cool. When the going gets tough, Capricorn, you get going. The self-control and grace that you demonstrate under pressure encourages others to keep pushing until the job is done. Creative, yet practical, ideas flow from your mind, which turns potential stress into a playful experience of invention and discovery. no, sorry, not today it ain't ~ ~ ~ the horror, the horror our dislike of mondays has increased with the frequency of five-day workweeks which have been our lot in life of late, & the quality of the weekend seems to make very little difference in any attempt of ours at "attitude adjustment", goddam, just lobotomize me & maybe this whole wage slave business will be easier to stomach... so what did you do over the weekend? ourowndamnself enjoyed a really marvelous meal, at local Thai restaurant that had remained off of our list to try for such a very long time, and as Brother K was in town (solo, sans kinder & Liz-Beth) we thought, after a morning of CD shopping at Amoeba's on Telegraph, to check it out. oh, tres yummy! the laker-dudes also managed to show up and play extremely well in game one of the Finals (yah, we know it's the WCF, but as far as any genuine hoopster's aware, this is The Finals) & unlike last year, we have avoided much mention of one of our fave pastimes & spectator sports roundball, hoops, basketball, in other words. Nah, no particular reason, 'cepting perhaps we got a feeling that no one but ourowndamnself & a select few (howdy K.M.!) gave a damn... we actually a little on the flat side emotionally, not feeling our usual feisty self, the tenor of the times has a lot to do with it, along w/what appears to be the general acceptance of the status quo, and we not sure why it getting under our skin so, but it is... found these via NYT, Paul Krugman sez Burn, Baby, Burn;    Maureen Dowd, Drill, Grill & Chill & as we pretty much avoided anything to do with webstuff this weekend, that's all folks... activity here be very light & intermittent this week, & yah, we know we said that before but we're feeling the need to restore our equilibrium a bit, so perhaps after the impending holiday weekend we'll return w/a fresh face & invigorated sense of self worth, but before we take our leave, check out the mighty fresh looks at Pith & Vinegar & haha no serious 5.18: let's kick some ass this Am... Tell Me All The Things You Do from Kiln House/Fleetwood Mac very fine Mac site ~ ~ ~ for fans of a certain redhead SCULLYTHON, raising money for neurofibromatosis research 11Am-11Pm SATURDAY ONLY, Union Square Room, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell St, SF FREE Admission, but PLEASE donate... www.starlyght.com/scullython ~ ~ ~ dere's hope fer sum of yaz yet... leave the straight&narrow path behind... Friendly Cashiers the horror, the horror... ~ ~ ~ whew! it's finally friday, an' we are beat, plainly weary enough at this point to consider cancelling friday nite plans as we not looking forward to anything more than going back to bed at this particular moment... mona mona R U Tired 2? he's tired too yah, that tired he's too tired too another tired person Oh Oh... Too Tired tired, but not THAT tired okayokayokay, had our first cuppa, got our clothes on & heading out da door soon, hope the day's a busy one, so that the hours fly by & we be headin' back here, maybe pick up some energy along the way... some miscellanea for a friday follyish feeling: William Burroughs passing koltershock kissmyass.com fist white trash devil 5.17: it's in our best interest to read this Cheney-Bush National Energy Policy ignorance is not an excuse, and ain't it like the bush residency to spell "Foreword" Forward???? ~ ~ ~ damn! no wonder! sun burn hence our personal fondness for foggy/cloudy days, rainy weather... ~ ~ ~ high in fiber, nuggets of linky goodness the resident faces more criticism & likely deservedly so, also if you've not read the D.Cheney profile in the May 7 New Yorker, do so, and fully realize who's running the show... marriage expert E. Fein w/more rules yessss, the d'monkey is huge proponent of romance, longslowwetdeepkisses, major make-out sessions, feeding yummy fruit & tasty goodies to lover in bed sharing showers & baths & running 'round the house naked at every opportunity... rules? Rules? RULES? we don' need no steenkin' rules! hoooo boy, dis opens up a can of worms heartless bitch rants wingchun hissyfit majority of this Am's post inspired by pal SmartyMarty in note responding to yesterday's marriage related post and what we think is "thou shalt follow thy heart, take a chance on love, spread it around, share it with your friends got someone special you fond of? do something really nice for them don't expect a lot in return, just do it, and then do something nice for yourowndamnself, be in the moment, enjoy the moment, don't waste time on regrets & that should'a/could'a thing"... 5.16: alors! ze French are prudes??? mais oui, when it comes to reality TV reality my ass... ~ ~ ~ forecast: light & intermittent activity... more news that isn't really news ~ ~ ~ we fat fat fat fat fat... enuf alreddy!!! stop w/the burgerking, bigmacmadness, friedfoodcrazinezz! this from the NYT this from our beloved local fishwrap the NHLBI site the NIH site sumbuddy get us a cheeseburger! ~ ~ ~ holy boy!!! pravda-speak on dubya this heads-up brought to you by fuckyou.org ~ ~ ~ The Dog Museum tippin' da ol'red fez to the fine mind at metascene ~ ~ ~ Nicholson Baker, Atlantic Interview ~ ~ ~ ahhhh, maybe a couple of lobotomies? married life ~ ~ ~ a brief reminder this heads-up re earlier d'monkey offer.... 5.15: right on, roger e. the dearth of great american films cadged from the Guardian UK Film page whoa, babee, talk about appetites, sexual & otherwise ~ ~ ~ ohhhh yah, like 'dis iz newz... tax cuts for those needy rich folks ~ ~ ~ 'dis iz not newz either, ya know... gurlz will be gurlz ~ ~ ~ second-hand news... in re the American Way: one nation, in a jam how green is my garage Bush runs on empty stupid government tricks much more anti-bush stuff ~ ~ ~ seemingly unrelated to any damn thing linkage but the careful & painstaking peruser will make the connections... why we like R. Sapolsky so much besides being married to someone whose name begins w/L, hangin' w/his fellow primates and a healthy dislike for deepak c. we on the non-celebrity atheist list another book on our list once upon a time there was a threat of a lawsuit can deepak say "talk to my lawyers"? shameless mind Top 25 deepak c. sites 5.14: can you say idiocy? idiocy, idiocy, idiocy, sure, we knew you could... ~ ~ ~ forgive our mondaymorn muddleheadedness... we wuz certain we posted something recently re A Primate's Memoir, but am damned if we can locate it so, anywayz, here's this interview from Salon (AHA! we found that earlier monkey-biznezz) ~ ~ ~ greeting & salutations to the kind stranger at this site; turns out this lovely person has posted a link to our portal of sorts, so "Hello" to the many visitors stopping by, we do hope you enjoy your visit... ~ ~ ~ Many webloggers made it a point to acknowledge the passing of Douglas Adams a few days ago, & we'd like to pass along link to K.C. Pat's brief tribute as well as mention that occasionally stopping in at 42 is good & good for you ~ ~ ~ as extra-added measure of linky monday morning goodness we'll include these few links from local fishwrap of choice: season of solar storms J. Carroll free-associates going gently into his geezerhood oooh, if only we could... ~ ~ ~ we thinkz we gotz the date right... oh man, this weekend flew by, hard to believe we headin' right back to the j-o-b for another 5-day stint, uggggghhhhhhh... spent a very nice afternoon w/Bro K, Liz-Beth & the kinder yesterday, hope you all had a pleasant weekend, ours couldn't have been much better, altho we certainly wished it stuck around a leeeeeeetle longer... for you, on this beautiful day in May, some of the beauty around Chez D'monkey    lovely, no? wish we could give 'em to you in person... we leave you with a couple of interesting links we ran into yesterday: this very curious site, courtesy Bovine Inversus; & Sue Coe's The Tragedy of War, from Graphic Witness, which we were clued into by yesterday's Daily Bleed 5.13: wishing alla 'da Momz out dere a Happy Mother's Day our own momz was here recently, & we wuz stuck in a 5-day workweek and unable to really take advantage of the time available to us together, but we make it up to you next time, Momz, we promise... & 'cause we feelink kinda lazy this Am, we point ya in direction of previous monkee-biz at this time of year anna big ol' HMD to you too Natachazz! 5.12: so long, hitchhiker... Douglas Adams exits this vale of tears more in tribute from BBC World News 5.11: Bush's Fuzzy Math the heads-up from the Washington Post Krugman's story excerpted in The New Republic ~ ~ ~ and age shall not diminish the passionate nature of the macho centenarian latin lover ~ ~ ~ too fuckin' right! john coltrane IS a fuckin' genius tippin' the ol'red fez to Dan@apathy for linkage ~ ~ ~ a minor miracle, but a miracle nevertheless... making it to Friday again, is what we talkin' about, this 5 day week is... is... is... the pits, that's what it is, and if we don't get offa our lazy fuzzy butt & really get to work on the important stuff, damn, we'd hate to think of spending years doing the regular 9-5, monday thru friday trick. Painful just thinking about it... so, with little fanfare & fireworks, we present to you some Friday Follyish linkage: hmmmmm, perhaps the gift that keeps on giving (somehow); tippin' the ol'red fez to Link Machine Go for the surrealist link; have we passed the werd to you previously? our apologies if such is the case, it's this working 5 days a week addles our brain we know we have passed along this link before, but for all the new visitors: The Globe-Guardian; oh, and fair warning, this site likely to upset some delicate natures: rotten.com another contributor to monkey-biznezz in the realm of blog-dom: chimptopia; & lastly, for now at least, this clever little way to waste time: the random photo album no, really, this will be the last link for now, gwb misguided imagery tour 5.10: alright, please don't sue us... a few days ago, whilst perusing fave blogsters, we came across this interesting link (thanks for the heads-up to wood s lot otra vez...), in which the esteemed Mr. Moore reminds us that the majority of our elected officials are serving the same masters, and those masters do not include the electorate, as big money talks in national politics, increasingly so in all other political theatres; that we are ninnies to believe that the incoming administration is evil incarnate, replacing lofty ideals & strategems w/crass ideology & the favoring of oil/energy/industrial benefactors. Whoa, no kidding. And then here again recently Mr. Moore responds to those taking issue w/his earlier discourse (& we have to mention how very grateful we are to Mark Woods of the aforementioned weblog, YOU DA MAN!) reminding us that it is OUR responsibility to PAY ATTENTION, & each and every day do something to increase the awareness of the national condition, and we mean our personal awareness as well as that of our friends, family and neighbors. Let's ALL spend the next four years being the "biggest pain in the ass ol' George has had since that cop made him take a Breathalyzer.". So, if you stumble across the ol' dumbmonkey and what you see here resonates for you somehow, check in with many of the other concerned weblog writers in this informal alliance, send their urls to your pals, your mom and dad, your co-workers even if they voted republican (gawd, what an awful thought); awaken them to the value of mining a variety of sources for information, the importance of an INFORMED ELECTORATE, to be absolutely certain when once again casting a vote, one has a rationale for doing so, a commitment to a belief beyond simple(-minded) party allegiance, and then DON"T STOP PAYING ATTENTION. Raise HELL! ~ ~ ~ hip hip Hooray! 3 cheers for Dr. Menlo & his discovery of the Deep Web, aka Los Otros or Les Autres... psssssst, more Dr. Menlo here (now we really gotz t'get that ex-crackhead t'work on updating it) more later, dear katz & kittyz... 5.9: latest issue, & new contest Naked Poetry ~ ~ ~ from this day's zen calendar page Think of Zen, of the Void, of Good and Evil, and you are bound hand and foot. Think only and entiely and completely of what you are doing at the moment and you are free as a bird. R. H. Blyth w/a little about Mr Blyth ~ ~ ~ vite vite! must make mention of this news, from SF Gate, the Kerouac Scroll hits the road yah, much like ourself, a genuine bohemian relic... ~ ~ ~ some changes afoot... certainly notable in our scheme of things, so we first offer up our congratulatons & BEST WISHES to La Reina del Sur for the bright future awaiting her at NCSU. Bravo, amica mia, Bravo! Another major change of note is the suspension of activity at the esteemed BookNotes; it appears Craig is taking a hiatus from his daily attentions & altho he be missed, we have some idea that he'll be returning sometime in the future to pick up where he left off. In the interim though, it appears that a cohort of Craig's, Fred Lapides, has launched a new weblog, Bush Wacker which will be an addition to WWYW as soon as we get off our complacent, lazy, fuzzy buns & do some site-maintenance. Want to mention our awareness of Bush Wacker due to the timely mention of it's appearance at another very fine weblog, wood s lot, which leads me to this question: What is it about Canadians & weblogs anyway? Seems that many of the fine efforts we enjoy on a regular basis all have a "northern neighbor" as the wizard behind the curtain; believe us, we not complaining, just interesting to note that Riley Dog, Pith & Vinegar, No Surrender, alongside the aforementioned wood s lot & others that we likely overlooking at this moment are all birthed in the grey matter of astute Canadian citizens. Speaking of 'blogs of note, there will be a fairly substantial updating of Les Autres as our astronomer in residence has finally kicked his crack cocaine habit and has been ordered back to work as part of his rehabilitation & work furlough program. okayokayokay, enough of this, here's a link to something by P.J. O'Rourke, just don't go and get the wrong idea 'bout yours truly, okay? ~ ~ ~ a quick & quiet heads up lo & behold, awaiting us in our post office box, the Spring 2001 issue of DoubleTake, fine magazine just chock full of goodies and VERY LITTLE advertising (& what's there is content related) seems their website needs some updating though, but don't let that prevent you from hieing thyself out to local fine bookseller & picking up a copy of your very own to peruse... tell you what. write us an essay, oh, say 300-500 words on the importance of poetry in your life, send it to us, & be sure to include a mailing address and the ol' silverback hizzonedamnself will buy you a subscription. now, there is some limit to our generousity, but we figure maybe we can make at least 10 of you out there happy so send in your submissions before the end of the month and don't say the d'monkey never offered you anything good... 5.8: contemplating digital media as an archival medium, from SF Gate ~ ~ ~ oddities & miscellanea in between bouts of wrestling w/language, attempting to form a tale from bits of memory & hastily sketched notes, we paused and ventured into the ether... spillway, where we found The Greatest Teen Film Ever Made; this for the self-absorbed amongst us: rateyourself.com; Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart; more urban legends than you can shake a stick at; we not sure why you be shaking a stick at anything quite frankly... for some of us, some difficult questions here exploring electronic consciousness at spark.com Chaucer & Courtly Love No, Not Courtney Love... Study Guide for Medieval Love Songs we'll stop here w/ Gorsky's Love Letter generator 5.7: a timely heads-up from The Nation, The Baffler in Flames c'mon, y'all, lend a hand & get this fine publication back on it's feet (oh & by the way subscriptions make lovely gifts...) ~ ~ ~ hmmmmm... so nice we read it twice... ~ ~ ~ sorta quiet around Chez D'monkey... had the pleasure of meine Mutter's company for the last week & 1/2, & was nice particularly as we relate to each other well as friends, which enhances the mother & son relationship immensely. It is another blessing to have a guest so adroit at the kind of household things that yours truly still hasn't quite got a grip on, (not that he ever intends to) like keeping the linen closet neat & tidy, arranging the drygoods in the pantry, neatly stashing away all the miscellaneous tools & what-not of everyday life into boxes on shelves, and lining them up neatly one next to the other. Some new curtains in the living room and it may be a day or two before we realize where & / or what the other surprise may be, Ennnnywayz, Momz, it was great to have you around and we promise a visit to you out there in arid desert south-west sometime this summer & help you do some things around your house. Hey, how about the rest of youse? Didja havva fine weekend? Awfully damn summery around here since last thursday, with more of that kinda thing in store, an excellent day to observe a mental health holiday from the j-o-b, but glutton for punishment that we are, we headin' on in to the daily grind in a little while from now... out inattention to issues around here lately has been sporadic, but we did want to note the passing of the great Billy Higgins, an obit from local fishwrap here, & we just want to mention that if you have listened to jazz on a regular basis over the years of your life you are very likely to have heard Mr. Higgin's fine work alongside many fine artists, we know he'll be missed. Since we in that kind of free-association, jazzy mood, here's a couple of jazz related links for your perusal: downbeat.com; fine jazz record label, ECM Records; jazzvalley.com; jazzhouse.org; some miscellaneous jazz-related linkage just a taste of the yummy fine goodness available whenever you stop by our place so don't be a stranger, come by again soon, there are a few changes in the workz, and if nothing else, you'll be entertained & amused, possibly occasionally miffed at us but whotdahell, gotta be real... 5.4: 2 words about survivor: Who Cares? ~ ~ ~ ohh it has been a L O N G week... this particular mammal has never been fond of the traditional 40 hour week, & has been fortunate enough to have avoided same for most of his working life but like bad karma, it appears that we are going to be locked into that kind of schedule for some time, and, believe us, we not seeking your sympathy, on the contrary, it likely provide us with more of that ourselves for the wretched working masses out there in the world around me, as really, we have very little to complain about. It's a pleasant working environment & although "corporate", you'd be hard put to imagine anything about the place we are employed if you went by my own appearance whilst on the j-o-b; it pays well & there are some fine benefits; it's a union gig which is a good thing in these days & times. So, mostly it's a matter of acclimating ourselves to the rigors of 9-5 & (mostly) 7am-3pm, and figure in about an hour or so on the commute to the city & back. Oh, and we'd like to thank the couple of folks who responded positively to the "streamin' consciousness" entry of the previous morn, and it is likely we may be indulging ourowndamnself in more of the same in future entries here, so consider yourselves forewarned. In the meantime, a little bit of friday fun stuff for you: this little tribute to the hardest working man in show-biz; link cadged from The Daily Bleed (of 5.3.00) (some fine little wav files to utilize there) this very interesting & cool-looking item pointed out to us by the hardworking lass over at HHNS Can of Whoop-Ass makes a great gift! speaking 'bout whoop ass, how 'bout a diaperful alright, treading on dangerous ground here, from asianjoke.com, top 10 signs you joined the wrong dojo our amigos in the southland might appreciate these witticisms: Southern Comments alongside these Redneck Jokes; (& believe us, there are rednecks a-plenty here in the land of high cotton) DAMN, it's time to fly, outta here and to that j-o-b... later on, katz & kittyz, have yourselves a great one... 5.3: d a m n . . . can you say z o m b i e ? now we never get to sleep tonite ~ ~ ~ streamin' consciousness... he's late, overslept by an hour, so time enough for quick shower, dressing, & out the door & into the monkeymobile for quick trip to the Bart station, cassette of Best of Spinners playing "One of A Kind Love Affair", which continues playing in his mind, providing the soundtrack to his morning commute into the the city, damn, am i tired and the poor fool hasn't had ANY kind of caffeinated beverage yet... the train arrives, & there's a pause of a few long moments as he stands behind woman who upon entering train stops to look both ways, for that perfect AM commute seat, damn... lady, get outta the way. She scurries down the middle of the car, thru the doors into the car ahead, he takes a seat across from the door he entered from... "one of a kind, love affair is, the kind of love that you read about in a fairy tale" contemplates taking CD player from bag o'tricks & zen-ning out on tunes during the 25 minute ride into the city, decides against it, tune in his head pleasant enough that he can close his eyes & listen to it... lady who stopped short upon entering car earlier comes back thru the door still looking for that perfect seat, he quietly observes others entering car at each stop, the train exits the underground tunnel just south of the Ashby station and it is now obvious the day will be a warm and sunny one, the sun clearly above the eastern horizon, the sky cloudless and a shade of bleached blue, no hint of fog anywhere along the western horizon, where the city lies glistening in the early morning sunlight, it is going to be a hot one today, he is thinking of the previous afternoon when he chose to ride the bus home instead, how warm it was then, inwardly glad he left the windows open overnight so that he won't return home to stuffy over-heated house, maybe go back out tonite and finish the yardwork, laughs quietly to himself recalling getting home and noticing the front yard mowed knowing his houseguest (monkeymomz) somehow managed to accomplish that yet knew it wasn't done with his reel mower, too evenly cut, so how did she.... then realized the reason behind her request yesterday am for Bro K's phone number and suddenly knew, without any doubt, that K had brought along his mower, aghhhhh but he had to laugh, had to laugh 'cause he knows she does it all outta love.... he spies tall attractive brunette, shoulder length hair, stepping into car from the car ahead and as she walks past him, the shoulder length brown hair inspires the thought of his bent & dented friend, the note she sent yesterday afternoon, & his intent to have responded to it more fully, overlooked yesterday evening as he decided to work in yard, catch some playoff hoops on the tube, only to fall asleep on the living room sofa, eventually awakening after 11, crawling into bed, sleeping soundly until waking earlier, & undergoing the mild panic of realizing his tardiness... "And though you know you're right But you got to make a little sacrifice, You make it for love," the train speeds thru the trans-bay tunnel, he alights at the third stop into the city, up the esacalator, a quick stop at Walgreen's for favorite Odwalla Strawberry C Monster the two block stroll to Chronicle building at 5th & Mish, passing sleeping homeless fella, on the brick-laid sidewalk in front of the old Emporium building his dog asleep next to him, lying on top of the sleeping bag, dog is OUT, not even a twitch of an ear as he strolls pass them, he thinking for a moment wish i had the camera with me... finally in the building, stopping by coffee shop in lobby where Joe & Fili are already hard at work, "John, you want your 'John-Special'?" OH YEAH!!!! these two are the hardest working pair in the building, he feels for them particularly on Free Coffee Days, when EVERYONE in the building's lining up for coffee on the company dime, and for Joe & Fili, a labor of love, from 6AM to 5:30PM and another hour of clean-up afterwards... grabbing a copy of the morning fishwrap, into the elevator & up to the killing floor double-short latte in hand, and as ready as he'll ever be, but damn, one HELLA-tired ol' silverbacked beast, and ready for the week-end.... 5.2: read Riley Dog one of the Best in the West, for fine linkage like this: How We Really Use The Web, Chap. 2 & you'll never (we hope) have to put up w/folks discussing what they found in their toilets, their fondness for single-digit salutes, & other assorted travails of twenty-somethinghood... ~ ~ ~ could there be two Mr. Irritables??? jon carroll goes to the movies yah, we irritable lately (& HOW!!!), hell, who isn't, what w/alladat nonsense in WashDC, our seeming helplessness in the face of the saber-rattling & renewal of intent to fund "space-based" deterrents (can you say "George Bush has a small penis"?) the short-sightedness of our elected representatives as well as many of our fellow citizens, particularly those in the market for the newest biggest gas-gluttonous SUV.... AAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!! WE BE MAD AS HELL & DON"T WANT TO TAKE IT ANYMORE! whew! well, now we feelink a leeetle bettah... anywayz, the Momz is in town visiting her monkeychild & we took her to the movies last night, NOT same film as JC saw, but we certainly empathize w/his take on movie-going in this day & age. Ourowndamnselves watched Amores Perros, & sad to say, this is another film that you hinterlanders can count on not seeing at your local multi-plex, and curse them for it, 'cause this is a fine and powerful first time effort, was nominated for Best Foreign Film Oscar, and speaking personally now, absolutely worth seeing. We not sayink ennymore 'bout it, but happy to point y'all toward MRQE where you can whet your appetite for the eventual release to video/DVD... 5.1: hello there... Celebrating May Day! xtra value link (cuz' ya know we luvz y'all) we taking a few days off, see ya! ~ ~ ~ awwwww shit! one of the best takes his leave; au revoir, Stumpy Delko & les Cabinauts 'dis really funks up our day... april's monkey-ness can be found here ~ ~ ~ march monkey-ness can be found here

last year's monkey-biz be sure to visit un vato muy loco, El Lobo Loco ~ ~ ~ drop the ol' silverback a line