Of Course I’m Crazy! It Keeps Me From Going Insane!

Where does the violet tint end and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blending enter into the other. So with sanity and insanity.
Herman Melville (1819 – 1891)
The lead story at Madison.com today is about the the man who committed the “Onalaska Church [...]

Strike Up the Band!

Form a line, oh, oh
Come on, let’s go
Hey, Mr. Leader,
Hey, Mr. Leader,
Please strike up the band!
George and Ira Gershwin sung by Tony Bennett
I went to the chiropractor yesterday, Dr Ted Week over on Winnebago Street in the Atwood Neighborhood, just for a tune-up treatment not for any particular aches and pains and goodness I [...]

Listen To the Music, Listen To the Music All the Time!

Dont you feel it growin, day by day
People gettin ready for the news
Some are happy, some are sad
Oh, we got to let the music play
Tom Johnston performed by The Doobie Brothers
I went to ZuZu’s Cafe at 1336 Drake Street for the open mike hosted by Angela Smith, Cindy Harrington, and Tom Zografi last [...]

Head ‘Em Up and Move ‘Em Out!

Move ‘em on, head ‘em up,
Head ‘em up, move ‘em out,
Move ‘em on, head ‘em out Rawhide!
Set ‘em out, ride ‘em in
Ride ‘em in, let ‘em out,
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in Rawhide.
Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington sung by Frankie Laine

The past two days have been the annual student apartment lease turnover days here in [...]

Putting On the Ritz

If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to
why don’t you go where fashion sits,
Puttin’ on the ritz.
Taco
The Madison Senior Center has been undergoing a major renovation this summer . Sorely needed new carpeting has been installed. A new wooden floor is currently being laid down in the dining area [...]

Illegal Immigration or Racism?

¡Hola, amiguitos! ¿Cómo están?
¡Hola, amiguitos! ¿Cómo están?
Hoy venimos a jugar
luego vamos a cantar
y así nos podemos saludar.
Hello, how are you my friends?
Hello, how are you my friends?
Author Unknown
It looks like the Big Boyz with their Big Toyz are going to get their job done within the scheduled time period in my neighborhood. They’ve had plenty [...]

Ummm…I’ve Got a Screw Loose

I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place.
Even your emotions have an echo
In so much space
Gnarls Barkley St Elsewhere Albumn
Today was the first day I have been out of this apartment in over 10 days.   I think I over did it.  I hope [...]

Six Months Before Iowa

In religion and politics, people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.

Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)
So…Hillary Rodham Clinton is way ahead in the “Newsweek” poll (conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates on 8/1) that show her getting 44% of the vote [...]

Jesus Is NOT My Personal Savior and NO, Dammit, He Doesn’t Live In My Heart!

The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief-call it what you will-than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.
A.A. Milne (1882-1956)
In October the Freedom From Religion Foundation is holding their annual convention. It’s going to be at the [...]