a truer picture

had a thought today about the famous european painter, who when asked to paint jesus, painted his cousin, who, he felt, looked like jesus.

if only a nigerian painter had drawn jesus. then we might all have a truer understanding of what he actually looked like.

a friend of my mom on the election..."what, do you want obama to win because he's black?" (i know a white woman in kansas who may beg to differ, but no matter) later..."do you want obama to win because of the boys?" (i don't have the heart to tell her i'm for nader. you know, the whole electoral college thing, corporate crime, wasted words all.) this woman is paralyzed, her legs have gone to shit. sadly, her brain already was.

nader in 08? or, perhaps elaine brown, or cynthia mckinney? well, other than the red sox, my teams never win either. and gitlin to the contrary, this is not the nadir of nader's career. i've seen a bumper sticker which reads "end global whining." i'm not a big fan of it, but it certainly applies to gitlin.

oh lord, don't let them drop the obama on me. if you want to sue mingus me for stealing that line, be my christopher guest. just don't give me your guffman.

by the way, my mom told her friend off. she cried, said that she didn't know that she had to watch everything she says. yes, we all want the freedom to be an asshole and not be called on it.

probably why we hate castro so much. as lenny said "that castro, he really made things tough on the tourists."

let me lay the bread on them.

just some food for thought.