Posted 3:05 PM by John A. Seafisk

Credit Where Credit Isn't Due

After coming home from a long day in the salt mines, and after picking all the salt out of my golden locks of chestnut brown hair, I eagerly stroll to my mailbox to see what new surprises the United States Postal Service has delivered to me. And usually, it's the same thing: credit card bills & credit card offers.



Each day, I receive at least 3 "Important! Repsond Immediately!" letters from First National Global US CitiBanCorp USA Bank and other financial institutions, wanting me to fall further down into the bottomless pit of debt...already pre-approved! And of the financial bastards, er, banks, I do foolishly still have cards with, they keep sending me checks to use in lieu of my plastic, so I can get further into debt with them, instead.



Of course, this should make me feel better about myself. Since these financiers have such a keen fancy in getting or continuting to get my indebtedness, I must have a pretty good or at least fair credit rating. This means I can buy a house or boat or houseboat with a little more ease. These banks like me!


And these snail-mail requests do not annoy me as much as the e-mail offers for new credit cards. I do not like electronic solicitaion. Mostly. These people don't even know me personally. I'm just another 'at' sign to these cold, uncaring spammers. Where's the love?


All in all, I guess it's debt that makes the capitalist world go 'round. And opening, then ripping up, these envelopes gives my hands something to do. I just wish my contriubtion to the capitalist world 'round-going wasn't so big.


Now if you excuse me, I need to make some purchases at Amazon. Mr. Show DVD, here I come!

Posted 8:52 PM by John A. Seafisk

John Entwhistle, I Hardly Knew Ye

John Entwhistle passed away today. He was the bassist for The Who. Even though the band retired in 1982, they still kept touring.

I liked The Who. I liked John's unemotional, stone-faced bass-playing. One of my favorite Who songs is the John-written & John-vocaled "Boris The Spider". I like because I haven't heard it in any car commercials...nor any Raid or other insect-killing chemical adverts.

I also enjoyed his vocals in the The Who's version of "Summertime Blues". He's the low, gruff voice you hear saying "I'd like to help ya, son, but you're too young to vote." I'd place mp3 links here, if I had the technical tools & know-how, and a lot of money to dole out for the songs' Internet royalties.

It's too bad. It was also bad when George Harrison died. With the recent passings of such admirable rock & roll greats, it worries me if there are any current musical performers or groups that can match the skill AND deserve the long-term worship these past stars have received..."long-term" meaning more than one music generation. Britney? N'SYNC? Limp Bizkit? That guy who sung "I must've been high"?

Oh, please. Today's popular music is crap. And it will only get more under-talented & more over-produced....meaning it'll get a whole lots worse.

And you can stick that up your ya.

Posted 12:41 AM by John A. Seafisk

Don't look at it, Marian! Well, If you must...

I recently returned from watching 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'...on a big outdoor screen...for free...in an IKEA courtyard area...who supplied us with free Swedish Meatballs...which were actually pretty good...when washed down with some free samples of Muscle Beach Lemonade courtesy of Hot Dog On A Stick. But enough product placements.

It was a fun time --- seeing a good flick, sitting with friends, seeing another set of friends sitting in close approximity and exchanging witty remarks and bon mots. However, there were 2 matters that concerned me:

Numero Uno - The locations of Nazi operations in the "Raiders" time period. At the beginning of the film, a credit reads 'South America 1936'. Thus, we are to believe the action takes place in 1936. Later in the film, we are taken to a massive archeological dig on the outskirts of Cairo...led by a whole bunch of Nazis. First of all, Egypt was still a British protectorate at this time. Even though Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain did his darnest to appease Hitler 2 years later in the annexation of the Sudetenland to Germany at Czechoslovakia's expense, I doubt that the British Empire would appreciate a large number of Germans -- heavily armed Germans, for that matter -- deep within their colonial territory. In addition, 1936 was the year Germany finally remilitarized the demilitarized Rhineland. The concern of trying to establish armies in your own country may cause a nation to delay in sending mass troops elsewhere. There just weren't any German forces in Africa yet. There were Italians in neighboring Libya and Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), so using Mussolini's men instead of Adolf's might have been more historically believeable. But using Nazis as bad guys instead of Italians was likely for the best, especially anyone of Italian decent who might have been watching.

Numero Dos - My legs hurt. It's hard to get comfortable sitting on a concrete patio for 2 to 3 hours.

But these concerns were minor, and a great time was had by me. Oh, and California Pizza Kitchen was giving away free slices. Dinner and a show - not bad!

And now back to my insomnia.

Posted 3:15 AM by John A. Seafisk

An Apology

I must apologize for my first post. It certainly is undeserving of any special recognition of a first post, except the fact that it was the 1st thing I had written. I really should have tried harder to come up with something more captivating & exhilirating....something that would make a First Post & First Poster proud. But alas, when the time came to introduce myself to international bloggery, I could not offer a substantial introduction, as seen in the previous post below.

Hopefully, I will be able to regroup after this shaky start and eventually weave a tapestry of words & opinions to get the whole Blogger Nation talking. Or at least noticing.

Thank you for your cooperation.

And now, back to downloading XXX Porn Web Sites, already in progress....

Posted 8:02 PM by John A. Seafisk

Hello

So, here I am. Now, what do I say? What can I share with the Internet world that has not been shared previously? Do I delve into my innermost sanctum and return to showcase with deep, dark secrets & desires? Do I talk about the weather? Do I talk about the government? Do I do I doobie doobie do?

Eh, who knows.