Useless

Spike the goat kid wants to know why, at the ends of my front legs where the hooves are supposed to be, I have all these useless nipples.

Zucchini

...imagines that anyone who saw me walking Bogie this afternoon wonders why my dog was carrying a zucchini the size of his head.

Freedom

...is certain that 99+% of the people out on the street screeching about "freedom" don't have the vaguest clue what that word means.

Not a nightmare

...woke up from a bad dream. Not a nightmare -- a bad dream: Stupid story, amateurish writing, acting and staging. C'mon, brain, you can do better than that.

Arguing over single payer health care

I have already experienced lack of physician choice, arbitrary denial of coverage, mindless paperwork, clueless service from cud-chewing bureaucrats and rationing of care -- all from several different for-profit managed care companies. I would have to see very hard proof that a government-run health care option would be any worse.

Silence

...loves silence, or at least the persistent hum that passes for silence now.

Michael Jackson's death

MJ was Dorian Gray. He was the world's most adored child star at 25, passe at 35, grotesque at 40, dead at 50. He's a casualty of naivete and fame. Very sad.