the president

i feel like Barack Obama.
i feel like Barack Obama because i'm smart.
i feel like Barack Obama because i genuinely like other people.
i feel like Barack Obama because i've worked diligently for those of my constituents in Illinois.
i feel like Barack Obama because after all of this time, and with a week to go, i'm probably (fer sure...cross my fingers) going to win the presidency.....but i'm going to continue to stay on message bringing words of hope to the hopeless....words of gild for the gild-free..and images of a lighter, less burdened world we can only hope to achieve.

it feels good to feel like Barach Obama....
oh wait....it really feels good to feel like him but more importantly to VOTE for him....

thank goodness....he's going to win (sshhhh...don't tell anyone)

vice president

i feel like Sarah Palin
i feel like Sarah Palin because i'm from a relatively small town
i feel like Sarah Palin because i rose to some prominence in this small town in the form of elected office.
i feel like Sarah Palin because i caught the attention of the national media.
i feel like Sarah Palin......oh wait!
turns out i don't feel like Sarah Palin at all....
i'm not in an elected office
i don't pile my hair on top of my head
i haven't been asked to fill the second most powerful office in the globe (i know...perhaps a bit pretentious to think the U.S. is at the epicenter of global politics) with no qualifications whatsoever.
we do share a wee ort of similarity however.
i've lived in the South for thirty years and still have an accent and affectations of those from Michigan.
thanks, Sarah. you've helped to lower the bar for all of us...i have some hope now that i could become the vice president....(the phone's ringing...might be "W".)
yar!

a passing

a friend passed today.....she had a struggle; battling every day to stay calm, sane, well, buoyant, a mother, a wife......and not give herself over to the eas(y)(t) road....the half-empty, the road more travelled....

her last days/weeks have been so hard for her. no one could possibly wish any of her circumstances on anyone...although she bore them with little complaint; rather portrayed a longing if you will towards the unseen, the glory not experienced on this earth to date.

she's gone. her friends and family remain here for now.

we'll miss you Margaret.

debate haiku

obama's ahead
the polls give him a big lead
his face needs no help!

jeff bridges

i feel like Jeff Bridges...
i feel like Jeff Bridges because i have a nose like him...
i feel like Jeff Bridges because my dad used to have a television show about deep sea diving (oh wait...that's Lloyd Bridges...Jeff's father)
i feel like Jeff Bridges because he's mistaken for someone else in The Big Labowski.
i feel like Jeff Bridges because he is a Labowski...but his version of Labowski is a kind, clueless, gentle soul known for his stumblings through his day.
i feel like Jeff Bridges because when he was through shooting the movie each day...he sat down; called his family and asked them if he couldn't stop in at the SevenEleven to pick up a bottle of Chardonnay.
i feel like Jeff Bridges because his wife said, "no....just please hurry home....i miss you!"