APRIL 2003

MONDAY, April 28, 2003 - The Antonio Salieri Complex

As an after effect of something said, read, or observed, there are times when I realize that I'm like F. Murray Abraham's character in Amadeus: I'm smart enough to realize that I'm not that smart.

Bloody curse.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2003 - Convenient omission

History may place Sadam next to Hitler, Stalin, and that other dude, in its trophy case in hell, but Secretary Rumsfeld slyly left Mao off his list of modern despots.

In a moment of diplomatic grace, he wisely avoided offending China, the next potential super power and lucrative trading partner. Either that or this is just another shining example of the white man keeping the yellow man down.

Don't let it get around that Donny boy's eyes make him look a little Chinese. It'll singe the cotton on Ashcroft's hood.

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2003 - A day off

Have you ever spent the entire day walking around in last night's sleepwear and a bathrobe, having not so much as opened the front door; scuba fin tube socks half on your feet, sportin' a hair crater pillow cowlick?

Neither have I. I didn't know there was any macaroni and cheese in the house, but it seemed appropriate at the time. Try it with some Mrs. Renfro's green salsa. Class all the way.