Hammer Mill Days

So, as I was saying.... What was I saying again? Can't keep track, frankly. Give me a moment to page back through my previous utterances. Ah, yes. A day in the life. 5:30 p.m. Sifting through the mountain of complaints I've received after posting the last blog. Seems like people don't like hearing blow-by-blow descriptions of how we spend our time. Strange... because even though it seems that way, I remain convinced that they do care. Maybe it's the Zenite snuff sFshzenKlyrn plied me with earlier, I don't know. 6:47 p.m. A noise begins drifting up from the basement. At first I think it may be some kind of diseased creature, wandered in through the sewer lines in search of sweet revenge. As I move closer to the stairwell, however, I realize it's just my comrades tuning up for another rehearsal. Why don't they ever tell me about these rehearsals? (Perhaps they announce them at the band meetings that... I never... attend.... oh, yeah.) 7:01 p.m. Rehears...

I don't know who (if anyone) reads these posts (aside from me-self.... and me wife), but there might ... just might... be one or two of you out there who think I go a little easy on the Obama administration. Yes, I know - I seemed a bit more eager to take a few swings at his predecessor's administration (alongside millions of others), and most of them were richly deserved. And yes, I did vote for Obama and not (repeat, NOT) for George W. Bush. But hell, we're just getting started here in Obama-time, and I've got more than a few bones to pick with what's been happening thus far. Let's start with the b's.... Bank bailout. Okay, it took some suspension of disbelief, but most of us were able to convince ourselves that the $700 billion sluiced into the coffers of some of our largest financial institutions was solely the responsibility of the Bush administration. Yes, it was their idea (in response to their massive fiscal crisis), but there were plenty of democra...