tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169904742024-03-13T07:26:27.478-04:00Gospel Bob's Gospel HourIn the grand tradition of preachers of yore, I come to you with hat in hand hoping for a little something to pay for the booze. Or booze.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206520750486740679noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-90028546079528102462007-09-20T02:27:00.000-04:002007-09-20T03:24:43.531-04:00Tuesday Squirmen On ThursdayVerily, I feel it now. The Lard has been talking to me people, but I haven't been listening. Oh no.<br /><br />Everyone cue up <a href="http://www.bobdylan.com/moderntimes/albums/slowtrain.html">Slow Train Coming</a> and get into the feeling.<br /><br />"Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters<br />Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition<br />But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency<br />All non-believers and men <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">stealers</span> talking in the name of religion<br />And there's slow, there's slow train coming up around the bend."<br /><br />So some of you might be wondering, Gospel Bob, why do you refer to that supreme-ephemeral-creme-filled-universal-goodness as Lard? Well I'm glad you asked. Now I cannot deny that the auditory similarity to a Southern <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">pronunciation</span> of Lord has a lot of appeal. But my reasons do not stop there. Nay.<br /><br />First a digression. You see, I have a very fundamental problem with the Christian model. I like the symbols and the strange stories. And I really like the whole Jesus, turn the other cheek thingy. But what is the deal with only having a male god? This doesn't make any kind of sense at all. When is the last time you saw a man make a baby by himself? Even the Christian story used a womb. So where is the woman god? Or, at the very least, an androgynous god? Where is the cosmic nooky? A sexless cosmos? Boo.<br /><br />I simply cannot fathom why we would give the "essence of everything" a dick. This goes way beyond the Mona Lisa's moustache. I love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">dada</span> as much as anybody, but come on! So the gender specific term "Lord" is no good. Why is Lard better? Well, I'll tell you.<br /><br />At its heart, Lard still represents sacrifice. This is not simply a synthetic and delightful water based lube for your frolicking pleasure. Nay. This is animal grease. Like the Christian lamb whose blood brought salvation, the pig laid down its life for our lubrication and tasty beans.<br /><br />Further, Lard has no gender. Lard is not human. Lard is beyond us and comes from the natural world at the same time. It symbolizes something more than we can fathom. It eases us on the path of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ineffable</span>. Without a dick. A <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">dickless</span> symbol.<br /><br />Lard is not the end point, it is the slippery path!<br /><br />Plus I really just like the play on words I mentioned before.<br /><br />So you see, I mean no disrespect when I praise the Lard. Nay nay nay! I heart the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ineffable</span>. I want the Lard to get me there. And I really like bacon.<br /><br />Praise the Lard! Till next week flock. Be good to each other.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-9598174787872744462007-09-17T15:54:00.001-04:002007-09-17T16:22:19.097-04:00Casting Call For Movie QuotesHey dudes. So L.B. and I were yapping the other day about more frivolous-but-entertaining-to-us bullshit and the topic of movie quoting came up. The conversation probably started from one of us quoting from a movie to punctuate a point in the earlier frivolous but entertaining verbal pong match. Which got me thinking, what movie lines do my friends quote all the time? And what are the usual contexts for said quotes?<br /><br />I will offer a few examples of lines that seem to get frequent air play in the radio station of my mouth. Please respond in kind if you think of any!<br /><br />"That is certainly YOU Harold." Harold's Mom from Harold and Maude. I really don't know why this one gets used a lot. Perhaps it is the opportunity to speak in a haughty rich falsetto.<br /><br />"Your mother sucks cocks in hell." Little possessed (by Pazuzu) girl (Regan) to priest (father Karras) from The Exorcist. This one is great for getting out of conversations. Plus you get to use that demon voice.<br /><br />"They're miserable because their mothers take it up their fucking ass. " Joey LaMotta from Raging Bull. I'm starting to sense a theme here. This one is classic for making light of someone's bad mood and for slaughtering a New York accent.<br /><br />"Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion." Carl Spackler (Bill Murray) while destroying flowers with a 2 iron, from Caddy Shack. This one has so many uses. Anytime something goes right that shouldn't, it just pops out! (*No double entendre meant here....but come to think of it, I've THOUGHT this quote at certain romantic moments before....no stories!)<br /><br />There are so many more! Please share.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-45836481981302521672007-09-16T13:03:00.000-04:002007-09-16T13:54:48.450-04:00Thank You Silver SpurTarnished hearts and blood stained gutters<br />Slack jawed sails and spinning rutters<br />This shit's got to change he mutters<br />Right before the engine sputters.<br /><br />None of you understand me moans<br />Harmonizing with barstool groans<br />Chorus slapping its soil and bones<br />Jukebox slaughtering old Tom Jones<br /><br />But AC/DC brings them together<br />The dour moods, the shitty weather<br />Wrap it all in a shroud of leather<br />Six feet down forever and ever.<br /><br />Yet this is where I met my true love<br />A red haired angel dropped from above<br />Less like a push and more like a shove<br />Carried to earth by a dozen rock doves.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-66211730598433601012007-09-15T14:37:00.000-04:002007-09-15T15:09:04.726-04:00Late SermonHello flock. Sorry for the lateness of the sermon. Today's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tuesday</span> landed on 9/11 and I was too riveted by re-runs of Fox news to post. That and the mood just wasn't there to preach. Go figure.<br /><br />So some of you might be asking by now, Gospel Bob, do ALL your sermons have to do with Stupid Fuckers? Nay flock, they do not! Nonetheless, today's sermon, by pure happenstance, does center upon more Stupid Fuckers. <br /><br />What is the deal with Stupid Fuckers Who Take Amateur Sports <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Wayyyyy</span> Too Seriously? I realize this rather awkwardly clunks into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">SFWTASWTS</span>. Hey, not everyone can have a catchy call letter acronym thingy. Perhaps we can approximate their pronunciation a bit.....into Sweaty Ass Twats? I know it isn't exact, but the Lard is forgiving. Even if we aren't.<br /><br />So Sweaty Ass Twats. What is the deal? You know the type. You sign up to have some lighthearted fun with friends after work and on the weekend, and what do you get? Frustrated frat boys. Where did they come from? You look at them during the day and they appear, even to the dissecting eye, as laid back peace loving nearly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hippy</span> type dudes who snort derisively when you say the words "frat house." They generally don't do drugs or drink much anymore. You assume they are mellow. You mistakenly have your eyes on the guy that drinks like a preacher of yore and likes to indulge in cocaine before every match. You are watching the wrong stupid fucker.<br /><br />The match starts, and all of sudden the need to win overcomes every ounce of the Sweaty Ass Twat's being. Their faces turn red. Their eyes narrow. Spittle flecks from their lips. They become POSSESSED.<br /><br />The sad thing about the Sweaty Ass Twat, is that they are never the best player on the team. Far from it....they inevitably break down under pressure and make some bonehead mistake that causes them to implode with self-loathing. But that only happens about 5% of the time. The other 95% of the time they are analyzing and critiquing the play of everyone else on their team. They are a drag. Boo them.<br /><br />Now flock, I have to admit that I am not free from the frat boy urges. I too take games and amateur sports <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">waaaaay</span> too seriously. I have felt the frat boy demon tugging at soul during these moments. It is possible that I am a Sweaty Ass Twat, and the very object of my sermon. Lard forgive me. Lard forgive me.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-6710837358903483942007-09-11T02:31:00.000-04:002007-09-11T02:59:42.873-04:00So many friendsJeez, goddamn, hallelujah. How can it be that I have met so many kick ass people across this country? I don't mean your garden variety good folks, oh no. These are hydroponic knock-you-on-your-ass-with-sticky-goodness people. You know who you are! Yes, I AM thinking of YOU. <br /><br />The most recent reminder came over this last weekend. With our new lives looming before us (in the form of a September 21 move in date for our new apartment in new-city), we decided to get the hell out of the parents/grand-parents house for the weekend. Not that their hospitablity isn't appreciated, but they do kinda drive me crazy. For real. See dolls.<br /><br />Where was I? Oh yes, the people. So last week we throw out an email to a few friends from the City by the Bay. The very same city that collects hearts and inspires Journey songs. On very little notice, 18 freakin' friends came out to the bar! It was a classicly good time, full of Tecate and catching up. The bartender, as she always does at our little get togethers, bought us all a shot (thats how we know it was 18). Classy group all around. Funny little pointless non-stereotypical anecdote: the gay boys have all paired up like little happy nesters, while almost all the gay girls have been burning through relationships and one night stands. <br /><br />So anyway, I'm thinking about all you friends of mine. This minute I'm thinking about people in: California, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Tennessee, North Carolina, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Texas and Pennsylvania. (*Note, this list was started by my brain visual of the map, not any order of hierarchy.) Makes all this moving around seem alright.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206520750486740679noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-16472017000218518292007-09-07T03:10:00.000-04:002007-09-07T03:30:30.030-04:00Chupacabra<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1vKsy7sO8sMaH4omKPotdeoSF3IrnIxmYcCMmnzak1E2REQ6Nlq1VPevzBweC4tAxGBZ9bc2zxgMRNgeCHgcFRygAZs3QSVYtFiMJZnOCBWeDYDbS2q6Gbf4rHuI9d42zz5p/s1600-h/angry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1vKsy7sO8sMaH4omKPotdeoSF3IrnIxmYcCMmnzak1E2REQ6Nlq1VPevzBweC4tAxGBZ9bc2zxgMRNgeCHgcFRygAZs3QSVYtFiMJZnOCBWeDYDbS2q6Gbf4rHuI9d42zz5p/s320/angry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107357649670950626" border="0" /></a><br />Even if the clouds dropped thorns for twelve thousand years<br /><br />Even if my eyes fell from my face and rolled around your feet like cats in the morning<br /><br />Even if it really was just luck<br /><br />Even if.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-80056529529726184112007-09-07T01:44:00.000-04:002007-09-07T03:08:50.648-04:00Love Is the Drug - Roxy Music (#30)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbS_BYs0-fj15DWEs7kNIou3Kb7wfACwLC6C_Ej1ySBpM64-iQNUZd4fb35n3GWs1APMu1nToPh_H6rLotkvYPwjEwesgzFVCPDQSemjZuAzJztduHCbXvNX0Fykm6VuwplVPd/s1600-h/creeepy+doll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbS_BYs0-fj15DWEs7kNIou3Kb7wfACwLC6C_Ej1ySBpM64-iQNUZd4fb35n3GWs1APMu1nToPh_H6rLotkvYPwjEwesgzFVCPDQSemjZuAzJztduHCbXvNX0Fykm6VuwplVPd/s320/creeepy+doll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107334461142519490" border="0" /></a><br />The moon just sat there<br />While the world was torn apart.<br /><br />So much for money back guarantees<br />So much for 1975.<br /><br />I'll give you double or nothing<br />That the gun was never even loaded<br /><br />But the moon didn't respond.<br /><br />I don't know if it even heard me.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-41450491219855924412007-09-05T23:49:00.000-04:002007-09-06T00:02:21.321-04:00Tired beatnik seeks bongo for LTR and TLC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5EV7XAx8pT2VIruuNiWBoiOlRXxsezDZaWAFC7XasuahzHZnOLVRX158I2GK5MfDraIEwFP0Lhutb-6lViyiKFSR-M-L2ijywW7Y_6lMfuU1flUF87nrBz7PFYB_TvJDs6jr/s1600-h/jesus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5EV7XAx8pT2VIruuNiWBoiOlRXxsezDZaWAFC7XasuahzHZnOLVRX158I2GK5MfDraIEwFP0Lhutb-6lViyiKFSR-M-L2ijywW7Y_6lMfuU1flUF87nrBz7PFYB_TvJDs6jr/s320/jesus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106934213140205234" border="0" /></a>Fire licks like a thirsty dog at my pant cuffs<br />And the voice of Jimmy Stewart loops somewhere behind me<br />"It all just seems so useless, don't you think so Mary?"<br /><br />Well this time the joke is on the fates<br />Cause the deja vu is lame<br />And the tired ghosts folded their crappy hands long ago.<br /><br />So hand over the cash and don't make any sudden movements<br />I'm not afraid to use this thing you know<br />Do I look like a rookie? Does this look like my first rodeo?Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-15006897501536440762007-09-05T13:19:00.000-04:002007-09-05T13:48:06.247-04:00a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f g-gBack in my parents house again, my friends<br />My wife despairing, for lack of writing<br />Two wheels on the road, and two off the bend<br />Two tons of steel nearly alighting.<br /><br />Have I mentioned our debt, three hundred grand<br />Not an albatross more like an anvil.<br />Is this firmament or just more quicksand?<br />I better not forget to take my pills.<br /><br />But I wonder, later, when I look back<br /> Will this be one of the good times or bad?<br />When the anvil becomes fat money sacks<br />And more time is the thing I wish I had<br /><br />Duh. Awesome friends, great cats and perfect wife<br />This is the best day of my whole damn life.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-83062747682512263312007-09-04T14:40:00.000-04:002007-09-04T15:28:40.307-04:00Tuesday's SquirmenGood Tuesday fine flock! Yea, the Lard's day is back upon us. I have been wondering what this week's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">squirmen</span> will be about, and after much contemplation I was still undecided. That is, until I just read sister <a href="http://commonbook.blog.com/">Lucy's</a> new blog. Sister Lucy has a pair of passive aggressive neighbors that are pushing her compassion to the bursting point. So that brings us to today's subject: Stupid Fuckers Who Just Take Take Take (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">SFWJTTT</span>). (Pronounced <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sfidgets</span>.)<br /><br />What is a good Lard loving person to do when confronted with a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sfidget</span>? Here I think we have an intersection of parables and a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">contradiction</span> of commandments. On the one hand, we have the cheek turning doctrine, i.e. when someone smacks you in the face, give them a fresh new pile of face flesh to pound. This path probably is the best for the soul, but it pretty much sucks ass for the body and society.<br /><br />Realistically, if there isn't some greater pressure or force to make the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Sfidgets</span> stop, then they will keep on hitting/taking/putting you on the back of the bus/ dragging you behind trucks and tying you to barbed wire/ invading <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Czechoslovakia</span> and committing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">genocide</span>. Which brings us to the contradiction. The Lard helps them that helps themselves, right? Laying down (see the French circa WWII) and hoping things won't be that bad is just not going to cut it with a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">sfidget</span>. Nope, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Sfidgets</span> must be smacked, verbally or physically.<br /><br />But do we abandon the compassion? Nay I say. Practice compassion with everyone and never <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">pre</span>-assume they are a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">sfidget</span>! But keep your eyes open flock. Look for telltale <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">sfidget</span> signs. And remember, once you've spotted a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">sfidget</span>, never trust them again. But what if you think YOU are a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">sfidget</span>? Ah, well, that is a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">squirmen</span> for another day.<br /><br />Till next week my sweets! Keep the Lard in your hearts.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-33210734670073878342007-09-03T00:05:00.000-04:002007-09-03T00:40:06.316-04:00I Love WesternsWithout irony, I love Westerns. I love the heroes and the anti-heroes. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">dissociative</span> psycho-freaks who observe danger with a disinterested calm and a steady hand. Sometimes they mingle their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">psychosis</span> with morality, sometimes not. But I'm always riveted. This is probably because my personal reaction to danger, when it suddenly springs up, is to run. Or fall. Literally. <br /><br />Ask L.B. If I get suddenly startled by a movie, my feet come to life. If I am sitting or lying down this is pretty comical to those around me, because they just start going. Only the feet mind you, not the legs. Sometimes they go for up to five seconds. But as I mentioned, it isn't like my whole body springs into a flight response. That would be kind of cool in an inherently cowardly way. But, it is only the feet. Thus, if I happen to be startled while standing, I end up Flat. On. My. Back. Again, this is probably comical to those around me. Sadly, it is another one of my instinctual responses which are counterproductive (like my getting dizzy around ledges...how did my ancestors survive?) So when I see the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">dissociative</span> cowboy standing calm while bullets are flying, I can't help but stare.<br /><br />Off the top of my head, here are a few of my favorite Westerns in case anyone is interested. Please let me know if you have any particular favorites that I should see!<br /><br />The Gunfighter (Gregory Peck....I love him in everything.....this movie was mentioned prominently in Bob Dylan's "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Brownsville</span> Girl"....both the song and movie are incredible.)<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Django</span> (Franco Nero.....spaghetti has never tasted so good.....the Italians saved the genre after the 50's tried to strangle it....the soundtrack echoes the on screen action) (*also see <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Keoma</span>)<br /><br />Dead Man (Johnny <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Depp</span> in a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Jarmusch</span> film? Too cool!)<br /><br />Terror in a Texas Town (Greatest ending duel of all time...and it doesn't involve a gun.)<br /><br />Wild Bunch (IMHO Sam Peckinpah single <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">handedly</span> stole back U.S. bragging rights for the Western. Anti-heroes were never better.)<br /><br />All the Sergio Leone classics (The Good the Bad and the Ugly.....etc.....I love Lee Van <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Cleef</span> and Clint Eastwood....combined with the direction and the music?.....<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">OMG</span>!)<br /><br />Zillions more....Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-36352171905898054632007-09-01T17:03:00.000-04:002007-09-01T17:29:48.967-04:00Healthy Hate?An interesting-to-me thing came up last night in conversation with L.B. Trix and G.Love. Oddly, it had nothing to do with L.B.'s birthday, which was fabulous BTW. No, it was about Disneyland. <br /><br />They love it. I hate it. Have I been there? No. Did I want to go? No.<br /> <br />Confronted, I was forced to re-evaluate my lifelong hatred for Disney. This isn't a hatred that had anything to do with Eisner or megacorp megasquishing. I like Starbucks for fuck's sake. No, this went back to being a kid. Maybe I just wanted to be a bad ass/different back then. Anyway, I realized with dismay that another one of my quirky dislikes was about to tumble before the face of reason. (This was only the latest in a long line of begrudgingly-admitted things I used to despise that are actually kinda, um, cool I guess. *Coughelviscostello.) Damnit.<br /><br />But don't we need enemies in life (*he said desperately), especially when they are for all intents and purposes theoretical? Here I think, is a healthy outlet! Rather than hating my actual neighbor I choose to hate Disney, karyoke and musicals. Isn't it better to hate the Yankees than New Yorkers? Honestly, when will I encounter Alex Rodriguez in real life? Never! Healthly hate outlets. But I know it is no use. It just isn't a reasonable hatred. <br /><br />So fine, I guess I wont call Mickey Mouse the oversized devil rat anymore. I will go to the magic kingdom and have a good time without cynacism. I will I will I will.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-80065251973564876572007-08-31T14:42:00.000-04:002007-08-31T14:58:44.606-04:00Poly peepsI forget sometimes that other people are interested in non-monogomy/polyamory/other crappy terms I hate. <br /><br />I forget that some people live in areas where this is shameful. (*practically everywhere)<br /><br />I can honestly say it was easier for me to tell my parents that I like to sleep with boys than it was to tell them I am non-monogomous.<br /><br />So anyway, this post isn't going to be witty or anything like that. Rather, it is meant to merely say that there are normal people out there who love each other VERY MUCH, and are totally committed to each other, and who choose to be non-monogomous. It can be done. But it is hard.<br /><br />So my poly peeps, take heart, you are not alone. But please don't become poly to breathe life into a dying marriage....like babies, it doesn't fix anything. Also, don't become poly to secretly search for the next person you want to be monogomous with. Grrrr. I only recommend it to people who are in love and want to stay together forever. Without that, it is just too hard. If you aren't in love, then don't go poly. Break up or stay together, but don't go poly.<br /><br />This post is an open invitation for people having a hard time with this stuff to ask about my tribulations....seek advice.....sympathy....or whatever.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-37743842970264030012007-08-30T23:12:00.000-04:002007-08-31T00:09:05.718-04:00Meme SlapbackI've been tagged with my own meme. In the interest of full disclosure I should mention that I'm am listening to late era Tom Waits on headphones while doing this and physically wiped from out of shape tennis with my uncle. Well, actually I'm listening to iTunes on shuffle, so now it is very early Tom Waits. "Times were never this good....got a fly for food".....kinda cool song, its called "Rockin' Chair." Anyway, I procrastinate. On to the meme! Shit, Zappa just came on.<br /><p>Four First Names of Crushes I’ve Had (I will not name current crushes)<br />1. Catherine (we will speak no more of this.)<br />2. Cindy (3rd grade....her tube top, my eyes.....I remember sitting in my aunt's trailer behind our run down rented house eating ritz crackers with peanut butter and wondering whether we were married in a past life.)......now Neil Young is playing......<br />3. Damion (it was all for him....)<br />4. Mike (my first boy crush....I didn't realize what it was at the time.)<br /></p> <p>Four Pieces of Clothing I wish I still owned<br />1. Ratty pair of oversized jungle boots I pilfered from my grandparent's storage bin long ago....they used to be my uncles.<br />2. (*now Wilco is playing) Grey t-shirt I pilfered from Catherine after the first night I spent at her house. I like girl t-shirts, they are cut a little sexier.<br />3. Pair of hippy pants made by my friend Barbara.<br />4. I can't think of a fourth.....I'm more about losing my clothes.....<br /></p> <p>Four names I’ve been called at one time or another<br />1. Miss (I had a full red beard at the time....very surreal moment.)<br />2. Woomaster<br />3. Big Stud<br />4. Evil G.B.<br /></p> <p>Four Professions I secretly Want to Try (*Tom Waits is back.)<br />1. Spy, no doubt about it. Triple agent preferrably.<br />2. Corporate Director.<br />3. Firefighter.<br />4. Gangster.<br /></p> Four Musicians I'd Like To Go on a Date with<br />1. Neil Young (any age). Not that I think he is into boys. But I think it'd be cool to shoot cans and shit on his farm and smoke some grass. My kind of date.<br />2. Tom Waits mid 70's. He always wears really nice shoes. We'd probably shoot some pool. If he was drunk enough, he might not realize that I'm a man. It would probably end badly, but that's alright.<br />3. Janis Joplin (when she was alive, I'm not sick)....I saw some documentary recently about some trainload of musicians going to a show in Canada, and she looked like she was having the best time. Boozin and singin....awesome.<br />4. Ani Difranco. Yum.<br /><p>Four Foods I’d rather Throw than Eat<br />1. Asparagus spears.<br />2. Mushrooms.<br />3. Liver.<br />4. Pickled anything....<br /></p> <p>Four Things I Like to Sniff<br />1. Places where limbs intersect with trunks<br />2. (*Zappa is back) Redwoods<br />3. Sea air.<br />4. Sticky bud.<br /></p> <p>Four People to Tag:<br />1. <a href="http://www.catoshead.blogspot.com/">Gill Smoke</a><br />2. <a href="http://gretty.wordpress.com/">Gretty</a><br />3. <a href="http://zamphir.blogspot.com/">Crse</a><br />4. <a href="http://normtasia.blogspot.com/">normtasia</a><br /></p>Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-57759319152306397472007-08-29T01:50:00.000-04:002007-08-29T02:58:19.918-04:00cherry poppin' meme<p><strong><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">L.B. Tagged me with this. I secretly love this stuff. My first meme....be gentle!<br /><br /></span></strong></p> <p><strong>Four Things Meme</strong></p> <p>Four Jobs I've Had:<br />1) Short bus driver managing team of developmentally disabled adults in high security clearance missile making plant. We picked up recycling.<br />2) Tennis instructor. Not close to pro, but helped teach the kids and fed balls to adults. <br />3) Massage Therapist for one public session. Touching people for money turned out to be eeew.<br />4) Lawyer. Tee hee.<br /></p> <p>Four Places I Have Lived:<br />1) San Francisco....Mission District.....19th and Capp.....gangs, 5 dollar sweat pants hookers, fire engines, swat teams, crack, heroin, urine, great friends.<br />2) Tucson Arizona.....missile plants, saquaros, music, no L.B....<br />3) Boston.....blizzards and baseball.<br />4) Guernville, CA....redwoods, river, gays, porches, friends....lots of good good stuff.<br /></p> <p>Four Favorite Foods:<br />1) French fries. Forever and ever amen.<br />2) All Mexican food. <br />3) Indian food, especially Kormas....anything at Indian Oven in S.F., but especially the Paneer Tikka Korma. Oh god.<br />4) Skycat's meal du jour. She is the most fabulous cook.<br /></p> <p>Four Places I’d Rather Be:<br />1) Anywhere with L.B.<br />2) Assuming L.B. is there, then with you! <br />3) Assuming we are all there, then camping with a nice fire, beer and some singing.<br />4) Assuming we are all there, then some coastal vacation house with a hot tub, lots of booze and dancing.<br /></p> <p>Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over<br />1) Pecker.<br />2) The Gunfighter.<br />3) Primer.<br />4) Me and L.B.'s wedding video.<br /></p> <p>Four TV Shows I Like To Watch<br />1) Buffy/Angel/Firefly....any Whedon....<br />2) Flight of the Conchords.<br />3) Curb Your Enthusiasm....<br />4) Deadwood<br /></p> <p>Four Websites I View Daily<br />1) Fantasy Baseball....<br />2) Blogs, lots of blogs....<br />3) Limewire....<br />4) Craigslist....<br /></p> <p>Four Computers I Have Owned<br />1) Vic 20<br />2) Commodore 64<br />3) Crappy ass Dell laptops.<br />4) Abacus.<br /></p> <p>Four People To Tag: <a href="http://www.thirtytwoflavors.com/">Trixie</a>, <a href="http://crazysquirrelmeister.blogspot.com/">Margie</a>, <a href="http://zamphir.blogspot.com/">Crse</a>, <a href="http://iownalotofsocks.blogspot.com/">Crawlspace</a></p> <p>Here is an alternate 4 to my taggees. I don't know if you've already done this one or not, so I'll give you an alternative.....<br /></p> <p>Four First Names of Crushes I've Had<br /></p> <p>Four Pieces of Clothing I wish I still owned<br /></p> <p>Four names I've been called at one time or another<br /></p> <p>Four Professions I secretly Want to Try<br /></p> <p>Four Musicians I'd most want to go on a date with<br /></p> <p>Four Foods I'd rather Throw than Eat<br /></p> <p>Four Things I Like to Sniff<br /></p> <p>Four People to Tag:<a href="http://iownalotofsocks.blogspot.com/"></a><br /></p>Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-88485488016403027912007-08-28T12:08:00.000-04:002007-08-28T12:38:24.902-04:00SFIPOAHear ye hear ye. I have decided that Tuesdays are going to be sermon days. I was moved by Gretty's and Crse's Tuesday Twelves. The thankful posts of said sisters have put me in a prosthelitizing mood. Verily and yea. I realize now that the good Lard has shown the benevolence to grease my brain skids and spread a little of Hisser (pronounced his-her, do not be frightened by serpent similarities!) wisdom. The subject of today's sermon: stupid fuckers in positions of authority.<br /><br />What exactly is a SFIPOA? We've all encountered them. The poor souls, bless their hearts, who have been promoted due their ability to follow the rules punctiliously. Give them a checklist and these single celled wonders show a remarkable ability to excell. But what happens when they get promoted? Real life, in all its facets starts to creep up on them! Things, infernal things, non-checklist things begin to appear. And they have to make decisions, impossible decisions. Can you imagine their terror, brothers and sisters, when they have to try and contort a non-checklist item into a checklist item? The process typically goes like this: 1) Um, this isn't on my list; 2) Okay, I think I understand what you said, but this isn't on my list; 3) Ok, yes, but you've got to understand this isn't on my list; 4) Well, I'm going to need to see some proof that this should be on my list.<br /><br />The list, brothers and sisters, was not created by the Lard hisself. Nay. The list was created by the person, the good American capitalist, who started the business in the first place. That person understood the reason behind the list. The list was a broad tool to achieve goals. The list was not an end result. But what is a stupid fucker in a position of authority to do? They don't understand the reason behind the list. They barely understand which end of a fork to use. So try compassion. Put yourself in the gel-insert shoes of the SFIPOA. Think, but for the grease of Lard, that could be me. And then kill them.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-71888966186130542222007-08-28T01:11:00.000-04:002007-08-28T01:22:27.801-04:00AFSI think I have the opposite of OCD. L.B. just told me about a classic anxiety dream she had last night. Back to my non-OCD. What do they call it when you focus on something just long enough to get good at it, then run off for some new interesting project? It isn't attention deficit, because I'm very very focused when I'm focusing. It isn't a mid-life crisis because I've always done it. I'd like to call it an artistic temperment, but that is just bullshit because the real artists I know are extremely dedicated people. I think the only word to adequately describe it is flake. I might have Astute Flake Syndrome.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-43585126506546638072007-08-26T01:20:00.000-04:002007-08-26T01:31:34.791-04:00Beauty, what the fuck is it?So L.B. and I got a beautiful apartment in Long Beach today (just a few minor details to go)....and on the drive back up from Long Beach we saw the most amazing sunset. We just turned the corner around Ventura to Carpentenia, that spot where 101 suddenly meets the coast. Anyway, the whole postcard worthy scene was there before us, and there was absolutely no denying it, it was freakin beautiful. But later on it got me wondering about it a little bit (cause the drive is a little long)... why should that be beautiful when a something else is not? Note: I refrained from conjuring up some disgusting image because , well, I don't know why. Anyway, do you know what I mean? Is it hard wired somewhere to respond to expansive ocean and sunset purple orange clouds? Or is it something we've been taught to think is beautiful? If it's hard wired, why is it hard wired? What possible evolutionary benefit could be found in pastels?Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-40547447384766547012007-08-25T01:45:00.000-04:002007-08-25T01:46:12.542-04:00A four star blog<p class="MsoNormal"></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That's right, coming to you from the heart of the Long Beach Hilton.<br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ok, first a moment of bitching.<span style=""> </span>Just a little, I have to.<span style=""> </span>Why is it that hotels like the Hilton try and charge you for every little thing, when they are already taking a big chunk of money from you for the room?<span style=""> </span>Like internet access for example.<span style=""> </span>Why do we have to pay 10$ to have internet access here, when at all the cheap and moderately cheap hotels we stayed at gave you access for free?<span style=""> </span>So we pay the 10 bucks and get a password.<span style=""> </span>But when both LB and I try and sign in at the same time the connection is endlessly interrupted by annoying windows urging us to logout.<span style=""> </span>Once I finish swearing I need some water.<span style=""> </span>For only five dollars I could crack open the Evian placed temptingly near the window. <span style=""> </span>No no, I will district my thirst with some TV.<span style=""> </span>But then they only have like eight channels, in a patheticly transparent attempt to get me to rent Ocean's 13 for only 12$.<span style=""> </span>Did I mention we have to pay 16$ to park our car overnight in their garage?<span style=""> </span>And our first room had a goddamn roach in it.<span style=""> </span>Give me a nice La Quinta anyday.<span style=""> </span><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay, I feel better.<span style=""> </span>Sorry about the bitching.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Shaking it off....<o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So Long Beach!<span style=""> </span>I think this area is going to rule.<span style=""> </span>The apartments are cheaper than Boston or San Francisco, and you can get a place right near the beach for the same price as a lean-to in the aforementioned cities.<span style=""> </span>Lots of diversity, in skin pignment and sexuality.<span style=""> </span>My kind of place.</p>Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-88300454471776182522007-08-23T14:21:00.000-04:002007-08-23T15:06:07.071-04:00California and Boston LoveThings I love about California<br /><br />1. Polite people. I don't care if they are not sincere in their hearts. All I know is that when the toll booth people take my money, they say thank you and smile. In New England they take your money, say nothing, and look at you in a way that says "drive away retahd cocksucka". How do they always know?<br /><br />2. Queers queers queers! They are flambouyant and obvious and plentiful. You see, my problem is that I have no gaydar. Unless the wrists are flapping up a breeze and the lisps are leaving spittle drops in my ears, I have no clue! It wasn't that there weren't gays in Boston, I just couldn't distinguish them from anyone else.<br /><br />3. Milk and honey, see land of. See queers.<br /><br />4. Sunshine and temperate weather. I can go run around outside again! I don't even have to think about stifling humidity or nut crunching cold. Maybe a little rain. Or is that just my tears of joy?<br /><br />5. The coastline, the redwoods, the Sierras, the joshua trees and the manzanitas. Where else does the geography change so dramatically and beautifully so fast? Maybe Utah, but it doesn't have the coast.<br /><br />6. Mexican food. Hell, food in general. But especially the magic bean rice and meat combinations that endlessly please me.<br /><br />7. A certain un-named couple who better not go to Texas.<br /><br />8. <a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2007/08/bill_murray_arrested_for_golf_cart_dui.php">Bill Murray</a>. Okay, so he isn't strictly California, but I love him so.<br /><br />Things I miss about Boston<br /><br />1. Jason. Squirrel. Bad Idea/Inconvenient Jew. Iron Butterfly/Dirty Martini. The Gimlet. Achingly I miss them. Why can't they be in California?<br /><br />2. The Indian Buffets. Oh god yes.<br /><br />3. The thrift stores. People dress nice there, and give away nice things. I can't believe the things I scored there.<br /><br />4. My TV. My big heavy manly HD TV. Sigh.<br /><br />5. The Red Sox. I will be a fan for life, but I miss the city's throb of baseball obsession.<br /><br />6. Summer barbeques. Nobody does em like Jason. Margeritas that could tranquilize a horse. Tequila shots. The best chicken you'll ever have. Corn from J.P. and herbs from Bad Idea's garden.<br /><br />7. Bumper pool.....<br /><br />Okay....this is making me too misty. Gotta roll.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-5213226993866742312007-08-21T21:13:00.000-04:002007-08-21T21:30:51.719-04:00Lip FlappingSo I read a blog. This was kind of a big deal for me. In fact, I've started reading multiple blogs. This is fun. You people are seriously entertaining, smart and funny. Why did I resist so long?<br /><br />Anyway, it has inspired me to foray into the world of confessional/non-poemesque postage! I'm not sure how to do this, or what it really means, but I'm definitely inspired by all you brilliant bloggers. For the record, I can suck down as well. It defies gravity.<br /><br />First and foremost on my mind is the mind boggling hospitality of G-Love and Trixie! Thank you guys soooooo much for a wonderful weekend. Words cannot describe what a great time I had, and my future political aspirations caution me against any further details. Woot.<br /><br />I have to also give a shout out to the fake plant for graciously moving.....to B-pal for adding another layer to the sensory cake.....to hand made tortillas......to White Russians......to blackberries......to the coolest hippest sexiest buzz on the planet.....and most definitely to buffets.<br /><br />I have to give a distinct anti-shout out to Wasabi hand cream. That shit should come with a bright orange warning label.<br /><br />Oh, and go OSU! OH-IO.<br /><br />big love to you peepsGospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-83833513518923516502007-08-06T10:05:00.000-04:002007-08-06T10:29:29.230-04:00Hark fine and feather fold, the ancient easy likeness bold. Why not try the special today, the flaming fish and the moral decay? Ease down the wheel, the spike and the squeel, almost easy if you don't mind the feel of the crunch and the munch of the bones beneath your heels. <br /><br />Have it your way he cried, spun around stepped aside, my bride is fine the time is nigh, so fuck all you fucks if you don't want to try.<br /><br />Hold that feeling, that titter-girl squeeling, grab it's tail now the fucker is fleeting, but don't be surprised when your heart starts a beating. <br /><br />Open your vest to the cavernous chest, where you only allow the best to invest. I'm not picky, he said with a lie, but that doesn't mean I won't give it a try. Ease down the wheel, the spike and the squeel, don't stop, don't stop, you're starting to feel.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03092209232700317352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-75449080621149940222007-08-04T21:46:00.000-04:002007-08-04T21:58:30.526-04:00O.C. thee and me III<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7tgeNl8RbNATbVJNqUOfJWMvSAbvJhwVrzO7kqt2JEGCjNB1453ZbyUXbYBaPIlVyry5K0sBslsETx-k5sECl4LXry46U82VIqnWuezQhae_bCsk8lUXDVK9pAcInkG_DQcS7Q/s1600-h/fat+zombie.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7tgeNl8RbNATbVJNqUOfJWMvSAbvJhwVrzO7kqt2JEGCjNB1453ZbyUXbYBaPIlVyry5K0sBslsETx-k5sECl4LXry46U82VIqnWuezQhae_bCsk8lUXDVK9pAcInkG_DQcS7Q/s320/fat+zombie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095029934859516674" /></a><br />Overfed underfound<br />Seven feet underground<br />Heaven bent trouble bound<br />Only make simple sounds.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206520750486740679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-8805832395657347532007-08-04T21:44:00.000-04:002007-08-04T21:56:39.018-04:00O.C. thee and me II<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30cH_aRIMR75YS4-TeeeqTL4_zi1xeSDtVTV-X47-zRzy3TYQZC7qFQ0knkrQaC9S0tlixsgMBbiucsPyrlGrFw6R4PQicu4dBAY-8kmY3E_Pffo4SCx_X76X5P4KfAfEK9KE1w/s1600-h/cop.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30cH_aRIMR75YS4-TeeeqTL4_zi1xeSDtVTV-X47-zRzy3TYQZC7qFQ0knkrQaC9S0tlixsgMBbiucsPyrlGrFw6R4PQicu4dBAY-8kmY3E_Pffo4SCx_X76X5P4KfAfEK9KE1w/s320/cop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095029475298015986" /></a><br />"Taser this" <br />He cried with a howl,<br />Hiding the score<br />In his plasticine jowlsGospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206520750486740679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16990474.post-15547066321631849812007-08-04T20:35:00.000-04:002007-08-04T21:55:09.963-04:00O.C. thee and me<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLQz_AB0I7btBzZUonyPpb4yt04mp87qKD4riKlqXY25oS7XGZ0CWcslfApEpcy-n4j-bqW9WrU1rVzi7cGGq6ZLmlGtIM5rVrPdEWKXxtiNaPrmVizzIfVc5JLuXDmtNiFU9wQ/s1600-h/brown-dwarf-planet.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLQz_AB0I7btBzZUonyPpb4yt04mp87qKD4riKlqXY25oS7XGZ0CWcslfApEpcy-n4j-bqW9WrU1rVzi7cGGq6ZLmlGtIM5rVrPdEWKXxtiNaPrmVizzIfVc5JLuXDmtNiFU9wQ/s320/brown-dwarf-planet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095029002851613410" /></a><br />Tabloid tittie flash<br />Popping eyes and scoops<br />Flesh piles modulate<br />To old wolf whistle loops.Gospel Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206520750486740679noreply@blogger.com0