Free Flow Friday

Let me get this off my chest:

The two men involved in the Cartoon Network hoax who work for the marketing agency that Turner Broadcasting hired have been arraigned and released on bond. The two men placed magnetic boxes with lights in ten U.S. cities, including Boston. The boxes, which really resemble the lite brites that were popular in the 70's and 80's, were meant to advertise the Cartoon Network program Aqua Teen Hunger Force and were apparently in place for several weeks before anyone noticed them. Ok, really, are they so uncreative that they have to put into place boxes that look like bombs? Especially in today's color coded chart climate. The bigger problem here is the overreaction of the politicians and the city. Couldn't they have investigated one of these things before the city practically being shut down? What's more, none of the devices in the other nine cities these devices were placed in caused panic and mayhem. No suspicious reports or bomb squads being called in.

Mayor Gavin Newsom is in trouble. His campaign manager resigned on Wednesday after confronting Newsom. Newsom had an affair with the wife of his campaign manager. Newsom had the affair while going through a divorce. Why? Why? Why? It's bad enough to have the affair but to have the affair and be in the public eye. These things rarely, if ever, stay secret. Now Newsom is up for re-election. Oh, goody, now the fun starts.

President Bush is going to ask Congress for another 100 billion dollars for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bush must think that Congress is just one big money machine. Where in the hell do we get all of that money? Really! We must be like the richest nation in the whole universe.

And the seventh Harry Potter book will hit shelves on July 21 of this year. Two characters will die in Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows but if you don't want to wait until July to get your fix you can see 17-year-old Daniel Radcliffe (that's Harry Potter for you wizards) on the stage starting this month. Radcliff will be starring in a revival of Peter Shaffer's controversial play Equus. The play will be shown in London's West End and the role will require Radcliffe to appear in the buff. Needless to say parents all across the country are in a tizzy. Many kids look up to Radcliffe, er, um, Potter and will be shocked to see their hero in a new light. Ok, first of all, Potter is a fictional character; secondly it's London. How many kids in this country are going to be going to London's West End and getting tickets to see the show? And finally the play should not be seen by anyone under 16 anyway. I just made that number up but the play really is not a play that parents should be taking their kids to see anyway. The main character blinds six horses and is psychotic.

Ok, my stream of consciousness is over.

peace,

paul