pumpkin

Just a short note to wish you a very Happy Birthday.

yes, you have a very nice face with soft, rounded features. It would be nice to photograph.

Regarding our politics, well, I am actually on the whole pretty upbeat on the system. I look at the fact that most of our Presidents have come from modest, unexceptional beginnings and managed to rise through a weird kind of meritocracy. Clinton, Nixon, Reagan, LBJ, Eisenhower, Lincoln. Yes, there is something of a show aspect to the political season, and the system encourages some silliness. You have a parliamentary system, which tends to make multiple parties possible. In our system, there are structural reasons to tend to form into two parties. Whenever there have been 3 parties or more, one has completely disappeared. And we have been lucky that the best have come out when we needed it. There are a lot of checks and balances in our system, and those have worked pretty well by and large. The question is whether that will continue.

Of course, I am constantly frustrated on a day-to-day basis with the silliness. The heart-warming part of it is that most people I talk to have pretty good common sense about things - at least 60%.

I also can't tell you how much Americans appreciate their alliances with Canada, Great Britian, and Australia. Truly grateful.

I like to take some of his suggestions to heart. If I'm passing a chair in the airport I jump on it to free a fart. One day I WILL order food from a fast food drive-thru, and then drive to the next store and hand them back the food and ask for the same amount of money. Alas, I will never be fully high on an airplane...unless I'm becoming part of the mile high club!
Now back to you Pumpkin, and the hippy-hippy weather! Tell George to wait!

Matt

PS: Carlin may actually had been an intelligence from another world and simply gave up, and went home. And after crossing mental swords with people for 50 years, he may have finally accepted that he was swinging at empty air. And the best place for him was safe at home.

I've totally dug Carlin my whole life.. Even funnier when you had the opportunity to watch him with someone a bit dim or conservative... All his humor was so clever, pointed, and was so much bigger than the actual joke being told.

Way cool for you to dedicate this to him, only goes to reaffirm what I'd thought in the past, have always thought you pretty introspective and cool.. I tend not to comment to much since you all probably hear so much noise that it's all a monotone drone after a while.. Anyway, when I just saw this set, I had to say something because I am always drawn to amazing shots when someone is reflecting at "life beyond the window" There's so much that I could start to write here, but don't want to drone on now... Just wanted to say how very cool the set was, you, of course are gorgeous as always, but more striking in this set was some of the really powerful gaze's at the window...

Long shall we all remember George Carlin...

-T-

Sounds right up my alley. I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks for the tip.

Hey, this is so relevant right now. I'm lovin' all this info. What else ya got?

Pumpkin is amazing.

You left me a comment one time years ago and it was cute. I'm returning the favour.

I fuckin LOVE Gene Wilder!

You are welcome.

I love the picture and the thought about communication. Why is communication so hard sometimes?

For me there is too much subtext/background in my head behind the few words I actually say or type. I have whole conversations/threads in my head before getting the first message finished, so I am always surprised when it does not go like it did in my head.

I need to get out of my head more.

ahlo, did you get my postcard

ahhhhhhhh! what a cutie!