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Still Need Your Help

A message from Paul Thompson stargazer@casperboo.com.

Just a quick note that I'm close to my fund raising goal but I still need your help. I am riding with Team Breeze which is captained by my good Friend Mercia. Her father lost his battle with diabetes and this ride is in honor of him and others who suffer from diabetes every day.

In little over a week I will put on my peddling shoes and bike the drive for 15 miles! Please take a moment to visit my fundraising page:
http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=5035&px=4180294
Go to the "Click Here to Sponsor Me" link and you can submit your donation. Any amount is greatly appreciated!

Thanks so much for your support!

-Paul

Click here to visit my personal page.
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Click here to view the team page for The Breeze
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A Cat by Any Other Name...

As you should know, I now have two cats.  Casper, who I've had since he was a wee kitten and I recently adopted Jada late last year.  I have come up with several nicknames for Casper including the obvious, Boo.  I have also come up with some good nick names for Jada.  Let's see, there is Ms. Thang, Ms. Lady, Fat Ass (she's fat) and my all time favorite, Princessa.  No other nickname fits her like Princessa.  When I come home from work Casper will greet me at the door as he has done faithfully for 10 years now.  But often no Jada.  My greatest fear when I don't see both cats is that I've locked one in the closet or something.  (Hey, mistakes happen!)  On a quick assessment of the apartment I often find her at the head of my bed giving me a look that says, "What are you looking at?"

 

She could not have been more true to the name Princessa than she was today.  I had just come to the kitchen to fix myself some breakfast.  I always try to feed the cats first or I might forget.  Jada began to cry.. a lot!  So I figured she must be hungry.  Ms. Thang often camps out by the food bowl.  I've even seen her sleep by it!  Gave her some food and she didn't want that.  OK, gave her some fresh water from the tap.  She didn't want that either!  Then I remembered that I had started giving them cold filtered water from the refrigerator when it was really hot last week.  So I replaced the tap water with filtered water and this fat hairy little bitch was lapping it up like Perrier!  Oh hell no!!  I'm creating a Frankensteina Princessa!

Pissed Off!

OK, I've tried my best not to talk about politics and the wars for the past few journal entries but I just can't keep quiet any more. Of course, you knew that. The fruits of rampant incompetence in this administration are being harvested right now. Insurgents have increased attacks in Iraq with an average daily death toll of 100 people. Increased Taliban attacks in Afghanistan. If there were any question as to the complete disregard of innocent lives it is our policy with the current war between Hezbollah and Israel. The US has basically given Israel the green light for indiscriminate bombing of the Lebanese people Even our strongest ally, Great Britain appears to be aligning itself with other European nations in the condemnation of Israeli attacks. It pains me to see the amount of suffering that is happening in the world because of our actions and in-actions. I love this country but sometimes it's leaders piss me the fuck off!

It is my sincere hope that this coming election season will be a referendum against those who supported this illegal war in Iraq. If you are a Democrat on Capital Hill who continues to support this war your days should be numbered (Can you say Joe Lieberman?!). It is also time to put people in Congress who are not beholden to the energy companies or the religious right so we can make this administration accountable for its actions and have a comprehensive plan to bring our troops home as soon as possible. I don't care if they are Republican or Democrat or Green. Senator Arlen Specter(R-Pa) is definitely on the right path. He just submitted a bill that would allow Congress to sue the president. You can read more here.

Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist who is traveling in the Middle East and reporting news that the mainstream media seems to skip. You can read his entries at the following website. http://dahrjamailiraq.com. Also, don't forget about the links on the left. As I said I'm pissed off. The question is are you pissed off? Have you had enough yet?

So When is the Rapture??

There is war in Iraq, a war in Lebanon, another tsunami in the South Pacific, famine over here, floods over there and all I can think about in the midst of what appears to be Armageddon is how hot it is! Doesn't the Bible mention something to the effect of hell on Earth during the last days? If that is the case then I'm living in a lava pit. I figured I was going to hell anyway but I guess hell couldn't wait for me to get there. I have the typical black man's condition. You know, sweatin'! Not sweating. That is what white people do. They look like they have a glow or shimmer. Sweatin' is what us black folks do. The tell tale signs are wet forehead, pits and chest. I distinctly remember being at the park last weekend with friends. We were all watching the big kickball game. I've got beads of sweat dripping from my forehead and chin. My Caucasian counterparts look like they just came from the spa. What's up with that?

I have learned never to leave the house without my paper towel. If you are black and it's hot you have to carry that paper towel or if you are fancy (AKA Bourgie) then a nice handkerchief. Just go to a black Baptist church and you will see what I mean. Everyone has a nice handkerchief or a fan with a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. During the sermon you will see women appear to get caught up in the Word and get the Holy Ghost. They start Jerking in the aisles, throwing their hands up and even speaking in (what sounds like) tongues. Then they faint and the nurse (OK, a woman wearing a nurse's hat) has to calm them down while fanning them to bring them back from apparent Glory. Some say it's the word of God, I say it's the heat. It is always too hot in Baptist churches. So to try and beat the Glory of God's creation I crank up the AC in my apartment to high and try to do as little as possible. Not very hard for me. When it gets this hot I could give a damn about global warming and conservation. But it is kind of a vicious cycle. I crank the AC. ComEd Uses more power which causes more pollution. It's enough to give you a brain freeze. At least my forehead isn't sweating now!