drat fink

slate chalkboard

"At this point, the mystery of "Who Is Robert Klingler?" swells to include "Who Is Robert Klingler-Desai?" and "Who Is RDesai3109@aol.com?" not to mention, "Are They the Same Person?"

play for today

famous natl geo afghan girl is found 16 yrs later.

boarding passes

"Washington --- Six months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Immigration and Naturalization Service mailed out notices that two of the hijackers had been approved for student visas."

aliason

whew. had dinner with the parents last night at the new restaurant. growing up it was always my mother that seemed unstable but since my dad "retired" he has completely gone over the edge, at least after hes emptied a few glasses. now sure, the edge hes gone past was dull to begin with, but someones got to reel him in when hes knocking on the window of the restaurant and waving at the passersby. if anyone needs to borrow them, theyre available for weddings, bar mitzvahs or ribbon cutting ceremonies. price list available upon request.

smile for the camera

"It's Electronic Media's first-ever survey of Washington's media inner circle naming the best and worst talk show guests. We spoke to more than a dozen TV news professionals who book, produce, host and follow the Washington-centric TV shows that do the most to define the country's political talking points."

more where that came from

so, as far as i can tell, we are harboring biological terrorists, using chemical weapons and preparing our assault mini-nukes while the government engages in disinformation and torture-by-proxy?. then, we are militarily engaged in the most places weve ever been, for the longest time (since vietnam), and we are threatening to go into even more. and this all with a military that was deemed woefully unprepared (for war without end) by the current raiders-in-chief during the last election cycle. (more links to come, yeah right)

the lost world

"During this period of long sleepless nights, I sometimes wish I could believe in ghosts. I turn and toss in bed and imagine being able to send the ghosts of all the dead children, Israeli and Palestinian, to haunt Mr. Sharon and Mr. Arafat. I imagine that I am able to assemble these innocents around the beds of the two leaders; two men, both more than 70 years old, each a prisoner of the other, each at the mercy of the other. Each ready to act every day exactly as the enemy foresees, to throw more fuel on the flames, to spill yet more blood."