Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Still too hot, Oil, Iran and Crimson Ghosts


Still hot.


Still too damn hot.

Mets managed to actually look like a decent team last night – granted the Giants aren’t the sternest of tests but…you have to beat the teams you are supposed to beat to win anything – and the Mets managed to win without looking like they were going to toss the game away in the later innings.

And by some miracle they are back in the hunt in the NL East – which gives one an idea of just how poorly the NL east is playing these days. Any decent team would have buried them already.

Meantime W is over in Europe discovering just how little influence a lame duck really has – which is a good thing. The only really worrying thing is the sense I get that he’s trying to do things that will handcuff the next president (like say bombing Iran) even before he takes office.

Meantime Iran, showing their concern for a peaceful world fired a missile off today to ‘show their resolve’ Oil prices which had been going down spiked again.

In re oil prices I think we’re really into panic mode – anything from a storm to a missile launch will spike the prices – which proves rational analysis has taken a back seat to blink fear.

The Iranian launch – while stupid – is understandable – a superpower with a sea full of ships a sky full of bombers has been saying nasty things – and hinting about blowing up things. If you’re in that country something like launching some missiles is bound to happen if for no other reason than to keep the Bill O’riley’s of Iran’s mouths shut for a while. It’s not clear if the President of Iran is one of those Bill O’Riellys or not but you can be sure they have them.

Meantime walking by Macy’s I see that Rolling Stone Magazine has joined forces with some t-shirt manufacturer to have some of their covers on t-shirts. It’s weird a bit to look at this – I don’t know but it’s just weird to see what covers from the 60’s and 70’s could still be considered hip – and they show the usual suspects – Jim Morrison , Hendrix and the other dead gods.

And I keep seeing misfit shirts about – worn by kids ½ my age or less – yeah they are pretty cool and I like them quite a bit – but the bands damn near 20 years old – and the classic line up blew up back in the 80’s. Or is this just a fashion statement since the Misfits logo is the oh so very cool crimson ghost from the serial of the same name.

Feh – I’m wandering again. must be the heat.

Waiting for the Lucha Libre film from Net Flix. More later.

Peace Love The Crimson Ghost.

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