Monday, May 31, 2010

Gulf oil spill?


Can we please stop referring to this tragic unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico as a spill? If I’m carrying a glass of milk in my hand and I trip, that’s a spill. If a tanker in Alaska ruptures and dumps all its oil in the water that’s a spill. This is an oil hemorrhage of the first order worthy of its own name, as they do with hurricanes. I suggest calling it David for Deepwater Avoidable Volcanic Industrial Disaster.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Remembering Murray


ODE TO A PLASTIC DONKEY

I don't care if it rains or freezes
Coz I got the critter that carried Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car

If you're in a hurry, you can pass
I'll just mosey with my favorite ass
Riding on the dashboard of my car

You can fret and you can worry
But I've got a saint who's soft and furry
Riding on the dashboard of my car

He's long gone but I do not fear
Coz in my heart he's always near
Riding on the dashboard of my car