deliver us from the gathering storm

Deliver us from the gathering storm,

unworthy though we are.

Keep us living safe from harm,

and hold us in your arms.

Full of dread and dispair are we.

Sinless never more to be.

Deliver us from the gathering storm,

unworthy though we are.

Deliver us from the gathering storm,
and brighten all our nights.
Keep us from the hour of doom,
and guide us by your light.

Full of dread and dispair are we.
Sinless never more to be.
Deliver us from the gathering storm,
unworthy though we are.

(traditional)

Pray Mercy!

Jesus would find the Republican President candidates boring as hell and not very Christian.
Check out their stupidity when you have nothing else to do.

And their hair! What's with that Chip Douglas, my-three-sons, part that both the candidates and the reporters wear? You know there's a closet Uncle Charlie in all their closets. How else did McCain survive the pits of Hanoi Hilton for 5 years? And so what if he did? What he went through on the USS Forestal would made anyone rethink their life.

Sam Brownback thinks 90 minutes is a long time. His wife appeared a bit disappointed.

At least Rudy Guliani is likely to have sex with his wife after this event. The rest of them, yeeechhhh a scary, scary, scary thought - like your parents, you know they did it, how else to explain your existence, but how? Did they experiment? Ever? How about later in life? Experiment then? If Republicans can't dance, then how do they talk about sex? They must have sex, there's certainly enough of them. Do they consider praying forgiveness equivalent to a frank discussion about the topic?

Now this would liven up the Republicans. Nancy Reagen and Mitt Romney. Doesn't he need another wife? Even better. Mitt + Nancy + Hillary. Talk about coalition building. In the strictest Mormon sense of course.

Please moi implores you. Please no, have mercy! Moi knows you mean well. Moi loves the horses, the Old Kentucky Home, the Old Kentucky Bourbon, but do not transfer VT onto Barbarbo. Please no. Mercy. No. Please. No. Please. I beg of you.

Badge. Duck tape on recycled yogurt lid. ~2" x ~3". definitely post-911. guessing 2002. Will check the flow chart for art historians.

take this!

check out Alan Sparhark's version of Murderer on les concerts a emporter de la blogotheque. Concert #46. Haunting lyrics for recent mayhem.

also check out the harmonic simplicity and power of the band Low Low in a Paris bistro. Concert #36.

never seen a bear? nor a squeezebox on Ilse St. Louis? now you can. The Grizzly Bear. Concert #10 and Kria Brekkan, #26.

plus des concerts, allee!, vite, vite.

Cards to replace LaRussa with teetotalling midget dwarf

ok back to baseball. It's really early to be talking about baseball, the temperature is still way too cold here, it's rainy, so I won't really talk much about baseball. Instead let's talk about substance abuse and baseball. You heard it here first. Before the season ends, the Cardinals will have a new manager. Tony, who has his own problem with the sauce and with anger management issues won't last through his sentencing hearing, all the ugly revelations that are bubbling to the surface like a Boulevard Dry Stout over the last few days of Josh Hancocks life, and lack of contention by the defending World Champs in August. Hancock had 2, count ém 2, automobile accidents, whereby his car was totaled in the span of 3 days. One at 5:15 am and three days later the final one at 12:30 am. The Cardinals can hire the Defense Dept. to spin this one and eventually the story will emerge. Friendly fire indeed. Pat Tillman, meet Ira Louvin.

"The first time I hear insincerity, man, I'll start swinging this fungo bat" said LaRussa during a press conference when asked if alcohol was involved in the accident. Threatening fungo bats to a reporter's head for asking probing questions sounds like defensive posturing and one of the first steps and it isn't going to help his situation.

Walt Jocketty the Cards GM, who today stated the organization wasn't responsible for the actions of it's players (except when they are winning pennants) will change his mind if attendance suffers. And it will. People are fickle. They will drink at the game and then drive home. They will laud the conquering heroes, they will let the conquering heroes drink and drive, but when the conquering heroes show fraility they will disavow any knowledge of those actions and pillar them and spend their supplemental money at the bowling alley, softball park, or horse track if only for a summer.

all homeland is local

Some moi propaganda from the 2003 election. Injet on rag paper. Dimensions vary, this one 11" x 17".

painting the town orange

Kansas City has a new mayor today - the tallest in the land (7' 1") and perhaps the most transparent, Mark Funkhouser. He's promised to listen to the regular folks, not look down upon them, and open up government and I believe he's earnest. There is so much to do in the city in the next few years and trying to find the money and consensus to do it all, well let's hope those auditor skills, love for Abraham Lincoln, and risk-taking take root among all the people. Mark does believe, and repeatedly reminds everyone that the people own the government and THEY have to decide how to make their city a better place. The mayor can only facilitate the process. If you're a total kc politico-geek you can read or listen to his acceptance speech.

Did the previous mayor, Kay Barnes, ever quote anyone other than a sports figure during her tenue? Don't know, but moi is fairly certain that Mayor Barnes didn't quote Kennedy, Disraeli, and John Winthrop in the same speech. Here's to change.

workers of the world unite

Today is May Day. Don't be fooled into thinking this a holiday celebrating those with socialist, if not entirely communist, tendencies although it might be and don't be fooled into thinking this is some kind of remnant pagan ritual to celebrate summer, although it might be that as well. No, this is a holiday about YOU. YOU who toil daily at your job, your life, your attempts to raise a family, your attempts to pay the taxman. Celebrate the passage of Tax Freedom Day, which was yesterday this year. This one's for you and those who came before and stand with you to make the world a better place. So cheer up, do a dance, and have some fun. This world in your world. Make it a better place.

Today we celebrate, among others, the SpaceHijackers, a zany, fun group of anarchitects from London. SpaceHijackers work to transform public spaces, many of which have been co-opted by corporate, back into the realm of the public. Space Hijackers perform actions such as installing public benches in public spaces, holding midnight cricket test matches, and wearing t-shirts emblazed with EVERYTHING IN STORE HALF-PRICED TODAY to mall shops on Buy Nothing Day.

"Is everything instore really half price"

"That's what it says on the t-shirt madam!"

"Everything?"

"That's what it says"

All in good fun my friends. All in good fun.