the toothpick factory pt. 4

I awoke in a pool of sweat, and the fever was gone, only the memory of a surreal and absurd dream about a zombie who worked at a toothpick factory remains. I am all better now. Time to go outside........

The

End

The Final Solution

I am losing the 'War on Cat Shit' and fear that I only have one choice left; get a dog. That powdered red pepper didn't really do a damned thing. A dog will. A dog will run the cat out of here. Yes, a dog will poop, but not in those semi-hidden little places like herb gardens, like the cat's leaving a present or something.

Yawn-Fest '09

The annual yawnfest known as the Grammy's was on last night. I didn't watch it. Well, I caught the tail end of it, and saw some pre-show footage from the red carpet. The red carpet, yeah, the five minutes that I could stomach of that show had all the artists blowing hard about how this year's grammy's are "rock and roll" this, and "rock and roll" that, as if they all got a memo beforehand stating that "its all about the rock and roll this year people." Even that little musical work-horse myley syrus was chiming in about the 'rock and roll.' yeah right, that's when I had to surf back over to the show me and the wife can't stay away from, 'rock of love,' -the tour bus- hey, I watch it okay, and really I'm not trading in the mindless viewing of rock of love for the pointless viewing of the grammys man. No way.

I did surf back over to the tail end of the grammy's though. I Saw that Coldplay won 3. YAWN! also, another letdown of the grammys was the "In Memoriam" list of musicians who had died in the last year. Snubbed from being remembered by the "INDUSTRY" was Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton,(R.I.P) who passed away about a month ago. His influence on what became Punk Rock and Rock and Roll in general is undeniable. I mean, come on, The Stooges are the roots of the punk rock family tree. Furtermore, those Green Day dudes came up to present something after the memoriam list went up, being that they are "punk rock" I thought they would've made mention of the blatant snub of Mr. Asheton, nope, didn't want to ruffle the "industry" feathers and possibly jeapordize some kind of future recording contract.

"Rock and Roll Grammys"- my ass!

At least they didn't forget Bo Diddley from the memoriam list.

Okay, that being said, maybe Ron's name will be on next year's list. And for all I know, there could've been some kind of tribute to him in the middle of last night's program. I wasn't watching. I still reserve the right to talk shit though. Yes.

the toothpick factory pt.3

The beatings happened continually in the orphanage. Not just to little James Spivey, but to all the orphans. Pretty much any and all forms of torture ever concocted to be used in the name of "Holiness", "God," and "Church", over the centuries, was implemented there. One of the more violent methods, used for "toughening-up", required that a pitch-fork be buried, vertical, with prongs pointing skyward, at about waist level, to the tortured child, while having him bent over, prongs a mere two inches from the chest area while being whipped on the back by Nuns/Priests. They had to take it. To give in was to be punctured by the ever-sharpened pitchfork, and made to bleed. Most kids would break and recieve punctures once, and that was it, never again would they break down like that. The broken ones would have puncture scars on their chests for the rest of their lives. Spivey didn't have these scars, just a much calloused and scarred back from the heavy whipping.

Spivey, and the rest of the kids at the orphanage, would never truly comprehend the brutality that was perpetrated on them there. By the time they were old enough to leave, and schooling was finished, they were released into the world, to be on their own. The idea was that they were so isolated during their childhood beatings/brainwashing that they thought the whole world operated this way, and in fact, that every child anywhere in the world, was raised the same way as they were. It was perfectly normal, and they were programmed not to question it. Obey! Period.

But what if a question should come?

Chores Day

Get a toothbrush.
Buy up all the steel wool at the store...
Go home...
Scrub the driveway...
Until it shines...
like chrome.