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November 27, 2001:

HOW MUCH RAMBLING CAN WE READ?

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Well, dear readers, that was a comment from our dear reader Elan, who posted yesterday (using the handy-dandy Unseemly Comment Box). The answer, of course, is that there can never be enough rambling. We were born to ramble, and that is the raison d’etre of these notes. “Raison d’etre”? Isn’t that just a little too fancy shmancy? Now we’re doing French? I don’t want these notes (ramblings) to get all hoity toity and yet I have used the hoity toity phrase “raison d’etre”, which loosely translated to “eat the damn raisins”. What that has to do with the price of tomatoes I have no idea. What anything has to do with the price of tomatoes is beyond me. Except, of course, the price of tomatoes, which has everything to do with the price of tomotoes. What the hell am I talking about? Where was I? Oh, yes, how much rambling can I do? Well, there is simply no end to the rambling I can do, because that, as we all know by now, is the eat the damn raisins of these here notes.

Elan also said he didn’t think the chat room or message board was a good idea and also wanted to know where this whole thing was going, and also felt there should be more content. Let me address these issues one at a time.

The jury is still out on the chat room. Other than the Unseemly Comment Box, I have no interest in a “message board”. In fact, I would quickly become bored by a message board. I have no idea where this whole thing is going, but if I were to hazard a guess I would say it’s going nowhere fast. I agree about more content and I would be content to have more content immediately, but that damn Mr. Mark Bakalor is slow as molasses, with an emphasis on the latter two syllables. Even now, or even shortly, the Unseemly Guy Haines Photo Gallery should be open. I don’t know if that falls under the category of “content”, though. Of course, our The Broadway Radio Show will be premiering next Monday. If Elan or anyone else has any suggestions about content please post about it or e-mail me privately.

I can tell you this, dear readers, depending on what happens in the next two weeks, there will be plenty of content on this here site and in these here notes. The story will be told, because, above all, I am a story teller. Stay tuned for more details about The Story, because, frankly, I am chomping at the bit to tell The Story. If you’ve ever chomped at the bit you know exactly whereof I speak. I do believe it’s that magical time when we must all press the Unseemly Button below, which will whisk us off to a magical land where we can ramble and tell The Story and chomp at the bit and have all the content that we desire. After all, that’s the eat the damn raisins of these notes. Click away.

Well, here we are in our brand spanking new magical land. I love all your Unseemly Comments so keep them coming, even if they are critical. We can take criticism with the best of them. We don’t always need kudos. We don’t always need a pat on the back. In fact, if you’ve ever had Pat on your back, you know that we never need a Pat on the back because frankly Pat has been eating a few too many fatty meats. We must not eat too many fatty meats or we will become unseemly in the extreme. Lean meats are the ticket. And ham chunks and cheese slices, which are, in addition to being excellent foodstuffs, very festive.

Both my daughter and my brother (my brother/my daughter, my brother/my daughter – this sounds like Chinatown, doesn’t it?) have read my brand spanking new novel and they both professed to love it (their words, not mine). That pleases me very much, although I am smart enough to know they are somewhat biased. I have given it to two people who are not biased in any way, and they too professed to love it. That pleases me very much, as well. Writing it, especially during all the turmoil that was going on, was an amazing and interesting experience. But enough about me. Let’s review a film, shall we?

Angel Heart, is an interesting motion picture. It has never been one of my favorites, although the novel it is based on is much better, Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg. Still and all, it is well done and has many interesting things. Apparently in this film, the devil is in Louisiana, causing havoc and making people do all manner of things they shouldn’t do. There is voodoo and black magic, too, and the whole thing has a nightmarish quality to it – which is to be expected when the devil is in Louisiana; what else can that be but a nightmare? Very good acting from Robert de Niro (as a mysterious presence), Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet (very racy, especially in the “Unrated Version”). It’s available on DVD, which, in the case of Angel Heart, might just stand for Dastardly Villainous Devil.

Well, dear readers, I must run and do things and then have luncheon with a friend. And then I must think of new exciting ways in which to ramble, because I was born to ramble, oh, yes, I was born to ramble. And I will ponder “where this is all going”, and I will think about content because that is my eat the damn raisins. I may even add a handy-dandy “Unseemly Update” feature – so that I can add any new ramblings which may occur to me.

I adore you all.

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