HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANCESCA, TRY SOME PRUNE JUICE OK?

HAVE A CHEERY ONE HONEY! SPLASH SOME VODDY IN TOO.

NOW I'M SWEDISH TOO

YAY :-)

news from genealogy archivist brother that on the Worthington lines seven times back one of our grandfathers was Swedish.

ON THE RECORD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkX3CbYchSw

no he's not 23 nor an Alex

THANKSGIVING

continuing our survey of popular music on the theme of victimization is this classic
and there's a hyperlink to a full set of lyrics in the box to your right. enjoy! :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDm-5asYy4M

OBAMA IS AHEAD

what would the media do without the obama story? so many talking heads and pundits would be pounding the pavement. of course he isnt ahead. the media had better create a lasting story or else how they gonna make it until mrs clinton is elected president?

GOOD SOUND QUALITY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wby9ntdYpEk&feature=related

i will not be writing about jayson's premier radio show debut last night. the way it rolled out we could tell it wasnt tightly scripted and that's what made it beautifully funny and refreshing. the guy yelling "wassup nicca" and they tele-type relay handicapped operator proved you didn't know what the hell was going on. MAZEL TOV

NEW GREAT GRANDFATHER DISCOVERED!

FOR THE RECORD:

on the worthington line

RICHARD AREY (RICHARD2, THOMAS1) was born 1640 in Edgartown(5,6), and died February 14, 1688/89 in Edgartown(7). He married SARAH MARCHANT Abt. 1677 in Edgartown(8,9), daughter of JOHN MARCHANT* and SARAH _____. She was born 1661 in Yarmouth, Mass.(10), and died January 1728/29 in Edgartown. School was held in the Arey household in 1687. This according to the Martha's Vineyard Historian and C. E. Banks: The History of Martha's Vineyard. Constable: 1678, Constable11; Juror: 1677, Edgartown11; Juror 2: 1679, Edgartown11; Proprietor and Town Agent: Bet. 1687 - 1689, Edgartown11; Townsman: Bet. 1679 - 1680, Edgartown11. To ensure Sarah Marchant, is given proper credit, it should be noted that she was the mother of two prominent, early, Martha's Vineyard families. First the, "Arey" family which has survived throughout the generations to current times and second the, "Harlock" family which died out in it's fifth generation, due to the fact that Thomas Harlock 111, had four daughters and no male heirs.

PJM-MChildren of RICHARD AREY and SARAH MARCHANT are:3. JOHN AREY, b. October 03, 1677, Edgartown; d. Bef. 1724, Edgartown.4. JEAN OR JOAN AREY, b. 1679, Edgartown; d. 1726, Edgartown.5. RICHARD AREY, b. July 03, 1682, Edgartown; d. March 02, 1736/37, Truro, Mass..6. SARAH AREY, b. 1684, Edgartown; d. March 17, 1733/34.7. SAMUEL AREY, b. Abt. 1686, Edgartown; d. Aft. 1742, Eastham, Mass.6. SARAH AREY (RICHARD3, RICHARD2, THOMAS1) was born 1684 in Edgartown39, and died March 17, 1733/34. She married NATHAN LEWES / LEWIS August 24, 1705 in Edgartown39, son of THOMAS LEWES/LEWIS and MARY DAVIS. He was born July 26, 1678 in Mass. Note: Nathan and Sarah were married by, Mr. Russell.Children of SARAH AREY and NATHAN LEWIS are:i. HANNAH LEWIS, b. February 13, 1705/06, Mass..ii. DANIEL LEWIS, b. June 24, 1708, Mass..iii. MARY LEWIS, b. September 11, 1710, Mass..iv. SARAH LEWIS, b. June 24, 1713, Mass..v. NATHAN LEWIS, b. October 29, 1715, Mass..vi. GEORGE LEWIS, b. March 18, 1718/19, Mass..

DEAD HEAT IN IOWA

and if you believe that i have some ocean front property in Nevada i'd like to sell you. i'm not paying attention to the presidential campaign until january. paris hilton, lindsey lohane, nicole richey they're all behaving. until the OJ trial begins we have to put up with hillary, barak and john.

LAHORE

no francesca, they didn't name a city in pakistan after me. ha!

but here's a short poem set to video and music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n3n2Ox4Yfk

DREW PETERSON

what's with these sociopaths? and those are all the ones i'm naming, ok? :-)

EXPRESSWAY TO CITIZENSHIP DITCHED

it seems governor spitzer woke-up, smelled the coffee and ditched the elite concept of allowing illegals to have drivers licenses. that idea was just insanity and quite frankly insulting to the American people. he's turned into a real party hack.
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=638872&category=FRONTPG&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=11/14/2007

ZUEIGNUNG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz1Ov3wNNyw

KING TELLS A QUEEN TO SHUT UP?

well, somewhat:

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/626768ED-6B80-44F0-973A-16FBAC60FCFA.htm

11/11 VETERANS DAY- VESTAL GOODMAN SINGS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zz6tlRM9Q

DUMPING COAL IN THE RIVER

Subject: 630 tons of coal dumped in Anacostia river by CSX

if each railroad car handles 90 tons of coal, then 630 tons is the total amount of coal CSX dumped into the river by 'accident'. when is it going to be cleaned up? we know CSX is going to extract it's cars fast but what about the responsibility for 630 tons of toxic coal and the environmental contamination? how is the 630 tons of coal suddenly dropped into a spot going to effect the the PCB on the river bottom floor? i suppose since it's CSX, they'll attempt to get away with it for as long as they can and stick it to the taxpayer to pay for the clean up.

GOVERNOR SPITZER SEES THE LIGHT?

giving illegal aliens drivers licenses is the stupidest proposal i've heard in a few years. is this the expressway to citizenship? people enter this country legally should be entitled to it all. this idea must have come from an elitist who doesn't know many real people.
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=638065&category=FRONTPG&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=11/11/2007

FEMALE TROUBLE: GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER SCENE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6wx5JZF9E&NR=1

MAKING MOVIES IN WARD 2 AGAIN AND SOMETIMES WARD 1

http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2007-11-08/feature/spotlight-on-the-district

1-10 SEASON GEORGETOWN FOOTBALL BULLDOGS

title says it all, when a football coach in a late summer conversation about football enthusiasm changed the subject to soccer what does that tell you?

BON VOYAGE ET AU REVOIR 'ENFANT TERRIBLE'

just received word from my older(much) sister Francesca, that our friend and former neighbor Norman Mailer is dead. yes, deader than a doornail. for years a sunburned olive green Citroen sat parked on the street in front of 565 commercial street, a the wood frame waterfront house, like a familiar marker to guide a stumbler home and where i first met beverly bentley and norman. the shack we rented came with deeded provincetown beach rights and had no idea who lived in the house around the corner. there were the wild, loud happy drinking parties which i always managed to leave before the fights broke out. after the divorce, he married norris and purchased the huge brick waterfront property that joe hirschorn had built for lily harmon. big enough for his mother, sons stephen, michael and the new family to be added on to too. we moved from a rental on duncan lane to another on allerton street at about the same time not knowing that we'd continue sharing the same town beach. we happened to be two similar yet different creative, liberal American families. suspended from the ceiling on their small back porch was a standard naugahyde black everlast punching bag which was more of a joke than it was actually spared with. they converted the garage into an income unit and rented it out to roy cohn whom we got to know for a few season until God called his servant to heaven. roy was a real american angel and could get great tickets to the hottest shows in a second. dayum we miss him.


i'll post more comments later but these are 1st recollections.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFRuLFR91e4

SOME THINGS YOU NEVER GET USE TO

there are so many wonderful victim dependency songs....here's one i haven't heard in ages: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5f59g2UIzc

JOE MY GOD

JMG is some blogger in nyc from near the woods.
here's Vestal Goodman singing a song that i'm dedicating to JMG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zz6tlRM9Q
and here's JMG:
http://www.joemygod.blogspot.com/

SUNDAY DANCE PARTY :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnG7WATQQhU

WTF IS GOING ON?

ok, last night we all received an email via blackberry from AC Groomes. she's like we are, relentless. apparently some foreigner went postal inside the strip club in upper georgetown just across the ravine from dick cheney and bill clinton's house. the dude got so crazed he left the club and returned with a can of gasoline and splashed it on an employee, fired a match at the employee and burned him bad. jesus, my friends over there have told be tales of the neighborhood and the mix of strip bars and illegal massage parlors but this is getting out of hand.

and next week georgetown hosts colgate for their final game of the season. this from the internet:

"Georgetown University stands on the precipice of the school's first 10-loss season in 120 years of football on the Hilltop, following a 37-34 triple overtime loss to Marist College."

GEORGETOWN WEST VILLAGE MACE ATTACK

the division street between east and west village is wisconsin avenue nw. these http://www.nbc4.com/news/14501877/detail.html?rss=dc&psp=news incidences happened just off university property.

EDITH MASSEY

oh this clip MUST be posted on this blog because it's so different, original and most importantly...true. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx3SwJyGWGE

PASS THE POPPERS

that wasn't me, it was my brother. when this song came out...westbeth and au revoir to NYC and bienvenue a provincetown. i still cant believe everybody was still doing the trucks and the piers. they wanted me at uncle charlie's... and not the coke dealers, lowell nesbitt was painting iris' and black tulips. roy cohn could get the best tickets to any show in a moments notice. oh let me stop there because almost everybody from that period of my life is dead. lol. not really but it sounds good. see francesca, i haven't forgotten you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qib1CKv9tjk

RUN QUEEN RUN

http://www.georgetownvoice.com/2007-11-01/voices/learning-how-to-run-like-a-queen

i'm so proud of georgetown university. they are embracing diversity in every way. it's a religious school without the negative baggage. this is an old story for us but for somebody who's just coming out an event like this is healthy, fun and educational.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz1Ov3wNNyw
here's a 2 minute joyful song.

NOREASTER WATCH

just heard from seal harbor and they're getting ready for the huge winds this weekend. a good weekend to get blown.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/083526.shtml?3day#contents

IT IS NOW CHRISTMAS SEASON

forget thanksgiving the stores are setting up for christmas before veterans day today.

JESUS, ANOTHER ZONING MESS

http://www.examiner.com/a-1022138~Neighbors_mad_over_Harris_Teeter_alcohol_sales.html?cid=rss-Washington_DC
heard from activist neighbors up in reed-cooke that a ruling by the former zoning administrator Bill Crews is creating..."oh no you don't" where grocer Harris Teeter wants to tell the neighborhood what the neighborhood should have. they will be granted it of course but it's fun to watch. whatever happened to the former zoning administrator anyway? he's the former mayor of some iowa town who came for a gay pride march and loved the place so much he stayed! lol