Archie Kobain

If that’s all there is my friends, then let’s keep dancing.
Let’s break out the booze and have a ball…

I like the sound of that.

Have you seen this?

AIG Won’t Join Lawsuit Against the US.
(Click on it to read the source story.)

So, what lawsuit is AIG no joining, you might ask?  I know.  Most people had forgotten about this but, AIG’s former CEO has organized a $25 billion (billion with a “b”) lawsuit on behalf of AIG shareholders, claiming that the U.S. government’s bailout deal was to expensive and that the government took too much equity in the company in return for their $182B – calling the bailout “forced”.

Huh?  I guess we should have let them fail. Oh wait, I’ve been saying this that whole time.  And, I bet if we did let them fail, they’d be suing us over that.  I say “us” because this is just more taxpayer money – your money and my money, and the Washington money machine just lets it go on and on.

Whatevs!

I’m so tired.  I’d been taking it easy for a while but this is 2013.  I’ve been working on a spaceship for a lot of years and this year, we’re launching it into orbit. So take your protein pills and put your helmets on.  Launching a spacecraft isn’t easy and I haven’t seen my rocket scientist friends in years – they are out sailing, where I should be.

Funny, I’ve been working until 2am every night.  That’s my “hard stop” time.  When it gets to be 1:45am, I’m like, “oh damn… time to go to bed”.  Doesn’t matter.  I’m a machine.

Rock me…  Rock me.
Roll me through the night!

Doctor, Doctor, Give me the news…
I went to see a doctor the other day.  There’s nothing wrong with me…  Outside of deciding to go see a doctor, that is.  It turns out that when your age starts rounding up to 100, they want to start poking, prodding, and sending cameras up into places that haven’t seen light since Richard Gere wanted his gerbil back.

So, I make an appointment for a “consult” and the lady on the phone says to me, “OK.  Make sure you bring your insurance card, a picture ID, and all of your medications”.  No worries.

Appointment day gets here,
and while staring at my bottle of Don Julio, she’s like, “what’s that?”

“That’s tequila.  It was your idea that I bring all my medications!”

“In fact”, checking my watch.  “Do you guys have any shot glasses?”

Then she hands me this clipboard and wants me to fill out all this stuff.
Do you have this?  Do you have that?  I thought they were going to tell me!

Here were my favorite questions with my answers:

Q: Do you use alcohol?
A: Duh!

Q: Do you use cigarettes?
A: Not since I broke up with the girl that liked me to burn her neck.

Q: Do you suffer from memory loss?
A: What was the question?

Q: Do you suffer from memory loss!!!?
A: I don’t remember. Why are you people in my house?

Q: Have you ever been diagnosed with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome?
A: Is that a law firm in Fort Lauderdale?

Q: Have you ever been diagnosed with Takayasu Arteritis?
A: Do I look Japanese?

Q: Do you suffer from panic attacks?
A: Not until I had to read this list of shit I might suffer from.

Then I threw the clipboard at her and jumped out the window.

But Why Are We Really Here Today?
Is it to look at the new tax tables for 2013?

Seriously?  So if you make less than $8700 per year, your marginal tax rate is increasing from 10% to 15%.  That’s 5%!  But all the other tax increases are smaller. Does that sound like tax increases are only affecting the ultra-successful or shall we hold hands and chant “Liar. Liar. Pants on fire!” ..at Señor Presidente?

No. That’s not why we’re here today.  We can do that anytime.

We’re here because I promised a non-redhead that was more my age.
Well, here she is…

This week’s Non-Redhead of The Week is Hope Davis.

I’m going to say that 48 doesn’t get any sexier than this.

If you’re not familiar with this Jersey girl, look her up and rent some movies.  You might like “About Schmidt”, for which the NY Film Critics Circle nominated her for Best Supporting Actress.

I would recommend The Nines, a crazy-assed film starring Hope with Ryan Reynolds that, at the end of the movie will leave you wondering, what the f@3k was that movie about?  Yes, a little nutty and confusing, but interesting and Hope tips the scales just enough to make it worth watching.

Hmmm…  I haven’t seen it in a while.  Maybe I’d understand it better the second time?

Is that tequila?  Call me.

Well, is that all there is for today?

It would be, if it wasn’t for this video from the movie, The Nines,
with Hope Davis singing the Peggy Lee classic Is That All There Is? 

Oh, great…
Now I’m picturing her shivering in her pajamas.  It’s definitely time to go.

So…???  Don’t you love it when it all comes together at the end.
You see.  If you trust me… I will deliver you from evil.

And that my friends is…  All There Is.
So, let’s break out the booze and have a ball!

Peace

 – Arch