AUGUST 28, 2006 --

Pondering Primary Practicalities …

In a primary race, these days, to be invincible

One must consider the party, and not the principle.

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AUGUST 28, 2006 --

Flyboys …

The restored Warner Theater in Torrington, after many years projector-less, showed a movie, again, August 26, and this time it was a premiere -- of Tony Bill's Flyboys, a $60 million production about the Lafayette
Escadrille of World War I.

LPR intended to go to the occasion for photo op purposes, but was stymied when
two electric windows on the LPRmobile decided to stay half open.

LPR is not sure if this was the work of invisible tormentors, or of Good Geists, perhaps protecting this writer from calamity. Fortunately, LPR got this photo of a Flyboys poster (with the Warner in reflection) August 22.

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AUGUST 28, 2006 --

Nein--Nine …

I don't care what they say

Those astronomers who have acted so arrogantly

Our solar system has only eight planets, they say

Well, Pluto, you will always be a planet to me

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AUGUST 28, 2006 --

An Unsettling Irony …

I cannot claim to have been much of a student

But present perception suggests it would be prudent

To take back UN Security Council resolution 242

Lest we put the planet in a boundary stew

Resolution 242 was inspired by the Mideast conflict

But general instability if it's not rescinded I
predict

Violence by aggrieved groups that they justify as permissible

To regain land taken by force--since 242, deemed "inadmissible"

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AUGUST 28, 2006 --

Lincoln Center Summer Sculpture
ID'd …

Here are two more photos of "Big Pleasure Point," by Nancy Rubins.
This work will be on display through September 4.

Lincoln Center Sculpture

"Big Pleasure Point" close-up.

AUGUST 9, 2006 --

Chase Still Aches …

From LPR's perspective Chase does not choose to deal with this writer in an atmosphere of fairness and reason -- the latest statement still carries that onerous 29.99% interest rate.

Heavens, if Chase will not listen to
reason, how can we expect reason to prevail in international disputes?

LPR has followed the Arab-Israel War
since 1956 and plans to offer some observations on the current round in this 58 year war, next week.

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AUGUST 9, 2006 --

Disclaimer from this DRZ …

Please be advised that my initials: D (for David named after my mother's father), R (for Reuben, an uncle of my mom) and Z (for Zukerman, my father's surname) long
pre-dated the current ad campaign featuring a certain "Dr. Z."

This DRZ has no connection with Dr. Z, which means, among other things, no royalties come my way, unfortunately.

Also, this DRZ does not have a bushy
(or any) mustache. LPR does not know if US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton inspired the bushy mustache on Dr. Z.