75 Years ago today was the great stock market crash of 1929.

Also Winona Ryder turns 33 years old today. Wow. Looking at her bio, I had no idea some of the stuff about her.

For example:
1. Her real hair color is blonde but when she made her first major film Lucas (1986) her hair color was dyed black and she was told to keep it that color and it has stayed that color since.

2. She smokes a pack of cigarettes a day!

3. She was born Winona Horowitz and named after her the town in which she was born, Winona Minnesota.

And a personal quote from Winona on the screenplay for Heathers (1989):

“It’s a brilliant piece of literature, and I call it literature because it really is. I held it up next to ‘Catcher in the Rye’ and all the great books that I’ve read.”

Happy Birthday Winona! I loved you in Great Balls of Fire.

What the heck happened to Enron? This was the biggest corporate rip-off ever and no one brings it up at all. I think that the War on Terrorism and the War in Iraq is actually just a big distraction from corporate greed and abuse scandals.

Why doesn’t Kerry say as much? Something like this:

“The President is a one-trick pony. He talks about the War on Terror. What about the War on Drugs? The War on Crime? The War on Poverty? The War on Illiteracy? How about Corporate scandals like Enron? They ripped off hundreds of thousands of seniors of their life savings. They scammed states out of billions of dollars in illegal energy trading. They laughed about ripping of grandmother’s on tape! Where is the justice?”

Every time Bush talks about Terrorism, Kerry should say, “Great, What about the rest of our problems? Man can not live on War and Terrorism alone!”

Quick Question: What percentage of Americans do you think has your income level?

I believe that most Americans do not understand the breakdown of income in this country. So here is a nice chart to help you understand how poor most Americans are. (Shoutout to Danny for the basic info and the IRS for making this information public.)

Source: IRS Income Tax Statistics
Data - 130,076,445 Total income tax returns from 2002

A poem I read in The People’s History of the US. Addition source.

My Boy
I have a little boy at home,
A pretty little son;
I think sometimes the world is mine
In him, my only one.

But seldom, seldom do I see
My child in heaven’s light;
I find him always fast asleep…
I see him but at night.

Ere dawn my labor drives me forth;
’Tis night when I am free;
A stranger am I to my child;
And strange my child to me.

I come in darkness to my home,
With weariness and—pay;
My pallid wife, she waits to tell
The things he learned to say.

How plain and prettily he asked:
“Dear mamma, when’s ‘Tonight’?
O when will come my dear papa
And bring a penny bright?”

I hear her words—I hasten out—
This moment must it be!—
The father-love flames in my breast:
My child must look at me!

I stand beside the tiny cot,
And look, and list, and—ah!
A dream-thought moves the baby-lips:
“O, where is my papa!”

I kiss and kiss the shut blue eyes;
I kiss them not in vain.
They open,—O they see me then!
And straightway close again.

“Here’s your papa, my precious one;—
A penny for you!”—ah!
A dream still moves the baby-lips:
“O, where is my papa!”

And I—I think in bitterness
And disappointment sore;
“Some day you will awake, my child,
To find me nevermore.”

They put up a good fight but lost. So I guess they are not going to go 16-0. BUT, I am getting a vision…Here it comes…They are going to go 15-1. I am 94% sure.

If the Redsox can win the World Series, then maybe the Jets can win the Superbowl?

The boys are getting a tiny bit more into football. I wish I could get DirecTV on the roof. Then I could force them to watch the Jets with me.

In other news, Ethan rode his bike around our new block in Hercules. I am pleased.

A nice electoral college calculator.
Using this, I started with the 2000 election. Then I split Colorado’s vote. Then I changed Pennsylvania from a Democrat win to a Republican win. Ohio went to Bush last time. It doesn’t really matter. Whoever wins Florida wins. It’s all about Florida.

Check the Miami Herald’s article written an hour ago on who is winning there. I wonder why I don’t hear about more trips to the sunshine state. I hear Ohio and Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and even New Jersey. But what about Disney World?

Right now, Kerry is in Ohio hunting. He is using a Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag 12-gauge pump action, Woodlands Camo finish shotgun.

Wow, linking to relevant data is time consuming. Anyway, my point is: Kerry better make sure and win Florida. And if you live in Florida (MOM), please tell people that Bush hates Golfers.

So Comcast came over to set up cable TV and Internet Access, but unfortunately, they screwed up the internet access. They can’t even fix it until Sunday. Come on people!

13 days to the election. I sort of feel like a Boston Red Sox fan. You can make your own analogies here. Maybe something about class warfare and Babe Ruth? What is the best analogy you can make between this election and the Yankees/RedSox series?

*Winner gets a new car!*

*You must be over 100 years old and live in Indiana to be eligible for this contest. Entries must be received by Oct 19, 2004. No purchase required.

Moved. Muscles hurt. Everything still in boxes or strewn throughout the house. No internet access. No phones. No Comcast. No DirecTV. No garbage. No mail.

Other than that, I love the new house.

Oh, speaking of DirecTV. They came and decided that the roof was too high. They didn’t want to go up on the ladder. What the hell is that? A satellite installation company that is afraid of heights??

Oh, and my brother, Danny, asked popped the question to his roommate, Lindee. She accepted (grudgingly) and will consent to do his laundry and cook his meals and put up with his dictatorial style until death do they part. Romance is a beautiful thing. He made he a 5 foot ring apparently. I bet its not really diamond. Probably cubic zirconium!

I wonder when they have set the date? Will it be a Vegas wedding, while sky diving in Elvis costumes? Or a wedding on the beach, with a bonfire, Pam Anderson/Tommy Lee style. Will the wedding cake taste good? Who will be invited? Will the Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg give the bride away? What does George W. Bush think of the nuptials? Will he be president when they get married? Will Danny be drafted shortly after the wedding and have to go to Iraq?

Here is to New Houses and New Families! May they stand, even through the volcano exploding and the earthquakes of our lives.

We are the proud new owners of our new house in Hercules. It cost an arm and a leg but it is ours. I feel good about moving. Really excited. Lots to do. We are moving tomorrow.

Right now, I am all optimism. Let’s see how I feel a year from now!

In the debates, the ridiculous lies are making me crazy.
Dick Cheney Debate Lies..

This video shows Bush lying to every American in crystal clear language.

Bush DOES own part of a Timber company!

I have this terrible feeling in my stomach that Bush is going to be president for four more years. I don’t know if he will be elected, but he will be president. Hopefully, it’s just gas.