Thoughts for the nearing end of July

I am back. It has been a rather strange weekend, I think. You have a Norwegian massacre (I am enthralled with his dual plea of responsibility for the Oslo bombing and the camp shooting--like shooting fish in a barrel--but he is not criminally responsible, as he did it for some sort of greater cause), Amy Winehouse's "unexpected"??? death and the Lad's return from camp. Not sure what means the most to me in my little, insular world, oh yeah, the Lad.

I keep reading about how "ironic" it is that the home of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, had this kind of human massacre. Not sure how ironic it is, though. They did give a Peace prize to the murderous, kleptocrat, Yassir Arafat. They did give a Peace Prize to a man who was presiding over 2 wars, Barack Obama. They awarded a Peace Prize to an organization that presided over a good number of genocides in Rwanda, Burundi and Darfur AND sits back and allows it's member to spew anti-Semitic rhetoric and invites such Human Rights stalwart nations, such as Iran, China and North Korea, to sit and lead its council on Human Rights, the UN (man, I do have a lot of venom to spew against the UN, that sort of things has built up over 40 years for me). They awarded their coveted prize to a fat, blowhard who is amassing a fortune over climate change, while increasing his ACTUAL carbon footprint (do as I say, not as I do) in Al Gore. The irony is that they can give out this award and keep a straight face, not that their was a politically motivated massacre that occurred in their country.

That was one sad event. Amy Winehouse had the musical chops but it has been 5 years since her awesome album. She could not get it together enough to record another one, let alone try to live a life. She was one pained woman. Sad and talented but the writing was on the wall here. It was always a matter of when, not if, with Amy Winehouse. At least, her type of music did open the door for similar sounding British women (Duffy and Adele) who do not seem to be suffering the same psychic pain as Amy Winehouse.

The Lad is back. That means a lanky presence has returned to the Madman house. That also means 3 sharing one shower. At least it is summer and the shower schedule is not as compact or rushed. It also means higher grocery bills. That boy needs to be fed, apparently. I am just not to sure where he puts it. He does not grow out, just straight up.

He had a good time, though, and that is all that counts. Just thought I would open up about that. Nothing funny, just things that needed a comment or two. Ciao!