MICHAEL DENNIS MOONEY -- new writings

thanks for forwarding some of the

"flavor" of what's going on with

the fob's and the eod's

[forward operations bases and

explosive ordinace detonations, no?]

 

i love young michael's gallantry:

they picked up a "few things"

[nearly a ton of ordinance]

-- like they were out shopping? -- 

and had a pretty good day on the j-o-b, etc

 

i'm going to send those guys

the sports illustrated swimsuit

issue, after carefully reviewing it

for appropriateness, as is my

civic responsibility; hmm, this could

take a while; maria  sharapova, fey,

sweet tennis goddess, is right here,

in this good readin' book,

lying in the sand, in a special  s. i. feature, um,

spread; i might better get an extra issue

for the guys in baghdad

 

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i read with interest your note that dean can

carry concealed in 50 states after training

with the 9 mm pistol; hey, he could work in baghdad, too,

providing security for the corporate contractors;

it wouldn't be much like a nice peaceful retirement,

but he could probably make tons of money, enough

to have you there with him in the hilton as his re-load moll,

hot in a bronze colored dress, blonde "do," and bare feet

-- the girl hates shoes, they say --

or just plain hot as the air conditioning fails again

and there's nothin but deep space nine reruns on the telly

to relieve the bombarbment of facts from cnn

 

my guess is dean enjoys keeping current

with the technology of police work,

'cause after all he's a technology buff;

and pistol use is a sport, a recreation, too

 

[my mother, when in her seventies, could not get over

how computers were completely replacing

all the older technologies of secretarial work,

especially the typewriter

and the steno pad; so, as an ex-exec sec,

sexy and high-tech, she just had to get a computer,

though she had little need for one

(eventually she gave a couple computers away)

she had to see what it was all about; now, god bless her,

she wants a laptop and a chrysler lebaron convertible,

-- is she cruising the coffee bars? --

and she'll be 84 in september; hope i'm so long-lived,

i want to get all my fica contributions back,

one pittance at a time, just out of general spite

towards the federal taxation authorities.]

 

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have much fun on your journey to georgia,

the northern wilds

 

bring an l. l. bean quilted parka, for sure

 

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you closed with "stay warm"

 

we are having a global warming winter,

or an el nino one, which might be more

accuweather accurate

 

we have had no snow, none, in february, green grass;

nor in march;

tommorow we're supposed

to have a rather balmy 50-plus day:

i'm determined to be out on the court tommorow,

practicing a nine-fingered two-hander on the left-hand side

-- the one achy-breaky

finger left off the grip -- and i'll try a lefty serve;

i used to be able to pitch lefty

when my dad and i'd play pitch and catch,

and i still can when jack and i throw the ball

 

most important sign of spring:

the guy who operates the tastee freeze here

is cranking up his machinery today

and cooking a humongous pot of chili

[for the chili dogs, you know] 

he's opening officially tommorow,

though he'll serve you today, 'cause the machines

have to be crankin' anyhow, and it's a good chili day,

blustery and wet; i've got a heckuva cold that's settling in,

starting some nasty chest congestion

(i usually don't get that);

so i'm breaking out the mucinex and sudafed,

and i'm ON DRUGS

 

but you could tell that from the run-on sentences

and the loose associations

 

# posted by Michael Dennis Mooney : 12:18 PM