Blog-lite: none of the blog all of the observations

Have had the pox for the last week -- intesified early last week and I missed a few days work; went in Firday and on Saturday I was snookered again. Then had to be at work today (Monday) at 6:30 a.m. and I resnookered again -- much redundancy in this flu/cold/bronchitis/pneumonia... In any event there 's more snot on my mind than too many coherent thoughts. But by popular demand I post something here to fill the void. More random observations than anything else.

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I had the distinct pleasure several years ago to come upon Ernst Zundel's home not long after firefighters had arrived to deal with the consequences of someone tossing a firebomb into the fortress. Was thinking of that enjoyable interuption to my early morning jog so long ago as I watched Schindler's List the day Canada deported Ernst's racist fat ass. We should have put him on a plane bound for Israel by mistake. Oooops, sorry. I am having diffiulty reconciling Canada's use of a special warrant (or whatever we call them here) that kept Zundel in jail without due process (beyond the special warrant) for two years or so with my sense that the use of such vehicles by the state is a dangerous precedent. Hmmm, but I have no problem with the morality of the firebombing.... Oh, I'm sure I've just gotten the historical record wrong. The fire was a result of faulty electrical wiring; the two years "in-limbo" custody was in fact ordered in response to unpaid parking fees. Ain't living downtown a bitch.

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He Who Has Never Eaten Dog informed me that Koreans don't eat pigeons. No idea how we got on that topic, except that the decimation of the pigeon population in Russian by a very hungry population over the last decade or so ago was involved. Seagulls are not excempt from the Korean menu, it seems. With innocence of the popular English language comment, He informed they "taste like chicken, apparently."

The dogs eaten in Korea are raised just for that -- dogs as pets existing most distinctly from the culinary pooches. "Byung-Heon! Walk the dog and pick up a pound of terrier, will you!"

Korea has made some great movies (please see the Way Home, if you have not already, for example). Appetite for the Western classics is lacking as it seems Lassie has little visibility in Korea. So I was thinking, maybe a Korean version of the film or tv series:

THE TREATMENT:
Uncle Kim is trapped by a large, flat-screen tv that has fallen on him. Lassie after finding Uncle Kim bolts off to run in circles at the local police and fire station to signal that Uncle Kim is hurt and needs help. In the next scene two satisfied looking emergency response officials are pushing back from the dinner table -- Cop (played by Won bin, of course!!!): "Well, that sure beat kimchi take out." Fireman: "Ai! The way he was jumping around I can't believe he was that tender."

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Yesterday marked 5 weeks without sex. Perhaps a record period of time for me (as a gay man, anyway) -- I know I once went without for a month while camping in the far north with vehicles full of straight people. But, it's not the celibacy that is of note, but the fact that it is much, much easier, so far, than giving up television ever was...

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