King of the Jews

Was a way from my papers and cafe this sunday morning - I have such a set pattern - and I wanted to get home. Hung @ Gf's a bit, watched the Sunday morning political shows, and ate a full breakfast. Eventually made my way home.

The decision was to watch #4, #5, and #6 of "Corpus Christi". I had to return the DVD Saturday to the lbrary, but wanted to watch it first. That means I have to finish it Sunday and then put it in the overnite dropbox and hope that they backdate the DVD to Saturday (They do that, but not all libraries/librarians do it).

Now I'm halfway done with the series. The whiole series now seems to revolve arounf Jesus's arrest, trial, and crucifixion. I don't think there is any Cana or anything early in here - just the endparts. The chapters in the second disc include Barabbas, The Trial, and King of the Jews. The first was Crucifixition, John the baptist, and Temple. Funny - the series startes with Crucifixion - because, as the documentary says, maybe the only thing that we can be sure about w/ this Jesus character was that there was some dude called Jesus and he was put to death via crucifixion. The rest is wonder.

Funny point - all four gospels have that what was written on Jesus's placard above his crucified body read "King of the Jews", but in varying form. Here is Jesus, TKOTJ. or Here is YKOTJ. Or This is TKOTJ. Or....what's the last?

Gf came over and we went to 8pm Mass @ St. Xaviers. Well sung mass - theere was one piano, a few singers, and a heavenly racket just behind us. The firat readiing was NOT from the OT but rather from the Acts of the Apostles - funny, a little biblical reading and I thinnk i.m Christ.......oh, wait, I always thought I was Christ...... last weeks mass was so lame, but this weks was great. AFter mass, Gf was suffered through the Corpus Christi #6.

Then, the long drawndown to the day.

The written word by Dragon

It's been done by me, it's been done by Stix, and it's been notably done by Lazers - but this is the first time Dragon's taken the cup and written the fortnightly "This Fortnite in J & B" (Cue music = 'dun/dun dun/dun daa daa daa-da dada da da da da da dada da daaa ///dun/dun dun/dun ....') J & B Update. It's usually sent around via email by teammembers and those who are in the 'J & B stream', but eventually I put cut and paste it into Security Out w/ just a bit of name tweeking by me.

So, w/ both lazers and Stix on the sidelines, Dragon decided to write up this weeks Review.

As alway, names edited by Hilts

Hammertime/Saturday

The centerpiece of this day was a trip way south to Gf's brothers place. Just a pizza day. Gf's brother who loives on belmont took CTA to GF's place, and then I met them @ her crib. Then we drove south in her car all the way to like 198 the south -yes, get it, that far, Mr. Farr? - and hung out. Gf and I, two brothers, and one sister in law.

We were going to use one of the 2-1 coupons in the book, but nothing was any good. So what we did was go to -ready? - Little Joes, a pizza shop that was in the old 'hood but like manu other store/shops had moved out. So places like Giordanos, Palermos, Gerties, Cupid Candies (maybe) and Little Joes had their starts in marquette Park but over time moved south.

It was great to eat @ Little Joes. Sure, the old building is gone - a nice little two story corner restuarent rite on 63d has been replaced by a strip mall building on something like 163rd - but stunningly - THE PIZZA TASTED THE SAME!! Is this possible? It really did, and I had forgotten the taste of it. Was a welcome reminder.

Along with seeing family, Gf's bro fixed a reciever that I had thought I'd broken. Gf's bro R. was a stereo guy growing uop and always fixed electronics gear - it's his job now. I asked if he'd look @ it, and it was ok it just needed to be 'reset'. That put me in a good mood.

We left like 10 pm op so. From 198th south we had to drive all the way to Belmont to drop her other brother off, then swing back south. By now we always stop @ James Joyce's, the Irish bar near -what, the train tracks out to La Grange and harlem. Again, not a great place, but very handy for us as it gives us a famiulier place that serves us cider and guiness. Despite it being a saturday nIte, the plavce was dead. I think it's main times of business is for commuters, since it is rite off the Harlem stop on the Metra. I surmise that it must be packed on fridays @ six or so. But saturday @ eleven? First time we get to sit by the window and watch the tracks.

We played with the camera, and yes I will post those pictures. it.s way past time for a reseedoing of flicker's security out page. Soon. It was a good time all around. To Gf's.

'the shifting of light and soil.......nothing can be held in my hands for long.....(sic)' (Hammer time/Friday)

Had one of those great practices again- we scrimmaged the varsity (and lost 5-0) and its always fun to see the girls one the pitch processing what they've been taught and trying to perform. They are not bad.

Was a north side kinda nite. Practice broke off @ 5.45 or so and I had enough time to hit Gf's. I was going to see Redmoon's Boneyard-Prayer. She cooked me up some good supper- cheese casa dias. Then, the NS1 Strasser pointed its' bows north and sailed @ a high rate of steam to make sure I was on time.

Despite pretending to be a theatre guy, I haven't actually seen any of Redmoon's stuff....ever. They are kinda a deal in Chicago, so I feel stupid. William Randolph H loves this company, and always sees their shit. He has told me before to get to see their stuff - this is the product of that 'pressure', finally.

It was also the unveiling of Randolph's new lady friend. Some fetching young thing who was met @ that great Halloween party. Seems kool. Who was there to greet her? The couples of Gunner and Treats. Chartman, Snowden, and Guitars. And I. Of course I skipped the pre play meal- concerns over the running time of my teams scrimmage and cheapness lead to that ideas on my parts destruction.

Play was stunner. Three puppets - near live size man, woman, and child. Slow, laconic, mournful songs. Lotsa drinking. Lotsa shifting soil from one cart to another. Wow, it was really different. I mean SLOW, MOURNFUL, DEPRESSING songs - no happy go lucky House play here. Everything was slow movement - from the fact that the story was supposed to be told in a dirge manner, and that the puppets needed to be handled slowly and carefully. It seemed to be about an alcholic who lost his wife and baby to the drink a long time ago, and wants to have another go @ it. I'm pretty sure.

' the shifting of light and soil.......nothing can be held in my hands for long.....(sic)'.

After the play, I swung the bows of the Strasser north yet again whilst the rest of the battle squardon hove to into the friendly anchorage of The Cobra - a local bar. I needed replenishment for the battles to come, and so found my coalier. South again, and finally was able to hang with the crowd. Cobra- in a strange 'hood (Lake and Ashland) for this type of bar I would think - (but all neighbourhoods change), it was filled with rocker hipster types. It's rite near the Redmoon Complex (the Redmoon has taken over a giant old factory (I assume) building in an industrial area that is just rite for this company. Seems to me they need a giant building to hold onto their industrial type sets.). They also had a band start to rock around 11pm or so. They did not have cider, but drank a Blue Moon and later a lite beer*.

The married types hung out for a bit. Then all three couples left - Two married, one with child - and the third only one month into the courtshiop deal. So they had reasons to go. The four boys remained and left ensemble.

What did we talk about? S X SW, which Gunners, Chartman, and Guitars had gone to . Lots of unfamilier bands and places and hills and motels, but I always love to hear their talk of this weekend. It's always a celebration for these guys. I jabbled on about the soccer team - theories of coaching and the like. There was gossip about the new lady friend of Randolph - what did you expect?? The idea that English Matt will be going back to England for a bit on passport business- and that he may not come back - we are scared. And future plans on group get to-gethers.

Strasser south, and despite my planning to go to lanigans for a drink, I collapsed in port and after a bit fell asleep.

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*= " yah, yah, give me a lite beer !! "

A Published Comment.

Always loved trains. Old neighbourhood had plenty - the way from the east of the continent to the Loop runs rite through the South Side. House ringed by traxx. To the East the ones just west of Western - 2/3d's of a mile. To the North the ones on 49th - 1 1/2m away. To the South, the ones along 76th - 1 5/8th mile. And to the West, the Central Park traxx - 1 1/2m away.

The North Side - not really train oriented @ all. But did manage to live rite next to those glorious Metra Traxx when I lived @ The Lunt House and then in Uptown address on Wolcott. Always prized heard was the outgusts of 'steam' from the idling trains @ both stops I lived by.

Graduate school #1 = a faved spot ot hang and hang and hang was by traxx just south of the Northern Illinois campus - huge massive long express trains careening through town just bustling and whistling. We'd hang out @ 2am just waiting for the tell tale sign - green lites on the signal box - and knew our prize would be near. We had a tradition - we'd sneak as close to the tracks as possible, feeling the woosh, and then when it passed @ 70mph or whatever, we'd jump on the tracks to feel the turbulence of the just past train.

Kids. Joker and I were main culprits, but others were in our gnostic sect.

here here.

The Gnostic Gospels

The Gnostic Gospels, finally, is being read. Just finished What the Gospels Meant (and @ a nice nice clip clip for me these days) after finally finishing What Jesus meant.

What I need to do is quit my NYT addiction. And seriously. It takes up most of my available reading time, and since I'm not a pub trans guy anymore, the reading time available on the bus and El.

Yes, I will get back to war subjects, but just a few more early Cristian history books.......

Coming @ some point!!

WRITTEN BY DRAGON

names edited by Hilts

minor formatting by Hilts

on a snowy rainy night j+b represented by chemical man, gf,virgil, and me.

there was a delay of game to due the wait for halftimeof the ncaa basketball game. the wait was made badly due to an indvidual's flatulance problem. the bar mostly was devoid of women, regular teams and occupied by guys who watch college basketball (presumeably)

at the half of one game (there were two under asimulcat) benkowski ran through a quick first half of trivia. no throws, no hangman, no drink agaist the other team either.
categories were sports, streets, entertainmentcant remember the teams. 5 i think. white sox, the bar, j+b and some other people.
john paxsons birth year

oldest DA on law and order - actors name
newspaper where ray romano worked on everybody lovesraymond.
full name of first judge on peoples court
geoge constanzas mom played by estelle ___
highest number of saves by a blackhawk
1999 golfer who tripple bogied on nearly last hole andlost playoff round .
school @ 83rd and kosner
183rd + dixie highway what is the store with initialsC & C (across from a video store)
bears # 1 in career INTs

actress who played mrs claus (some movie with john goddman)

name of establishment on 116th + pulaski which closeddown.
end 1st half

with louisville blowing out tennessee, which was supposed to be the game wainting on to end, the rain delay was extended to the wait on the ucla vs. wku. although the hilltoppers almost made a valliant comeback and a "thank you for your patience" commentby bentowski, the wait was over.

finally the 2nd half. 2 rolls per team. dont remember if hangman was available. one team departed. 4 left. really mixed up, SI covers, products + inventions.

brand new day (song from 2000)

NYSE annheiser bush stock 3 letters
Howard hughes patened this (was the source of hisfortune)
#number of exposure on 1888 kodak camera
1967 sox / cubs managers
who sung circle in the sand (1980s)
___ 2003 World series champions (Sports illustrated cover, finish the title)
schoolkid from viriginia drew this (product) character in 1916.
still used today.

J+b actually took the lead. bar tried couldnt take the lead, neither could a different team, but was running 2nd into finals.
i think Gf made a comment that the women had to roll the ball farther from the guys when rolling the ball.
at one point a glove was used and the contestant madethe comment "this isnt your cum glove?"
1986 ____ 1840 (jb)_____ 1520 _____ 1320 (bar) final round.
70s music, 1997 music or bulls.no one wanted the bulls.

chose 70s music.

who sung these songs

war

share the land

give me the night

PART II

peoples court was joseph wapner. j+b got this rightafter a blind first name guess from hilts, although other guesses werent so lucky.

guessed marlins for 2003 sports illustrated cover and was correct after an initial incorrect call from benkowski.

guessed fred thompson (was thinking of steven hill)for law and order DA. was Sam waterson, but a protestof not being the DA fell on deaf ears.

paxons birth year is 1960

Estelle Harris on seinfeld.

80 saves by a blackhawk in 3-2 loss

romano newspaper is newsday

83rd kostner school is st bedes

losing golfer van de velde

Cariboi coffee is the CC on dixie hwy

bears int is fensik

brand new day - sting

hughes- drill bit

mrs claus - delta burke

116th pulaski - frosted mug

annheiser nyse - bud

1888 kodak camera exposres - 100

drawing - mr peanut

managers - derosher/ stenky

ciricle in the sand - belinda carlisle

guessed edwin star, guess who and commodores for the war / share the land / give me the night (correct was edwin star, guess who, geroge benson) bet 1201 from1840, wasnt enough. had the song rythm down. coundt get the answer. 2 other teams in the final had the same result. some other team won ( played 1997 music and bet a lot more on 2/3 right.)

This post originally read:
Believe it or not, Dragon - another who doesn't read these ragged edges - is gonna be handeling the J & B update this week. I'm not good @ them, and am glad that cup was passed me.

Practice/Wednesday.1

Went well. Even w/ these girls I have to step on their behaviour once in awhile. But practice went well, and for the first time in two weeks I feel .....

Persepolis/Wednesday.2

Saw it @ the Beverly Arts Center avec Gf. Gf and I were supposed to go to see - are you ready?- "No Country for Old Men" in La Grange, but I'd forgotten to return DVD's from the lib so we decided (well, I decided) to catch this film instead. She came over and we heated up what she'd cooked the day before and enjoyed leftovers.

Beverly Arts Center is a relatively new building that was built in the 'hood to replace the old dilapidated B.A.C. It's built on the corner of 111th and Western - a high profile 'four corners' area that they have tried to keep urban after one of the sides was parking lotted. Not a bad building but not the most beautiful. They fronted it to the sidewalk, meaning it's 'walking city' friendly. The huge parking lot they partially hid on 111th. And it's lots of brick. But I would never say that it's perfect building. Bulky a bit too much, and not enough windows.

Inside, there was a revelation. It's been built to house art stuff, and it would seem natural that there would be a stage. And there was - a big one that is totally good towards the cinmea as well. Seats are not as bedlike as in a ciniplex, but doable for 2h. And they had a balcony !! I'm glad they built it in our hood, and on a conspicuous corner.

And the crowd?? On Wednesdays they now show films that are hard to come by in the hood. (((Funny, where I grew up, there were two movie palaces less than 1/2 miles away (the Marquette and the Colony), plus one less than a mile away that hard been converted to porn by the time I was in later grammar school (Name, guys??). Then there was the Brighton, a small bus ride away on Archer. Only the Colony still exists as a building, and it's not shown a film in years. marquette parks gotta figger it out before they destroy this beautiful urban structure. ))) So it was an interesting mix of youngsters and retirees. Cost $7 a ticket - not cheap in my book for what is essentially a second run place - but cheap enough.

And the movie?? Great. I'd read the Peresoplis books a few years back and totally loved them. Read them, but also see the movie. The movie has lots of great war scenes. Great !!

also = in case you had forgotten ( #4 and #5)

attempts @ finishing

What the Gospels meant. done
Magnetic fields Show 4. done
five resumes. Not done
essay. Not done
Not done, not done, not done...

spent nite @ home

After practice, got home by, say 6.30p. Gotta get used to the 'late' nites that soccer season brings on, again.

Gf had made a prononucement to Mom that she was coming over and making dinner. prononucement because I prize my free time, and this mite be 'an issue'. However, I was more than glad to see her. Especially this Tuesday nite. Tried to tie her up the next nite as well w/ a movie try.

School was mercifully easy. Kids were adults. Did some reading, organizing, typing up addresses for job things, and hanging out.

Believe it or not, a 'productive' day by these days standards.

we have been such slobs

we have been such slobs

Hawks are everywhere / i know

from the Lazer

unseen by me

Here was the latest rage last week in the entirnet. Haven't seen it yet. You, do it.

Both

Good to be back and school, and not good. The whole week was rough, and the endings of it were worse. Ordeal, Thursday and Friday. Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday ate the great pizza @ Rocky's. Soemehow we made it up there. Gf wanted to bring to ham, so we had the homemade pizza and ham. All was delicious. I was hungry. My mind was elsewhere.

Sunday ate ham and turkey and brussel sprouts and asparagus and beans and ham, but no pizza. All was delicious. I was hungry. My mind was elsewhere.