*sniffle, sniffle*..............................nt

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: : Thanks for this; it is such a comfort for me to have askewaccess like : : this. I too thought the debate would be a good idea, and had the : : un-neighborly thought -when I heard Bush would not debate -it's too : : crazy to say on the cusp of Fred's "promotion to Glory" (his term) - : : "Hey, you could just assassinate Saddam on international t.v., and : : we wouldn't have to have a war, and Saddam, who said he would : : prefer death to exile, could be a martyr...." the brain keeps on ticking : : "like a cheap clock" as Lawrence Durrell put it. : : Saw a preview for a Sandler/Nicholson movie with Ben & Matt's : : appropriated line in boldface: "Let the Healing Begin"... : : Every zip-up sweater that hung in Fred's television house closet was : : knitted by his mother, one stitch at a time. Love in every stitch, I "m : : sure. So when he took off his outside-world jacket and put on his : : sweater, he put on love. Even those of us who did not know love, : : or cannot imagine ourselves loveable, even those of us without such : : vestments can put on love. : : There's a company for "oversize" women. (I who have been noshing : : steadily ever since my blissful day with Jersey Girl may soon have : : need of their garments.) It's called "The Forgotten Woman". There's a : : logo in my mind I try to remember to stitch on my garments for the : : outside world. Called "The Forgiven Woman". Kind of like Fred's : : sweaters. I try to put on love. : : Thanks for your eloquence. It do be hard out here and it do seem : : real. Surreally real. : : : : I went to sleep last night watching an interview with Saddam : : Hussein and Dan Rather. Very interesting. I think Saddam had a neat : : idea, a debate between Bush and himself. I wondered if the : : translator was giving accurate translations. I wonder, if the translator : : was telling the truth, that if Saddam was telling the truth in the first : : place. I just didn't know. : : : Then, fade to black, and I fell asleep. I woke up just 2 minutes ago, : : my brother was watching TV, and there it was. "Fred Rogers died : : today of stomach cancer." It barely registered. I wondered, could this : : be a different Fred Rogers? Well of course it couldn't, because the : : next thing the TV announcer said was, "Fred Rogers was best known : : for his work on the PBS television series...." : : : "What the fuck?" I asked my brother. "We're going to war, and Mr. : : Rogers is dead. I'm pretty sure this is some kind of damn apocalyptic : : sign here." : : : "Shut up," my brother said, and he went back to his room to play on : : his computer. So I just made myself some coffee, and I logged on to : : View Askew, hoping to find a certain someone. And here you are, : : Babka. : : : Here's a virtual hug to you, and just replying to you makes me feel : : better. 31 years old here, I don't care, "Mr. Rogers is dead" is not a : : very decent thing to wake up to. Not when there's troops sitting on : : Saddam's doorstep, Saddam wants to talk, Al-Qaida inevitably has : : people walking our streets right now waiting for the U.S. to do : : something stupid, other nations are turning down their noses at : : us...and Mr. Rogers has hung up his sweater for the final time. : : : I am an atheist. I do not believe in any great afterlife, or : : reincarnation, or infernal punishment, or eternal reward. There are so : : many views out there, that the only standpoint I could possibly have is : : detached skepticism. I respect all other religious beliefs that do no : : harm, but in the end, I believe the only way we can honor the dead is : : to continue living. : : : No more heroes. It's time we outgrew that, stood on our feet, and : : understood life for what it is -- quite possibly our only chance in this : : universe to do any bit of good, before we all hang up our own : : sweaters for the final time. : : : : (great idea, Ricky) "please won't you be...my neighbor." : : : : : : : : : Mr. Fred Rogers died last night at the age of 74 from stomach : : : : cancer. I think we should all wear sneakers and sweater in : : : : memorial. : : : : : -Ricky "be my neighbor" Stanton

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