Top 5 100% albums

The top five from my list of albums that don't have a wasted track. Obviously heavy on albums I first heard in my 20s, back when I thought popular song could change your life. sigh.

1) Court and Spark (with a pass for Twisted, which I don't think fits.) A friend suggests Blue, but I like Joni better when her voice is in a lower register.

2) Blood On The Tracks.  Lots of Dylan options. But this one hit at the right time. I can twist most of my relationships to fit one of these songs.

3) Late For the Sky. Ditto.

4) Zuma. (with a pass for Stupid Girl.) Cortez The Killer!  And the last decent CSN&Y song.

5) The Roches. This is actually the album (and song) that made me compile this list. Great, great album.

Health Care Reform

After an arduous journey through the California bureaucracy, my monthly health insurance premium is going from $187 to $241 a month. This is for coverage that doesn't even start until I've spent $5,000 (or, roughly, 333 chickens) a year.

I haven't used the policy since I began coverage. I have aged however. But I don't think I have anything to do with the rate increase. As a wise man once said, 'Mongo is mere pawn in game of life.'

My position on health care reform is: I don't know which is more pathetic. Republicans acting like god himself has died as a result of the health care reform bill passing, or Democrats acting like they've accomplished something.

The Status of Race Relations in America

Oppressed white guy Glenn Beck appropriates Martin Luther King's March on Washington. Coincidentally.

Middle school in Mississippi sets racial standards for school office. But that's ok, they're thinking about it.

Some people want to amend the 14th Amendment, one of post-civil war constitutional amendments. Primarily (we're told) because we're getting a lot of brown babies here. Lots of Americans are unsure about that part of the constitution. I'm sure many are un-enthusiastic about parts of the First Amendment right now as well.