The Wonder Of It All

There are things I wonder about.  Set out hereunder are just some:

1.  The appeal of the song 'Horses' by Patti Smith.  It's widely regarded as a classic and revered with the awe usually reserved for initial viewings of the Taj Mahal at sunrise, or the Himalayan mountains at sunrise (I have viewed the latter and yes, breathtaking), yet when I've listened I am left dumb-struck.  Is this a classic, or just a nine minute frenetic, apoplectic rant about well, horseshit?

2.  What's the worse theme in the later episodes of 'M*A*S*H': Hawkeye Pierce's 'Dear Dad' letters, or B J Hunnicutt's 'Dear Peg' letters.  Both are saccharine and nausea-inducing, with the power to drop a diabetic into a coma, if not kill outright.

3.  Are there worse actors in the world than The Ramones?  Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of punk, but wow, did anyone ever see 'Rock and Roll High School'?  Let's be honest.  This movie's not a classic; it sucks donkeys' balls.  The song's just repetitious shite, too, whether being performed by the band, or by the character in the movie who wrote it - being a rambunctious, spirited girl played by one of the kids in 'Carrie' who picked on the poor bitch until she ended up going postal (but she went postal via telekinesis, and that's kinda cool).

4.  If anyone's reading my posts now.  I know you're out there; I can hear you breathing, heh-heh!. 

5.  Does anyone else get the sighs when there is blathering about the lack of women in Tony Abbott's cabinet (he's probably got them all at home doing the ironing).  I don't happen to think there should be a pre-ordained number of women to sit in cabinet.  Should the ministry not be appointed on merit, rather than gender?  If Big-Ears reckons Contender A happens to be more qualified to hold a particular portfolio than Contender B, shouldn't Contender A get the job regardless of whether Contender A is male or female?

Well, I'm not working today, so it's time to get started on my work in progress, which will be my fourth novel.  My third, "Silver Studs and Sabre Teeth" is due out shortly.  Click the links in my profile to check out my other two, and thanks for dropping by.