karma: 50+ (astute compelling informative funny)
last visit: Sat 4 Sep 2010
member since: Sun 22 Apr 2001
say a little something to the people at home:
Sixty-something Vietnam Vet with an eclectic mind.

Passed the 10,000 karma mark on July 6th, 2005.

After an absence of two and a half years, I have returned to plastic (only not nearly as frequently as before). As Barack Obama's ascendancy would indicate, change is in the air.

Since the middle of 2009, I have been experiencing bad health. I recently received word that my diagnosis is about as bad as can be and the end will likely occur sometime within the next couple of years. I will likely not be able to maintain much a writing pace as my condition progresses, but I have greater concerns than writing what I have been told have been trivial, non-discussable stories to internet web sites.

Be good and true to those near and dear to you and don't suffer fools lightly.

when you think 'MAYORBOB,' think:
Kind thoughts.

all these things (a desert island list):
 o American Tabloid (book) :: James Ellroy
 o Annie Hall :: Woody Allen
 o Aqualung :: Jethro Tull
 o Citizen Kane :: Orson Welles
 o The Cold Six Thousand (book) :: James Ellroy
 o The Dragons of Eden (book) :: Carl Sagan
 o Get Smart (tvshow) :: Mel Brooks
 o The Great Gatsby :: F. Scott Fitzgerald
 o Hotel California :: The Eagles
 o LA Confidential (book) :: James Ellroy
 o On The Waterfront (movie) :: Elia Kazan
 o The Panda's Thumb (book) :: Stephen Jay Gould
 o Paths of Glory :: Stanley Kubrick
 o The Searchers :: John Ford
 o Songbird :: Eva Cassidy
 o Spartacus (movie) :: Stanley Kubrick
 o Water Music :: T. Coraghessan Boyle
 o The White Album :: The Beatles
 o White Noise :: Dom DeLillo

MAYORBOB's favorite words:
might(2080), first(1219), probably(1204), years(1180), point(1158), world(1026), believe(979), never(970), perhaps(899), government(831)

the exploding plastic inevitable, as told by MAYORBOB... (most recent comments)

subject	In due time. (1 reply)
rating	0.5 incoherent (+scholarly / -overrated / -incoherent)
posted	Sat 21 Aug 6:41pm
in	Are Advertisements Coming To EBooks?

subject	One of the things from this life I will not miss. (1 reply)
rating	1 funny (+funny / -overrated)
posted	Sat 21 Aug 1:24pm
in	Are Advertisements Coming To EBooks?

subject	Whatever.
rating	1 disingenuous (+nuanced / -disingenuous)
posted	Sat 21 Aug 1:02pm
in	Floods In Pakistan

subject	An Eeevil Conspiracy.
rating	1.5 novel (-disingenuous / +underrated / +novel)
posted	Wed 23 Jun 8:36am
in	Reveling In Stupidity

subject	Okay, I'm About Exhausted. (1 reply)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Thu 27 May 3:11pm
in	Dear Leader, Please Stop Shooting At Us! Crisis #458 On The Korean Penninsula

subject	Re: Doubtful. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 brilliant (+brilliant)
posted	Thu 27 May 11:02am
in	Dear Leader, Please Stop Shooting At Us! Crisis #458 On The Korean Penninsula

subject	Doubtful. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 disingenuous (+helpful / +informative / -disingenuous)
posted	Thu 27 May 7:01am
in	Dear Leader, Please Stop Shooting At Us! Crisis #458 On The Korean Penninsula

subject	Nicely Done Story. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 intriguing (+intriguing)
posted	Wed 26 May 4:42pm
in	The Best Part Is, Bill Wirtz Won't See It!

subject	This is the readable version of the story. (1 reply)
rating	2 helpful (+brilliant / +helpful)
posted	Mon 24 May 6:15am
in	When Life Is Oh So Sacred, Sometimes Life Isn't Worth That Much After All

subject	Not Guilty? He Ought To Plead Insanity. (1 reply)
rating	3.5 compelling (+intriguing / +interesting / +compelling / +compelling / +compelling)
posted	Wed 19 May 7:45am
in	Weeds Amongst The Ivy

subject	Agree. (2 replies)
rating	1 helpful (-irrelevant / +informative / -modappeal / +helpful)
posted	Mon 3 May 7:41am
in	How To Choke Slam Internet Trolls

subject	Lest We Forget ... (1 reply)
rating	2 compelling (-disingenuous / +compelling / +funny / +compelling)
posted	Thu 15 Apr 1:35pm
in	Tea Party Gets Tough

subject	What You Say Is True ... BUT. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 helpful (+helpful)
posted	Wed 14 Apr 7:43am
in	Tea Party Gets Tough

subject	Nothing oxymoronic about Christians with weapons. (1 reply)
rating	2 astute (+helpful / +astute)
posted	Wed 31 Mar 1:09pm
in	Hutaree Militia And Its War On Antichrist

subject	Same Shit, Different Year. (1 reply)
rating	2 compelling (+compelling / +underrated)
posted	Wed 6 Jan 8:15am
in	Is Kim Jong Ill?

subject	Meet George. (3 replies)
rating	1.5 interesting (+interesting)
posted	Wed 23 Dec 10:04pm
in	First We Kill All The Pets

subject	As Billy Mays Would Say. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 intriguing (+intriguing)
posted	Sun 20 Dec 7:30pm
in	Vinegar Joe Cockblocks Health Care Reform?

subject	Re: Trump the makeup with actual testimony (1 reply)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Tue 15 Dec 6:21pm
in	Let Me Powder My Little Nose Before My Murder Trial

subject	Just run essay contests rather than jury trials. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 funny (+funny)
posted	Tue 15 Dec 10:25am
in	Let Me Powder My Little Nose Before My Murder Trial

subject	By Any Means Necessary (2 replies)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Tue 15 Dec 9:27am
in	Whose Information Is It Anyway?

subject	Re: On Google (1 reply)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Mon 14 Dec 3:16pm
in	Google Keeps On Spoiling Us

subject	MacKenzie as the bad guy. (1 reply)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Thu 10 Dec 9:14am
in	Won't Somebody Please Think About The Animals?

subject	So that's what they're yodeling from the minarets.
rating	1.5 astute (+astute)
posted	Wed 9 Dec 11:17am
in	Won't Somebody Please Think About The Parents?

subject	Re: No curfew necessary.
rating	1.5 funny (+funny)
posted	Mon 7 Dec 6:30pm
in	Won't Somebody Please Think About The Parents?

subject	Re: "Learning is speech" doesn't go far enough (4 replies)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Fri 4 Dec 7:41am
in	Meditate On This Legal Issue

subject	Sounds to me to be a job for ... (3 replies)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Fri 4 Dec 6:47am
in	30,000 More Troops

subject	Barack, Remind Me Why I Voted For You? (3 replies)
rating	2 succinct (+succinct / +succinct)
posted	Thu 3 Dec 11:14pm
in	30,000 More Troops

subject	We discussed this five months ago. (2 replies)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Wed 2 Dec 6:45pm
in	Time To Dust Off Your Grime Writing

subject	Switzerland has always strictly controlled ...
rating	1.5 astute (+astute)
posted	Tue 1 Dec 3:50pm
in	Cuckoo Clocks Yes, Minarets No

subject	Go Back. Go Way Back.
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Fri 27 Nov 8:54am
in	Pimps Up, Human Traffickers Down

subject	But it really wasn't about Monica's dress.
rating	1.5 funny (-disingenuous / +funny / +funny)
posted	Wed 25 Nov 3:04pm
in	Going Rogue

subject	Re: The Same Old Song. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 informative (+informative)
posted	Sun 22 Nov 3:34pm
in	LCROSS Kicks Ice

subject	Collateral Damage. (1 reply)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Sun 22 Nov 1:04pm
in	Somewhere, Mr. Pink Is Laughing His Ass Off

subject	Hardly.
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Sun 22 Nov 12:11pm
in	Californian Disease Is Spreading

subject	Here's An Example Of A Republican Doing It. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 informative (+informative)
posted	Sat 7 Nov 6:48am
in	What Did Election Night Mean For The GOP?

subject	Bullshit (1 reply)
rating	1.5 astute (+astute)
posted	Sat 7 Nov 6:37am
in	What Did Election Night Mean For The GOP?

subject	Those things you learn first stay with you longer.
rating	2.5 compelling (+compelling / +underrated / +compelling)
posted	Thu 8 Oct 1:27pm
in	Wizards Of Literature Gettin' Thirsty

subject	Re: And The Winner Is... (1 reply)
rating	2 helpful (+astute / +helpful)
posted	Thu 8 Oct 12:09pm
in	Wizards Of Literature Gettin' Thirsty

subject	Not Godwinize This Thread (Or The Nobels). (2 replies)
rating	1.5 astute (+astute)
posted	Thu 8 Oct 11:28am
in	Wizards Of Literature Gettin' Thirsty

subject	Re: Obama's Plan — What Harm? (1 reply)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Wed 7 Oct 11:21am
in	Docs As Props At Photo Ops

subject	Stupid? You know what's stupid? (1 reply)
rating	2 helpful (-disingenuous / +compelling / +compelling / +helpful)
posted	Wed 7 Oct 10:19am
in	Will Senator Ensign Finally Crash And Burn?

subject	In your other post you're saying "cast him out." (1 reply)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Wed 7 Oct 8:17am
in	Will Senator Ensign Finally Crash And Burn?

subject	They Will Remove Him From Office ... (2 replies)
rating	2 witty (+funny / +witty)
posted	Wed 7 Oct 7:49am
in	Will Senator Ensign Finally Crash And Burn?

subject	The Time Is Ripe For MittMan.
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Wed 7 Oct 7:43am
in	Does Republican Civil War Loom?

subject	Money and/or power.
rating	2.5 funny (+astute / +astute / +funny)
posted	Tue 6 Oct 1:22pm
in	Why Women Have Sex

subject	The Wrong Man Went To Denmark. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 funny (+funny)
posted	Mon 5 Oct 10:45am
in	Chicago Out, Rio In

subject	And Look Where You'll All Be Partying.
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Thu 24 Sep 1:40pm
in	New Net Neutrality Rules Coming

subject	Take Your Pick.
rating	1.5 informative (+informative)
posted	Thu 20 Aug 1:12pm
in	Come To The Obama Rally And Don't Forget Your Firearms

subject	Church Promotes Drug Addiction! (1 reply)
rating	2 informative (+helpful / +informative)
posted	Wed 19 Aug 6:30am
in	You'Re Not Saving Lives, You'Re Attacking Your Government

subject	Re: Let me see if I get this straight.
rating	2 compelling (+succinct / +compelling)
posted	Tue 18 Aug 12:39pm
in	You'Re Not Saving Lives, You'Re Attacking Your Government

subject	Let me see if I get this straight. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 compelling (+compelling)
posted	Tue 18 Aug 11:24am
in	You'Re Not Saving Lives, You'Re Attacking Your Government

subject	Re: No, It's Not The Same At All. (1 reply)
rating	1.5 astute (+astute)
posted	Tue 18 Aug 8:19am
in	You'Re Not Saving Lives, You'Re Attacking Your Government

subject	No, It's Not The Same At All. (3 replies)
rating	2 nuanced (+nuanced / +underrated)
posted	Tue 18 Aug 7:41am
in	You'Re Not Saving Lives, You'Re Attacking Your Government

subject	Re: You obviously don't recognize what a question
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Sun 26 Jul 4:06pm
in	It Doesn't Matter If You're Black Just White

subject	You obviously don't recognize what a question is. (2 replies)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Sun 26 Jul 10:13am
in	It Doesn't Matter If You're Black Just White

subject	I think we all know what was at play here. (2 replies)
rating	2 intriguing (+astute / +intriguing)
posted	Sun 26 Jul 7:36am
in	It Doesn't Matter If You're Black Just White

subject	You can pick your nose or your seat at the movies
rating	1.5 astute (+astute)
posted	Wed 22 Jul 6:31am
in	BBW Surgeon General Nominee Meets 'No Fat Chicks' Brigade

subject	He didn't just report the news; he was the news. (3 replies)
rating	2 modappeal (+witty / +informative / +informative / -irrelevant / +helpful / -modappeal)
posted	Sat 18 Jul 11:41am
in	Voice Of Authority, R.I.P., 1916-2009

subject	Re: Dumb Dumb (3 replies)
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Thu 16 Jul 7:34am
in	Don't Confuse Me With Your Facts

subject	Everybody Wang Chung Tonight
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Wed 15 Jul 8:32am
in	You Pays Your Money And You Takes Your Chances — Unless A Court Can Intervene

subject	Google Is Your Best Friend
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Fri 10 Jul 12:53pm
in	You Pays Your Money And You Takes Your Chances — Unless A Court Can Intervene

subject	Yes, but ...
rating	1 (no moderations)
posted	Tue 7 Jul 2:36pm
in	Carbon-Neutral Fossil Fuel?

subject	Hot Damn Y'All
rating	1.5 funny (+funny)
posted	Tue 7 Jul 12:40pm
in	Atheism Attacks!?

subject	In Answer To My Friend n29 ...
rating	1.5 informative (+informative)
posted	Mon 6 Jul 7:19pm
in	Atheism Attacks!?

subject	Re: Sarahdenfreud
rating	1.5 brilliant (+brilliant)
posted	Mon 6 Jul 7:14am
in	Sarah Palin To Resign As Alaska Governor

 MAYORBOB has had a good many writeups published... (below are the last 50 or so)

title A Legend Checks Out — John Wooden 1910-2010 (comments: 18)

posted Mon 7 Jun 4:52am

title When Life Is Oh So Sacred, Sometimes Life Isn't Worth That Much After All (comments: 20)

posted Sun 23 May 9:14pm

title Hold Them If You Got Them (comments: 30)

posted Wed 19 May 8:03am

title No Child Left Behind Because No Child Is Allowed To Fail (comments: 36)

posted Mon 10 May 1:56am

title Transparent Security (comments: 18)

posted Sun 2 May 7:10am

title No Moss Grows On This Rolling Stone (comments: 38)

posted Mon 5 Apr 4:39am

title If My Home Is My Castle, I'm In Need Of A Very Tall Wall (Continued) (comments: 14)

posted Fri 1 Jan 2:34am

title Go Forth And Shoplift (comments: 57)

posted Fri 1 Jan 2:21am

title The Divine Right Of Copyright (comments: 64)

posted Fri 1 Jan 2:19am

title If My Home Is My Castle, I'm In Need Of A Very Tall Wall (comments: 22)

posted Wed 30 Dec 7:11am

title Killing Me Not So Softly With My Song (comments: 11)

posted Mon 28 Dec 9:48pm

title $5,000 For A Lifetime Seems Fair, No? (comments: 16)

posted Mon 28 Dec 8:15am

title First We Kill All The Pets (comments: 29)

posted Wed 23 Dec 8:02pm

title Whose Information Is It Anyway? (comments: 48)

posted Mon 14 Dec 5:03pm

title Let Me Powder My Little Nose Before My Murder Trial (comments: 44)

posted Thu 10 Dec 9:22am

title Won't Somebody Please Think About The Animals? (comments: 20)

posted Thu 10 Dec 6:19am

title My Computer System Trumps Your Attorney-Client Privilege (comments: 53)

posted Sun 6 Dec 11:11pm

title Meditate On This Legal Issue (comments: 31)

posted Fri 4 Dec 2:52am

title Grand Slam For Justice Or Foul Ball Tort? (comments: 82)

posted Thu 5 Nov 8:20pm

title You Damned Kids Get Off Of My Lawn ... And Out Of My Neighborhood! (comments: 29)

posted Thu 22 Oct 6:57pm

title Calories, Shmalories, My Stomach Needs Filling (comments: 26)

posted Wed 7 Oct 6:02am

title My Study Abroad Was Fantastic — Right Up Until The Rape (comments: 25)

posted Mon 5 Oct 5:37am

title We're Out For Justice! (comments: 23)

posted Mon 28 Sep 5:57am

title No Fags On That Circuit Court (comments: 22)

posted Thu 24 Sep 10:06pm

title Feds To Fight Crime With Reservations (comments: 4)

posted Thu 27 Aug 8:39pm

title His Career Is Favre From Over (comments: 15)

posted Tue 25 Aug 8:39pm

title My Swiss Bank Is Eating Cheese On Me! (comments: 8)

posted Fri 21 Aug 9:06pm

title Come To The Obama Rally And Don't Forget Your Firearms (comments: 101)

posted Thu 20 Aug 5:51am

title This Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi Is Crying Rape (comments: 14)

posted Wed 29 Jul 8:23pm

title Don't Tread On My Advertising Campaign (comments: 33)

posted Sun 26 Jul 2:06pm

title Say Oy Vey In NJ (comments: 16)

posted Fri 24 Jul 8:05pm

title You'Re Too Sexy For This Job ... Too Sexy For This Job ... Too. Sexy. For. This. Job (comments: 15)

posted Mon 20 Jul 9:18pm

title Sidewalk Serenaders Sue Sin City Censors (comments: 5)

posted Mon 20 Jul 9:15pm

title Show Me A Great Vacation Spot, Just Don't Tell Me About The Bacteria In The Water (comments: 9)

posted Sat 18 Jul 8:41pm

title This Beer's For You, Jersey Turnpike Exit (comments: 14)

posted Wed 15 Jul 12:18pm

title Give Us That Good, Old-Fashioned, Hate-Filled Religion (comments: 62)

posted Sat 11 Jul 4:49pm

title You Pays Your Money And You Takes Your Chances — Unless A Court Can Intervene (comments: 26)

posted Fri 10 Jul 6:42am

title Murdered By Mommy? (comments: 29)

posted Tue 7 Jul 9:27pm

title Atheism Attacks!? (comments: 57)

posted Mon 6 Jul 5:39pm

title I Want The Names! (comments: 23)

posted Thu 2 Jul 4:52am

title The Hell With Dress For Success, Dress To Keep Your Job (comments: 9)

posted Wed 24 Jun 8:35am

title The Price Of File-Sharing Just Went Up (comments: 26)

posted Sat 20 Jun 7:15pm

title Five Old Men Stick It To Older People Throughout The Nation (comments: 80)

posted Sat 20 Jun 7:14pm

title Taking A Zero Tolerant Stance On Zero Tolerance (comments: 22)

posted Sat 20 Jun 7:13pm

title Sign The Petition And You'Re Outed (comments: 117)

posted Wed 17 Jun 10:29am

title You Either Have 'The Look' Or You Don't (comments: 118)

posted Wed 17 Jun 7:00am

title Whose Safe Is It Anyhow? (comments: 26)

posted Mon 15 Jun 12:00pm

title One Man's Art Is Another's Misdemeanor (comments: 6)

posted Mon 15 Jun 7:20am

title Frankie Yankovic Rolls His Beer Barrel Over In The Grave (comments: 16)

posted Sun 14 Jun 6:41am

title We're Not Looking For Good Workers; We're Looking For Workers With Good Credit (comments: 33)

posted Thu 11 Jun 1:32pm

title Good Bye Social Safety Net? (comments: 51)

posted Tue 9 Jun 8:48pm

title A Shocking Way Of Collecting Evidence (comments: 26)

posted Tue 9 Jun 8:46pm

title It Takes Two Hands To Handle This Whopper, So Would You Cut My Sandwich In Half? (comments: 105)

posted Mon 8 Jun 8:29am

title Beware Of Phonies: Litigant In The Rye (comments: 32)

posted Sun 7 Jun 4:41am

title You Have No Right To Know What Sort Of Poison We Just Sprayed On You (comments: 64)

posted Wed 3 Jun 4:32pm

title 'Let's All Kill Our Classmate' — Art Or Threat? (comments: 21)

posted Tue 2 Jun 10:00am

title Will God Destroy Alabama For Its Beer Swilling Ways? (comments: 56)

posted Sat 30 May 9:51am

title Aussies Yank Erection Ads (comments: 13)

posted Wed 27 May 9:30pm

title Say Hello To The New Boss, Definitely Not The Old Boss (comments: 25)

posted Wed 27 May 12:25am