Eliot Who? The Return of Buttercup March 15, 2008

This has been a tumultuous week in New York politics. Trishiki (pronounced Tri-SHE-ki, Larry informs me (I had misspelled Trish's African name previously as Trishaca, sorry) was palpably discombobulated Tuesday morning, having followed the Spitzer story as it unfolded Monday night. George looked a little dumbfounded also. The shock becomes becomes a worse shock because somehow it's NOT a shock.

Eliot called me at home Tuesday night after a long soul searching meeting with Silda, and conveyed his apologies to Larry, who had ES pegged as the first Jewish President. Now that role must go to Mike Bloomberg, a dog owner with a classy girlfriend and cool office space where Berlin's dad John works. Kim has agreed to be his campaign manager, if he will get some elevator shoes.

On a serious note: as Buttercup's mom pointed out, couldn't someone in the press have given us a heads up about Eliot Spitzer before we elected him governor? Apparently his overzealousness, bordering on meglomania and grandiosity (defined as boastful self-importance, ostentation, pomposity and pretension, an exaggerated sense of one's importance, power, knowledge or identity, larger-than-life feelings of superiority) was observed in many matters, and was well known by members of the press during his term as Attorney General, yet it was not widely reported. Why?

Buttercup returned to the run Saturday after her surgery to prevent an outbreak of little Buttercups. (Not that we'd really mind.) Rarely have we seen a puppy frolic with such abandon, as she raced around the run with Olive, Rusty, Hachiko, Lucy and others. Dogs really can teach us about joy. Joy for no reason, just being alive being enough.

Rags has sent this link where we learn about the ribcages and femurs scattered around our park and what to do with them, starring our own Claudia Schwab with appearances by Pat McKee, Jill mother of Ginger, and others:

http://nyc24.org/2008/issue2/story6/video.html

By the way, for those of you who are not squeamish, there is a link in the upper right hand corner of this website which shows in gruesome graphic detail how to stuff a mouse! Click on Taxidermy.


Don't forget that Jamie Leonhart is doing two shows at Joe's Pub on March 21st. Jamie also as a blog:

http://jamieleonhart.wordpress.com/

Speaking of music, L'il Miss Kim played Lincoln Center last week with Pink Martini.


Go Kim!

That's all I can do for today. See you in the run.

Sidney & Roberta