Havin a Heat Wave

Very hot on this Sunday in the midwest, but not as hot as in Denver and Dallas, which both are at 103 and Dallas may have gotten up to 107. Well, I wanted hot weather when I was whining last winter about how cold and icy it was, and my wish came true. At least we are in an era of history now when it is acceptable to wear shorts and sandals in hot weather as the national uniform, so what am I plainin about? In Des Moines this year we have had a record of 9 murders, something of a local record. Four teenage kids were arrested the other day for killing a guy on the east side of town a couple Sundays ago while he was out on his bicycle. So far no motive has been given except that it may have been a thrill kill. And the news has been covering the story of the guy on a Greyhound bus in Canada who killed another guy on the bus and cut his head off and chewed on it while everyone tried to get off the bus. And in Iraq and Afghanistan there is a thing now for having woman suicide bombers blow up people, and there has been a wave of terror bombings in India, including in silicon city Bangalore. Showing us that age finally catches up with us all, I found a utube video of what disco diva Linda Clifford looks like now, after her days in the 70s when I was one of her dearest fans; she now looks like Divine in Hairspray--swelled up to 250 or more pounds and a wreck of a singing voice. Oh, Linda, what happened? I suppose it is of some newsworthyness that Solzhenitsyn has died at about 90 years old. A number of the TV and website newspeople reporting on him tonight showed that they had no idea what his significance was as a literary historical figure. He was a strange character--who defied the Soviet Union establishment and exposed the horrors of the Gulag system, but he was discovered to have despised the Western system of values, and had no love for the US which allowed to stay over here for several years. A Dostoevsky character, who fitted into no society. These are my personal views on him, and anyone is free to teach me the truth about him. I do remember when he was a Big figure during the 60s and 70s. From reading some blog entries online I have found out that Nancy Parsons died way back in January. The lady who played Miss Ballbricker should have an RIP mention in this blog. This is going to be all for right now; my fingers are getting sweaty and I am having trouble typing, and am not keeping my fingers on the home keys. So, you all take care. Di di mau!