happy june 6th, 2006.
today is, of course, a day noted for the preponderance of dark and scary movies and records being released for the free marketing push that comes from having a scary book/movie/record/haiku/etc on 6-6-6.
i guess it’s not worth pointing out that 6-6-6 was never mentioned as an actual date in the bible, and had it been it would’ve corresponded to the hebrew calendar, not the roman calendar.
but i don’t want to be a killjoy.
some things worth noting:
ronald wilson reagan had 6 letters in each of his names, = 6 6 6.
george walker bush jr has 6 letters in each of his names =6 6 6.
well, that’s if you add the ‘jr’ to ‘bush’. so maybe gw is just a junior devil.
i just got back from atlantic city where i was giving a speech to a conference of broadcasters.
atlantic city is such an odd place.
it’s been around for a while and it seems to be doing alright, but every time i’ve been there i marvel that the giant casinos are literally right next door to welfare hotels and auto mechanics shops, etc.
it’s like ‘come to trump casino!!!…just try not to spend too much time looking at the welfare hotel next door as you drive in.’
the ocean looked nice this morning, and because it was a cold, grey morning the beach was completely deserted and desolate.
my favorite thing about casinos is to see who’s up and gambling at 7 or 8 in the morning.
these are the hardcore gamblers(personally i don’t like to gamble, i think it’s kind of boring, but that’s just me), the senior citizens with their oxygen tanks, the tough guys with bloodshot eyes who’ve been sitting at the blackjack table for 18 hours, the vacationing couple who are wearing matching track suits, etc.
when/if atlantic city ever has a reversal in fortune, as has happened before, it’ll be fascinating, for there are so many big gigantic buildings lined up along the beach just waiting to be vacated and used as a set for a movie about vampires and zombies that some aspiring filmmaker is going to make in 2028.
maybe they’ll call the movie ‘june 6, 2006: when it all went wrong’.
and maybe it’ll star brangelina’s little namibian baby.
and maybe i’ll come out of retirement to do the music.
ok, time to eat lunch.
moby