The Princess of Funny Faces Has Died

R.I.P. Jasmine Anderson (1995-2010)

The greatest cat anybody like me could ask for.

I inherited her from the old king.

Many good memories. More good than bad, that's for sure.

She's gone, now. No longer in pain.

Thank you, God.

Warm Regards,

Erik B. Anderson

"The Clown" - Arts Off Main - 4/15/2010

From Wikipedia:
The Clown is an album by Charles Mingus recorded and released in 1957 on Atlantic Records as SD-1260. It is the follow-up to 1956's Pithecanthropus Erectus and features the improvised narration of Jean Shepherd. A deluxe edition of The Clown was issued in 2000 on Rhino featuring two bonus tracks. All the tracks were recorded on March 12, 1957 except for "The Clown", recorded on February 13 of the same year.

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A Letter From My State Senator

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"Libraries are essential" is a nice talking point, but what am I going to do when they take away inter-library loan on May 1st? The Warren County Librarian said she didn't even know if they were going to take away the internet that soon, or not.

Save My Libraries

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Relationship between metaphysics and language arts

The discovery of the planet Pluto in 1930 illustrates the relationship between metaphysics and the language arts. The planet Pluto had been a real entity, traveling in its orbit about our sun, for centuries; its discovery in 1930 did not create it. By being discovered, however it became in 1930 for the first time a logical entity. When it was named Pluto, it became a grammatical entity. When by it's name knowledge of it was communicated to others through the spoken word and also through the written word, the planet Pluto became a rhetorical entity.¹

And when, in 2006, it was reclassifed as a Dwarf Planet, Pluto became a punchline entity.

¹Joseph, Sister Miriam, C.S.C., Ph.D.  p. 9

My Opinion on Flag Burning

If you are going to buy a flag from a store and and burn it, like this..



I may feel uncomfortable, but there is nothing I can do about it. The laws in this country are greater than the physical objects. You may be burning a symbol, but it is a worldly thing. You paid for it. I'm not going to interrupt the flow of commerce.



But...

..if you are going to try to take a flag flying in front of an embassy, a military base, fire or police station, church or other facility in my country's territory -like one of these for example:

A Municipal Park

An Airport

A Boy Scout Camp

Or My Little Friend Here

Well, naturally, I've got a problem with that.

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Greatness Runs In The Family

My Cousin-In-Law Is the St. Paul Minnesota Police Officer of the Year!

St. Paul Police Honor 'Officer Of The Year'
ST. PAUL (WCCO)

Officer Charles Anderson was honored for his community policing. St. Paul Police honored their "Officer of the Year" Wednesday. Officer Charles Anderson was honored for his community policing. Anderson has been working in the Rice Street area. He organized a Public Safety Fair and helped to establish a business association.
He also writes about the community in the neighborhood newspaper, the Monitor.



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Charlie's last name is the same as mine, but he's not a blood relation. He married my cousin Betsy in the Cathedral of St. Paul on 7/7/07. Her maiden name and married name are both Anderson. I haven't seen Charlie's family tree, but the Anderson name on my side only goes back five generations, when Andre Johnson's son Aron came to America in the 19th Century.

I like Charlie a lot. As it turns out, their son ("Thor") is my Grandma Anderson's first great-grandchild (I am her first grandchild). She started the line of Funny Faces, so, that means that if I never produce an heir, the Crown of Funny Faces will fall to him...if he wants it.

Charlie's father (Thorin's Grandfather) was a legend in the St. Paul Minnesota Police Department, too. It is not a stretch, in my opinion, to assume that the future King of Funny Faces could be Chief of Police there in 2050. That's a lot of maybes, but one can dream, can't he?

Warm Regards,

Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782