aside — he would not auction off space on his pregnant tummy just to make a few
bucks. (I don’t make these things up.)
In the law (and religion) biz, we call that turning necessity into virtue. With Gov. Arnold 
being sort of busy, I wonder how Steve would feel about tummy ads, if he were to star
in the sequel to “Junior.” Hmmmm.
paintings, either. On aesthetics grounds, on with him — although the old posters have
always made me smile. Of course, the buyer of the two paintings from the series this
week, for $590,4000, might be counting on this being a smart investment.
“I was intrigued to learn that the artist, C. M. Coolidge is “credited with
creating the life-size Boardwalk cutouts into which one’s head is placed,
allowing the person to be photographed as a character or animal.
“Coolidge was also a banker, shopkeeper, inventor and painter. He even
penned an opera.” (CNN.com article)
You’ll probably only get $10 for your old Poker Dogs poster.
tripping over the dog
again…
night of winter rain
ISSA, translated by D.G.Lanoue
A gray dawn —
last night’s poker cards
facedown on the table
& Modern Haiku XXX:3