I guess ever since 9/11 many of us have had a feeling that the entire story was not told. As in the case of the JFK assassination and the Warren Commission Report there have been doubts, at least in my mind (and who doesn't love a good conspiracy?). I'm not going to take sides in this, but do feel that things were kept underwraps by certain agencies and individuals.

If you go to the websites of the VILLAGE VOICE and NEW YORK magazine, doing a search in their archives for '911 Truth' will bring up articles which introduce several groups who are doing their own research into what may have happened.

Personally, I think that the situation was a combination of the "Official Story" and massive incompetence on the part of various government agencies and the current administration. You will certainly not accept completely everything you'll find there and some of it may upset you but I think you should check over at 911Truth.org to which I've placed a link over to the Left.

Nothing like getting to work and seeing a body under a blanket! Yep, it's great living here in NYC.

Actually, I have no idea what happened since the police had the body covered and there were more than a few folks hanging around. I expect I'll hear something more on the news tonight, but it is sort of creepy.

By the way, if you peek over at Shot's Shack you see that I'm trying to get rid of some of the comics I've acquired over the past twenty years. I'm not going to list them all, but do want to get down from around 18 long boxes to four at most.

I was pretty down yesterday, as you can imagine, but I've decided that part of it was my own fault. I convinced myself that I had a position, simply because I had been called in for a second interview. I should have been more realistic and known that it was only a possibility.

I'm going to continue to send out resumes to California libraries, perhaps widening my geographical search. After all, I know that I'll have to drive no matter where I end up, so anything in the Los Angeles or San Diego area should be okay. I'll be using the Laguna Woods/Rancho Santa Margarita area as a point of reference, since that is the area we'd like to settle in.

If you check out the links over on the Left you'll notice that I'm cutting some. Nothing negative about the sites, but it is getting a bit out of hand and I rarely check many of them out anymore. I also want to refrain from having too many dupes on my two blogs.

Donna just called to tell me that I got The Letter from Orange County. *sigh*

Well, I'll just have to keep sending out those resumes I guess.

It would be nice to think that Scott McClellan announced his resignation as Press Secretary because he finally had enough of covering for his boss. I think it had more to do with the phoney 'shakeup' that the Bush White House is doing to make the American press write about something other than their failed policies.

You can expect McClellan to write a book in the next years or so to white wash his own performance. Then he'll go on to be a paid lobbiest for some corporation or other.

For those keeping track, I'm still waiting to hear from California.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend, rather or not you celebrated a holiday. The weather here in NYC was nice and we spent Easter Sunday with Donna’s big ol’ Italian family. Naturally, I ate way too much and we have lots of delicious leftovers for this week.

I haven’t really been in a posting mood either here or over at Shot’s Shack, since I can’t help but be thinking about the interview. Still no news to report, but fingers remain tightly crossed all around.

Well, I'm afraid I don't have anything to report. The interview seemed to go well, but I will still have to wait for "the phone call." *sigh*

California was nice, though a bit overcast on Monday. I actually got a bit of a sunburn from driving around with Kristina on Sunday with her sunroof open. I could definitely get used to that, since I've loved southern California since serving there in the '70s.

Fingers remained crossed but I feel a bit more positive, so I'll let you know what happens.

"Oh, how can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at aaaaaaaallll???"

I guess you can chalk it up to the fact that press releases are done before the fact, especially when it comes to various events done by politicians. Reading a copy of the release today it was amusing to find that I was apparently presented a document yesterday afternoon by a state Senator, commemorating National Library Week in Queens, while I thought I was taking a nap in Brooklyn. I hope I was dressed better in Queens. :-)

Well, tomorrow I'll be flying out to California for a job interview, so I hope those who know me will wish me well. I'll probably not be able to post anything until I get back to work on Wednesday and I may not know the outcome by then. However, I will let you know what adventures I had on the Left Coast.

Donna and I were watching NCIS (one of our favorite shows) last night when she spotted a few helicopters in the distance. From were we were in Dyker Heights you could see at least four copters, with one especially low and circling. We couldn't figure out what was happening until we caught the 10:00pm news on Fox 5. As some of you now know there was a near riot going on in Borough Park, where Orthodox Jews were setting fires and confronting the NYPD. Appears some officers may have gotten a bit rough with an elderly man who they had stopped for using a cell phone while driving. We'll probably never know the 'real truth' at this point as both sides are giving slightly different versions of events.

I was sitting in my office earlier working on the up-coming Annual Leave schedule when I happened to look out the window. I had heard them talking about a wintry mix, but was surprised to see large flakes of snow actually beginning to cover the ground and parked cars. The past weekend was absolutely beautiful here, so I didn't expect this. Then again, I can recall a few times where we have had flurries on Easter!

Had a nice relaxing weekend taking care of a few things and getting things together for my California trip. Got to look professional for OCPL, right?

Yesterday, Donna, her cousin Evelyn (known as EvieB) and I drove to Patchogue, NY out on the island. (Long Island, for non-New Yorkers) Don's cousin/EvieB's brother Charles was a soloist in a benefit concert out there. It was to raise funds for several groups working with folks suffering with and survivors of breast cancer. The funds will be split among: Babylong Breast Cancer Coalition, Cure Mommy's Breast Cancer, Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition, Long Island Lesbian Cancer Initiative & Thursday's Child (working living with HIV/AIDS). All really fine organizations deserving our support.

Go over here http://www.newcenturysingers.com/ and learn more about the group who performed. Although this particular fund raiser is over you can still find out more about it.

Have I mentioned how wonderful and understanding Donna is? She spent hours trying to book flights for my California trip and then going crazy trying to explain to me what I had to purchase my tickets. Needless to say I blew it, ending up taking a different flight to LAX rather than the flight to Santa Anna she had planned. (sigh)

If she had opened the car door and told me to walk back from JFK at that moment I wouldn't have blamed her.

With everything else going on, both at work and home, I'd totally let an anniversary go by without notice.

Twenty years ago last month I moved into Apt. 3-Eye in Brooklyn following an early release from the U.S. Navy. A month later, which would be about twenty years ago last week, I began working a series of Temp jobs. One of those, which became permanent for several months, was as a file clerk for a law firm situated on the 53rd floor of one of the World Trade Center towers.

It has been a strange & eventful twenty years, that's for sure!

It will be interesting to see what the resignation of Andy Card as White House chief of staff will do. I can't see anybody outside of political junkies even knowing who Card is for that matter. It appears to me to be one of those somebody having to fall on the sword for Bush.

On more important matters, I got the CALL last night from California. I'll be flying out in a couple of weeks for a 'face to face' with Human Resources. I have a good feeling about all this, but will continue to keep you all posted.

Enjoyed a good time yesterday, despite a sprained wrist, at a Christening party for the twins. Megan and Daniel were both baptized into the Catholic Church yesterday about a hundred folks were on hand to join in at the party after. If I remember I'll probably post a couple of pictures here in the next day or two, since the kids were on best behavior for most of the day.

Still haven't heard back from California, so my spirits needed the cheering up. We continue to remain hopeful that I'll get a phone call later this week, but I'm still sending out resumes to other California libraries.

I was lucky this morning that my commute wasn't affected by the sinkhole and subway tunnel collapse in Bay Ridge. It only caused problems on the "R", which I rarely take now that I'm working in Ridgewood. Fortunately, except for one SUV which all but disappeared into the hole, nobody was injured as the driver escaped unhurt.

Not sure if this qualifies as anti-war, but it is anti-GW:

The Wartime
President Song!

My old man, he had oil...
so I'd never have to toil !
With a knick-knack, bomb Iraq
all your money's spent...
I'm a wartime president !
My old man, made a call...
so I didn't go to 'nam at all!
With a knick-knack, bomb Iraq
all your money's spent...
I'm a wartime president !
Did my time in the Guard...
Went AWOL... It wasn't hard!
With a knick-knack, bomb Iraq
all your money's spent...
I'm a wartime president !
DUI? I made bail...
Then Daddy sent me off to Yale!
With a knick-knack, bomb Iraq
all your money's spent...
I'm a wartime president !
We won the war, so wave the flags...
just ignore those body bags !
With a knick-knack, bomb Iraq
all your money's spent...
I'm a wartime president !
I'm in charge. I'm the Prez...
Cause I do just what Cheney says!
With a knick-knack, bomb Iraq
all your money's spent...
I'm a wartime president !
I'll do fine in the end, cause
Halliburton is my friend !
With a knick-knack, bomb Iraq
all your money's spent...
I'm a wartime president !

Got this from over at www.onegoodmove.org

How can you not love a strip that begins a storyline about Homeland Security with a POWER PACK reference?

We are on pins & needles here at Chez Chaput, waiting to hear from the folks in California. Fingers crossed, of course, but a bit nervous nonetheless.

Naturally, I realize that I’ve only gone through the initial interview process but I feel pretty good about things. It would be great to get a call for the second interview, even though it would mean flying out to the OC. (I can’t believe I’m saying that!)

Just when you thought it was safe to check out the blog, Christina S. sent along a few more photos from the cruise. There are still a few I haven't annoyed you with and I'll get to them eventually.

The lovely sunset was taken by Christina, who'll you will see posing with my Uncle Charlie by the hottub. Also a nice group shot of the four of us at the pool, possibly shot by one of the waiters before he took our drink order.

Is there not a single Democrat in the Senate with the courage to stand up beside Sen. Russ Feingold?

Feingold introduced a resolution yesterday to censure President Bush for authorizing a no-warrant domestic surveillance program, and accused G.W. of breaking the law and misleading Congress about it.

"When the president of the United States breaks the law, he must be held accountable," said Feingold, but it doesn't seem that his fellow bench-warmers have the backbone to support the measure. Naturally, the GOP is going to paint this as pure political grandstanding, but it's sad to see some name Democrats speaking out against this.

If not now, when is the Democratic Party going to stand up for the rest of us? The Republicans dragged the Clinton family and his administration through the mud for minor (and generally unfounded) matters, yet the Dems will let His Smugness trash the Constitution at will.

I've added another link over on the Left to LIBRARYSPOT.COM. I have found it to be a great reference resource and a quick way to find things without searching Google everytime you can't find something for a patron. Filled with links to almanacs, calendars and misc. databases which you can use for actual research or just to waste some time.

It's sponsored by West Law, a database/information provider so it may not have every source you mind find otherwise. Still it has come in useful, especially when you're alone at the Reference Desk with several patrons all asking for different things at the same time.