III
MCDONALDS TACO BELL
In book one on Thursday I wrote about how "McDonalds" and "Taco Bell" restaurants also started here in California too. They began down there in the city of "San Bernardino," to our south; while the first In-N-Out was in "Baldwin Park." Dawn and Blinky are barking.
Hey Lord! I guess Mrs. Snyder and her family really believe in You like us. Even though some people don't like it, Daisy heard they even print "Bible Passages" on their paper drinking cups. Wow! What an ingenious idea, and if I were ever to have a restaurant I'd do that too.
Daisy heard our boss and Mr. Ralph one time talking about how In-N-Out is known for being a good employer who pay and treat their employees well. Mr. Steve's father says you can tell that lady Mrs. Snyder is a "very competent" person. I can now smell Blinky over there.
W.A.V.E.S. (WORLD WAR II)
Mr. Steve's father told Mrs. Snyder, whose husband Harry fought in World War II; he was in the Korean War. She was a Navy Nurse in the "W.A.V.E.S.," or "Women Accepted For Volunteer Emergency Service." Boy! I love the clothes they got to wear, especially the hats.
I've mentioned before how "W.A.S.P." were World War II female Pilots, and how that's just short for, "Women's Airforce Service Pilots." Daisy says that band CHEAP TRICK have a song that mentions a guys mom who was in the "W.A.C.S. or "Women's Auxiliary Corps."
Daisy says our boss and Mrs. Snyder talked about how it was President Roosevelt's wife Eleanor who convinced her husband and General Eisenhower to have women serve in the war effort. I guess Mrs. Snyder was one of seven girls in a family that had eight kids in it.
"CAPITALISM"
Our boss's father, who had that school for Stockbrokers in the late 1960's; respected how Mrs. Snyder was satisfied just staying here in our area and not growing to be "Worldwide" like McDonalds. She helps poor kids from what Daisy heard. Two of the Pigeons flew bye.
Mr. Steve's dad thinks just being able to operate the In-N-Out restaurants right here in California would be a "big job." Dais heard him say how he and his friend General Marquez talked about that. One of General Marquez's jobs in the Air Force was in "Logistics."
I glanced up and see this long white vapor trail way up there in the beautiful blue eastern sky. Oh! And now another one is growing and slowly getting longer and longer in another area. Hey God! I keep hoping that somehow it was all a mistake and Heathcliff was just sleeping.
DOUGLAS BADER (1910-1982)
Seeing those vapor trails for some reason makes me think about that guy Douglas Bader. I think he was so great in being able to be a Pilot and even fight in the "Battle of Britain," wearing fake legs. I've mentioned how he lost his legs in a bad crash a few years before the war.
It's so amazing how Douglas Bader lost both legs from the knee down because of that huge Plane accident he got in during the 1930's Plane accident. But when World War II broke out the British Royal Air Force really needed Pilots. So they took him back and he did good.
Douglas Bader ended up being one of those brave Pilots Winston Churchill talked about in making his famous quote about the Battle of Britain. Guys like Douglas Bader totally saved the English Empire back in 1940 and 1941. Blackbeard and Anne are flying bye right now.
HELEN KELLER (1880-1968) HOMER LEA (1876-1912) DOUG FLUTIE AND FAMILY
All of a sudden I just thought of that one girl Helen Keller, who overcame being blind and deaf; and that little hunchback Homer Lea. He died young but before that wrote two influential books on military history. Most people thought Doug Flutie too small to play Football.
Daisy was right. I was kind of upset last night when I realized how I forgot to write a few things about Douglas Bader but she said I'd think of a place to insert him back in. And when I mentioned Thomas More I thought of Douglas Bader. Thank Everyone for helping me.
Mr. Steve met that guy whose relative served in the R.A.F. during the Battle of Britain and then the Blitz. He said Douglas Bader was not a very friendly person. Oh! Speaking of being unfriendly, Cher just used the right vertical slot on the side of the gate to go into the desert.
"BATTLE OF BRITAIN" (1940-41)
As I've mentioned, R.A.F. stands for "Royal Air Force." I guess Douglas Bader thought the best way to defend English skies from German Bombers was in "Massed Formations" instead of single "Squadrons." Ah! Speedy just whizzed bye and only his dust is left floating.
Douglas Bader taught his Pilots those three rules were, "get above, get the Sun behind you; and then get in close." And I guess, before he crashed and got captured in France; he shot down a lot of German Planes using those good rules. Boy! The air is so clear again today.
At first, in mid-1940; Douglas Bader flew those "Hawker Hurricane" Fighter Planes I've written about. But then later, they switched him over to those way better "Spitfires." A Duck is quacking and that makes me, and probably Daisy too; makes me hope to hear Heathcliff.
WORLD WAR II ("BATTLE OF BRITAIN")
If we could use Mr. Peabody's Time Machine Dais and I would go back to see our boss as a kid when he used to build those Second World War model Airplanes. But, in about a minute; all of his models were all totally destroyed in that big 1971 Sylmar earthquake. Too bad!
My Encyclopedia says Douglas Bader was made "Wing Commander" of a Squadron with Canadian Pilots. At first they thought he couldn't be a good Pilot without legs. But, he quickly proved them wrong; and they came to follow him loyally like Robert E. Lee's men did.
Douglas Bader had no lower legs so, when he was flying really fast on those "tight" turns; the blood that would normally "Rush" down to a person's feet only went to his knees. I guess, from what we heard Mr. Cliff tell our boss; that's actually an "Advantage" or a good thing.
HERMAN GÖRING (1893-1946)
A picture shows that guy Herman Göring walking alongside Adolph Hitler. I've said a few times how, in World War I; he was an "Ace" Fighter Pilot and in the Second World War headed the "Luftwaffe" German Air Force. A Crow is cawing way out there in the back field.
It says here, in 1942 Douglas Bader flew Spitfires in "search and destroy" raids over then occupied France. But eventually he got shot down. Herman Göring let legs be sent to him in a Prison Camp probably like the one shown on that good tv show called "Hogan's Heroes."
Dais says our boss told Mr. Cliff one time about how Douglas Bader was "Knighted" after World War II. I've mentioned before how that's a really high honor in England so you have to call the guy "Sir" after that. Daisy told me the BEATLES were also knighted too.
"WREN" IN "CHOLLA" CACTUS
A little Wren is sitting in the Cholla cactus bush behind the Sheds. Hey God! Thank You for sending me down the the Sun's warmth again today because that really helps me a lot. In the high blue sky right now there's a small flock of Birds moving together toward the northeast.
Blackbeard is chasing another Crow with Anne flying right behind him. I can tell they're both mad at the other Crow by how they're yelling at it, and I'll bet it's a boy Crow who tried to take Anne away from Blackbeard. And there's no way he's going to allow that to happen.
I just thought again of that time Mr. Steve drove his Niece Samantha and her friends to Carson to see the "Warped" music Tour. It was on that day he realized he's now too old to go to outdoor "Festivals" on really hot days anymore. A little Sparrow with a twig just hopped bye. 
"STAPLES CENTER" (DOWNTOWN L.A.)
Mr. Steve told his mom "thank God for cell phones." On the hot day he took Samantha and her friends to Carson he could let them go wherever they wanted while he sat in the shade of a big tent and read his book about Jonathon Swift. I can smell Blinky, Dawn and Rosie.
Samantha and her friends watched the bands play and just "Checked In." Another time Mr. Steve drove Samantha and her friends to see the Warped Tour when it was in downtown Los Angeles near that place I've mentioned before called the "Staple Center." I smell Sage.
Daisy heard our boss tell Mr. Dave he still has a "Media Kit" from this big 1983 outdoor concert called the "US" Festival. He's been invited to go for free to the annual Summer Festivals in "Indio" but always says "no thank you." So now he never gets invited to them anymore.
MÖTLEY CRÜE VAN HALEN QUIET RIOT
Mr. Steve didn't go to the four day US Festival in 1983 but knew people who did. On the "Heavy Metal" day they saw bands like MÖTLEY CRÜE, VAN HALEN and QUIET RIOT. I've mentioned before in my books how all three of them are from right here in Los Angeles.
Wow! My Encyclopedia says over half a million people "attended" that US Festival back in 1983. But Mr. Steve didn't go because his family had an event on that weekend. Daisy heard WALL OF VOODOO, OINGO BOINGO and the CLASH played at the US Festival.
I guess, on one of the other US Festival days; those Australian bands MEN AT WORK and INXS played. Two years later in 1985, in Jerusalem; Mr. Steve and his sister Celina danced in a Nightclub to some of their songs. I wrote how it's the only time they ever did that.
MEN AT WORK MIDNIGHT OIL INXS
As I mentioned on Thursday, Mr. Steve now has MEN AT WORK, MIDNIGHT OIL and INXS Compact Discs. Someday I really want to hear all those Australian bands . Daisy told me about how MIDNIGHT OIL'S Singer is bald-headed and seems to be kind of tall.
Mr. Steve told Mr. Dave that young kid D.J. working down in that little "makeshift" Disco in Jerusalem in June of 1985 liked Australian bands because he also played BEE GEE songs and even AC/DC too. Dais told me she thinks I would really like how the BEE GEE'S sing.
I've mentioned a few times how Mr. Steve's sister Celina died in 2004, and was a talented "Seamstress." Every Winter he uses that "Quilt" she made for him. He told his mom it's almost time to take it to the Korean lady in Phelan, to let her clean and sew up any "loose ends."
CELINA CÓRDOVA (1962-2004)
I've mentioned before how sometimes our Chief has dreams where he gets to meet people who have already died. He hugs them and they then reminisce about things that happened in the past. Some of those things are funny now but were not funny "At the Time" as they say.
Daisy heard our Chief tell Mr. Dave on the phone about other Media Kits he's kept over the years. Some are from the 1970's when he and his father advertised in Magazines like "Field and Stream" and "Outdoor Life." The blue sky makes me feel good for some reason.
Mr. Steve has also been offered tickets to this annual Festival called "Coachella," but he always thanked but turned them down too. He jokes the older he gets the more "antisocial" he's becoming. I just now noticed Andy over there sniffing the air as he guards their burrow.
"BELIEF" SYSTEMS
I'm still thinking about Herbie the Car being depressed. Dais told me our Chief has been told that many religions see sadness as almost necessary to be "whole" physically, mentally and spiritually. Some sadness is just as normal as happiness is in life they believe.
As I've mentioned a few times in my three books, Mr. Steve and his parents think that we have to accept life's sadness; even though it can be hard. Hey Lord! I'll bet You were really sad when You had to let the Romans torture and then kill You. A Train whistled faintly.
Lord, You had to know what the Romans were going to do to You but just accepted the bad with the good You knew would come three days later. Mr. Steve thinks, as bad as it is to "ignore" life's sadness; it's just as bad to allow heaviness of heart to "take over." And I agree!
"CRUCIFIXION"
Daisy is so right in telling me on my big break that, even though it's really hard; I can't let my sadness about Heathcliff's death be an excuse to not work just as hard today. His being gone can make us appreciate our lives and never waste time she says. I smell some Sage.
Well You Guys, for some reason I just felt like making a quick sign of the cross right now. I still have maybe five and a half hours of sunlight. The next thing on my outline to write about is how our boss was born in July. Ah! The breeze that just came floating in feels so good.
That one girl Courtney Love, who was married to Kurt Cobaine; is not the only "famous" person born on Mr. Steve's birthday July 9th. But when growing up he knew of only one other famous person born on July 9th, the Football player O.J. Simpson. Daffy's quacking.
O.J. SIMPSON
As a professional that guy "O.J." was a "Running Back" for this team called the Buffalo "Bills." Daisy says our Chief has a customer in that city of Buffalo and, as a kid; drew the Bills logo from the time of O.J. Simpson. Dawn barking over there and still sounds sad to me.
Because O.J. Simpson was the only famous person our boss knew who was born on his birthday, he watched him closer; and was totally fooled by his fake nice guy "Personality." I've mentioned before how in Spanish "Dos Caras" is "Two Faces, and means being a "Phony."
In 1994, and 1995; O.J. Simpson was "Tried" for "Allegedly" killing his wife and a guy named Ron Goldman. Daisy says our boss thinks he did it, even though he was "Acquitted" in the "Criminal" trial. The word Acquitted just means, "To clear a person of a charge."
O. J. SIMPSON (PLAYING U.C.L.A.)
Mr. Steve says he can't remember when he found out he and O.J. Simpson were born on the same date, but thinks it was sixteen. I guess O.J. grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and many think he was one of the best Running Backs ever of all time. I smell Mesquite.
A picture shows O.J. Simpson in College at U.S.C. playing a Football game against their big rival U.C.L.A. I notice how both teams are wearing their dark "Home" jerseys, which was rare in the 1960's. I guess back in those days usually one team wore their white shirts.
I've mentioned U.S.C. and U.C.L.A. a few times over the last three days. Mr. Steve's ex-girlfriend Emily still works at U.C.L.A. I wrote about that one time a few years ago when Mr. Steve, his mom and Niece Cristina too; walked around in part of U.S.C.'s campus.
MR. STEVE'S MOM / NIECE CRISTINA (TOMMY TROJAN / U.S.C.)
As I wrote before, the U.S.C. campus in downtown Los Angeles; is right near the Coliseum where Football teams plays their home games. The Natural History Museum where our boss and his mom had their Art Exhibit in 1993 is also close to U.S.C. Benjamin just ran bye.
In the picture of O.J. Simpson I notice again how 1960's Players wore way smaller "Face Masks" on their helmets. And the U.C.L.A. Players have those small bars coming down from the front of their helmets too. A Freight Train just whistled faintly over there to my left.
As a kid our boss drew U.S.C. and U.C.L.A. logos. Once, for his own "amusement;" he made a copy of a black and white picture from the Newspaper. It showed clearly the uniforms of a Player from U.S.C. who was tackling; and also the U.C.L.A. Running Back being tackled.
Mr. Steve, who has colored pictures for most of his life, colored that copy of the black and white picture but "Reversed" the colors. He colored the U.C.L.A. player in burgundy, white and yellow while the U.S.C player is in sky blue, white and yellow. I can smell a Lizard.
Daisy says our Chief has shown that colored picture to people over the years. At first they look at it, some know there's something wrong but can't "Pinpoint" what it is; then chuckle in being told what he did. A small Lizard is near the Mulberry tree doing some pushups.
I've mentioned how Mr. Steve thinks most people aren't "Observant." I feel like writing a little bit about that right now and will come back to writing about O.J. Simpson afterward. Cher the Cat just used the right vertical slot on the side of the gate to go into the desert.
PITTSBURGH "STEELERS"
Yesterday I wrote about how if a person says they "follow" the N.F.L., our boss asks them; "Which team has a logo or emblem only on one side of their helmets. The correct answer is the Pittsburgh "Steelers." Mr. Steve's brother Sam and his friend Rick like that team.
Most people, even supposedly "Die Hard" fans; have never noticed the Steelers helmet. So for sure they've never noticed how the Cleveland "Browns" or Cincinnati Bengals don't have any logo on their helmets. That one little Lizard is now skittering over to near the Sheds.
A few years ago someone switched labels on "K-Mart" and "Versache" clothes. Then, they had people pick which ones they "Preferred;" or liked better. Almost all picked the clothes they thought were Versache without even bothering to examine the clothes more closely.
ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984)
Yesterday I wrote about the Painter Georgia O'Keefe, who was friends with that other guy named Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams, who survived that giant earthquake in San Francisco; had a "Zone" system for doing his photography. The Lizard ran underneath Manny.
In the 1980's this photographer wanted to find out how observant people were. He hiked up to "Half Dome" in "Yosemite" and used a simple camera to take color photo's which what's called "Replicated" Ansel Adam's famous black and white photos. I smell Creosote.
As I've said, Ansel Adams is known for black and white photography but he used color film too. Mr. Steve does little photography anymore but if he does uses that one "Digital" camera his brother Rock gave him. At Yosemite in the 1980's the Photographer used "Film."
YOSEMITE ("HALF DOME")
PHOTO BY ANSEL ADAMS
Mr. Steve read that Photographer stood on the same exact spot in Yosemite where Ansel Adams stood to take his famous photos. But, instead of using a big camera with 8 x 10 negatives; he used a cheap "Instamatic" camera to take his photos. Dawn's barking over there.
As I understand it, Instamatic cameras use "slow" color film that requires plenty of light. And some of those cameras are meant to be thrown out after the film is processed. On the day he took his pictures at Yosemite that Photographer had a beautiful bright sunny day.
Because the days had good light that Photographer had a good "Depth of Field." I wrote how that just means a photograph can be "In Focus" in the front "Foreground," and also in the "Background" too if they want to. Leo and Cleo the Robbins just flew bye right now.
YOSEMITE
PHOTO BY ANSEL ADAMS
I guess in the 1980's that Photographer tried to "Frame" or "Compose" his photos as close as possible to Ansel Adams' Yosemite images. Pictures taken with slow film on a well lit day can be "Blown Up" or "Enlarged" without much "Grain" in them. A Duck is quacking.
Mr. Steve read that later, Ansel Adams' big black and white prints were put on easels next to the color pictures that Photographer took. People were brought in to see them and pick which ones they preferred to look at. Almost everyone immediately picked the color prints.
Well, back to my outline and I still have a lot more to write about O.J. Simpson. I took a lot of good notes on him, like how he won one of those "Heisman" Trophy's I've mentioned in my books. I wonder if that guy Doug Flutie is the smallest person to win that award?
O.J. SIMPSON ("HEISMAN" TROPHY / 1968)
Oh! I guess O.J. Simpson won one of those "Heisman" Trophy's in 1968. As I mentioned in book one in writing about Doug Flutie, that award is the ultimate highest award given out to a College Football player. Fred, Ed and Ted the Sparrows just flew bye right now.
Because he was so good in College at U.S.C. of course a lot of professional teams wanted to get O.J Simpson. Because the Buffalo "Bills" had the worst record in the N.F.L. they got to take the first "Draft" pick. So they picked O.J. Simpson to go back east and play for them.
My Encyclopedia says O.J. stands for the names "Orenthal James" and of course I notice how his birthday is listed as having been on the 9th of July just like our boss. I mentioned in my first book how one of my nicknames is "Juke," like that guy named Barry Sanders.
BARRY SANDERS O.J. SIMPSON DICK BUTKUS
Mr. Steve calls me Juke because of how fast I can stop, and change direction; or just do it while running. Daisy told me O.J. Simpson was like that too. God! When Mr. Steve rescued me from the field I just felt, or sensed; You wanted me to just go ahead and let him catch me.
I guess both Barry Sanders and O.J. Simpson were on "Offense" so carried the ball while that other guy Dick Butkus was on "Defense" so tried to tackle or stop them. I've mentioned in my books how our boss calls Daisy "Butkus." Dick Butkus, looks sort of mean.
Speedy Gonzalez just zoomed at full speed through the right vertical slot on the side of the gate to go into the desert. Dust is still floating or hanging in the air around the fence. It's hard to believe he and Rudy the Roadrunner have never hit their heads hard on the metal pipes.
CHICAGO "BEARS" DICK BUTKUS (1980'S / THE FORUM)
PHOTO BY STEVE CÓRDOVA
I mentioned before how one time, back in the mid-1980's; Mr. Steve took Dick Butkus's picture at an event at the Forum in Inglewood. By then he was an Actor. Like Mike Tyson who he also met and shook hands with, Dick Butkus was not really a mean person at all.
Mr. Steve, as I've said; thinks if you ask a famous person if it's okay to take their picture most of the time they says yes and are polite. Daisy heard our Chief say, even in the 1980's Dick Butkus was still big. He was known for his devastating "Hits" as I've written before.
Even though he went to U.S.C., based on things he wrote; O.J. Simpson seems to be what they call "Semi-Literate." He was kind of bad at spelling words I guess, unlike Mr. Steve's Niece Samantha who is a really good speller. Most College athletes never "Graduate" I guess.
LEO AND CLEO
Ah! Leo is throwing up food for Cleo to eat. You can tell he takes care of her. One time our boss and Mr. Grant talked about some letters written by O.J.; which were "Introduced" and "Admitted into Evidence" in his Criminal trial. It was very obvious he couldn't spell.
Dais says our boss told Mr. Grant about the time this twelve year old girl he was tutoring called and said, "Mr. Steve, can I ask you a question?" He said "okay." She then asked, "what does it mean when a sentence has a small "sic" in parenthesis? A Train just whistled faintly.
When Mr. Steve told the girl sic meant there was a "misspelled" word she said, "Aha! I knew it, and I'm just a kid but know the difference between "their" and "they're." She and her brother had been reading in a Newspaper some of O.J. Simpson's different letters I guess.
"CAPITALISM"
Mr. Steve told Mr. Grant he thinks O.J Simpson is a "good example" of how, when a lot of money is "involved;" Colleges have total "Double Standards" when it comes to Athletes and "Academics." As long as they're bringing in money people "Turn a blind Eye" as they say.
I've mentioned before how our boss thinks they should just pay the College Athletes with a three year "Stipend." The way it is now he says, the Athletes are paid "Indirectly" in sneaky ways where rules are "Bent" or even ignored for some people. I can smell some Juniper.
It was a cold Winter so Mr. Steve wore a black "Wool" hat sometimes. He, Susan, Karin and Babette have been selling them for many years. I guess there are a few types of wool hats but the one he wears has a fold or "Cuff" on it and is what his company calls a "Beanie."
"MCKENZIE" BROTHERS
Depending on where in the U.S. or Canada you're talking to Mr. Steve says, a wool hat has different names like "Toboggan" or "Sock" hats. One time he and a customer in Maine talked about these two Canadian guys called the "McKenzie Brothers" Dais says. I smell Sage.
That Parts Manager, who calls them "Stocking" hats; laughed when our boss told him the McKenzie Brothers were talking about wool hats when they mentioned "Tukes." Mr. Steve sells wool hats without a cuff called "Skulls." Oh! We should invent wool hats for us Dogs!
I like the royal blue Dodgers beanie on the Oakland A's hat rack Miss Emily gave to our boss. It's next to the Oakland A's "Flex-Fit" Baseball cap his brother Sam's family gave him. I guess Steve Banks gave him the black Beanie because a spelling mistake was made on it.
VIEW FROM MR. STEVE'S OFFICE
Today's Saturday and Mr. Steve did that yardwork this morning but then went back in the house. And, as I've mentioned a few times; there were no cartoons for us today. Our boss mainly calls customers from Monday through Friday but works sometimes on weekends too.
I still have a lot more to write about O.J. Simson who, in Mr. Steve's subjective opinion; was one of the greatest Running Backs ever. According to this Encyclopedia he "gained" or "ran for" over two thousand yards one year. He was the first Running Back ever to do it.
Mr. Steve had a customer back east in Buffalo where "O.J." played. As he's done over the years, our boss "Faxed" a copy of the Bills' logo he drew to that Parts Manager; for his kids to color. Then, as I've mentioned; they can use the original as a "Master" to make copies.
"NORTHEAST" U.S.
I wonder if Daisy is right? She thinks at one time there must've been a lot of Buffaloes who lived in "Up State" New York where our Chief's old customer is located. Someday I'd really like to smell a Buffalo. Daisy's thick fur at times makes her look like a little shaggy Buffalo.
The customer in Buffalo is a "Subaru" Dealership. Mr. Steve's drawn, in "Line" drawing form as usual; the Subaru logo too. He and the Parts Manager have discussed how "ironic" it is that O.J. Simpson "Got Off" on murder charges but is in jail for something else.
Mr. Phillip from Wales lives and works at that Honda dealership in that city in New York State called "Rensselaer." Someday I'd like to hear a person from England, Scotland or Ireland talk because of what Dais says about their accents. Two of the Pigeons are flying bye.
DAISY CÓRDOVA
I wonder what Dais is doing up there in the front yard? On my big break after Part One I found her sitting in that shady area she likes under the big tree. I remember all those really hot days last Summer when some nice cool breezes would come flowing through there.
When Daisy's in her spot Mr. Steve can see her from his office window but, as I've said a few times; even more important over the last three days is how she can see him too. She can bark and warn me if he gets up to come outside. But he's been really busy working in there.
O.J. Simpson is "Serving" time in jail because I guess he tried to steal back some trophies and things like that which had been stolen from him. Mr. Steve thinks he should have gone to the Police instead of doing that. Boy God! It would be so bad to have to live in a prison.
"SHELTER" DOG
PHOTO BY DAVID PORRAS
I've written about those Dog "Pounds" or "Shelters" where homeless Dogs are taken to live if no one wants them. Thank You again God for having Mr. Steve decide to go get me from that field so I could replace Millie who died. Two of the Pigeons flew over top the house.
Hey Lord! As You know, Daisy thinks that guy O.J. Simpson might be a good example of the idea of Karma. You Yourself said one "Reaps" what one "Sows." I guess, at least in O.J.'s case; what "Went Around" did end up "Coming Around" alright. A Crow cawed.
By the 1990's, after retiring from Football; O.J. was an Actor and was even in funny movies Daisy says. I've written about our boss and his brother Rock's 1977 trip when they visited their Uncle Marty's family in Morristown, New Jersey. 1977 was a good year for O.J. Simpson.
"THE NAKED GUN"
Daisy says our boss told his dad on the phone about this thing called the "Book of Lists." I guess, in 1977; it "Rated" O.J. Simpson the "most popular" person in America. I've mentioned a few times how Mr. Steve's father is also in some of those "Who's Who" type books too.
The Subaru Parts Manager in Buffalo is named "Doyle." Daisy says he and Mr. Steve once talked about, as cold as it gets here in Piñon Hills; it gets way colder back there in Buffalo. I just now thought Mr. Steve's father's friend from his time being in the Marines named Doyle.
Mr. Steve gave that man Doyle pictures he was given by this Photographer who worked at the Coliseum for a 1989 Raiders' Football game. The Raiders' "Opponent" on that day was the Bills, who lost but; that photographer took some good pictures. Boy! I miss Heathcliff!
UNIVER SITY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMPUS
I've mentioned how Mr. Steve enjoys walking around College campus's like U.S.C. I wrote about the time when he, and his mom and Niece Cristina; saw that show at the "Science Center" about when the huge volcano "Vesuvius" blew up in 79 A.D. A Crow is clucking faintly.
Before they went to see the show Mr. Steve and his mom and Niece walked around part of the U.S.C. campus. Daisy says our boss told them about the times in the 1980's when to used to take pictures at U.S.C. "Track and Field" events. The Crow is yelling at another Crow.
In 1995, because he worked at home; Mr. Steve saw O.J.'s Criminal trial" on tv. Except for this show called "People's Court;" trials aren't televised. Our boss often watches People's Court as he eats dinner. One time he saw his sister Susan win her case on that show.
JUDGE MARILYN MILIAN
I guess Mr. Steve likes watching People's Court. Dais says he joked with Mr. Grant about how, besides learning new things; it's a "bonus" just being able to look at the really pretty Judge named Marilyn Milian. Frida and Diego the Bluebirds are flying over the desert.
Daisy says our Chief was told that Judge Milian was born in New York City but now lives with her husband and three daughters down in the State of Florida. Like Mr. Rich's parents, her parents also came up to the U.S. from Cuba too. I can smell that one old Sage plant.
Mr. Steve read that Judge Milian's oldest of three daughters is named "Cristina," just like our Cristina; who's Steph's daughter. And they spell their name exactly the same. I guess other girls with that first name spell it "Christina." Both ways sound really good to me.
MR. STEVE'S MOM
I guess Judge Milian is proof that females can be as smart as males. Mr. Steve read in a Newspaper article she graduated College with a 4.0 G.P.A. just like his mom. I've mentioned a few times before how G.P.A. is an abbreviation for the phrase "Grade Point Average."
Mr. Steve told Mr. Grant his sister as "Plaintiff" easily won her case "In front Of" Judge Milian, as she was organized; while the male "Defendant" seemed the opposite. Mr. Steve thinks sometimes Judge Milian believes in that saying, "Actions speak louder that words."
One time Mr. Steve had to sue in "Small Claims Court" this one Towing Company. They had damaged one of his father's Cars. When the Judge said to the Tow Truck driver, "Okay, talk to me;" the case became almost over even before our boss could "Present" his case.
"FLOCK" OF BIRDS
In Mr. Steve's case the Tow Truck driver looked over at Mr. Steve and his witness Tim and said; "Sir, if you'll remember…" The Judge then cut him off, "Hey buddy, let me let you in on a little secret; you don't have to convince him any more. But you do have to convince me."
The Tow Truck driver's "Body Language" made it look like he had what's called a "Guilty Mind" I guess. So without even having his friend Tim "Testify" the case was, "For all practical Purposes;" over our boss says. Boy! Someday I'd really like to see The People's Court.
During O.J. Simpson's Criminal trial Mr. Steve was living in that house in the cul de sac called "Hagar" Street, down there in Sylmar. And, because the trial was televised; he had the tv on in the background as he worked every day. Rudy just ran bye out there in the desert.
ROCKY JR. ROCK / STEPHANIE
JACOB IN FRONT (MID-1980'S)
1994 is the year Mr. Steve's brother Rock moved to "Arlington," Texas; to work for that Auto making company called "General Motors." So, until he got "Settled" back there; his three kids stayed with their Grandparents in Sylmar. Fred, Ed and Ted just flew bye.
During the O.J. trial Mr. Steve's schedule was that he would leave his house at twenty five minutes after seven in the Jeep his brother left here. He'd pick up his Nephew's Rocky Jr., Jacob and their older sister Stephanie. Then, he would drive them to their different schools.
In 1995 Stephanie went to Alemany High School while her two brothers got dropped off at this other Catholic school called "Saint Didacus." Mr. Steve then went home to start work and always walked into his house at exactly fifteen minutes after eight. Dawn's barking.
"ALEMANY" HIGH SCHOOL
Then, at twenty five minutes after two in the afternoon our boss would go pick up Stephanie and her brothers. But, during the day he watched the O.J. trial. I've mentioned before how our boss "More often than Not" just listens to tv and very rarely actually watches it.
When picking up Steph and her brothers from school Mr. Steve would go early to Alemany and read a book while waiting for Steph to get out. When she got into the Car she'd immediately change the Radio station from AM to FM. The four Pigeons just flew bye right now.
Once he picked up Stephanie at Alemany they then drove to St. Didacus to pick up her two brothers Rocky Jr. and Jacob. Speedy the Squirrel just zoomed at full speed through the right vertical slot on the the side of the gate. But he left a swirl of dust floating in the air.
STEALERS WHEEL SHERYL CROW
PHOTO BY JIM HUMPHREYS
Mr. Steve one time told Mr. Ralph he remembers a few times when driving from Alemany over to St. Didacus because of a popular song on the Radio back then. It was by this girl named Sheryl Crow and was about Santa Monica Boulevard. Oh! A Crow just cawed faintly.
Sheryl Crow's 1990's song Mr. Steve thinks, resembled this 1973 song by a Scottish band called STEALERS WHEEL. The opening words in Sheryl Crow's song, "This aint no Disco;" might refer to that TALKING HEADS' song "Life During Wartime. I smell the Roses.
I've mentioned a few times how Mr. Steve and that girl named Nancy, in 1983; saw the TALKING HEADS concert at the "Pantages" Theater in Hollywood. And one of the best songs they played that night was Life During Wartime I guess. Boy! Roses smell so good!
O.J. SIMPSON CRIMINAL TRIAL (CHERI LEWIS FOURTH FROM LEFT)
Besides sharing a birthday, Daisy says another reason our boss was very interested in O.J. Simpson's Criminal trial was this girl named Cheri Lewis. In that trial she was an assistant to a Los Angeles "City Attorney" named Marcia Clark. I smell the baby Cholla cactus.
I've mentioned a few times over the last three days how Mr. Steve "Flunked Out" of Law School. Law School is where he first met his friend Grant and old girlfriend Emily. In watching the O.J. trial he and Mr. Grant reminisced about how smart Cheri Lewis was in school.
Just like Mr. Steve's mom is exceptional is graduating from college with a 4.0 grade point average, his friend Mr. Grant also did things most can't do. First, he was the only one who got into Law School without having a College degree. A Train just whistled faintly.
MR. GRANT (MIGGIE)
Mr. Grant's blind Dog Miggie's not afraid to ride in Cars like me, and always goes with her boss in his Van; which he drives around a lot according to Daisy. Samson and Delilah are flying bye right now. Delilah's trailing about twenty feet or so behind and below Samson.
Daisy says our boss told his father on the phone one time how Mr. Grant, after graduating Law School; passed the California "Bar" exam on his very first attempt. I guess, because it's a really hard test; that's not an easy thing to do. Many fail a few times before passing.
What makes Mr. Grant unusual is that he "Passed the Bar" without taking what's called an expensive "Bar Review" course. There are those who believe it's not possible to do that but he did. In my right nostril I just now picked up the scent of Libby over in her Corral. 
FANNIE AND FREDDIE
Fannie and Freddie are flying bye. Dais keeps saying how this is one of the warmest starts to Spring she can ever remember in her really long life up here living in Piñon Hills. Hey God! I really want to believe that's partly because You Guys up there are helping me down here.
Daisy and I like when Mr. Grant and Miggie visit us and I'm imagining her scent right now as a matter of fact. I've mentioned how Miggie's eyes are light blue and I have a feeling someday Daisy's eyes might look like that too. Dawn and Blinky are barking over there.
In Law School Mr. Steve failed "Criminal Law" as he couldn't adequately explain a "352 Motion." Judge's decide what to "Admit" into evidence. They "Balance" whether something is "Probative" of the issues or intended to "Prejudice" the jury against a Defendant.
O.J. SIMPSON "MUG SHOT"
The O.J trial was the last big trial to be televised. Now such trials are "Blacked Out" our boss says and one reason is because O.J.'s "Defense Attorneys," his "Dream Team;" turned the trial into what they call a "Circus." That big Dragonfly just whizzed past the Sheds.
Knowing the trial was being seen by the public, O.J.'s Attorneys very effectively did what Mr. Steve calls "distraction." They cleverly "Muddied the Water" and "Took the Focus" off of the evidence. They used an old "Defense Strategy" that is kind of a joke but really isn't.
Mr. Steve and his father like this "Three part Plan" used by Criminal Defense Attorney's trying to get a client "off." First, try to win on the "Merits" or "Substantive" issues of the case. But if the evidence is against you try to win on what they call the "Procedural" issues.
O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL ("TRYING ON THE GLOVES" / 1995)
In O.J.'s case that second "Procedural" part involved not arguing about whose blood was on the gloves found at the scenes. Instead O.J.'s Attorneys "Argued" those gloves should not be "Admitted" into evidence as being "Illegally Obtained." Aha! I just saw the Lizard.
I guess, what O.J.'s Defense team was trying to argue was that those two bloody gloves at the two separate locations were illegally obtained because the Police did not first get the proper "Search Warrant." The Lizard is doing pushups. I just like how Lizards look.
Mr. Steve jokes the third of the formula is, if the substantive issues are against you and you really can't win on the procedure either; then just "baffle them with nonsense." In other words, create a "Smoke Screen." To a certain extent, O.J.'s Lawyers kind of did that in 1995.
THEODORA
That third part of the "Formula" is an aspect of what O.J.'s Lawyers did, in order to get him "Acquitted" in his Criminal trial. Mr. Steve says that trial was one of the most famous cases in Los Angeles history. The Lizard just skittered away and then went under a rock.
Mr. Steve thinks the Prosecution Team made a mistake in 1995 in having O.J. "Try On" those bloody gloves. One glove was left at the murder scene while the other one was discovered at O.J.'s house. O.J. made it seem as though those gloves were too small Dais says.
Daisy told me about how our boss thinks the black members of the O.J. "Jury" had their minds "made up" and were not going to "Convict" him no matter what the Prosecutors did or did not do. Fannie and Freddie, talking to each other; are flying bye toward the east.
"LYNCHING" (INDIANA / 1933)
For a long time white juries, through "Jury Nullification;" would not "Convict" another white person for killing a black person. Our boss thinks the O.J. jury did Jury Nullification in reverse in "Letting him Off." White people used to hang blacks for entertainment.
Dais says our Chief and Mr. Grant talked on the phone about how a "fundamental" thing a Lawyer never does is ask a question he or she does not know the answer to. But, that's exactly what the Prosecution did in O.J.'s trial by letting him try on the gloves. Dawn's barking.
I guess the Prosecution found a "receipt" for the same brand of gloves in O. J.'s trial. It seemed like they didn't fit but had been wet and might've shrunk because of the blood on them. Also, O.J. wore these other plastic, or what they call "Latex" gloves; underneath them too. 
O.J. WEARING "BRUNO MAGLI" SHOES"
PHOTO BY HARRY SCULL JR.
Even though he "got off" in his Criminal trial O.J. Simpson was later found "Liable" for the murders in a "Civil" trial so was ordered to pay money to his victim's families. That meant to Ron Goldman and his ex-wife Nicole. But, to this day; he hasn't paid Dais says.
In the Civil trial pictures not available during the Criminal trial show O.J. wearing shoes that, in the Criminal trial; were proven to have been worn by the killer. They were Italian shoes. O.J. denied owning those type of shoes but the photo proved him totally wrong Dais says.
Hey God! Our boss says it's ironic O.J.'s in jail for something stupid he did later when he tried to steal back things probably stolen from him. So maybe that idea of "Karma" is true or maybe, as Daisy thinks; You just cause or let things happen down here. A Crow is cawing.
MOMENT O.J SIMPSON "ACQUITTED"
PHOTO BY MYUNG J. CHUN
Mr. Steve thinks O.J. killed his wife and that guy Ron Goldman. The evidence was what they call "overwhelming." The shocked look on O.J.'s Lawyer Robert Kardashian's face when the "Not Guilty" verdict was read out "tells it all" our Chief thinks. Dawn's barking.
One time on the phone Mr. Steve and Mr. Grant talked about a joke three part formula "Defense Attorneys" use defending clients, "If the law's on your side, pound the law. If you have the facts, pound the facts. But if you have neither one then just pound on the table."
In O.J.'s Criminal trial the Prosecution "Presented" over three hundred individual pieces of evidence, some of it "Unimpeachable" our boss thinks. In his opinion you just can't "Plant" that much evidence in such a short time in order to "Frame" someone. I like Dawn.
"KATO" SIMPSON
Dais heard that Nicole Simpson's "Akita" boy Dog named "Kato" witnessed the murders. Boy! It's too bad Kato can't read and write like me because then we could take his "Deposition" and know for sure what happened in 1994. Kato had blood all over his feet I guess.
Mr. Steve doesn't believe all the Detectives, Police Officers and Civilian Agencies involved in the O.J. Criminal case could all be convinced to go along with a "Conspiracy" to make it look like O.J. did it, or "Frame" him. Dawn's barking. I like how she, Blinky and Rosie smell.
Yesterday I learned about "Organized" crime and one thing I wrote about was that guy Al Capone from Chicago. During the "Roaring" 1920's, when "Alcohol" was illegal; he got so rich selling it. He's probably the one who "Ordered" the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre."
"HIGHBALL" "ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE"
(FEBRUARY 14, 1929)
Writing about O.J. Simpson's wife's Dog makes me think of that German Shepard Dog named "Highball." On that one morning in 1929, February 14th which just happened to be "St. Valentine's" Day; he saw his owner killed in front of him. He was one of those "Witnesses."
As I wrote in book two, Highball's boss, and six other Gangsters too; were shot to death by men dressed up as the Police. They slaughtered the seven men using those "Thompson" machine guns I've written about. A small group of Birds way up there in the sky is flying past.
Oh! I just now noticed how the St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place on February the 14th of 1929. So that means it was about eight months before that huge Stock Market crash in October. In my books I've found out about so many things which happened in February.
MR. RICH / CRISTINA MISS HARRIET
(WITH MR. STEVE'S PARENTS)
I've mentioned how Mr. Steve's Nephew Dalton in Connecticut, Steph's boyfriend Rich, his dad and his mom were all born in February. And so was his Nephew Jacob in Texas and Miss Harriet his ex-girlfriend too. The strong scent of Manzanita just blew in right now.
As I've written before, in Astrology Dalton, Rich and Miss Harriet are in the category of "Aquarius." Our Chief's dad, Grandma Córdova and Jacob are "Pisces; which I've noticed is symbolized by two Fish. Frida and Diego the Bluebirds are flying toward the northeast.
I just thought again about "Lynching." Daisy saw this tv show on that subject which said people used to buy "Souvenir Postcards" of black men hanging on the tree so later generations could celebrate or "commemorate" the event. Some Crows are fighting over something.
"BIRTH OF A NATION"
I've mentioned that one "Silent" movie called "Birth of a Nation" before, and how it's mainly about the "Ku Klux Klan." I guess it came out in 1915, or the second year of World War I. President Woodrow Wilson, and a lot of other white people; liked that movie.
In Birth of a Nation black's are made to look really bad Daisy told me. But, in how it was filmed by "Director" D.W. Griffith; it's now considered "Turning Point." Later Directors, like Orson Welles; were influenced by it. This one Encyclopedia calls it "groundbreaking."
A medium-sized Lizard is over there on the wall near the sliding glass door doing some of those pushups. Right below it is our gray water bucket. Rudy the Roadrunner just used the left vertical slot on the side of the gate to jog out into the back desert behind the Sheds.
D.W. GRIFFITH (1875-1948)
My Encyclopedia says D.W. Griffith was "born and buried" in Kentucky. Oh wow! It says here his dad was a Colonel in the Civil War Confederate army. I've mentioned how four States, Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware and Maryland; were "Loyal" Union Slave States.
I guess Birth of a Nation is now studied in the same way Orson Welles' movie Citizen Kane is studied. Daisy says the battle scenes are realistic. Musicians actually inside the theater used to play along to the Silent Movie images being "Projected" up there onto the screen.
For Birth of a Nation the Musicians used to play Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" as the Soundtrack. That movie, which even a "Liberal" like President Wilson liked; "inspired" a "revival" of the KKK. A chubby little Mockingbird just landed on top of Manny.
HARPER LEE
Oh! Seeing that Mockingbird reminds me I was supposed to write about this 1962 movie Daisy and Millie saw called "To Kill a Mockingbird." It's based on a good book by a girl from Alabama named Harper Lee. Mr. Steve heard one of her descendants was Robert E. Lee.
I guess To Kill a Mockingbird is about a black man in the 1930's South accused of raping a white girl. This girl named "Scout's" father is the Attorney representing the guy but he ends up "Convicted" and killed anyway. Mr. Steve's parents were just kids in the 1930's.
Daisy says, besides To Kill a Mockingbird's showing how some white people don't like black people; another idea is that good and bad can exist in the same person or community. Our boss thinks that too. The little Mockingbird just zoomed off and flew over the house.
JOSEPH SMITH AND BROTHER KILLED (1844)
Hey Lord! Thinking about lynching reminds me of how that Mormon guy Joseph Smith and his brother were killed by one of those "Lynch Mobs" I've written about. Someday I really want to hear BLACK SABBATH'S song about a mob, which Daisy says is pretty good.
Mr. Steve believes, thinks, given the "right circumstances;" many people can think like Nazis; especially if "Revenge" is involved. He met this man whose relatives came to California from Oklahoma during the 1930's Great Depression. They were some of those "Okies."
That man said his Grandparents "lost everything" after a huge drought and heavy winds turned good farmland to dust. So Daisy says, they "Packed Up" this Truck the way the Beverly Hillbillies did; and in desperation moved out here to California. A Crow just cawed.
THE "GREAT DEPRESSION" (CALIFORNIA)
PHOTO BY DOROTHEA LANG
Dais says that man says his Grandparents were met at the Arizona / California border by Police Officers who beat them up if they didn't turn around. Oh! A picture in this Encyclopedia shows a lady with her children during the 1930's. Boy! She looks so sad in this photo.
The caption below the photograph says that it shows a "destitute migrant mother" who's family came to California so her husband could work picking peas. Ah! That poor lady and her kids look so hungry. I've written a few times how "Destitute" means having no money.
Our boss thinks, in part; some of the Black members of the O.J. jury might've thought about what's called "Karmic Payback" in October of 1995 when the "Verdict" was announced. So O.J. was really lucky Dais thinks. Now, that verdict symbolizes more than just his life.
O.J. SIMPSON VERDICT ANNOUNCED
Wow! A picture shows how, when the O.J. verdict was announced; the happy reaction of black people was way different from the unhappy or shocked look on the white people's faces. It tells you a lot about U.S. society I guess. Some of the Ducks are quacking over there.
Some people disliked African-Americans even more after the O.J. verdict and, as I've said a few times before; Mr. Steve thinks revenge is one of the most powerful forces in history. And in 1995 it seemed to have been "Retribution" against the white community. I smell Sage.
Mr. Steve thinks it's "ironic" that by 1994 O.J. was living the "privileged" life of a wealthy white person. And, to a large extent; he had "distanced" himself from the Black community. He even supposedly said one time, according to what Daisy heard; "I'm not black, I'm O.J."
O.J. SIMPSON WITH WIFE NICOLE
During O.J.'s Criminal trial, when they mentioned O.J.'s second wife "Nicole;" Mr. Steve thought about how his friend Rick's daughter is also named Nicole. He read O.J. met his second wife in 1977 when she was a "Waitress" in a Nightclub called "Daisy." Dawn's barking.
Mr. Steve thinks one "unfortunate" thing to come out of the O.J. "Saga" are "Reality" tv shows. He doesn't watch them and didn't like what he saw the one time he watched a show "The Kardashians." Fannie and Freddie, talking to each other; flew over top of the house.
Our boss thinks that O.J. was fortunate his Criminal trial happened only a few years after this black guy named Rodney King was beaten up by the L.A. Police. That "Pounding" took place in Lake View Terrace, a place I've mentioned before. Now Blinky's barking.
RODNEY KING BEATING
FILM BY GEORGE HOLLIDAY
Now everyone has a camera in his or her cell phone Daisy says but in 1991 it just would so happen that when Rodney King was beaten a guy across the street had a "Camcorder" like the one stored in our Hall closet. 1991 was also the year of the first "Persian Gulf" war.
I've mentioned before how Lake View Terrace is near Sylmar, and is where Sandy's mom got Mr. Steve and Sandy their first jobs at "Sierra Memorial" hospital; in the mid-1970's. Mr. Mark in Hawaii also lived in Lake View Terrace for a while. I smell some new Juniper.
Mr. Steve thinks since the beginning of civilization, about six thousand years ago; some men went into the military or later what would be called Police; to escape poverty. For a few, another "Fringe Benefit" or "Incentive;" was they could be more violent. And it was "Sanctioned."
POLICE WITH "BILLY CLUBS"
Daisy says that guy Rodney King was beaten with what are called "Billy Clubs," which I guess are miniature Baseball bats; or "Batons." Our boss has a Billy Club and also Baseball bats made of wood or aluminum. Mr. Phillip from Wales calls Billy Club's "Truncheons."
I'm still thinking about Lake View Terrace and how Mr. Steve and his brothers and sisters know it well. Sam, Susan and Celina were all born at Sierra Memorial Hospital. "Hansen Dam" Lake is in Lake View Terrace, and so is that Golf Course I've mentioned a few times.
From 1989 through 1992 our boss, as an "Outside" Salesman; worked for "Pace" which is now "Sam's Club" and owned by "Walmart." He signed up people to be "Business Members" from Pacoima and Lake View Terrace. One was near to where Rodney King was beaten.
PRESS CONFERENCE RODNEY KING RIOTS (1992)
PHOTO BY LARRY KING PHOTO BY STEVE GRAYSON
My boss thinks if Rodney King's beating had not been filmed, the Police would not have been "Put on Trial." Their acquittal in 1992 "Ignited" those huge riots which broke out all over Los Angeles. A lot of buildings and other things were burned and destroyed Dais says.
On the day those riots broke out Mr. Steve didn't realize it until he watched the News that evening. He and that guy named Rex had been fixing plumbing so were "oblivious" to what was happening. I'll bet Daisy is laying next to our Truck Rex up there in the front yard.
So O.J. Simpson was fortunate his trial happened when many blacks were "Predisposed" to do reverse Jury Nullification Mr. Steve thinks. Because of it's "Symbolism;" it's likely some of the black jury members would not convict him "No matter What" so to speak. I smell Sage.
MARTIN TOOLE DELBERT NAGLE
Oh! This is a good time to write about the history of American "Police Unions," and how the first one was established back in 1917. I was supposed to write about it yesterday but missed it on my outline. 1917 was the same exact year when the U.S. entered into World War I.
Daisy and Millie saw a good tv show about the subject of American "Labor Unions" and the man talked about how the first union of Police came from the city of "Pittsburgh." The two guys who started the Union were Martin Toole and Delbert Nagle. Boy! Sage smells good!
Our boss and Mr. Rick, who's family is originally from Pittsburgh; talked about that first "National" Police Union. Because back in 1917 there was a lot of that "Anti-Union" sentiment I've written about, they called it the "Fraternal Order of Police." And they were a "Lodge."
BOSTON POLICE (1903) MODERN POLICE
PHOTO BY CHRISTINE HOCHKEPPEL
I'm looking at a photo taken in 1903 which the caption says shows city of "Boston" Police "protecting the Liberty Bell." I notice some of them are wear helmets just like the one they wear over there in England, but with a spike on top too. Now the other two Pigeons flew bye.
Daisy says our boss used to have a replica helmet like the one shown in the picture, but he sold it to a guy who collects things like that. I guess now Police Officers mainly wear hats. It says here how the name "Police" is "derived" from the Greek word "Polis" or "City."
That one tv show about Labor Unions said in England, before they were called Police they were called "Watchmen;" and were "privately employed." I've written about how terrible the Workers had it in those days. In 1917 Police were different and it was really bad I guess.
MODERN STEEL FACTORY
I've written about how Mr. Steve's father thinks that one bad thing about "Capitalism" and "Industrialism" is how, in the name of making money; greedy people like those late 19th century "Robbers Barons" can "Exploit" the poor. I smell Sage. That makes me feel good.
The tv show about Labor Unions said, in 1917 Policemen worked twelve hour days, usually seven days a week. They only had a few holidays off. Mr. Steve worked at "T.A.T. Check" and says factory work conditions are better now, but still not anything he'd want to do again.
Dais says the man on the tv show said that first "organized" Lodge in Pittsburgh has now become over twenty one hundred groups. And in 2014 there are over three hundred thousand Police Officer's in the Union. Ah! I see one of those Centipedes near the Mulberry tree.
CENTIPEDE
Seeing that Centipede strangely makes me feel better. As I've said, Daisy thinks we just have to go on and appreciate each day. That Centipede, even though it looks so scary; better be careful because Cher the Cat and others who live around here love to eat Centipedes.
I guess one of Mr. Steve's father's Students at his school for Stock Brokers was O.J.'s first wife. She "Came Across" as an intelligent person and learned fast he said. Yup! The Centipede went under rock and it's a good thing because I just picked up Cher's unique scent.
Mr. Steve thinks, as far as he knows; O.J. Simpson's first wife did not "Take Advantage" or exploit for financial gain her husband's situation. In a country which often worships money that's "admirable" he told Mr. Grant. Oh! Cher's standing over there near the Sheds.
O.J. SIMPSON WITH FIRST FAMILY
Wow! A picture shows O.J. Simpson with his first family and I notice how his wife's hair is huge and sticking way up in the air in one of those "Afros." I really believe a person could earn money by making wigs for Dogs. It might even be possible to start one of those "Trends."
I've mentioned how, the first time Mr. Steve ever met a black person with an Afro was in 1972; when he transferred from Alemany to Sylmar High for 11th Grade. That was he first time he ever heard about that one group the "Black Panthers." I can smell the baby Cholla.
All of a sudden I just thought of RATT'S Guitarist Robbin Crosby, who our boss met in Van Nuys that one time. Mr. Steve's customer in San Diego told him about a pretty girl named Tawny Kitaen, Robbin Crosby's girlfriend since High School in San Diego. I feel good.
RATT (ROBBIN CROSBY / 1959-2002 / ON LEFT) TAWNY KITAEN
Dais heard our boss and the Parts Manager talk about how Robbin Crosby died from an "Overdose" of drugs. That girl Tawny Kitaen was on two of RATT'S album covers, but in one only her legs were showing. She also danced on some Cars in a WHITESNAKE Video.
Mr. "Followed" O.J. Simpson's Criminal trial closely, but paid no attention at all to the Civil trial. So he was surprised when the Parts Manager told him it came out in the Civil trial Tawny Kitaen "Dated" O.J. A small Garter Snake is crawling out into the back desert.
From what the Parts Manager told him, it turns out O.J. "threatened" Robbin Crosby, and acted in same exact over jealous way he did with his wife. During the Criminal trial it was shown O.J. Simpson was very, very "Possessive." Crows are fighting out in the desert.
TAWNY KITAEN / DAVID COVERDALE TAWNY KITAEN / CHUCK FINLEY
Tawny Kitaen and Robbin Crosby eventually broke up, and she later married the Singer from WHITESNAKE. When they divorced, she got remarried to a Pitcher from the California Angels; who was originally from Louisiana. That's what that Parts Manger told our boss.
Daisy heard Tawny Kitaen was Robbin Crosby's girlfriend when he was in a band called PHENOMENON, just like the name of that 1974 UFO album. Oh! No wonder that guy Michael Schenker replaced Robbin Crosby when he was kicked out of RATT. I can smell Dawn.
I guess Robbin Crosby was fired from RATT for taking drugs. Daisy says Tawny Kitaen thinks he may've killed himself by purposely overdosing, similar to how Mr. Steve's sister Celina probably did. At least he didn't use a shotgun like Kurt Cobaine or Ernest Hemingway.
VAN HALEN
Daisy says the Parts Manager told our Chief Tawny Kitaen, during the three years after VAN HALEN left Pasadena and became world famous; traveled with them. That was because her boyfriend was the "Light Man" for all of their big concerts I guess. Daffy's quacking.
Mr. Steve told the Parts Manager during those three years Tawny Kitaen watched VAN HALEN'S Singer David Lee Roth "put into practice," or "implement;" those jumps, spins and things he had learned from Benny Urquidez. That was at the "Jet Center." I like Daffy.
One time a black girl, who was the same age as he is; came over to our house and bought some things from our boss Dais says. She grew up in Oakland, and it turns out her family were also fans of the A's too. A small flock of Birds is going bye way up there in the high blue sky. 
JIM "CATFISH" HUNTER BILLY MARTIN
Mr. Steve was interested when the girl from Oakland said her Aunt and Uncle were there on the night that Pitcher "Catfish" Hunter threw his "Perfect Game." There were only about six thousand people "In Attendance" that night. A Motorcycle went bye on Primavera Road.
Daisy heard the girl tell our boss how her favorite time following the A's was 1981 when, under Billy Martin as the Manager; they won their first eleven games in a row at the beginning of that season. Her favorite A's Player back in those days was named Ricky Henderson.
I've written before how, after about seven at night Mr. Steve could pick up the Oakland A's home games on his big Radio. So, in 1968 he came in on Catfish Hunter's Perfect Game after the first inning. Dust from that one Motorcycle is still floating in the air out there in the desert. 
JOE DIMAGGIO (1968) BILLY MARTIN (1981)
Mr. Steve told the girl from Oakland he was impressed when she said the A's Coaches and Manager wore white hats, and everyone wore yellow sanitary socks below their stirrups; instead of the usual white. Most people don't notice things that. Andy's sniffing the air right now.
I've mentioned before how in 1968 Joe Dimaggio, Marilyn Monroe's second husband; was an A's Coach. He really praised Catfish Hunter's Perfect Game, which he won 4-0 against the Minnesota "Twins." Ah! I can smell the Twin Joshua's right now out there in the desert.
Catfish Hunter, whose first name is James but people called him "Jim;" got his nickname as a kid when he caught three Catfish Dais heard. In his Perfect Game, he got all twenty seven Batters he faced "Out;" an amazing thing to accomplish. Not one "Hit" or even a "Walk."
1970's OAKLAND "ATHLETICS"
Over the last three days I've learned so much about the A's franchise history, and how the 1970's teams were our boss's favorite teams. They won five "Division" titles and three "World Series" championships then. Their owner was that eccentric man named Charles O. Finley.
Mr. Steve told the girl from Oakland he remembers how, laying on his bed listening to that his big white radio; he was so nervous at the very end of Catfish Hunter's Perfect Game. And so was the A's Broadcaster named Monty Moore too. He knew exactly what he was witnessing.
Another time our boss told his brother Sam how, with the very last Minnesota Twins Batter up and the pressure so high; Catfish Hunter was calm and not seemingly worried at all. Later he said he'd been nervous but just didn't want to show it. Leo and Cleo flew bye right now.
JIM CATFISH HUNTER (1968)
Daisy heard our boss tell his brother Sam how, on that final twenty seventh Twins Batter the "Count" went "Full;" or three "Balls" and two "Strikes." So one more missed pitch would cost Catfish Hunter his Perfect Game. He was representing the entire A's franchise history.
Mr. Rick remembers how Catfish Hunter was an "intelligent" Pitcher. He didn't throw as hard as others but had good "Control," and was smart about the location of each pitch; and at what speed to throw it. The girl from Oakland said her Uncle used to say the same thing.
Catfish Hunter's 1968 Perfect Game happened on a Wednesday Mr. Steve remembers. The final inning was at about ten thirty, which was way past he and brother and sisters "Bed Time" of nine. A small group of birds way up there in the high sky is moving toward the northeast.
CONNIE MACK REGGIE JACKSON (1968)
Dais says our boss showed the girl from Oakland a book about that guy Connie Mack, who was the A's Manager when they were in Philadelphia. When I look at the painted picture of him I always notice how he didn't even wear a uniform like Managers do now. Dawn's barking.
1968, the A's first season in Oakland and year of Catfish Hunter's Perfect Game; was also a good year for Reggie Jackson too from what Daisy's heard. He hit a lot of Home Runs during that season I guess. I smell Blinky and Rosie standing next to Dawn near the fence.
OAKLAND COLISEUM "THROW BACK" DAY
The girl from Oakland told out boss what it was like to go see an A's game at the Oakland Coliseum. She went to one of those what they call "Throw Back the Clock" days, where teams wear uniforms from the past I guess. Blackbeard and Anne are flying over Libby's Corral.
On the night of Catfish Hunter's Perfect Game, under the covers on the top bunk of their bed; our boss had his Radio near his ear. The Twins Batter "Fouled Off" six pitches in a row to "Stay Alive" as they say. But, finally Catfish Hunter "Struck him Out" from what Dais says.
That girl, being from the Oakland; knew that the "Black Panthers" were created to fight against "Police Brutality" in 1966. Both she and Mr. Steve were eleven in that year. She told our boss she heard how O.J. Simpson grew up in a poor area of the "Bay Area" Daisy heard.
"BLACK PANTHERS" (BOBBY SEALE / HUEY NEWTON / 1967)
This picture from 1967 shows two Black Panthers holding guns and wearing those "Beret" type hats I like. The caption says the Black Panthers one time took or "carried" guns right into the "California State Legislature Building" in Sacramento. A Train just whistled faintly.
I guess today California has some of the strictest anti-gun laws in the country and it began back when those Black Panthers scared the lawmakers. So, they passed a law against "Openly" carrying guns. I see Blackbeard and Anne Bonney flying in unison toward the Southeast.
Mr. Steve says some of the guys he grew up with at St. Ferdinands became Police Officers and, like most people; are flawed but basically decent people. They have a hard job to do and it's difficult seeing people "At their Worst" all the time. Mr. Steve admits he couldn't do it.
JACOB
Over there in Texas Mr. Steve's Nephew Jacob is a member of a group who believe in the right to openly carry weapons. He and his friends are 2nd Amendment "Advocates." Daisy says a lot of Mr. Steve's customers, in all of the other parts of the country; are also like Jacob too.
During World War II, for better lives; all those black people moved up from the South to go to other parts of the U.S. But the problem was, the people already living in those areas didn't like or welcome black people showing up. Andy's over there guarding their burrow entrance.
Dais saw this tv show about a guy from the city of "Philadelphia" named Mumia Abu-Jamal, or just "Mumia" for short. At the age of fourteen he got beat up by Police so joined the Black Panthers. I guess, he's now in "Prison for Life" because he later killed a Police Officer.
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
PHOTO BY JENNIFER E. BEACH
According to what Dais heard, because he has such a good voice; that guy Mumia Abu-Jamal was a Radio Reporter in Philadelphia. He has long hair long in the "Dreadlocks" style of those "Rastafarian" Jamaican people I've learned about before. Andy's sniffing the air.
Daisy told me, like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X; Mumia Abu-Jamal is not his original name. He was born Wesley Cook, and shot the Policeman defending his brother; who was being beaten up. He's now on Pennsylvania's "Death Row" and is a really good Writer I guess.
Besides being in the Black Panthers, Mumia was also friends with black people in a group from Philadelphia called "Move." Dais says they were Christians, and lived kind of like 1960's Hippies; or Israeli Jews in those communal "Kibutz's." Two of the Pigeons just flew bye.
(1960'S) THE MOVE (1970'S)
Mentioning the group in Philadelphia called Move reminds me of that one British band called the MOVE. I've learned a lot about them over the last three days because our boss likes them. Boy! There are a lot of puffy white clouds way up there in the high blue sky.
Hey Lord! According to Dais, the tv show about Mumia Abu-Jamal said the name Move is short for "Christian Movement for Life." So that means the members believed in You just like us. But Dais told me the tv show said they also had a lot of other rules they had to follow too.
In the late 1970's and early 1980's I guess the Philadelphia Police Department used a lot of violence. In 1978 they had one of those "Shootouts" with Move, and a Policeman was killed; sixteen Firefighters injured. A Motorcycle just went bye out there on Primavera Road. 
MOVE ORGANIZATION BOMBED (MAY, 1985)
Daisy says, in 1985 that Move group had another second shootout or "Firefight" with the Philadelphia Police. This time a bomb was dropped on their house which killed eleven people. The Dragonfly, which I heard coming from far away; zoomed bye and is now is totally gone.
Hey Lord! As You know, Dais says because the fire got "Out of Control" in 1985; it ended up burning down a whole neighborhood. It was probably just like when the F.B.I attacked the "Branch Davidians" compound later in the 1990's Daisy thinks. It also burned up too.
Mr. Steve and his father think, if the U.S. ever goes into a big economic depression; a lot more violent events like what happened back in 1985 will take place. Or the right and left, who in 2014 see each other as evil enemies and are "Polarized;" will fight. A Crow just cawed.
CASSIUS CLAY MUHAMMAD ALI
I guess that guy Mumia ended up not liking the name he was given when he was born so just changed it the way Muhamad Ali and Malcolm X had done back in the 1960's. He used to tell people Mumia meant "Prince." I like my name and would never change it. Ugh! Ugh!
Daisy says the tv show said Mumia was the name of an "Anti Colonialist" man from the African country of "Kenya," who fought against the British for "Independence" after World War II. Oh! Theodora's using her long curved beak to groom herself over there in the dirt.
People associate American "Segregation" with southern States but "The truth Is," as I've written; in other regions blacks are disliked too. They've had to live in those "Ghettos." I'll bet that's why Malcolm X, and the Black Panthers too; didn't agree with Martin Luther King.
MALCOLM X (1925-1965)
PHOTO BY ROBERT HIGGINS
My Encyclopedia says Malcolm X "converted" to Islam and joined the "Nation of Islam." His original last name was "Little," his new Muslim name "Shabazz; and he was an orphan like Marilyn Monroe. His father was "killed" when he was only six years old I guess.
Wow! Malcolm X's mother "went insane" so, like Marilyn Monroe's mom too; he was put in a "Mental Institution." I've mentioned how, when our boss worked for Mr. Rick; they did a job at "Metro State" Hospital. That's where Marilyn Monroe's mom was put.
Unlike that other guy Martin Luther King who believed in "Non-Violence," Malcolm X "preached aggressive self-defense;" and influenced the Black Panthers. He said it was okay for blacks to fight for their Constitutional rights "by any means necessary." I smell Sage.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU MARTIN LUTHER KING MAHATMA GANDHI
I guess Malcolm X, who later "Changed his Mind" about hating white people;" didn't believe in "Civil Disobedience" like Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King did. All three of them thought peaceful protest was more effective. I smell Sage.
Oh! I like this Malcolm X quote, "There is no better thing than adversity. Every defeat, every heartache, every loss, contains its own seed, and its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time." Some of the Ducks are quacking but Daffy's is the most unique.
Wow! That Malcolm X quote is sort of like Friedrich Nietzsche's quote, "That which does not destroy me only makes me stronger." Boy! I can't wait to go up front to tell Dais about this good quote and I'm so tempted to take an earlier break. But, I'd better just keep working. 
JOHN BROWN (1830-1859)
Hey God! I've mentioned that guy John Brown a few times. Back in the years before the American Civil War he obviously, in Your name; agreed more with what Malcolm X or the Black Panthers thought than how Martin Luther King looked at things. I smell some Mesquite.
This Encyclopedia says later in life Malcolm X became one of those "Suni" Muslims. He went on a "Haj," or Pilgrimage to Mecca; and then "renounced" the Nation of Islam. So maybe they might've had him killed; probably thinking that he was a complete traitor Dais thinks.
Mr. Steve once did artwork for a girl who was from Oakland. She said, back in the early 1970's; her parents were members of the Black Panthers. Because it turned out her family were also fans of the Oakland A's, he showed her his collection of things having to do with the A's.
"BLACK PANTHER" WOMEN
PHOTO BY PIRKLE JONES / RUTH MARION BARUCH
Mr. Steve knew a little about the Black Panthers but learned more about them from that one girl. She noticed how in the early 1970's in Oakland there were as many females in the Black Panthers as males. Both sexes were "equally as important" Daisy heard her say a few times.
I guess the Black Panthers fed poor people and did a lot of good in Oakland and that girl said the young generation don't seem to know, or even care about; the Black Panthers now. She mentioned how there were Black Panther "Chapters in other cities too. Dawn's barking.
The Black Panthers set up or established "Health Clinics" in Seattle, and that other big city called "Portland." Mr. Steve, who doesn't know a lot about "Rap" music; talked with that girl about the "Rap War" of the 1990's. Samson and Delilah are flying out into the desert.
TUPAC SHAKUR (1971-1996) WITH MOTHER
I've mentioned before that Mr. Steve doesn't know a lot about "Rap" music. That singer named Tupac Shakur was originally from New York City but his family moved to the Bay area that girl said. Mr. Steve knew "Tupac" made his most famous music in Los Angeles.
I guess that guy Tupac Shakur's name was a combination of the last "Incan" Emperor, and a 18th "Peruvian" Indian executed by the Spanish for leading a revolt. And his nicknames were "2Pac" and "Makaveli." Oh! That's like the Italian guy Niccolo Machiavelli.
It's too bad Tupac, who represented the "West Coast;" got shot riding in a Car up in Las Vegas. And, some say in "Retaliation;" this other guy named "Biggie" Smalls was later killed by someone near that Peterson Automotive Museum. He was from the "East Coast."
"BIGGIE" SMALLS (1972-1997) / TUPAC SHAKUR (1971-1996)
Daisy saw a tv show about the "War" between east coast rappers like Biggie Smalls, and those like Tupac Shakur who representing out here. The tv show said "Tupac" was shot in 1996 after he attended a Mike Tyson Boxing match in Las Vegas. Fred, Ed and Ted flew bye.
I guess, just a few months later, when he was visiting Los Angeles; "Biggie" was shot after going to an event at that Peterson Automotive museum I've mentioned before. Some think it was in revenge for Tupac's death. I see a long white vapor trail up in the high blue sky.
Mr. Steve met a man from "Compton" who told him it was most likely a Police Officer who killed Biggie in 1997. He "Idolized" Tupac, and was later found to have the exact same type of bullets used in the shooting. The smell of Creosote just floated into me here on the Patio.
"HOLLOW POINT" / "FULL METAL JACKET" BULLETS (9mm)
I guess, there are two main types of "Ammunition;" those called "Hollow Point" bullets and those with what they call "Full Metal Jackets." That's what Daisy heard our boss talk about with Mr. Grant on the phone. Mr. Steve has both types of bullets inside of our house.
That one tv show said Tupac was killed by ".40 caliber" bullets from a "Glock," while rare German 9 mm "Gecko" Full Metal Jacket bullets shot Biggie. Hollow Point bullets make bigger holes so are better for killing. Full Metal Jacket bullets are good for Target Practice.
Full Metal Jacket bullets "Penetrate" more, Hollow Points "Expand" so do more damage. The ones used to kill Biggie were "Metal Piercing" rounds. Daisy heard our Chief tell Mr. Grant how Full Metal Jacket bullets are easier to "reload" quickly. Some Crows are fighting.
CALIFORNIA "HIGH" DESERT ("SAN GABRIEL" MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND)
Well, it looks like this is the end of chapter seven; so now I'll use these three blankets and Elvira's cushions to hide my materials. I have to go pee and need to stretch my legs and move around. It's so weird doing what I've been doing over the last three days but I like it.
Boy You Guys! I can't believe today is going so well, or way better than I thought it would go that's for sure. The San Gabriel mountains beyond Libby's Corral look so good right now. A small flock of Birds way up there in the now high blue sky is moving toward the northeast.
Anyway, I'll be back as soon as I go pee and, as long as I'm up; I'll probably get a drink of water out of the gray water bucket. I'd say it's about two thirty based on how the shadows are looking right now. A little Sparrow with a twig in its mouth ran bye out there on the dirt.