While We're On the Subject of Masturbation...

"There must be more to life than having everything." - Maurice Sendak

Thank you, Harry Nilsson, Frank Zappa, Ray Charles.

Thank you, Robert Crumb, Jim Steranko, Jack Kirby.

Thank you, Jim Henson, Shari Lewis, Mr. Rogers.

Thank you National Lampoon, Firesign Theatre, Monty Python.

Thank you, Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, Jonathan Winters.

Thank you George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Lenny Bruce.

Thank you Larry, Curly and Moe.

Thank you Neil Stephenson, Stephen R. Donaldson, Richard Brautigan.

Thank you NPR, Air America Radio, Dr. Demento.

Thank you Wired, Harper's Magazine, National Geographic.

Thank you Jean Shepard, Douglas Adams, David Sedaris.

Thank you Roger Staubach, Bob Lilly, Bob Hayes.

Thank you Carl Sagan, Madelyn Murray O'Hair, Stephen Hawking.

Thank you, Red Ordner.

Thank you Southside Drive-In, Media Valve and Peaches Records.

Thank you Evelyn Denton, Leon Wilson, Don Punchatz.

Thank you, Poozy. Thank you, Romeo.

Thank you Jose, Josh, Patty and, above all, AnnMarie.

Thank you all for shaping and guiding my life. I hope I can add a few more names to the list before it's all said and done. Barring a complete meltdown of civilization that won't be for a lonnnng time.

=mike=