ORACLE OPEN WORLD 2009

The heady days of Oracle Open World are finished for one more year. The recession did not stop Larry Elison from producing an awsome trade show. Kamaroh noticed th is year that there was a replica of his racing scull outdoors at the front of 4th and Howard. The real working racer is reportedly two basketball courts long. Three years ago they had the actual vessel in the North Hall Lobby of Moscone and the word is that it got hurt in theprocess of removing it from the depths and so that was last it will likely be seen in downtown San Francisco!

SAN FRANCISCO BY NIGHT

Sunday night, the 11th, Kamaroh went to the Herbst Theater to hear the San Francisco Korean Master Chorale with S.F. Korean orchestra. It was exciting music & nearly 1,000
attended. Kamaroh was invited by a female friend, entrepreneur Hunduk Kim. After the performance, as he walked down Van Ness to the Civic Center Bart Station, he was awed by the appearance of City Hall by night.

BETWEEN A MUSE AND A HARD PLACE

That an artist should have a muse is essential but I sometimes think I did just as well before I knew who she was because as my spiritual intimacy with her increased the more uneasy I felt. I wanted her to come and I wanted her to go. Granted I became very productive as the result of loving her, and the small book I wrote about my experience of meeting her, gained me my Master's Degree in Creative Writing. It always was for me lyrics, is she real or is she a spirit lady?; eventually as the tension got more and more discomforting, I reluctantly acquiesced that she was only my muse. Later, I arrived at the conclusion that she was never going to go away, that the turbulence in my soul would never come to rest; that she had become part of who I am, that God would probably never explain why, and that the trembles contained in my unseen tender side would always surface as the sound, the thought, and sensuous memories of Princess pass through my mind.

EDWARD "TEDDY" KENNEDY

Kamaroh never had much interest in--nor much respect for--Ted Kennedy. He did find Bobby Kennedy charismatic; and, Jack Kennedy was a bright star in the sky and an iconic figure for all. Of all the Kennedy's, Kamaroh found reading about Joe Kennedy of the most interest. May Joe's son ,"Teddy," rest in peace....

HEALSBURG CALIFORNIA GUITAR FESTIVAL HOSTS KAMAROH!

Kamaroh was invited to attend all three days at the bi-annual luthiers guitar festival in Sonoma County's wine country and one of the Muirsville area import auto dealers loaned him a new silver Audi with a sun roof and of course Kamaroh and American Express went to the festival and to the buffet at River Rock Casino and had a really centering excursion---

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: KAMAROH HERO FOR A WEEK!

Kamaroh has decided because of Arnold's unabashed willingness to listen to the council of good people; and, I am sure he does not wring his hands and whine, "Hey fellows, what do I do now?" ... I have decided to make him Kamaroh's Hero for the next week; or, perhaps even for the whole month of August.

HEATHER FONG & SARAH PALIN: NEW DAY POLITICOS!

Kamaroh has been for months touting Heather Fong as a candidate for Governor of California; far better her than Gavin Newsome who can be a .... head sometimes. There have been grumblings about her ever since she became San Francisco Chief of Police; especially, I believe, from her officers. I hear Newsome doesn't care for her much but actually what do I know, I am just a commuter/ spectator to what happens in The City--I just find it necessary to visit there from time to time in order to check its pulse. I expect, if you read his Chronicle column, Willie Brown is the more reliable source of information about what really is in San Francisco than me, Kamaroh. Anyhow, from yesterday's Chronicle, now that she is retiring, it appears that there is a ground swell of other folks who are starting to view Heather as I always have--today, I believe, is her last day. Chief Fong got hearty ovations, commendations, and sold-out crowds as she made her official social exit from office. Kamaroh has no comment to put forth regarding Sarah Palin except to assuredly say that it would be prudent to give that bright lady the benefit of a doubt. Because, what I, Kamaroh P. Jones, can tell you for sure is that times they are a changing and these two ladies, although their styles of accomplishment are not actually manly, they are to be certainly included in new groupings of rock star politicians.

USMC: No Fathers Day Cry Babys: & Sandra Bullock!

I have deleted the original post. Once I got into it I realized that it actually had short story form and that I would be better served by using it in another context. However, I am enthusiastic about "The Proposal" with Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Craig T. Nelson, Mary Steenburgen, and Betty White. I have seen it twice and will go back again. It is a dual plot film; first, in your face is the comedic romance between Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock; then is the under-developed hostile energy between father and son (which never fails to get Kamarohs attention). And, lastly, but mostly, is the awsome setting of the Paxton family estate in Alaska. This movie has more dimension than you'ld likely relalize on first viewing. Also, as the result of his role as Joe Paxton in this movie, I may decide to put Craig T. Nelson on my Heroes List.

BILL CLINTON MAKES KAMAROH'S HERO LIST.

This is not an easy decision for Kamaroh to make being that he is a Republican and all. When I heard today first that Bill Clinton had flown to Pyongyang and then that he had successfully negotiated the release of Euna Lee and Laura Ling I automatically knew that he should be on Kamaroh's List. Someone had to be the champion for these two women and this elder statesman honorably took on the mission and his willingness to do so is clearly heroic. Kamaroh also thought the pillorying of Clinton a bit unfair for his dalliance with Monica Levinsky. When the impeachment in 1998 and all the extent ions of that occupied the news, Kamaroh read a small article in the rear of a newspaper written about Hillary Clinton and it discussed the possibilities why any man married to her might be inclined to search for Monica. The topic of Hillary Clinton's marital receptiveness; or, conversely, her possible lack of it, traditionally, was never ever brought up by the media. Bill Clinton bore total blame for being diverted with Monica and I was extremely disappointed in him at that time for so doing. When Kamaroh first heard about Clinton's foray to Pyongyang North Korea this morning, he was intrigued by the gutsy geriatric compassion to it and by the humanistic purity of the task; but (factoring in the reality that by so doing Bill Clinton was actually giving Hillary Clinton a hand at the office and also that he was helping two employees of a news service that his vice president Al Gore co-founded) it was dampened some for Kamaroh! Anyhow, good job and welcome Bill Clinton to Kamaroh's Hero List!