That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Cultivate their flowers to be
Nothing more than something
They invest in." ~ Robert Zimmerman 1965

The Russian daily Kommersant published a report on Nov. 29 stating that up to 800 Russian special forces, or spetsnaz, began arriving in Kyiv early on the morning of Nov. 23 and changed into Ukrainian uniforms at a Ukrainian military base just outside the capital.
The location of the troops is currently unknown.
"I feel ghostly unreal until I become somebody else again on the screen. " - Peter Sellers
One summer I spent my time driving around in an ice cream truck, through the streets of Richmond. It was your traditional ice cream truck with the side window and the PA system playing awful music. I had my route, and I followed it most of the time. Almost every day I would drive by a house where a little girl would look through the window and stare wide-eyed at the ice cream truck and the other children consuming their frozen treats. Never would she leave the house and never would she have ice cream with the other children.
Near the end of the summer, my time with the ice cream truck was coming to an end. One of my last days I drove by the house with the little girl at the window who never had any ice cream. She was always at the window. I parked the ice cream truck and turned off the PA with the intention of putting an ice cream cone at the front door, in the hopes that she would get it.
And here comes the little girl, running out of her house and heading straight for the ice cream truck. She had a dollar bill in her hand and already knew what her order was going to be. I asked her why she never came out before to get ice cream; she said that her father told her that every time the ice cream man plays music it means that he is out of ice cream.

Get sick, get well Hang around the ink well Ring bell, hard to tell If anything is goin' to sell Try hard, get barred Get back, jump bail Join the army, if you fail Look out kid You're gonna get hit But users, cheaters Six-time losers Hang around the theatres Girl by the whirlpool Lookin' for a new fool Don't follow leaders Watch the parkin' meters