Dear Reader: It’s been twenty + years now since Dr. Knowledge first hung out his shingle on the very back page of the Tucson Weekly. For years to come Weekly readers came to rely on the good Doc. to be present there with a dose of commentary elixir. Just the right apothecary for what might be ail’n those of the cosmopolitan life style. Again and again folks were known to return there to search among the wreckage and ruins of those sordid ads for D.U.I. lawyers, bail bondsmen, drug screenings, and cheap no contest divorces. Those who searched knew the Doc. would be there darn near Mother Theresa like in his devotion to aid the sick of heart and head.
The Doc. offered stimulating commentary from things political to pop and back again with an easy ability to find a note of humor in even the darkest of shenanigans being perpetrated in this modern world. This all done with in a print space that would have not violated the sacred womb of a fortune cookie.
Alas as life would have it there came a time when the Doc. was needed in theaters removed from the world of print. A calling much greater was to demand his attention. So it was that his pen was laid aside, as a hand was needed to rock a cradle. It is only now, with two cradles behind him that time permits his return to that past love of caring and sharing with his community and greater dysfunctional world.
You, seeker that you are certainly are invited here time and again for the offerings to be shared in days to come. There’s a lot going on out there, some of which is of a festering nature. Just know that the good ole Doc’s not a bit too squeamish to shine a light on it.
What follows are a few random samples of nuggets from the past to stir remembrances, and acquaint some who are new to the Dr. Knowledge experience. A basic caution… take all of this as you should most all of life, with a grain of salt, and possibly a hit of Tabasco.
Be Cool , Stay Warm
Royce D. ( assistant to the Doc. )
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That “Pop Culture Thing” . . .
In The New Millennium
Cracker Jacks will come with a
Reprisal in every box.
Dr. Knowledge
T. M and You
Use to be Transcendental Meditation.
Now it’s Toast Masters.
Dr. Knowledge
So Good To Hear about
Babies First Tooth !
Too bad about the cavity.
Dr. Knowledge
And Now a Fairy Tale
Once upon a time a long time a go
Way back when, in ages now past.
You could leave your door unlocked.
Dr. Knowledge
That New Paper Money
Just what we need, more white
guys with even bigger heads.
Dr. Knowledge
East Meets West in the Fast Lane
Get the Feng outta my shui !
Dr. Knowledge
Things Political . . .
The Doc. never saw any point to beating about the bush when we all needed to be beating on the Bush, So it came to be that our then dictator, monarch. Imperial potentate, hit man. < I didn't see president in there any where became a most revisited subject. His administrations comically sad buffoonery provided fertile ground all too easy criticism. Gone from the spot light his sorry legacy lives with us still in global wars, sickened economies, and environmental degradation. Oh well, at least he was good for a laugh.
The Bush Years . . .
Liar Liar Pants on Fire
And every time you see George Bush
He’s wear’n a brand new suit.
Dr. Knowledge
Time to Confiscate the Crayons
The President likes to call 'em
Bench marks. The rest of the
world calls it scribbling on
the furniture.
Dr. Knowledge
Post Hurricane Katrina . . .
Insatiable
First comes word of widespread looting up and down the Gulf Coast.
Then comes word that W’s grabbing Air Force 1 and head’n South.
Hasn’t that guy already got enough stuff ?
Dr. Knowledge
Dubya the Deli-gate
Comes the EU summit in Vienna
And we’ll supply the sausage.
Dr. Knowledge
Bush Speak
America must continue to t OIL
against all terrorist attempts to
f OIL, or rec Oil our victorious
Liberation of Iraqi s OIL. And
that goes for any one out there
we suspect ain’t l OIL.
Dr Knowledge
Global Warming ( The Bush Initiative )
It’s the one where we all start up are cars.
Flip on the A.C. and roll the windows down.
Dr. Knowledge
Sorry MR. President
Wrong again. It’s Polar Bears
With a P, not an S.
Dr. Knowledge
There’s more but you get the point.
And Two To Close . . .
Does Your Job Depend on Growth ?
Now there’s a great bumper sticker for a cancer cell.
Dr. Knowledge
Volunteer-ism
It’s the wave of the future and thanks to your current
wage you’ll be on the cutting edge of this coming
social trend !
Dr. Knowledge
And So Dear Friends, The Above Offerings Are A Small Part of the Knowledge Offered by the Good Doc in Years Gone By. We now invite you to Join Us Once Again for Insights of Popular Culture and Strange Happenings in Our Times deciphered as only the Doc can once again.
