Friday, November 30, 2007  American Seniors Association  I just
received interesting fundraising mail from the American Seniors
Association (ASA). The ASA aims to offer an alternative to the
left-wing extremist American Association for Retired People
(AARP). I do not agree with the AARP on a host of issues, and I
think that senior citizens are fools to be bamboozled by the
AARP's left-wing dogma. I wish the ASA the best of luck and much
success.  Thursday, November 29, 2007  Melissa Morse of Roxbury,
NY  My wife and I dined at a diner and pizzaria, Brio's, in
Phoenicia, NY. The late Spalding Gray mentions Brio's in his HBO
monologue Terror of Pleasure, which is about his purchase of a
cabin in Phoenicia. Our waitress at Brio's was the extremely
charming and personable Melissa Morse. Ms. Morse grew up in
Roxbury, NY, the birthplace of financier Jay Gould(1836-1892)
and no relation to the science writer Stephen Jay Gould, who was
a Queens boy. The Wikipedia article on Gould states that Gould
(of British and Sco