……..WILDOMAR MAGAZINE
Wildomar Magazine has been in operation since February 2008 and has satirized, parodied, opined and commented on an unusual mix of events and personalities in Wildomar and the EVMWD. Time flies when Zak is having fun. Little did Zak know that when his son suggested that he return to blogging “for therapy” that Wildomar’s budding little cityhood would open the door to a world of change.
Since Thanksgiving is a time for, well, giving thanks, Zak has compiled a Top Ten List of things that he is thankful for and, with a tip of the cap to David Letterman, the following:
TOP TEN THINGS FOR WHICH ZAK IS THANKFUL
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Bob Cashman - if you’re going to write about local politics, who could you find that has the personality quirks of our Bob? For a start-up medium such as Wildomar Magazine, this has been a “target rich environment” for writing opportunities
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Bob Cashman’s first term as mayor – Bob’s insistence, along with his rabid followers and his Puppet Master, that his “top-vote getter” status automatically granted him the Mayor’s Gavel, propelled his quirks into the forefront of our new city and into the middle of Zak’s radar screen. However, it was Bob’s own inability to break out of his “old school” shell and learn to lead an entire city that was, ultimately, useful. With Mayor-elect Scott Farnam running the show in 2009, Wildomar should be able to graduate from Cashman’s kindergarten class and progress to the first grade and beyond.
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Bob Cashman’s short term as mayor – A special thanks to whomever had the original thought to end Cashman’s term early. In politics, stuffing Cashman in this manner was an exquisite rejection of his “leadership.” Years from now, while resting comfortably in his rest home, Zak will remember Cashman’s brief tenure with a big grin, Of course, his attending nurse will attribute his smile to Zak’s dementia-liberated flatulence, not happiness.
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Bob Cashman’s Band of Sisters – Zak could not have, even while drinking, created these people and their antics, with his fertile mind. It will be sad, to some extent, as we witness their diminished influence in the coming months, with the demotion of their benefactor.
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Zak doesn’t have to attend church – Don’t get Zak wrong. He remains “orthodox” in his Christian beliefs. He knows that the writer of Wildowatcher has questioned his faith but Wildowatcher wouldn’t know her faith from her *ss. Zak has, in his lifetime, spent more time in church than most of you have spent in your beds. Thank God that I no longer have to put up with some lightweight “pastor” and his “lame-*ssed pop-psychology happy time story” that could have, should have been a sermon on God’s precious plan of redemption for a sin-filled world.
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Zak doesn’t have to attend church at Cornerstone – ‘Nuff said. For now.
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Having a wonderful 4 year old grandson, Kent Roy Rasmussen - When all is said and done and the last posting of Wildomar Magazine is written, the things that truly matter to Zak is that great little guy, smarter than his grandpa, funnier at four than most adults. Better looking, too.
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Having a wonderful 86 year old mother – “The Nicest Woman In The World” but nice to a fault. She should have put a little more edge into young Zak’s critical thinking skills before Zak spent half of his life being “The Nicest Man in the World.” By the way, if you ever sing or hear the church chorus, “He Is Lord,” Mom was the church organist who arranged the music to that popular song and was the first one to ever play the tune in public. Someday Zak will write about that.
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Having a great job pushing lawyers around – Once Zak found out that lawyers only have opinions and that those opinions only matter if a judge or a jury agree with them and that only then do they have any real power. Zak loves to remind the lawyers that work for him that they are only instruments in his hands.
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Being in love
Have a Happy Thanksgiving, each and every one of you. Those of you who enjoy Wildomar Magazine, thank you for your subscriptions. The money helps.
For those of you who read Wildomar Magazine and your stomach churns as you read, thank you for your animosity. It confirms the notion that Zak is correct.
Most of the time, anyway.
Comments can be sent to zakturango@excite.com.
