THIS IS KISH KUMEN.  AND YES, ....HE IS A MONKEY. A STUFFED MONKEY.  A LITTLE WEE STUFFED MONKEY.  BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE HE WAS SUBJECTED TO ALL KINDS AND MANNERS OF CRUELTY AS A CHILD.  PICKED ON AT RECESS, DEPANTSED AT LUNCH TIME, AND LEFT HOME ON FRIDAY NIGHTS WHILE ALL THE OTHER MONKEYS WERE SWINGING IN THE TREES AND PILFERING THE NEIGHBORS BANANAS.  WE THINK HIS MISTREATMENT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH HIS ALCOHOLISM LATER IN LIFE AND HIS BRIEF DABBLING WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, (THE TWO SEEM PAINFULLY CONNECTED) BUT THEN THAT'S ANOTHER BLOG ENTRY.