In what is potentially my greatest act of self-initiative thus far, I signed up for league dodgeball. What, I wasn’t shamed enough in elementary school?
Archive for October, 2008
If You Can Dodge A Wrench, You Can Dodge A Ball
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas
Friday, October 24th, 2008Time for a life-imitates-art story.
Ten years ago, my 8th grade American History teacher Glynn Owens—despite being possibly one of my most respected and influential teachers of all time, he tragically died of spinal meningitis soon after I left middle school—recommended I read Tom Robbins’ Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas, which is a book written in second person about a collapse in the stock market. I don’t normally remember people’s book recommendations, but his stuck with me. So, three years ago I put it on my to-read list.
I started reading it last week. Since 1998, the American economy has been in a range of states between ‘meh’ and ‘outstanding.’ But the second I open Half Asleep, the Dow tanks 700 points, almost as if it had been waiting for this moment for ten years.
Maybe I should hold off reading World War Z.
LOL for the Good of the Party
Sunday, October 12th, 2008So Honecker—excuse me, I meant the Party Chairman—opens his window one morning and says to the sky, ‘Good morning, sun!’ And the sun replies, ‘Good morning, Chairman.’
That afternoon, the Party Chairman opens his window and says to the sky, ‘Good afternoon, sun!’ And the sun replies, ‘Good afternoon, Chairman.’
That evening, the Party Chairman opens his window and says to the sky, ‘Good evening, sun!’ The sun remains silent. The Party Chairman, feeling hurt, asks the sun, ‘Sun, why are you so silent?’ And the sun replies, ‘Screw you, I’m in the West now.’
Extracted from Das Leben Der Anderen. Not funny? Fine, go stick your prolitariat humour where the sun don’t shine, see if I care.