There’s a George W. Bush commercial out right now where he says “I can’t imagine the pain of someone having to decide which child to pick up on September 11th.” I can’t for the life of me figure out what that’s supposed to mean. Are two kids dying and you can only pick up one? …
Ash Thursday
Song Lyrics: A cigarette hangs from the end of my lips A useless habit for a useless pain And I’m sitting here in this eternal depot Waiting from my train To take me away to something better than this Because I want to be so much more And all those lines I’ve heard a thousand …
Is anyone else….
I overheard a conversation between two older men in which one said to the other “Is anyone else living in the same world I am?” He was wearing a “Yo Quiero Taco Bell” shirt with an advertisement for Tomb Raider 2. The people you can see in a bookstore, I tell ya.
Inadequacy
Inadequacy has got to be one of the biggest emotions that all human beings have at some point. It’s amazing we (humans as a corporation) ever get anything accomplished with the constant dread of never being good enough. It’s like what I’ve said about loneliness. Everyone is lonely and miserable, and surrounded by lonely and …
Why..
Why is it stupid people always think they’re right, and weird people always want to talk?
There’s no way that’s gonna hit him
I went golfing a couple days ago, and an unprecedented thing happened to me. You may think hole in one, eagle, or, heaven forbid, broke a club over my knee through a cloud of obscenities. But no, I was hit by a ball. Out of nowhere, a ball flies over the trees like some kind …
Excess Punctuation
I’m always mystified by excess punctuation.:”-+=\,/? I have a friend who sent out an email one time where every single sentence ended with an exclamation point. It wasn’t a joke either. If she was meaning to convey her excitement, I’d have to give her five stars!!!! There’s a retail store near my apartment called “Draperies, …
Next Action Star
So I just wasted an hour of my life watching “Next Action Star” which, much like “Last Comic Standing,” they picked the worst people to move on. All the contestants talked about how they just want to act and they have the talent to do it, and then I thought “Since when do you need …
Gas Prices
So I filled up my gas tank the other day when the gas price was $2.15 a gallon, making it the most expensive in my lifetime, which is perfect because I have so much money I’ve been wanting to get rid of. At the same time, I’ve seen several commercials on TV sponsored by our …
The Rhetoric of Rocky
A friend of mine is in a class where they do a section on the movie “Rocky.” Discussing that movie could take a whole book. However, here’s a snippit from an article she had to read about Rocky called “The Rhetoric of ‘Rocky’”: “The social value model has five dimensions. First, societal values exist in …