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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Social Studies 101: Civilized Retrograde and The Case For Keeping Your Foot In Your Mouth

Hi,

Even though I forgot to take a picture of it, you should be relieved to know that I had a very nice breakfast today. This time I dined at a lovely Polish restaurant over on Bedford Ave. Two eggs over medium(ish) with potato and sausage and rye bread. It was almost as good as the fillet ala fungi and asparagus that Nicholas Webber cooked for me last night. I think he really enjoyed watching me eat and knowing that he played a role in my ever improving good looks. There was also some rice that took a long time to cook. And lots of butter. He was afraid, but I promised him that you can never have too much butter unless you're already overweight which neither of us are because we both move around a lot throughout the day.

And speaking of moving around a lot. Someone told me I should watch this and I did and since I liked it so much I'm gonna tell you that you should watch this. Hey, you should totally watch this ... And no, I don't think they sped up the film in parts at all but I couldn't really find out for sure :

These people also did some stuff with David Bowie back in the late 80's when he played a Steinberger Guitar. In case you were too busy trying to learn how to walk in 1988, those guitars look like this and a lot of people thought they were pretty awesome at the time and I bet there's a pretty ironic band with a guy playing one today in a Silver Lake venue near you.:


In related news about things that nobody really cares about, you're about be really thankful to me for telling you that today is apparently the day that we (and by we I mean the people that our tax dollars allow to make and average of just under $200k per year serving in Congress) are gonna vote on something that as described by The Big O.: “We have been debating health care for decades. It has now been debated for a year. It is in your hands ..." to "... parse through the meaning of those last couple of sentences." But since you apparently don't care about anything other than pestering me about the last time we were supposed to meet for pumpkin spiced lattes down on the High Line, I'm not even gonna tell you what the big news is all about.

And speaking of people who do weird stuff in public. This week was a good one for both the end and the resurgence of manifest destiny. Enter Tom Cruise. Responding to yesterday's news of security lapses in Wal-Mart stores around the greater republic of Texas, Mr. Cruise took matters into his own hands in a show of brotherly love and excitement over the best basketball teams in the history of who really cares what team Shaq plays for anyway basketball teams:

You can read more about Tom and the seventh question on the Scientology Personality Questionnaire, "Have you ever tried to give sanity a bad name?", by clicking the link below this sentence.


In today's installment of "What's Your uncle Doing In Washington DC This Weekend" I'd like to quote the beginning of an article that nobody really cares about and then provide you with a link to the full article underneath the quote. And since the part that I am quoting has a lot of quotes in it, I thought it would be a cleaner editorial choice to just make my quote of the beginning of the article with a lot of quotes in it italicized so as to minimize confusion. You can thank me later but don't be disappointed if I don't think your fillet is as good as Nick Webber's who is incidentally playing tonight at The Living Room, where I will be trying to sty awake so that I can turn the lights off in between songs.

Abusive, derogatory and even racist behavior directed at House Democrats by Tea Party protesters on Saturday left several lawmakers in shock.

Preceding the president's speech to a gathering of House Democrats, thousands of protesters descended around the Capitol to protest the passage of health care reform. The gathering quickly turned into abusive heckling, as members of Congress passing through Longworth House office building were subjected to epithets and even mild physical abuse.

A staffer for Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told reporters that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) had been spat on by a protestor. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, was called a 'ni--er.' And Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was called a "faggot," as protestors shouted at him with deliberately lisp-y screams. Frank, approached in the halls after the president's speech, shrugged off the incident.

But Clyburn was downright incredulous, saying he had not witnessed such treatment since he was leading civil rights protests in South Carolina in the 1960s.

"It was absolutely shocking to me," Clyburn said, in response to a question from the Huffington Post. "Last Monday, this past Monday, I stayed home to meet on the campus of Claflin University where fifty years ago as of last Monday... I led the first demonstrations in South Carolina, the sit ins... And quite frankly I heard some things today I have not heard since that day. I heard people saying things that I have not heard since March 15, 1960 when I was marching to try and get off the back of the bus."


In related news, today's installment of "Next Blog" shows us an exciting behind the scenes look at ... The Martins. The Martins, as if you needed me to tell you, are nothing if not big fans of Escape Club. In case you were too busy trying to learn how to explain the hardest part about rollerblading to your dad back in 1988, here's what you were missing that is just one component of The Martins' happiness:


If you're like me, you not only know that The Martins are gearing up for their very first family vacation and you probably don't really like Utah Jazz. But if you're Mrs. Martin, you not only like the Utah Jazz but you also know that a good basketball game is the surest way to your man's heart whilst being totally annoyed that he's spending half the game staring cross-eyed at the cheerleaders. Anyway, here another example of why basketball is the best sport in the world, again using the creative italicization in lieu of actual quotes to make a quote editorial technique:

For kendalls bday I was able to get 5 tickets to the Jazz game because I have the most awesomest boss ever! We got to take my bro Jake and kendalls parents! We had a blast. Stopped at olive garden on the way and then the Jazz killed the Rockets in 3 point shooters all night! It was the bomb! I love being able to go do things like that for Kendall. I love that man! Granted he has his faults but hey he puts up with ME! Enough said there! I would post more but every time I do pictures I have a hard time getting words inbetween the pictures and getting the layout to work. So goodbye for now!

Wow. Life sure is good for people in Utah.

Mwah!

M

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