Two Corinthians

It's taken me some time but I've finally come up with a good "Two Corinthians " joke for Donald Trump. Consider: Two Corinthians walk into a bar. First Corinthian says to the second "Hey Bob where is the bathroom in this joint?"  Second Corinthian says, "Why?  You gotta epistle?"

I'll be here all week, so I'll be easy to find if you feel the need to punch me in the face.

Last Word

I used to be the kind of guy who always wanted to get the last word in before leaving the room...even if that last was totally wrong or sadly off point.

Then I realized, I don't want to be that guy. That's like being Milton Berle without the giant wang. Nobody wants to be that.

Passion Politics

The great thing about impassioned arguments whether from the Left or the Right is their utter lack of nuance.

First Question Ever

At Monday's SCOTUS proceedings Justice Clarence Thomas asked his first question, ever..."Has anyone seen Tony?"

American Bars and Bars (and how boring we are)

Again
    with the great
             Metadata debate

Right of Woo

Dropped off Alex at DHS and almost ran over DeKalb's own lil' Woo.

While not yet a civic treasure he's an aspiring local rapper/dancer with a lot of regional Twitter followers some of whom I am told he did not purchase.

If I am the subject of a midtempo, slightly over produced, vocoded monosyllabic, kinda danceable rap diatribe by the end of the week it's probably better than I deserve.

For more on lil' Woo search the Tubes of You for "Stayin' Fly"

The Slippin' Jimmy of Parenting

Watched Season 2, Episode 1 of Better Call Saul tonight with the boy.

Alex: Dad,I think I want to be a lawyer.
Me: I hope you're not being taken in by the moral ambiguity on this show.
Alex: No Dad. I just want to have a fireplace in my office.

Indicator

Things have finally gotten to the stage where my email interactions with customers and vendors have outstripped random spam on my main work account. That shouldn't be taken as an indicatation of rising general productivity, but at least I'm holding up my end.

Dead and Enduring

Justice Scalia once used the words "dead" and "enduring" in the same sentence to describe the US Constitution.  Right or wrong those same words might well be used to describe the man himself.

All to Do Over

If I had it all to do over, I'd do everything different because I've already done it this way once.

Weird Religious Thing

Tonight was Kim's first time handing out ashes at Newman Center. It was kind of sloppy. In her defense we only do this thing once a year so there's not a lot of time to get good. I was lucky enough to get in her line.

Flash forward to the Thai Pavillion where I am procuring the delicious and nutritious Panang salmon.

Girl at TP:  Just so you know, you have a giant smudge on your head.
Me: My wife did it. Weird religious thing.
Girl at TP:  You mean like a cult?
Me:  Weirder.

I was serious about weirder. Name a cult where the followers claim they eat the founders' flesh and drink his blood?

She was happy to see me get my salmon and get the fuck out of there. Who wouldn't be?

Midnight Voting

One thing I've learned from following midnight voting in New Hampshire last night, is after two glasses of whiskey it's almost impossible to say Dixville Notch.

Besides Ugly Babies

What do you get when you cross the Yardbirds with Jesus Lizard?  Well besides ugly babies, you get the new riffs ChrisB helped me flesh out on Saturday. It was so good just to work with him again and while I missed D and OD this was a fine start. And that's what I need really, more fine starts.

Perfectly Clear

Let me make one thing perfectly clear – when I am at the water cooler these days it is strictly for the water.

Neighbor to the West

If I learned anything from our neighbor to the west last night it is this...the enemy of our idiot, while not quite our friend is necessary