tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365999562024-03-21T20:52:51.786-07:00Fearing RobotsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-89750610215947764102008-01-31T18:02:00.000-08:002010-09-26T23:05:09.623-07:00Marge Simpson Looks Great When Her Hair is Down<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjD2YiTzFhSbdv333J0fyYRPWNfjrw42tJs5t1vUp0znRMGWq0VwKIOZ5Bzk119sIcFIB2pLxpCZTSJhbVTs4h6n9u-JSrynabvHiEQdWcbGsrLsWuDv_H1KOUHJWIioKYH3QUA/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjD2YiTzFhSbdv333J0fyYRPWNfjrw42tJs5t1vUp0znRMGWq0VwKIOZ5Bzk119sIcFIB2pLxpCZTSJhbVTs4h6n9u-JSrynabvHiEQdWcbGsrLsWuDv_H1KOUHJWIioKYH3QUA/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161830376367317602" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">Hey, man, did you see The Simpsons on Sunday?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://1D137FB0-FDE8-4493-A3AA-2C395127A722/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjD2YiTzFhSbdv333J0fyYRPWNfjrw42tJs5t1vUp0znRMGWq0VwKIOZ5Bzk119sIcFIB2pLxpCZTSJhbVTs4h6n9u-JSrynabvHiEQdWcbGsrLsWuDv_H1KOUHJWIioKYH3QUA/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161830376367317602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">It was pretty great. It was a tribute to the 90's. Marge had a Rachel haircut and went to college and Homer started a grunge band a la Kurt Cobain. It was so great.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://B2D0484E-9EC7-4818-9555-BEBFB0C70B22/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sounds funny. What's a Rachel haircut?</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjD2YiTzFhSbdv333J0fyYRPWNfjrw42tJs5t1vUp0znRMGWq0VwKIOZ5Bzk119sIcFIB2pLxpCZTSJhbVTs4h6n9u-JSrynabvHiEQdWcbGsrLsWuDv_H1KOUHJWIioKYH3QUA/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161830376367317602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like Rachel on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Friends</span>? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://362C3221-DB2F-45B5-9BA7-19CAD4413420/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The haircut is named after a tv character?</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjD2YiTzFhSbdv333J0fyYRPWNfjrw42tJs5t1vUp0znRMGWq0VwKIOZ5Bzk119sIcFIB2pLxpCZTSJhbVTs4h6n9u-JSrynabvHiEQdWcbGsrLsWuDv_H1KOUHJWIioKYH3QUA/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161830376367317602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah. Everyone on the face of the earth knows that.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://E2980A2A-2E05-4DEE-89CB-71B15521037B/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sounds lame. I can't picture Marge with anything other than her stovepipe hair.<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://BA7A3E65-C47B-4710-9549-5EC732B91C07/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Haven't you ever seen her in flashbacks when her hair is long and she wears it down?<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://7884CCD0-2D83-4180-A884-9A43D983590A/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, I guess so.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><img src="webkit-fake-url://BA7A3E65-C47B-4710-9549-5EC732B91C07/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Am I the only one who thinks she looks hot when she looks like that?<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://A43FF755-A9A6-4708-B3F1-78AEEED50DDD/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pppfffftttt! [Laughs.]</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://073D5C11-E75F-434F-80C5-DA99BEA0002C/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seriously, man. Like on Sunday's episode. Wow. There's no way Homer could've landed her.<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://8145D947-8CCD-4056-8172-C0616DCA21DE/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dude. First of all, it's a show. Second of all it's not just a show but it's a cartoon.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://3074F345-90EC-4885-A065-1A0E391E7067/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I know, I know. There are plenty of hot cartoon characters, though. Haven't you ever heard of Tinkerbelle? Wow. Tink.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://C815A1B7-895B-4878-8800-59999E01EEA2/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, not bad. What about Ariel?<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://522152BA-7685-46BF-A7BD-2A5CAC34E9F0/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Can't go wrong with a mermaid. What about Belle?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://446D7034-4D9F-4BFD-9CD2-4CC11ADB43F1/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Uh...who's that?</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://95FC8C8E-D6B6-4D4E-AC6C-086CEDBB93F1/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beauty of Beauty and the Beast.<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://E57AFB4F-30D1-41C4-A2BB-FC33EA54E236/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, yeah. Sure. Who else? Cinderella?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://539514CC-751A-46BA-A684-DAAC8665E1C5/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">Eh...maybe. Maybe before she becomes the princess and becomes all self-important and worthy.<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://A051E8C5-3310-4015-B00E-6DEA502D8A2D/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She does not!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://298F7477-EA4E-4FC6-945F-A3D43150D58A/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, she does, man. Don't take offense. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><img src="webkit-fake-url://F8E7FE02-825A-4164-BEB8-DA5B38B2A9A3/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" /></p></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not. It's just...she doesn't get that way. </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-36720964499021160882007-12-10T08:51:00.001-08:002010-09-26T23:04:29.053-07:00Time Zone Click Skit Your Signature<span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I wish I could switch back and forth between time zones. My alarm clock would be on Pacific time and my work clock would be on Eastern.<br /></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Why don't you just wish to for the power to time travel? I mean, isn't that pretty much what you're saying? You'd travel back in time to sleep longer and then travel forward to the end of work, right?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah.<br /></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Have you seen <em>Click</em>?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah.<br /></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Didn't you learn anything?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Well…<br /></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">You want to wake up one day 30 years in the future and everyone you love hates you and you don't know your children?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">So I was supposed to learn something from it?<br /></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Of course.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">A couple days ago I watched that "more cowbell" SNL skit, you know with the Morty guy from <em>Click</em>?<br /></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah. Christopher Walken.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Right. I gotta say man, it's funny but I can't believe how popular that thing is.<br /></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">The skit?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah. I mean there are t-shirts and everything. People always use lines from it in their online signatures or whatever.<br /></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I hate those online signatures.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me too. Why do I care what your favorite line from your favorite movie with your favorite actor is? Well, I don't.</p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-60529448295390791922007-11-30T08:51:00.000-08:002010-09-26T23:04:17.490-07:002004-1918=86<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: center;" align="center">So did you hear that several years ago Romney claimed to be a Red Sox fan but then said it had been 87 years since winning the World Series not 86?<span style=""> </span>Every real Sox fan knew that.<span style=""> </span>Everyone who likes sports knew that.<span style=""> </span>2004-1918=86.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, maybe Mormons don’t follow sports.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">That’s absurd.<span style=""> </span>Have you ever heard of Steve Young?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Danny Ainge?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Dale Murphy?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Harmon Killebrew?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Sure.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">There you go.<span style=""> </span>All Mormons.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, maybe he just got confused.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Whatever.<span style=""> </span>He totally lost my vote.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">All because of one small sports trivia mathematical error?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, I guess to be honest, he never did “have” my vote.<span style=""> </span>I’m for a McCain/Huckabee ticket.<span style=""> </span>If that happened I couldn’t be more tickled. </p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I know absolutely nothing about the Huck.<span style=""> </span>The Incredible Huck!<span style=""> </span>That’s good stuff!</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah, you should be his PR guy.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I totally should.<span style=""> </span>I’d get paid to drive around the country in a huge green, menacing bus with his name painted on the side like it was exploding out of the side of a mountain or something.<span style=""> </span>We’d roll into small town America and the masses would come flocking.<span style=""> </span>I’d turn on the PA system and blast “Enter Sandman” by Metallica.<span style=""> </span>Then Huck would come out all painted green and he’d rip off his shirt while Lou Ferrigno in a tux passed out little American flags and Tootsie Rolls.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">That sounds like the coolest political event in the history.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">The history of what?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Nothing.<span style=""> </span>Just the history.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">People usually say “the history of … [something].” </p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, I just meant the history.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Cool. I don’t think you should be so hard on the Mormon for getting sports trivia wrong.<span style=""> </span>I mean, I know nothing about sports trivia even though I consider myself a huge sports fan—at least a huge baseball fan.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You like the Cubs, right?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Love ‘em.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">When was the last time they won the World Series?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">1908.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">How many years has it been?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">99.<span style=""> </span>100?<span style=""> </span>I’m going with 99.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">See?<span style=""> </span>And you’re not even running for president.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I have to tell you what the local radio station did.<span style=""> </span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Whoa. Big jump in topic.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Anyway...Tori Amos is coming in concert soon so they apparently got together with Tori and auctioned off a one-on-one piano lesson with her.<span style=""> </span>It came down to a girl from Ohio and some “anonymous” local chick.<span style=""> </span>It ended up going for $9000.<span style=""> </span>Can you believe that?<span style=""> </span>The money goes to a local foster child organization but still.<span style=""> </span>Wow.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Was the local chick really not anonymous?<span style=""> </span>Was it Marie Osmond?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I have no idea.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You say “anonymous” as if it wasn’t really anonymous.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Oh, well, who knows.<span style=""> </span>Who knows what anonymous means.<span style=""> </span>We’re all anonymous.<span style=""> </span>Anyway, it’s my belief it was Tori herself.<span style=""> </span>I think she wanted to donate a lot of money to the agency.<span style=""> </span>Plus the one who won said she didn’t even want the piano lesson.<span style=""> </span>She said she wanted one of the foster kids to have it.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""> </span>What the devil does that mean?<span style=""> </span>“We’re all anonymous.”<span style=""> </span>It’s like some cheesy pseudo-deep poster.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>It just came out.<span style=""> </span>I just let it flow.<span style=""> </span>That’s how I roll.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Foster kids don’t know Tori Amos.<span style=""> </span>I mean, foster kids probably don’t know how to play the piano.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No kidding.<span style=""> </span>They probably think pianos are imaginary.<span style=""> </span>Like unicorns.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">So is Tori going to teach them “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I guess so.<span style=""> </span>“Okay, this is middle ‘C.’ Good.<span style=""> </span>Now, this is how you make a lot of money singing really depressing songs: ‘Why do we crucify ourselves?<span style=""> </span>Why do we crucify ourselves?’”</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Nice.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">They gave the woman who lost the auction free tickets to the concert and backstage passes and everything because she’d already bought her airline tickets to fly in.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">That’s nice.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No it’s not.<span style=""> </span>I say, “Big deal.<span style=""> </span>You lost.<span style=""> </span>It’s your loss.”</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, yeah, but losing to a foster kid?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Who said anything about a foster kid?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You did.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I said the charity was a foster kid home.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, I bet the “anonymous” caller was a foster kid.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What foster kid has nine G’s to drop?<span style=""> </span>And why would they spend all that money if it’s just going to go right back to the place they’re staying at?<span style=""> </span>That’s like saying, “I’m going to pay myself $9000.”<span style=""> </span>It’s absurd.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, I think it’s absurd you think it was Tori.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Makes more sense.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You know what doesn’t make any sense?<span style=""> </span>Losing an auction to a foster kid.<span style=""> </span>You should never lose to foster kids.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I…I’m at a complete loss of words.<span style=""> </span>I don’t know whether I should laugh or cry.<span style=""> </span>But I’m leaning towards crying.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">That’s because you’re a wuss.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I really am.<span style=""> </span>That’s why I’ll never be a champion.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You and Sufjan must be kindred spirits or something.<span style=""> </span>I bet if a foster kid beat him at something Sufjan would cry and then flap sadly away into the sunset.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Dude, he doesn’t wear the wings everyday!<span style=""> </span>Anyway, he’s got the indie world in the palm of his sensitive hand.<span style=""> </span>He’s a champion.<span style=""> </span>Meanwhile, I’m just sitting here feeling bad for mankind—not being a champion.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You know if Tori adopted the foster kid I’d feel alright about this.<span style=""> </span>But the idea of giving a foster kid a piano lesson from Tori Amos is as absurd as giving a homeless man a CD player and an LP to go with it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Nice.<span style=""> </span>Child services would never go for it anyway.<span style=""> </span>She’s so mental.<span style=""> </span>Crazy broad.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Chauvinist.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yep.<span style=""> </span>I totally could be if I had the guts.<span style=""> </span>It’s not so far out of character.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>Totally in character.<span style=""> </span>You’re a wumpus beastie.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What is that?<span style=""> </span>Something from your fantasy nerdling books?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No.<span style=""> </span>It happens to be from a nerdling computer game I had when I was eight.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I wish I’d had a childhood.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Wow.<span style=""> </span>That sounds so needy and pleading.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">It really was.<span style=""> </span>The older I get the more and more I miss something that was never there.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You really need to get a set of Sufjan wings.<span style=""> </span>And take up the banjo.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You do.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Good one.<span style=""> </span>Who knew you were such a wuss?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, I bury it beneath three feet of cynicism.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">So you’re the prototypical man.<span style=""> </span>Except you don’t have big calluses. <span style=""> </span>I bet you secretly love women singers even though you say you hate them.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No, you’re definitely wrong on that one.<span style=""> </span>There are still only a few women singers I like.<span style=""> </span>And Feist is one of them but I hate all her songs.<span style=""> </span>Stupid “1,2,3,4.”<span style=""> </span>Give me a break.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Feist sucks.<span style=""> </span>Oh…I hate her.<span style=""> </span>You should listen to this, though.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">[Goes to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/seracahoone">www.myspace.com/seracahoone</a> and pushes play on “Couch Song.”<span style=""> </span>They listen for about a minute.]</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">This song makes me feel like I just dropped a quarter in the jukebox in the corner of this diner where I went on a first date with a cheerleader named Katie Amherst.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You went out with a cheerleader?<span style=""> </span>You’re such a tool.<span style=""> </span>And your whole teenage angst thing is a crock.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I know.<span style=""> </span>It didn’t last long, though.<span style=""> </span>She totally had a crush on me but we just didn't have anything to talk about. We ended up playing Mortal Kombat on Super Nintendo every Friday and Saturday night because we had nothing in common. She was unbelievably hot, though.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Wow, that sounds like such a typical story from high school.<span style=""> </span>The whole, “Well, yeah, this girl liked me for no apparent reason and I didn’t like her but we went out on a few dates, made out and then broke up” story makes me want to vomit.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Why?<span style=""> </span>Isn’t that the backbone of young adult Americana?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Maybe young good looking Americana.<span style=""> </span>There’s nothing in our canon about schleps who get nothing.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">So you should write a series of books about kids who are total losers.<span style=""> </span>No happy endings.<span style=""> </span>No fabricated plot lines.<span style=""> </span>Just life in daily loser-dom.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I’ve wanted to write a story for years about two friends.<span style=""> </span>One was going to be a reformed nerd who changed himself to fit in.<span style=""> </span>The other was going to be always lonely; never being vindicated for never changing.<span style=""> </span>The book would be a novel exploring if one should be true to oneself or if one should change oneself to fit in.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Dude, have you read <i style="">The Perks of Being a Wallflower</i>?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Nope.<span style=""> </span>What is it?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">It’s totally about what you just said.<span style=""> </span>You have to read it.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I will.<span style=""> </span>I actually feel like <i style="">Napoleon Dynamite</i> did an excellent job of depicting how weird people can be; that the big school nerd and the new Hispanic kid become friends is surprisingly accurate.<span style=""> </span>The moments when Napoleon gets bullied by the fat kids are incredibly realistic.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">And you know because that was you?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No because I went through high school.<span style=""> </span>You don’t have to be the one getting picked on to know how it goes.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">True.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-32137913302062513982007-11-14T12:35:00.000-08:002010-09-26T23:04:10.340-07:00The White Stripes Sit This One Out<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I think I was relieved when White Stripes canceled their tour.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You and Meg White both.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah, no kidding.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Do you think you didn’t really want to see them?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I guess so.<span style=""> </span>I can’t quite put my finger on it.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I bet that was it.<span style=""> </span>I mean the idea of seeing the Stripes is great.<span style=""> </span>But you want to see the Stripes from 2002-2003—not the current version.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah, that’s it, really.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p>I love the track “Icky Thump” but I didn’t really like anything else off that album.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No kidding.<span style=""> </span>Plus I didn’t think <i style="">Get Behind Me Satan</i> was that great.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I liked it a lot when it came out but I never listen to it anymore.<span style=""> </span>It had a shelf life of three months.<span style=""> </span>And the thing is, with Jack White, I feel like the joke’s on me.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Lately I think it is.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-7332104733496028532007-11-14T09:30:00.000-08:002010-09-26T23:04:03.802-07:00Something 2.0<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You know how the internet is so great and everything?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I have to be honest.<span style=""> </span>I love the things I can do on the internet and all, but I just don’t do a lot.<span style=""> </span>I mean I search for answers to questions but that’s about it.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What else do you want?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>I wish I had more of an online presence.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What do you mean?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I mean like...friends…and people I talk to.<span style=""> </span>Sites I check regularly.<span style=""> </span>I wish I was making some kind of contribution to the world wide web, you know?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Why don’t you start a blog?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I tried that once and I felt really superficial.<span style=""> </span>Really...egocentric.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, why don’t you join some interest group or something?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah, maybe.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, what is it you want, man?<span style=""> </span>Do you want to find someone to hook up with?<span style=""> </span>Cause there’s a lot of that going on.<span style=""> </span>All you’ve got to do is go to Craigslist…</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No, no, no.<span style=""> </span>Not that.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, what do you think people are doing on the web that’s so great?<span style=""> </span>95% of the web is junk created by losers sitting at their computers in their bedrooms with way too much time on their hands.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Really?<span style=""> </span>I think you’re wrong, man.<span style=""> </span>Maybe it was like that back in the 90’s when the web was all so new.<span style=""> </span>I think today, though, it’s all about getting out of the bedrooms and basements and into the world.<span style=""> </span>I mean with wi-fi and laptops and smart phones becoming the standard it’s all about mobility and agility.<span style=""> </span>Web 2.0, man.<span style=""> </span>Web 2.0.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Whatever 2.0.<span style=""> </span>The net is still filled with junk—even if it’s pretty, interactive, agile junk.<span style=""> </span>I mean, really, what’s so great about an interactive web?<span style=""> </span>What’s so great about people being able to make anonymous comments on blogs and news stories with no repercussion or responsibility?<span style=""> </span>A world wide web of big mouths is what we have.<span style=""> </span>Who needs that?<span style=""> </span>And who wants to make friends on social sites but not face to face?!<span style=""> </span>That’s messed up, man.<span style=""> </span>We’re creating a community of citizens who trudge silently through their daily lives but have outspoken, vigorous identities when they’re in having faceless, private time on the web.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">There’s more to it than that.<span style=""> </span>You’re thinking in terms of two separate worlds—online and offline.<span style=""> </span>That paradigm is gone, man.<span style=""> </span>People nowadays see the two worlds as one.<span style=""> </span>Life is online.<span style=""> </span>Online is life. <span style=""> </span>It’s one organic whole.<span style=""> </span>You’re thinking archaically.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No I’m not.<span style=""> </span>I’m thinking humanely.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What are you, the whistleblower of inhumanity? First Borat and now the internet? The internet is not inhumane.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">It can be when taken to extremes which is, I think, the direction we’re heading.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Man, you’re doomsday.<span style=""> </span>Anything taken to extremes is inhumane.<span style=""> </span>Drinking water in extremes is inhumane. Breathing in extremes is inhumane. You gotta be more flexible in your thinking.<span style=""> </span>The world isn’t ending.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I’m not saying that.<span style=""> </span>I’m saying things are getting lost.<span style=""> </span>Like meeting a person face to face and having the social skills to build a relationship through verbal communication and physical expression.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You know what?<span style=""> </span>You’re probably right.<span style=""> </span>The world’s not ending but you’re right on that one.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Thank you.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, I don’t think you need to thank me.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No, it takes a big person to admit when you’re wrong.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Whoa, I didn’t admit I was wrong. <span style=""> </span>I was just saying you had a good point.<span style=""> </span>And so did I. I’m not wrong.<span style=""> </span>We’re both right.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Mmm…I don’t know….<i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-9982379391108882212007-11-09T10:47:00.000-08:002010-09-26T23:03:50.828-07:00Oats<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What’s wrong with you?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Oh, just this lady who works upstairs in my building really upsets me.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What happened?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, I take my breakfast with me to work, right?<span style=""> </span>I’m never hungry until 9:30 or 10 in the morning so I just pack it and eat it in the lunch room after I’ve been at work for awhile.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Right, I remember you mentioned that before.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah, right.<span style=""> </span>So anyway, during the fall and winter I like to bring oatmeal.<span style=""> </span>And I bring the instant kind because it’s really easy and delicious.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Peaches ‘N Cream?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You know it.<span style=""> </span>Well this lady—I don’t know how she knows when I’m in the break room every single morning—she comes in and starts looking at my food.<span style=""> </span>And I hate that to begin with, you know?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Sure.<span style=""> </span>She’s a food hoverer.<span style=""> </span>I hate them.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I know!<span style=""> </span>But, if that wasn’t enough, she starts talking to me about oatmeal.<span style=""> </span>And she always, always, every damn day says, “Have you ever tried steel-cut oats?<span style=""> </span>Those are delicious.<span style=""> </span>Delicious and the best for you, really.”</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Oh, geez.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>I just want to grab her by her baggy old throat and toss her through the window down into the courtyard six floors down.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">(Silence.)</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Anyway, I just hate when people talk.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-23297505914077956412007-11-08T08:56:00.000-08:002010-09-26T23:03:31.224-07:00The Holiday Crunch Is On<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">So my building put up a Christmas tree right outside my office last week. The whole bit: lights, a star on top, faux presents under the tree.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Yeah?<span style=""> </span>That’s nice.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Nice?!<span style=""> </span>Hardly.<span style=""> </span>October is barely over.<span style=""> </span>November had barely begun to begin.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Holiday spirit, man.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Hol-i-day spi-rit</i>.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">I know, I know.<span style=""> </span>But what about Thanksgiving?<span style=""> </span>Thanksgiving’s my favorite holiday and it’s gone.<span style=""> </span>It’s basically gone from our society.<span style=""> </span>It’s a historical marker on the side of the freeway between the booming metropolises of Halloween and Christmas that no one pays attention to anymore.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">(Laughs.)</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">What?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">(Still laughing.)</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-50901808199233558952007-11-08T08:30:00.000-08:002010-09-26T23:03:24.951-07:00The Living Ground<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">Do you think the “N” word should be outlawed?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">(Scoffs.)<span style=""> </span>Sure why not.<span style=""> </span>Let’s make race out to be a bigger issue than it already is.<span style=""> </span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">I mean, seriously, though, can’t we get past all this?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">I don’t know, maybe it’s not such a bad idea.<span style=""> </span>Maybe people need some help.<span style=""> </span>I mean, those segregation practices didn’t go away until legislature was passed.<span style=""> </span>Do you think people would’ve just stopped doing those things in time?<span style=""> </span>Maybe this is a logical next step.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">No, it’s not.<span style=""> </span>It’s ridiculous.<span style=""> </span>Outlawing words?<span style=""> </span>C’mon man, <i style="">words</i>?<span style=""> </span>What’s next?<span style=""> </span>Thoughts, that’s what.<span style=""> </span>Then instinct.<span style=""> </span>Then pre-cog.<span style=""> </span>Then life source.<span style=""> </span>Then procreation.<span style=""> </span>Then relationships.<span style=""> </span>Then personal human interaction.<span style=""> </span>Then social exchange.<span style=""> </span>Then community.<span style=""> </span>Then any form of sensual stimulation.<span style=""> </span>In 200 years the remaining people in our world will be living in 5 x 5 white rooms with walls floor to ceiling with nothing but air and water and some kind of really bland food to eat.<span style=""> </span>Once that generation dies off we’ll be done.<span style=""> </span>Done.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">(Laughs.)<span style=""> </span>C’mon, man, it’s not that bad.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Sure it is.<span style=""> </span>Who outlaws words?<span style=""> </span>That’s completely inhumane.<span style=""> </span>I mean, between that and <i style="">Borat</i> we’re kicking the living ground out from under the very nature of our humanity.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><i style="">Borat</i> the movie?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">What does <i style="">Borat</i> have to do with outlawing the “N” word?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">C’mon, man.<span style=""> </span>Borat and all those other Borat-type shows are totally taking advantage of people who are just living ordinary lives.<span style=""> </span>They do one completely unassuming thing and suddenly they end up on television or in a movie looking like an idiot for being polite or trying to help a stranger or just freakin doing their job, you know?<span style=""> </span>It completely exploits people who are just being humane.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Huh.<span style=""> </span>I see what you’re saying but I think there may be worse things out there.<span style=""> </span>I mean, did you see that school kid in Finland that killed eight?<span style=""> </span>Or what about that guy in the Amish school?<span style=""> </span>There’s a lot of bad stuff that happens but that one really sticks out in my mind.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">That’s true.<span style=""> </span>I mean, you’re definitely right.<span style=""> </span>Those are certainly big things.<span style=""> </span>Huge things.<span style=""> </span>I had a dream two nights ago that I was involved in a hostage situation at a school.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Really?<span style=""> </span>What happened?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Well, I was in college.<span style=""> </span>I don’t know where.<span style=""> </span>And I was with my ex-girlfriend (which is strange that she popped up in my dream.)<span style=""> </span>And we were in a study hall-type place with a bunch of other people and some guy came in and real quietly barred the doors and told people not to move or talk or anything.<span style=""> </span>We all sat quietly for quite a while and Chloe—my girlfriend—and I we sitting on a couch.<span style=""> </span>Then I nudged her with my elbow and when she looked over I showed her that I had a silver pistol in my pocket.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">All right, cowboy.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">I know, right?<span style=""> </span>A real American hero.<span style=""> </span>So then the guy holding us hostage saw Chloe and me looking at each other and thought we were talking. <span style=""> </span>So he sent her to sit under a window and told me to get up and check to make sure the police weren’t quietly approaching the doors.<span style=""> </span>So I got up, checked the doors and then when I was walking back to my seat on the couch—I had to walk past the guy—I pulled out my gun.<span style=""> </span>The funny thing is it was a bolt action pistol; I didn’t even know they existed until I googled “bolt action pistol” the next day.<span style=""> </span>Anyway, I pulled it out of my pocket with my left hand, switched it to my right hand, pulled back on the bolt to put a cartridge in the chamber—and the whole time I’m just looking him in the eye—and then I stopped about four feet in front of him.<span style=""> </span>He was standing by a ping pong table.<span style=""> </span>I raised the gun and fired at his heart.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Dang.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">I know.<span style=""> </span>And everything moved slowly.<span style=""> </span>I mean, time wasn’t in slow motion or anything, the bullet just moved slow enough that I could watch it leave the gun, travel the four feet or so and then disappear into his chest.<span style=""> </span>He instantly dropped dead.<span style=""> </span>Chloe came running over and hugged and kissed me.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">You were totally the hero.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">It’s such a strange dream.<span style=""> </span>Usually my dreams don’t follow any type of chronological time line.<span style=""> </span>They’re usually vibrant flashes of images and sounds.<span style=""> </span>The strange thing is I was looking at some crime scene photos earlier that day and I think that’s what caused my dream.<span style=""> </span>I mean, I’m really not very violent.<span style=""> </span>That’s by far the most violent dream I’ve ever had.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">What were you looking at crime scene photos for?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>A friend of mine told me they look at them every once in a while just for fun.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">What’s so fun about that?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>I guess not fun but interesting. I mean, the only dead bodies I’ve ever seen were my grandparents at their funerals and they simply looked peaceful and holy.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>There’s something about the…I don’t know…stark reality of the crime scene photos.<span style=""> </span>Something about seeing death with no filter, you know?<span style=""> </span>No blurred images.<span style=""> </span>No blacked-out areas.<span style=""> </span>You know?</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="[Sol+the+Sloth.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="[Buck+the+Beetle.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">No filter.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-32428613309248170342007-09-26T10:16:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:03:08.795-07:00You Say Myanmar, I Say Burma<div style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a></p></span><p></p><br />How long are people going to refer to Myanmar as "Myanmar-previously-Burma" instead of just "Myanmar"?<br /><br /><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">The name of this country, which is home to 50 million people, is a flash point among laymen and politicians both within and without the borders of this country comprised of 261,227 square miles—roughly the size of Texas. Some groups continue to use "Burma" because they do not recognize the legitimacy of the current ruling party who changed the name of the country back in 1989. The United Nations, however, recognizes the name "Myanmar" because that's the "official" name of the country as designated by the current government. Consequently, the media is caught in-between the two sides. They don't want to be seen as unjustly siding with either the citizens of the country or the controversial ruling party.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p></span> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Oh. That makes sense. Did you see the military came out at beat some monks yesterday with riot sticks?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah. Too bad.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span xmlns="">How could you beat a monk?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I don't know, man. I'd be scared no matter what religion they were. In my opinion, a person of God is a person of God, regardless if I don't think or know that their God exists. If I was told to beat a monk and even if it turns that monks' God didn't exist I'd be scared some other God could step in to cover for the monk's God and smite the abuser's soul down to hell.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">So you're saying the God's have each others' backs?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Totally.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">So if the God in question doesn't exist some other God that <em>does</em> exist will stand in and do the punishing?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">You should work that into an editorial and submit it to the paper.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Really? Which paper?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span xmlns=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">To be honest, I don't think it matters.</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-251178311832287622007-09-21T08:53:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:03:00.133-07:00Free Our Jena Six<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a>What does "Free Our Jena Six" mean?<br /><br /><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Six black kids are in jail for beating up a white kid.</p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Did the white kid do something to them?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, there was this tree at this high school—Jena High School—where white kids usually hung out and one day during an assembly a black kid asked if the black kids could hang out there, too. The principle said yes but the next day there were nooses hanging from the branches of the tree.<br /></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Whoa.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah. Then this white kid got beat up. I don't know if he was in on the noose thing or not or how he's involved. I don't know a whole lot about it.<br /></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">You'd think this stuff was way behind us.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">You really would; that we're better than that.<br /></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Do you think the kids tied the nooses?<br /></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I don't know. Why?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm just wondering how the kids learned how to tie nooses.<br /></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I don't know.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Do you know how to tie one?<br /></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Nope.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Me neither.<br /></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">It's probably standard elementary school curriculum of the south.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah. Like how they split up the girls and boys for the maturation classes—they split up the blacks and whites for noose tying classes.<br /></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">What would the blacks learn in their class?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Good question. How to peacefully assemble and march to city hall?<br /></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><span xmlns=""><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah, right.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">What's maturation?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I can't even talk to you.</p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-48213170180946011932007-09-20T11:42:00.001-07:002010-09-26T23:02:52.893-07:00In Gainesville Next Month<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D4ekxdsp53ys0nQyjy5XOMugWoCjDWwJBAhyphenhyphenhYFAK87ROZ0ik6gSRcsZSFqUfYg6mCvYU9GtaBm1YpWzkVSNrsV8NPDuxo61ZSS56Ui1dLeIbkyo6TwcrmmtOUNaY_EqDmLosw/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112361477240697586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hey, I'm going on a business trip next month can you get my mail?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Sure. Where you going?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" style="'width:225pt;height:183.75pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="Buck+the+Beetle"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112358831540843218" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Florida.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You going to hit the beach?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112358831540843218" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" style="'width:225pt;height:183.75pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="Buck+the+Beetle"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span>No.<span style=""> </span>I’m going to Gainesville.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Oh.<span style=""> </span>What’s in Gainesville?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" style="'width:225pt;height:183.75pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="Buck+the+Beetle"> </v:shape><![endif]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112358831540843218" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Not much from what I can tell.<span style=""> </span>Not very much.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">There was just that incident at UF.<span style=""> </span>That sounded pretty cool.<span style=""> </span>Too bad you weren’t there for that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" style="'width:225pt;height:183.75pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="Buck+the+Beetle"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112358831540843218" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah, no kidding. My conference is even at UF. That would've been awesome.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;height:179.25pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Did you hear they have a recording of the guy saying to the cops that he didn’t blame them?<span style=""> </span>That they were just doing their job?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112358831540843218" border="0" /></a>No, I hadn’t heard that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" style="'width:240pt;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\J8876~1.HBL\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" title="Sol+the+Sloth"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrHPn5PKT_ksfEjBnX9Gk3brYNPO1CsqeVzTSga0XNfK2LSeKrNN-zFUcY-HNlemOOunBpiewvquXdRD-P4V6-lAe-_oddQmM0rp1Ghyphenhyphens2ZKRJtoObitWFUfHtp-BPueZXbGDjw/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112359364116787938" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Man, that’d suck to get tasered.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidhlTJEQPxgKKd8AA9Qh_Ie7j8LsMGwdGuFsIlwnCBB9KAlMgSyEwhCYrP6I5uHUR79fbZlqKxEzE_OhyMgKDVcC_MgTs0_2lEQ4MiXsEX5NbCtIUcwDfqsq9xj_m-c5EizexZg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112358831540843218" border="0" /></a>It totally would.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-9107815872883016772007-09-19T09:41:00.001-07:002010-09-26T23:02:40.164-07:00The Universe and Life in General(ities)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: center;">I can't believe scientist know about things that are 23 million light years away.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah, that's pretty far.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I can scarcely comprehend one light year. I mean it's light! It's so fast!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">It is pretty fast. I think the universe is like 25 billion light years long…or wide…or whatever.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Are you…? Are you serious?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">And we're the only planet with life?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yep.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Wow. I mean, seriously, wow.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">No other planets out there playing in bands or watching baseball or eating bar-b-que?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">That's it?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">What?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Those are the three things that encapsulate life to you?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, no, they're just the first three things that came to my mind.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sure.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">What would you say if you had to name three?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I don't know. Speaking and…reading and writing and…engaging in some form of reproduction, I guess.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">That's four.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Reading and writing count as one.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Why?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Because they're representing the singular concept of "literacy."<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">You could've said, "Being literate."<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Does that really make sense?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sure.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">No, it doesn't.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, I don't remember the last time I saw you reading a newspaper or writing a letter.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Hey, I read the paper, okay? Just because I leave to work before you even wake up doesn't mean I don't read the paper.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Easy, friend.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Don't "easy" me. What about you? You don't read or write, do you?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Are you kidding? When would I have time to read? It takes me five hours to climb down the tree.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Okay. You're right.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">What about God?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">What <span style="font-style: italic;">about </span>God?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I wonder if having a belief if God should be on the list?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">But not everyone believes in God. It's not inherent to life.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sure it is. They just might not know it.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">First of all, I have no idea what you mean by that. Second, you can't go assigning people to believe in God. A lot of people believe in God or Gods or some form of supreme being but that's their choice. Some people don't and that's their choice.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">So maybe we should say, "The ability to allow people to believe what they want to believe."<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah, if only that were true.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">What?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Do you watch the news?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Sure.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">The bombings? The murder? The genocide? The hate? The general fighting all across the globe?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Okay?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">There sure seems to be a lot of not-allowing people to believe what they want to believe.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yeah but we have laws and stuff to protect our rights.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Oh, okay.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">What?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Nothing.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOMAebUk8eKEp0DdQbCtsUamX8arcG5mWG1biQdQzSrmI1wMwyobytg7bEuyHtq2dlLP7mDK85kO1tMFtfEWYHvQYu8-XC5J1q697N5faC79DTVpjhpZkDDpf-fZ8iPVMuJhgtQ/s320/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956861256643250" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">You can't do that. What?!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmI18XgcQiuKfDwr28XunUtVdSADoIIAAKXOlul75J_9bXSftaGkNMb9b-TIhS9efKztrirJ1-ZLvIG79qH3YpOJ62OKy4rPWl60ceLylnd-8ZDx7ilMsBAIwjLAoWVnGQkoZ9sg/s320/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111956414580044450" border="0" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Nothing.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">What about OJ, huh? Man it's like we're in a time warp. OJ's in jail—a Clinton is running for President. What year is it, right?</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-62608977358289426072007-09-06T11:29:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:02:34.034-07:00MI I,II and III<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >I watched the Mission Impossible 1, 2, and 3 over the weekend.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >You’d never seen them before?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >No.<span style=""> </span>I missed it and just never went back to see it.<span style=""> </span>And then I couldn’t see 2 or 3 because I’d never seen one.<span style=""> </span>It’s this whole thing I have.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >I can tell.<span style=""> </span>So, how’d it go?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >One and 2 are great.<span style=""> </span>Especially 1—1’s killer.<span style=""> </span>But 2 is awful.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Yeah, it is.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >It’s so indulgent.<span style=""> </span>I mean the action sequences, the romance, the hero shots, the effects.<span style=""> </span>Ugh.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Yeah.<span style=""> </span>Woo really jacked that one up.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Woo who?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Woo hoo!</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >No, who is Woo?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Who is Woo?<span style=""> </span>What will I do?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Okay, okay.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Left shoe, right shoe. <span style=""> </span>Tell me won’t you, who is Woo?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Dude!</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >John Woo.<span style=""> </span>The director.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Do directors really have that much control over the films?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Seriously?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Yeah.<span style=""> </span>I don’t know.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Well, you liked MI 1 and 3, right?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Yeah.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Different directors than 2.<span style=""> </span>All three had different directors.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Huh.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >What was your least favorite part of MI 2?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >When Cruise walks into that underground bunker think and there’s all that fire and the white bird comes in and it’s all in slow motion.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Yeah that was awful.<span style=""> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >What about them racing their motorcycles at each other and then jumping off and crashing into each other?</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Lame.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >Yeah. I learned that bridge in 3 where he gets attacked is a real bridge in Baltimore.</span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s1600-h/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PjVheab5bClF6vk9sBdOa8t_2iNOP_LE91jS3a2TW7A4KQaw2t7Sn_A7jf9wQkq22dSb7YraRLhWL7gsKjqkG8hPBJPVcEQ3vLudaCmmJLZv8kfk-Swl3DfSMilwV1m2bazR7A/s400/Buck+the+Beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107165047927227090" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Really?</span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I had no idea when I was watching the movie that it was even a real bridge.</span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I just assume everything in film is a construct.</span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Tom Cruise doesn’t even exist.</span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">He’s probably just computer animatio</span>n.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s1600-h/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTKM4kBpsH5nDV2jztBhvnhcTmHFocUMFtflvlNmF-9Qwct6Hd4UaYz0Lejlcx40MdEC1hyphenhyphenq8Gy1EX3ufaOXNFyJEcgd3Y7V0JJ8hysIN9tr286ukX5CvyCguXF-nL1ztq703PA/s400/Sol+the+Sloth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107167019317215986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">Really?</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.9pt 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-78977520543780082952007-07-13T09:46:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:01:25.247-07:00Buck and Chick Both Learned About The Smiths From Older People<div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p>Hey, The Smiths!<span style=""> </span>Nice t-shirt!<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Are you a fan?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">No.<span style=""> </span>Well, kind of.<span style=""> </span>Not really but sort of.<span style=""> </span>I mean it’s like they’re my favorite band that I don’t listen to.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">That’s strange.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, I know.<span style=""> </span>I don’t really like Morrissey’s voice.<span style=""> </span>I love The Smiths’ music and Johnny Marr and they way they marketed themselves with all the cool photos and everything and they have great song titles and they have the absolute greatest band name in the world ever.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">But you don’t listen to them.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">No.<span style=""> </span>Well, kind of.<span style=""> </span>I love <i style="">Strangeways, Here We Come</i> but I haven’t really gotten into their other three albums.<span style=""> </span>I should, really.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I love <i style="">Strangeways</i>!<span style=""> </span>It’s by far my favorite.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I got the tape from a friend back in 1994.<span style=""> </span>Right after I graduated high school I got a job driving the delivery truck for a furniture store in town.<span style=""> </span>It was the greatest job I ever had.<span style=""> </span>I mean, I think it ruined my back, but it was so great.<span style=""> </span>Me and this really cool guy who was three years older than me would drive this big truck around the whole part of the state delivering couches and tables to people and listen to awesome music the whole time.<span style=""> </span>He’s the one that gave me the <i style="">Strangeways </i>tape.<span style=""> </span>He loved it.<span style=""> </span>We’d listen to it all the time.<span style=""> </span>That and Nirvana.<span style=""> </span>And the Pumpkins.<span style=""> </span>It was so great.<span style=""> </span>Best job I ever had.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">That’s cool.<span style=""> </span>I had an older brother that was really into music.<span style=""> </span>He was eight years older than me so he really knew a lot of stuff.<span style=""> </span>He’d gone to London right after he graduated high school and came back with all this British music.<span style=""> </span>But The Smiths were by far his favorite.<span style=""> </span>He had all their albums as well as posters and t-shirts—in fact this was his t-shirt.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">That’s cool.<span style=""> </span>And he gave it to you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Well, he actually…uh…passed away the year after he graduated.<span style=""> </span>I took it after he died.<span style=""> </span>I took a lot of his stuff.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m sorry.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">That’s okay.<span style=""> </span>I mean thank you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Did you know Strangeways was the name of a prison?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I love “Death of a Disco Dancer.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Me too.<span style=""> </span>And “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” and, of course, “Girlfriend In a Coma.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">So do you still listen to Morrissey?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Of course. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Huh.<span style=""> </span>That’s too bad.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">No, too bad for you!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I'm just teasing. <span style=""></span>What about Modest Mouse?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Well, I never listened to them but then I heard that Marr joined up with them so I got <i style="">We Were Dead</i> when it came out.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Do you like it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>It’s so different from The Smiths.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">It is.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-25589849632853535142007-07-12T09:30:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:01:18.538-07:00The Four Corners Is a Monument But Not a National Monument<div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p>You ever been to The Four Corners?<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is that the store in the mall…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">…I mean that place over on Jasmine Avenue...<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh. Then, no. What is it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Four Corners is the place where four states intersect.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Doesn’t that happen all over the country?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No.<span style=""> </span>There’s only only place it happens.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Seriously?<span style=""> </span>There’s no way.<span style=""> </span>How could it not happen more than once with all our 50 states?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m not lying to you, man.<span style=""> </span>That’s why it has it’s called “The Four Corners” not “One of the Many Places In Our Nation Where Four States Intersect.” <span style="">Haven't you ever seen a map of the US? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, like in fourth grade. <span style=""></span>What four states?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cool.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We should go there.<span style=""> </span>How far is it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">777 miles.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How long would that take to drive?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">12, 13 hours.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Maybe not.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Eh, costs three bucks to get in anyways.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So you don't raise any objection to paying for the gas to drive for 13 hours but the $3 to get in is a deal breaker for you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That place is out in the middle of nowhere.<span style=""> </span>Out in the middle of the western desert.<span style=""> </span>Something like that they should be thrilled if people even come.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s three bucks, man.<span style=""> </span>Are you really that cheap?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No, I’m just saying…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You’re just saying that you really are that cheap.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No, I’m not.<span style=""> </span>I’m just saying….<span style=""> </span>Uh…you know what? You’re right.<span style=""> </span>That is pretty cheap of me to say that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<span style=""> </span>That’s good of you to say so.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, well.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So do you want to go?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To The Four Corners?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mmm not really.<span style=""> </span>You?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nah.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-43982922296530572542007-06-11T14:32:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:01:12.238-07:00Chicken Salad—Hold the Sprouts<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />Whatcha got there? <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sandwich.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">On a croissant?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah? <span style=""> </span>So?<span style=""> </span>Croissants are perfectly acceptable sandwich platforms.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know.<span style=""> </span>What’s on it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Chicken salad.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pretty good?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>My wife made it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Can I have a bite?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Really?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Uh…okay.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(Takes a bite.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Mmm.<span style=""> </span>Is that…apple?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And…grapes?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yep.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wow.<span style=""> </span>That’s a diverse concoction there.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pretty good, huh?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>It’s okay.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>What, you’ve had better?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No.<span style=""> </span>Actually I don’t even like chicken salad.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why did you ask for a bite, then?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I thought today might be the day.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, I think so.<span style=""> </span>Did she make the croissant?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No.<span style=""> </span>She got them from Costco.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nice.<span style=""> </span>I love Costco.<span style=""> </span>Love that cheap gas.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>No kidding.<span style=""> </span>It’s worth the membership if you only fill up with gas there.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Seriously. The only thing I don’t get is the people who stand at the door and mark your receipt as you leave.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What do you mean?<span style=""> </span>They’re just making sure you don’t get out with something you didn’t pay for.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know but they never look very hard.<span style=""> </span>All I’d have to do is bury an Xbox 360 under a vat of peanut butter and a bucket of bean sprouts.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You should try it and tell me how it works out.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You’d like that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Would I?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah you would.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">At least I don’t like bean sprouts.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What’s wrong with sprouts?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">They’re disgusting.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You don’t…who doesn’t like sprouts?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Me for one.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, I think they’re delicious.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Good for you.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-16825557393022750542007-06-06T14:43:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:01:03.164-07:00Round Up<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="">Did you see the other day where cops were taking all those bikes that had been locked on street signs in NYC?<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Yeah, it's too bad, too. People are just trying to save some energy and money.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> My bike was taken!<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> What?! Why do you have a bicycle locked up to a street sign in Manhattan?<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> I have a friend who lives in Queens. Last time I went to see him I bought a bike to use out there with the intention of sending it home. I never did. Now my friend has a job that sometimes takes him into the city so he was using my bike to get around when he went to the city. He has a cousin that lives at 366 E 6th Street and he was parking the bike there when he wasn't in the city. Now it's gone. It's gone!<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> What're you going to do?<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> Nothing. What's there to do?<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> What kind of job did your friend have?<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> I don't know. He never said, exactly.<span style=""> </span>Something about document…investigation…procedure.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">What?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">I really don’t know.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Man, that’s crazy.<span style=""> </span>I wonder if you can sue the city or anything.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">For what? <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The cost of your bike to begin with.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">No.<span style=""> </span>That bike was crap.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">I thought you said you’d bought it when you went to visit your friend in Queens.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Yeah but that was 1985.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">What?!<span style=""> </span>Man, you’re an idiot.<span style=""> </span>Actually, no, your friend’s an idiot.<span style=""> </span>Riding around Manhattan on your dinky old BMX bike?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The bike wasn’t too little.<span style=""> </span>I was large for my age.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Oh.<span style=""> </span>Okay.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">It was pretty old, though.<span style=""> </span>I mean I bought it at a pawn shop.<span style=""> </span>Who knows how old it is for sure.<span style=""> </span>And it was a 10 speed, not a BMX bike.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Doesn’t help.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-70110732037863223572007-05-01T13:19:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:00:54.718-07:00No Guilt, Just Change<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /><br /><br />I was processing this catalogue yesterday at work, right?<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What do you mean by “processing”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I mean I’m getting it ready for the public to view the catalogue or use it. <span style=""> </span>Entering it into the database, etc.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh, okay.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So anyways, it’s a catalogue from Sotheby’s announcing there’s going to be an auction of American Indian Art sometime this month.<span style=""> </span>And I flip through it because we get all the catalogues for Sotheby’s auctions and I’m always interested to see what they’re selling.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Uh huh.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, I was looking through the catalogue and they had all these moccasins and dresses and costumes and baskets and pipes and all these things that were made by Native Americans. <span style=""> </span>They were so beautiful and you could just tell they were real, you know? <span style=""> </span>I mean authentic.<span style=""> </span>Original.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cool.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know, right?<span style=""> </span>I mean the items were just amazing. <span style=""> </span>I looked at every single page. <span style=""> </span>And at the end I thought to myself these things should be elsewhere, you know?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Where?<span style=""> </span>A museum?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No. <span style=""> </span>I mean they should be in the homes of the ancestors of the people who made them.<span style=""> </span>They should be with the people to whom they belonged.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, I guess the people are just going to have to buy them then, aren’t they?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you know how much some of that stuff was going for?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hold on a sec I wrote some of these down. <span style=""> </span>Okay.<span style=""> </span>A blanket: $8,000-$12,000.<span style=""> </span>A pictorial jar: $20,000-$30,000. <span style=""> </span>Moccasins: $5,000-$7,000.<span style=""> </span>A Blackfoot beaded and fringed hide dress: $15,000-$20,000.<span style=""> </span>A <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Cheyenne</st1:place></st1:city> tobacco bag: $30,000-$40,000. <span style=""> </span>A Cree quilled and fringed hide costume: $250,000-$350,000.<span style=""> </span>$350,000!<span style=""> </span>There’s no way any of the people who should be getting those things could pay for them. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well what do you want, Sotheby’s to just give the items to them? <span style=""> </span>I mean, I’m sure they were bought or traded for somewhere along the way. <span style=""> </span>The Indians probably have dozens of quilled and fringed hide costumes sitting around their houses.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">They don’t even have houses! <span style=""> </span>They live in squalor!<span style=""> </span>I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>It just pisses me off. <span style=""> </span>It’s not right.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you have Native American ancestors?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yes!<span style=""> </span>Yes I do. <span style=""> </span>I mean no.<span style=""> </span>I mean not really but I think we all do. <span style=""> </span>I mean I think we all have connections to them; we’re all related to them.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How are we all related to them?<span style=""> </span>My people come from <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Not by blood but by the fact that we’re all living on land that was once theirs.<span style=""> </span>There has to be something to that.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I think you’re taking it too personally. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m taking it too personally that my people destroyed their lives? <span style=""> </span>I think not.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, you’re kind of sketching out, pal.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know but sometimes it just gets to me.<span style=""> </span>I mean I drive to work and I look at the road and all these buildings and all the pollution in the sky and I think it must’ve been so calm and peaceful and clean. <span style=""> </span>The air must’ve been so fresh.<span style=""> </span>I feel like I’m trespassing, you know? <span style=""> </span>I mean I swear I can feel the history of the land reaching up and it’s all I can do to drive my Honda Civic over these paved roads to work where I sit in a giant building all day and then drive home to my comfortable house and I do it over and over again. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So you feel guilty for living a comfortable life?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well…yeah.<span style=""> </span>I mean that’s part of it. <span style=""> </span>But I also feel like we’ve lost part of our identity, you know?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Man, that life isn’t our identity. <span style=""> </span>They lived in teepees.<span style=""> </span>I’ve never lived in a teepee.<span style=""> </span>Have you ever lived in a teepee? <span style=""> </span>They hunted buffalo.<span style=""> </span>I’ve never hunted buffalo.<span style=""> </span>Once my neighbor made me a hamburger that was made out of ground buffalo meat. <span style=""> </span>I ate it and the only thing I thought was, “Wow, this tastes just like beef.”<span style=""> </span>I felt no connection to the Indians.<span style=""> </span>There are no similarities between the Indian’s life and my life.<span style=""> </span>It’s a different time.<span style=""> </span>Things change.<span style=""> </span>There’s no guilt, just change.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know things change.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So what’s the problem?<span style=""> </span>If some guy in Connecticut wants to drive into New York City in his air conditioned Bentley and pay $350,000 for a leather costume made by an Indian woman 200 years ago just so he can hang it up in his $17 million dollar mansion that is built on a parcel of land that used to belong to the same tribe the Indian woman who made the costume was a part of then so what? <span style=""> </span>Him not buying it isn’t going to bring her back is it?<span style=""> </span>And it isn’t going to give the land back to whoever used to own it. <span style=""> </span>And it wouldn’t stop someone else taking the land if my ancestors or your ancestors hadn’t taken it first.<span style=""> </span>It’s not personal, it’s history.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, I know.<span style=""> </span>I understand that. <span style=""> </span>But…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And not only that it’s the future.<span style=""> </span>You don’t think someone is going to take your land after you die? <span style=""> </span>You don’t think someday people are going to fight over the things you worked hard for during your life? <span style=""> </span>Or if you don’t show up to work tomorrow someone will take over your job processing those catalogues and change a bunch of stuff and make it their own? <span style=""> </span>Man, we’re all replaceable.<span style=""> </span>We’re all disposable.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know that.<span style=""> </span>That’s not what I’m saying.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I don’t think you know what you’re saying. <span style=""> </span>You’re talking soft.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s not soft to want to respect others.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Respect?<span style=""> </span>You can respect someone without feeling guilty about your own life. <span style=""> </span>You can say, “Thank you and I respect what you did and I’m moving on.” <span style=""> </span>Simple as that.<span style=""> </span>It doesn’t mean you have to find some way to recreate a life that’s already been lived. <span style=""> </span>Let the dead rest.<span style=""> </span>They’ve done their share.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know.<span style=""> </span>But I don’t have to act like they never lived.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay man.<span style=""> </span>You do your remembering.<span style=""> </span>Pay your respects as you kick back and watch Major League Baseball on ESPN with a pizza and Dr. Pepper on your lap.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, really.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You like it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I do.<span style=""> </span>I love it.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(Sol leaves the room.<span style=""> </span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Buck takes off his shoes and looks down at the carpet.)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-33874998483356262482007-04-20T11:49:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:00:47.838-07:00Was Shakespeare a Vegan?<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />I’m thinking about becoming a vegan.<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What? In the last post you were raving on and on about Panda Express! I could barely see your eyes over the pile of Orange Chicken on your plate!<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I know but that was almost a month ago.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Do you even know what being vegan means?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Of course: no animal products.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you understand what <i style="">that</i> means, though?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Of course!<span style=""> </span>You don’t eat meat or diary. <span style=""> </span>You don’t wear leather.<span style=""> </span>Etc.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And that’s fine with you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It will be if I decide to go through with it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Maybe you should start with becoming a vegetarian.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Eh, I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>I don’t want to do something half-assed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(Laugh.)<span style=""> </span>Vegetarianism is not half-assed.<span style=""> </span>It’s a very stringent way of life.<span style=""> </span>I mean I’m sure you get used to it but right at first, you know?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>I just figure if I’m going to do it I’m going all the way.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I see.<span style=""> </span>Okay, well, I mean it’s your life. <span style=""> </span>What brought this on?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I just feel like I need to change.<span style=""> </span>Something is stirring and I need to direct it. <span style=""> </span>Lately I’ve been feeling like I’m just part of a machine—a lifeless, inorganic, inhumane machine.<span style=""> </span>I feel like I need to jump ship.<span style=""> </span>Start something new. <span style=""> </span>Be something different.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You know humans have been eating meat as long as they’ve existed though, right?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, but it’s different now. <span style=""> </span>It’s different today than it was however many thousands of years ago. <span style=""> </span>I’m not hunting the meat.<span style=""> </span>Nor am I raising it.<span style=""> </span>I’m not handling it prudently through a natural process.<span style=""> </span>It’s all machine and chemistry now.<span style=""> </span>I just feel like I’m eating some guy’s science project over and over.<span style=""> </span>I crave a natural meal.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Like leaves and roots and bark?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, I guess.<span style=""> </span>And beans and tomatoes and mushrooms and fruits.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m really surprised.<span style=""> </span>This is very interesting.<span style=""> </span>What about tofu?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What about it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It just seems so disgusting. <span style=""><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]-->Well it is coagulated soy milk.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ugh.<span style=""> </span>Just give me milk and eggs and hamburgers and steaks and a nice, honey butter-grilled salmon.<span style=""> </span>That’s what I’m talking about.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hey man, I love those things, too. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Love is not love when you want to cut it out of your life forever.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Way to go Shakespeare on me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You made me do it.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-87295982402201255752007-03-28T10:18:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:00:41.526-07:00Panda Express Adds No MSG<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /><br /><br />What is that?<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">That you’re eating there.<span style=""> </span>Is that Panda Express?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>So?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Nothing.<span style=""> </span>It’s just that’s like the twelfth time I’ve seen you with Panda Express in the last couple weeks.<span style=""> </span>That’s almost once a day.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What you’re counting?<span style=""> </span>You’re watching me?<span style=""> </span>What’s it to you what I eat? <span style=""> </span>I don’t hover over you and comment on everything you cram into that fat mouth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Whoa.<span style=""> </span>Easy.<span style=""> </span>No reason to get upset. <span style=""> </span>I mean I noticed but didn’t want to say anything.<span style=""> </span>But, I gotta tell you, I kinda feel like I need to say something now—like I have an obligation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What’s wrong with Panda Express?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Nothing.<span style=""> </span>But moderation in all things, my friend.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Man, get off it.<span style=""> </span>It’s no big deal. <span style=""> </span>I’m just eating dinner.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You’ve got chow mein sprouting out your hair follicles.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Okay, okay.<span style=""> </span>I’ve. <span style=""> </span>Got.<span style=""> </span>A little problem. <span style=""> </span>I’m addicted to this food! <span style=""></span>I don’t know what to do!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Calm down.<span style=""> </span>It’s no big deal.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah it is.<span style=""> </span>It’s a big deal.<span style=""> </span>It’s just so delicious.<span style=""> </span>It’s all I want to eat. <span style=""> </span>It’s all I want to do.<span style=""> </span>I seriously can’t think of anything else. <span style=""> </span>I’m a Panda junkie.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, just stop going.<span style=""> </span>How hard can it be? <span style=""> </span>I mean, fast food is nasty anyway—you shouldn’t be eating it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I know—I know fast food is nasty and I usually hate these kinds of places. <span style=""> </span>I usually even hate Panda Express but this one’s different.<span style=""> </span>It’s not like the others.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Oh really?<span style=""> </span>Why?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, they’ve actually got Asians running the place. <span style=""> </span>I mean usually you go in places like that and they’re run by scruffy, angry teenagers, right? <span style=""> </span>“What do you want?!”<span style=""> </span>“Here’s your food!”<span style=""> </span>And you aren’t sure if you can trust the food they’re giving you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Right.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, one day a friend was raving about this particular Panda Express. <span style=""> </span>He wanted to take me but I was really hesitant because—like I said—I usually hate fast food. <span style=""> </span>But he said I’d love it.<span style=""> </span>So I gave in.<span style=""> </span>When I walked in I looked at the person cooking up the veggies in the giant wok—it was a middle-aged Asian woman. <span style=""> </span>I looked at the person cooking up the Mongolian Beef—he was young Asian man. <span style=""> </span>And there were two guys helping the customers—they both had “Manager” tags on—and they were both Asian guys probably in their late 40’s.<span style=""> </span>I was really taken back.<span style=""> </span>Asian food cooked by Asian people.<span style=""> </span>This place was legit!<span style=""> </span>And the food is so, so good.<span style=""> </span>And now I’m addicted.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Really?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I wonder if they have some kind of Panda Express ring going on.<span style=""> </span>They tell their friends, “Come to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <span style=""> </span>Cook food in our restaurant.<span style=""> </span>Start a new life.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">It’s not <i style="">An American Tale</i>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">People don’t come to this country to start over anymore? <span style=""> </span>To start a new life? <span style=""> </span>A better life?<span style=""> </span>That all ended with Fievel?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I don’t know, man.<span style=""> </span>It’s freakin Chinese food not the Geneva Convention.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">(Laughing) What?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>It’s just food.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I bet they add MSG.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">No, sir!<span style=""> </span>They have a sign up that says, “We add no MSG.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Really?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">That’s exactly what the sign says?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Exactly.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Hmm. <span style=""> </span>I wonder why they said, “We add no MSG,” instead of “We don’t add MSG.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">What does it matter?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Well, they’re actually saying that they are adding something. <span style=""> </span>People don’t like to hear that.<span style=""> </span>People don’t want to hear that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">They’re adding <i style="">NO</i> MSG.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I know but they’re still saying they add something—even if it’s nothing. <span style=""> </span>It’s misleading.<span style=""> </span>It feels tricky.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Tricky?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>Tricky. <span style=""> </span>Shady.<span style=""> </span>They should just say, “We don’t add….”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Enough!<span style=""> </span>They’re they same thing!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">I’m just saying.<span style=""> </span>I’d rather people read that I wasn’t adding anything. <span style=""> </span>That’s all.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Okay. <span style=""> </span>I know.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">(Contemplatively) Asians actually cook the food?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Hmm.<span style=""> </span>Interesting.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">You want to go? <span style=""> </span>You gotta go.<span style=""> </span>Let’s go right now!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Yeah, maybe.<span style=""> </span>But you just came from there.<span style=""> </span>Maybe tomorrow.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">So what.<span style=""> </span>I don’t care.<span style=""> </span>I’ll get it to go and eat it later.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Really?<span style=""> </span>That’s a lot of Panda Express.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">It’s worth it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">***40 Minutes Later***</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Same time tomorrow?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Let’s do lunch instead.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Let’s do lunch and dinner.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Let’s start with lunch.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Fine.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-20630811671398475772007-03-14T07:48:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:00:33.881-07:00Buck Writes To Pass the Time at a Dull MeetingAt a meeting, Buck gets bored and starts writing. In the end, he has this:<br /><br />I am the north.<br />I am the north.<br />I throw rocks through windows.<br /><br />I am the south.<br />I am the south.<br />I ride my bike with no hands.<br /><br />I am the east.<br />I am the east.<br />I run until my side hurts.<br /><br />I am the west.<br />I am the west.<br />I sleep under the stars.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-75803745453331828452007-03-09T12:27:00.000-08:002010-09-26T23:00:12.871-07:00Sol and Chick Converse<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />Hey, Chick, how’s it going?<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Good.<span style=""> </span>You?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Can’t complain.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Good.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Can I ask you a question?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sure.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you ever have an experience where you see something or hear something or read something or I guess have any kind of sensory experience that kind of takes you out of your life and makes you see how middle-of-the-road your life is even though you thought you were doing pretty good at not living a middle-of-the-road life?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, sure.<span style=""> </span>I don’t know if I’ve had exactly the thing you’re talking about but I think I’ve...<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s like you see yourself from a distance and you feel this deep, torrent of compassion for yourself because of how pathetic your life is.<span style=""> </span>But you’re the one feeling the compassion and you’re the one with the pathetic life—all at the exact same time. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I have moments where I feel I’ve been living on a plateau for a long time and I need to do something different, you know? <span style=""> </span>Something to change things up or something.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is there a feeling of compassion and pathos at the same time?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I can’t remember ever feeling that way but I’m sure it’s possible to have different feelings about similar experiences. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I just wonder how I can have both these strong emotions at the same time.<span style=""> </span>And I wonder how I can even let myself get that way.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What way?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pathetic.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You’re not pathetic.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I mean I read the papers and watch the news and I see these people all over the world having these experiences that I can’t even begin to understand, you know?<span style=""> </span>I mean I can’t begin to grasp the immensity of their loss and struggle and anger and hatred and passion and happiness and…and…their…their whatever it is that makes up who they are, you know? <span style=""> </span>Their identity.<span style=""> </span>Their humanity.<span style=""> </span>Their <i style="">existence</i>!<span style=""> </span>Does that make sense?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I mean I just can’t understand it. <span style=""> </span>And the little bit I can understand scares the hell out of me!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I think…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And I just can’t rectify the gap between the two sides, you know?<span style=""> </span>The enormous, vast black-vacuum space, you know?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you think you’re responsible for it?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Not all of it but at least one, human-sized part of it, you know? <span style=""> </span>I mean, I should be able to stand in and fill at least one space—one living space. <span style=""> </span>I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>I just don’t know.<span style=""> </span>I should at least be able to understand another person.<span style=""> </span>I should at least be able to come to the end of each day through the existence of another person, you know? <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What do you mean?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I mean, I should be able to wake up, cross that divide, meet someone, understand them and then come back at the end of the day.<span style=""> </span>Or not even come back!<span style=""> </span>I should be able to get there and engrain myself in their life and just stay there if they’ll have me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay, you lost me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know, I’m sorry.<span style=""> </span>I think I’m just rambling. <span style=""> </span>I just can’t say it right, you know? <span style=""> </span>You ever try to say something that’s too big to say?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Of course.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">When I was a kid I used to sit in my room, on my bed, and try to open the window just by using my thoughts.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Really?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, it just seemed so logical that I should be able to reach out with my mind and open the window.<span style=""> </span>I thought if I focused hard enough and concentrated hard enough I could do it. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And…?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nothing.<span style=""> </span>I’d spend all afternoon in there and not do any homework or anything. <span style=""> </span>I’d just stare at that latch and just keep telling it over and over to move. <span style=""> </span>My grades bombed and my parents started to think I was losing it. <span style=""> </span>They even asked me if I was up there cutting myself.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Really?<span style=""> </span>Were you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No.<span style=""> </span>I mean, one time I tried it because I saw kids as school doing it but it never resulted in any mitigating psychological effect to make it worth the pain; it just hurt.<span style=""> </span>And my trying it didn’t have anything to do with my window-opening experiment.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">When did you finally quit trying to open the window?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>I can’t remember. <span style=""> </span>Sometimes, if I can’t sleep at night, I still try.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowtsAZlXD52zgYzr0J9qCfLPzfp7nXfpr7OOvtUy3CXTBIlihlNeWPvUruAr0_Itnnwl2M46ufNFsVVh5-zT-v1RJSwJaLbZ0HXaTTe85WXrMVXUO2iB6QslycZ3BXti44PSiCw/s1600/Chick.jpg" alt="[Chick.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Still no luck?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nope.<span style=""> </span>Nothing.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-4356275489481277162007-03-09T11:19:00.000-08:002010-09-26T23:00:05.448-07:00A Volley of Questions<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /><br /><br />Do you think I need to change my greeting?<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Your phone message greeting?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No, I mean when I see people I know in the halls at work and around town, you know?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why?<span style=""> </span>What do you say now?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“How you doing?”<span style=""><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What’s wrong with that?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I feel like it’s a little bit outdated, don’t you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why do you say that?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Doesn’t it feel old and wordy?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Aren’t you old and wordy?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is that supposed to be funny?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Can’t a guy have a little fun?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What do you think about me changing it to “Hi”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Just “Hi”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is there a problem with “Hi”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What about “Hi” and then their name?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you think I know everyone’s name?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How long have you worked there?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hasn’t it been about six years?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How should I know?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I guess you wouldn’t, would you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How about, “Good to see you!”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What am I, Mr. Rogers?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How about “Hey”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Am I stoned?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Howdy!”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So people can think I’m the Lone Ranger?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Good afternoon”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Isn’t that a bit <i style="">Truman Show</i>?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Hello”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Just a regular “Hello”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What other kind is there?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know, an irregular “Hello”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What would that be?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Maybe you say it in the voice of Kermit the Frog?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Are you an idiot?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you think a regular “Hello” could do it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Don’t you think it could?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why wouldn’t it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So you’re going to do it, then?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, I guess.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-37444486527337030012007-03-08T09:31:00.000-08:002010-09-26T22:59:54.963-07:00People Should Discuss Issues Not Other People<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /><br /><br />Am I the only person who doesn’t like Elliot Smith?<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I think you may be.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Too bad.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Especially since James Mercer lives in his old house.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Truly.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you ever feel like all we ever talk about is music?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, sometimes.<span style=""> </span>But we talk about other stuff.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Like what?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Like politics.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We don’t talk about politics.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sure we do.<span style=""> </span>We don’t <i style="">dwell</i> on politics but we talk about them.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay, I’ll agree to that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And we talk about issues.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Issues?<span style=""> </span>What does that mean?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I mean things like school vouchers and gun control.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I don’t believe we’ve ever talked about school vouchers or gun control.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay, then, let’s do it.<span style=""> </span>How do you feel about education vouchers? </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I think they’re a waste of money. <span style=""> </span>We should be putting that money into public school.<span style=""> </span>You?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I think making education a free market would be a healthy way of turning our dismal education system around and forcing local education accountability.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anything else you want to say?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Not really.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay.<span style=""> </span>Gun control?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m for it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m against it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anything else you want to say?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nope.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What about…what about <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:city>?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What about it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What do you think about it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">About it’s rebuilding?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, that’s tough.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And education and gun control aren’t?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, but we were talking about an issue.<span style=""> </span>An issue doesn’t have a pulse and a history and a future. <span style=""> </span>It’s not like we have been told the hurricane will come on August 29<sup>th</sup> of this year and we’re debating how we’re going to handle it.<span style=""> </span>It’s happened and we have to live with the consequences of decisions that have already been made. <span style=""> </span>The only thing we can discuss is how to go forward. <span style=""> </span>It’s the same with <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>—we’re there regardless of if one thinks we shouldn’t be there or not. <span style=""> </span>I get so tired of people arguing that we should or shouldn’t be there. <span style=""> </span>It’s a moot point.<span style=""> </span>We’re there.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay.<span style=""> </span>Well, then, I'm glad you got that off your chest but I'm still asking the same question: what do you think we should do in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:city>?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I think we should cut our loses and focus on the areas that want to rebuild.<span style=""> </span>Let’s don’t talk about how people haven’t come back.<span style=""> </span>If they haven’t come back, fine—let’s move on. <span style=""> </span>If they have—fine, let’s deal with them. <span style=""> </span>We can’t make people do things they don’t want to do. <span style=""> </span>Will <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:city> ever be the same?<span style=""> </span>No.<span style=""> </span>Well, probably not. <span style=""> </span>So many people haven’t returned.<span style=""> </span>You can’t get over that. <span style=""> </span>I think we should take cues from those people and focus on different areas.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Huh.<span style=""> </span>That’s interesting.<span style=""> </span>Don’t you think people will think they’re being abandoned by the city?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No.<span style=""> </span>They abandoned the city.<span style=""> </span>They haven’t come back. <span style=""> </span>All I’m saying is we can’t make them. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Shouldn't we provide some incentives for growth and rebuilding?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why?<span style=""> </span>I think it’s a waste of money.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Huh.<span style=""> </span>Okay.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">One thing I want to stress before we go any further, though, is I really have no idea what I’m talking about. <span style=""> </span>You know I work in a very quiet office all day, right? <span style=""> </span>I know a lot about my desk and about my commute to work. <span style=""> </span>But I’ve never been to <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style=""> </span>I’ve never even wanted to go to New Orleans.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You’ve never wanted to go to Mardi Gras?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh, yeah, well, maybe when I was 18.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I went one year.<span style=""> </span>When I was 22 me and six of my friends packed into a van and drove 28 straight hours to <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style=""> </span>We didn’t make any accommodation plans whatsoever.<span style=""> </span>We just winged it the entire week. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Was it fun?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It was extraordinary.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Really?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Best time of my life.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Best?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Best.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Would you say I’ve missed out on something, then?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, definitely.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So the experience you had at Mardi Gras was essential to living a full and complete life and because I’ve never had that experience I’ll never be able to claim that I’ve lived a full and complete life?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pretty much, man.<span style=""> </span>Sorry.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Interesting.<span style=""> </span>You know, I’ve never thought a certain single experience was required for living a full and complete life.<span style=""> </span>I mean, if that’s the case, what about the millions—billions!—of people that have never and will never go to Mardi Gras?<span style=""> </span>I don’t that’s very fair, do you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s their loss.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That’s it?<span style=""> </span>“It’s their loss”?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>I guess so.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So why were they even born then?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To make their way to Mardi Gras just like me and my six friends had to.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh, I see.<span style=""> </span>A pilgrimage.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>People should do whatever it takes to go to Mardi Gras at least once in their life?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That’s right.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What if they die?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That’s it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What if they get someone to carry their name on a piece of paper or an article of their clothing or their ashes to Mardi Gras for them?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Uh…no.<span style=""> </span>Sorry.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Man, that’s harsh.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hey, I didn’t make the rules.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You’re making the rules up this very instant!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sorry, man, I don’t know what to tell you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What if we took Mardi Gras to the people?<span style=""> </span>You know, a traveling caravan? Like a Broadway show that tours the country?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh, like <i style="">Phantom</i> or <i style="">Riverdance</i>?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah. Or better yet, let's dot the earth with little Mardi Gras festivals to give people a better chance of making it. I mean, if it's really that important.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That may just work.<span style=""> </span>That would give everyone an opportunity to have the experience.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It sure would.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I guess we could do that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m still worried about the people that die before seeing it, though.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Maybe they’ll get a chance to…uh…I don’t know.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Let’s just say someone can go for them. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know, man.<span style=""> </span>Like a relative?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, sure.<span style=""> </span>That’d be best but even a friend. <span style=""> </span>But if we’re going to say yes to this, then it really wouldn’t have to be anyone they knew, would it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, I guess not.<span style=""> </span>It could be anyone who just found out the person had never been to Mardi Gras.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Exactly.<span style=""> </span>See doesn’t that feel better? <span style=""> </span>More fair?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, it does.<span style=""> </span>It does feel good. <span style=""> </span>I feel really good about that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So do I.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I feel happy, even.<span style=""> </span>I feel like I’ve made a good rule.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You’re a saint.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, I just hope they appreciate it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What if they don’t?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I didn’t think about that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What if they knew about Marti Gras the whole time but never even wanted to go in the first place and that’s why they never made the pilgrimage?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, I guess at least we tried.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah. I guess that's our consolation.<span style=""> </span>Too bad for them, though.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>Too bad.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Man, how did we get on that? <span style=""> </span>Weren’t we taking about politics? <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Issues.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh, yeah.<span style=""> </span>Any other ones you want to talk about?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Not right now.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Did you catch Lost last night?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What’d you think?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It was good.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That’s it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah.<span style=""> </span>It was good.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I want to know what the guy and girl were saying in Russian and why he shot her.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh yeah, I forgot about that. <span style=""> </span>She probably said, “I’m going with them! <span style=""> </span>I’m in love with the bald one!”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, or, “I’m sick of your lousy ice tea! <span style=""> </span>I’ve never liked it!”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Or, “Maybe now you will stop naming all the cows after me!”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(Laughing) No, man.<span style=""> </span>That’s stupid.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(Laughing)<span style=""> </span>Yeah.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Have you heard <i style="">This Bird Has Flown</i>?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No.<span style=""> </span>What is it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s a 40<sup>th</sup> anniversary tribute to The Beatles’ <i style="">Rubber Soul</i>. <span style=""> </span>Each song is sung by a different contemporary artist. <span style=""> </span>They’re mostly indie artists.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cool.<span style=""> </span>How is it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, I think to thoroughly enjoy covers you have to have something invested in the original artist and the covering artist.<span style=""> </span>I don’t really have anything invested in <i style="">Rubber Soul</i>—even though I love The Beatles. <span style=""> </span>But I like some of the contemporary artists enough to make it enjoyable.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Interesting.<span style=""> </span>I’ll have to check it out. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(Hands Buck a disc) I burned you a copy.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh.<span style=""> </span>Thanks.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Let me know what you think of it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Will do.</p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36599956.post-86548684429873366662007-03-07T11:20:00.000-08:002010-09-26T22:59:43.850-07:00No Emo Love For Buck<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />What’s wrong with emo?<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why do you hate it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I don’t.<span style=""> </span>I just don’t like it.<span style=""> </span>I just don’t like it enough to listen to a lot.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why can’t you open you’re heart for emo?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I think it’s just a lot of the same. <span style=""> </span>I mean, it’s not bad I just can’t listen to a lot of it. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Have you even actually listened to any of it?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sure.<span style=""> </span>Fall Out Boy.<span style=""> </span>Dashboard. <span style=""> </span>Anberlin. <span style=""> </span>Panic! <span style=""> </span>J.E.W.<span style=""> </span>I even bought Yellowcard’s first album back when it came out.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay, what’s it called?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I can’t remember.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">See what I mean?<span style=""> </span>Even though you say you bought the cd—which I doubt you did—you can’t even remember the name of it. That's not showing any love.<span style=""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I did too buy it!<span style=""> </span>I bought it at Target for $9.99.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sure.<span style=""> </span>Who can’t remember the name of a cd they bought?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know.<span style=""> </span>Me!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Emo hater.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Dude, I was one of the first fans of Weezer!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That doesn’t count.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That was premo.<span style=""> </span>Emo wasn’t <span style="font-style: italic;">established</span>.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Chicken and the egg, man.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">No.<span style=""> </span>It doesn’t count.<span style=""> </span>You can’t be grandfathered in.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Fine.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You know what?<span style=""> </span>Emo doesn’t even want you. <span style=""> </span>Emo is better off without you.<span style=""> </span>You are not what emo is about. <span style=""> </span>Just go off to your Shins and whatever else you listen to all day. <span style=""> </span>I swear, you listen to so much music you’d think you could fit in some diversity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m diverse!<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Uh huh.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Fine, you know what?<span style=""> </span>You want the truth?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeah, I want the truth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Okay.<span style=""> </span>The truth is I’m too old. <span style=""> </span>Alright?<span style=""> </span>You happy?<span style=""> </span>I’m too old to listen to emo.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Emo knows no age, man.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well I do.<span style=""> </span>And I see the young kids today with their emo hair and tight jeans and tight, retro t-shirts and old school Vans slip on shoes and I just can’t do that, man. <span style=""> </span>I’ve got a wife and kids, for heaven’s sake.<span style=""> </span>I can’t be shooting around town like that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You don’t have to dress like that to listen to the music.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well, fine, but even the music.<span style=""> </span>It’s too much.<span style=""> </span>It’s takes to much out of me. <span style=""> </span>All the sad stories and up heaved feelings and sentiments and the like. <span style=""> </span>I mean, c’mon, put a lid on it.<span style=""> </span>Haven’t you ever heard of masking your feelings? <span style=""> </span>No one cares about your feelings. So what your girlfriend is spending the summer in Boca Raton and you're doing study abroad in Perth and you miss her so much. I mean seriously, who cares?<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You don’t think your indie popsters are talking about love?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sure, but they’re not shredding their wrists and bleeding all over my cd player. <span style=""> </span>You make it abstract.<span style=""> </span>You speak metaphorically.<span style=""> </span>You make it so no one knows what the hell you’re talking about.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Emo shoots straight.<span style=""> </span>Emo doesn’t have any time for metaphors. <span style=""> </span>Emo’s too busy living on the cusp of life to front any pretensions, you know? <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">That’s fine.<span style=""> </span>I’ve never even said anything against emo, pal. <span style=""> </span>You’re the one who’s attacking me. <span style=""> </span>Did you know “emo” began as a pejorative for “emotive” hardcore punk. <span style=""> </span>Did you know that?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Whatever, man.<span style=""> </span>I’m outta here.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Don’t go away mad, emo boy, just go away.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(Walking away)<span style=""> </span>Very funny.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Name the song that’s from.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img alt="[Sol.jpg]" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZ6BVGvNk08UeJIBxRzzOgZco67z1CZe5Jinqn_AXOT7TuJhpUv1HG0s-WP-lV2oB8sJwu6O-CIX7AFSEXyD-uEGQA1SefbhMfeh3h84JsIlzvmOASWyNpU_yxYCuqpb36-MdYA/s1600/Sol.jpg" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(From the other room)<span style=""> </span>Shut up.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi_ezbLTegOIkYKN1-6HnNFiKpQ6l49fDMJVfrsoqpF9szIKKBzMFqinE5sOT6ZJUWrQg6vOxB5LZmYRG0gzzTJA3sySWBtA6dAZhkh9nj-Mp35vUwWWpnwjiwwVEwt1CPifm_g/s1600/Buck.jpg" alt="[Buck.jpg]" border="0" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">C’mon!<span style=""> </span>Tell me who sang that song!<span style=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span>Give up?<span style=""> </span>It was Motley Crue!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>(Singing quietly to himself) <span style=""> </span>“Girl, don't go away mad. <span style=""> </span>Girl, just go away.<span style=""> </span>Girl, don't go away mad. <span style=""> </span>Now girl, just go away. <span style=""> </span>Here we go.”</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9;">***No emos were hurt in this post. <span style=""> </span>In fact, Sol isn’t really an emo boy. <span style=""> </span>In fact, he isn’t really a boy at all.<span style=""> </span>He’s around 30 years old. <span style=""> </span>On occasion, Buck and Sol have spontaneous hypothetical arguments; this is one of them.***<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9;">(If you find yourself wondering what emo is click <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo">here</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com