20K prize
May 19, 2009
You guys gave me some great ideas on the prize for the 20K competition. Here’s what I’ve decided.
The person who posts the coveted 20K comment will win their choice of:
- a personalized Moleskine journal with thoughts from me scribbled throughout it
- a framed photograph of mine (of your choosing) with some ramblings from me about the picture
- a $50 gift card to wherever you want
So get commenting. (Time to de-lurk, all you Grit stalkers!)
Not another word from me on the subject until I’m announcing the winner…
@atangie says:
20K all the way baby!
@atangie says:
Those are some awesome prize choices!
@atangie says:
Would it be to haughty to tell you to start getting my first ever Moleskin prepared?
are you going to give us a hint as to how far away we are?
no hints allowed. (love you, fritz-friend.)
@atangie says:
Going to the grocery store with the kiddos. Will be back to keep trying later on… :-)
@atangie says:
I am thinking it might be fun to play some Jabberwacky to keep those comments coming this evening. What do you say guys?
I will start:
Merry Go Round
see here for how to play: http://www.gritandglory.com/essentials/
oh man! i’m on my last break of the day and i have to drive ‘out into the country” to get my litle pumpkin at casey’s aunt’s horse farm, and then back to my house…feed the pumpkin her supper, bathe her, play with her (something horse-y because, well see above, and then put her to bed……it’s gonna be late (at least of me) until i get online to see who the winner is!
@ngie-hope you win…you have really made a run for it!!!
Come back to the city and let me take some pics with you in them. With your friend. In fact, I will treat you and your friend to lunch. That is my only comment.
pics with me in them!? ha!
thanks for the invite for lunch!
@atangie says:
Back from the store. It was a fun time! My kids behaved very well. Not always the case, mind you. So I bought them some individual Jello cups. We are slurping on them right now.
@atangie says:
Now they are watching some cartoons before they go to bed.
@atangie says:
I am watching Moulin Rouge.
I think I should call in my “Family Status” and automatically win.
nice.
try.
OHHHHH! :-(
@atangie says:
Stayed in my jammas until noon today.
@atangie says:
Did nothing of significance all morning. Unless you consider rest significant… which I am becoming to believe.
@atangie says:
Coming to believe. That is better than becoming to believe.
@atangie says:
Ok, so then with lunch out of our way we got about with our afternoon business.
what are the odds I’d win THIS commenting contest as well? I won the 10K with you AND Brent already. ;o)
If I were to win, I’d SO pick number one. In a heartbeat!!
if you win this, i’m gonna have you pick some lotto numbers for me!
pretty sure I would pee my pants. LOL
@coloraturajoy says:
hahaha!
@atangie says:
More documents. More emails. More meetings. More running around. More time at the gym.
@atangie says:
Now we’re chilling.
@atangie says:
Moulin Rouge is a musical. I love musicals!
@atangie says:
Bran! Hi.
@atangie says:
Do you want to play Jabberwacky?
@atangie says:
Ok, so now I am thinking of a story to tell you.
YES!
I’ll start!
“Gooftroter”
i don’t know this one!
Inside joke time!
Alece can explain them all if she wises.
Chomonix tatanka awochi!
“Never turn your back on a boweevil!”
@atangie says:
I shall tell you of the corner people.
Pharr face!
look at you, pulling out all the stops!
“Lip thing”
@atangie says:
Oh good – we are playing!
“We are family”
@atangie says:
Are you thinking of Bunkum? Or Jabberwacky?
@ngie…wasn’t it between us last time?
@atangie says:
I don’t know if I have any inside Alece jokes…
? Ummm…what’s the difference? I’m not completely up to date with my sister’s made up words.
@atangie says:
possibly… or was it Bran?
“Baby Beece!”
“David Moose!”
@atangie says:
hee hee hee
Bunkum is the make up the words and then give a funky definition. (thinkingish game)
Jabberwacky is the word association game one word at a time.
When I was…I think 15, Alece made a surprise trip home…we were all happy…and Mom was sooooo confused.
that visit takes on a whole new meaning now.
SUCK.
let’s not think about that.
Oh….Whatever…you choose.
@atangie says:
You guys must have had a ton of fun growing up.
We did! We made home videos and laughed…
@atangie says:
I like Jabberwacky.
here is the first word / phrase
Mansion
How do we play now? I have to think of a word that is associated with that word?
@atangie says:
You know on the cereal boxes how they say family members can’t win in drawings? Well, my dad worked for Kelloggs so we couldn’t enter any of the contests. I wonder if that kind of rule applies to blog contests… hmm… :-)
@coloraturajoy says:
NEVERRRRRRRRR!!!!
Inside Joke: “Is this Mike? Wa your name?”
I don’t know…I was one away from winning last time…at the 10K.
@coloraturajoy says:
nothin’ like comin’ in second.
@atangie says:
Correct – Whatever word pops into your head upon reading the previous one.
@atangie says:
One away!!??!!?? how did that make you feel?
Okay…continuing the game:
Yard
@atangie says:
So the word is mansion…
Cheated!
@atangie says:
Foot
@atangie says:
(foot was on yard)
Yard!
@atangie says:
moving right along….
Oh…my bad.
Ruler!
@atangie says:
Cheated? Is that the word?
Then my word is
Fair
No…the word for foot was ruler.
@atangie says:
Off of ruler:
king
Cheated was the answer to your question of how did I feel from being one away.
Off of king:
Spades
@atangie says:
(I am laughing here.) :-)
@atangie says:
Off of Spades:
digging
Off of digging:
Mole
@atangie says:
Off of Mole:
Moleskin
Off of moleskin:
Diary
Wow friend…you are so generous! Great prizes!
@coloraturajoy says:
agreed. so generous, in fact, in all of my thoughts of winning…i’ve actually considered the serious amount of guilt at your expense of such cool gifts.
@atangie says:
Off of Diary:
Dairy
Off of dairy:
Mozzarella
@atangie says:
(I was thinking of telling a story. I might tell it in the in between times as we play.)
@atangie says:
Off of Mozzarella:
Natalie
@coloraturajoy says:
so….where did you get this connection?
@atangie says:
Natalie likes cheese very much.
@coloraturajoy says:
i thought that mighta been your connection. just checkin!
Okay…let’s make it an interactive story!
@atangie says:
(The corner people live a simple life on the coins they earn.)
Off of Natalie:
Portman.
@atangie says:
Yes!
Interactive is good. How do you propose we play / write?
@atangie says:
Off of Portman:
Doorman
Sounds like a plan. How should we do this? Sentence by sentence?
Off of doorman:
Bellhop
You write a sentence, then I write a sentence….
@atangie says:
(They are a creative people full of life and knowledgeable of the ways of the world.)
@atangie says:
That is a good plan.
@atangie says:
Off of Bellhop:
Hotel
Okay…shall we start? Or have we started?
@atangie says:
You start the story…
Off of Hotel:
Rwanda
Okay
Story: “In the distance past, there was a young man by the name of Derrin.”
@atangie says:
Derrin was the eldest of 7 brother yet the weakest as well.
@atangie says:
Off of Rwanda:
Don Chidle (spelling ?)
However, he had a gift that placed him above the rest of his brothers, his parents, and all of acquaintances.
Off of Don Cheadle:
Thirteen
Alece…I don’t know if you see this among all the craziness, but…I love you!
i love you too, beandip.
@atangie says:
(Oh, you are so sweet!)
This gift was given to him by the sorcerer who lived in the tallest tower of the king’s castle.
@atangie says:
Off of Thirteen:
Sleven
The sorcerer, who’s name was lost to time, gave him the gift, but wanted something from Darrin in return.
Off of Sleven:
Lucky
@atangie says:
Derrin and the sorcerer saw each other only when the small young man went to do the market shopping, a task normally left to the women but shoved on him due to his condition.
@atangie says:
Off of Lucky:
Duck
So, the gift Darrin had, was the gift of giving or taking life. And on once sunny afternoon, at the market, the sorcerer came to collect what was owed to him.
Off of Duck:
Quack.
@atangie says:
Up until then Darrin had only dared to use the gift on the weeds in the garden and the rats that ate the grain in the cellar, but now the sorcerer was asking him to do something more drastic.
@atangie says:
Off of Quack:
Psychologist
To kill the evil king of the land. But to do it under the stealth of night.
Off of Psychologist:
Bob
@atangie says:
The evil king had prohibited the use of deep magic in all the territory.
@atangie says:
Off of Bob:
What about…
But Darrin, had the gift of using deep magic without being detected, however, using it stealthily would be a problem.
@atangie says:
(Alece – if you are watching this; thanks for hosting a fun spot on the web!)
YOU, gigi, are crazy! :)
@atangie says:
But good crazy, right? :-)
@atangie says:
That was the 150th comment on this post! Cool!
Off of what about…:
Kix?
@atangie says:
Due to the fact that he could only operate in his gift if he was physically touching the live or dead object he began to make a plan to get into the castle that night by sneaking in with the sorcerer.
@atangie says:
Off of Kix:
I like, I like, I like cereal! (it is a song lyric) :-)
But the sorcerer had a bad leg, and was slow. Darrin would have to keep that in mind. So fort weeks, he ignored his duties at home, and put all his time and energy into the plan.
Off of “I like, I like, I like cereal!”
“They don’t serve breakfast in Hell.”
@atangie says:
The first part of his plan was to be received as the nephew of the sorcerer visiting from a far away country.
@atangie says:
Off of “They don’t serve breakfast in Hell.”:
Gotta google that one
The second was to gain the trust of the king.
Off of: Gotta google that one
Yahoo!
@atangie says:
He was going to do this by bringing the king a kitten; for the evil king had a thing for cats.
@atangie says:
Off of Yahoo!:
Riiiiiiicolaaaaaaaa!
…BIG cats. He loved lion cubs. Funny thing was, Darrin has an immobilizing fear of lions.
Off of Riiiiiiicolaaaaaaaa:
Cough
@atangie says:
So this meant he had to employ the help of his brutish brothers.
@atangie says:
Off of cough:
Tough
The Brutish Brothers were famous lion hunters, who were as strange as the thought of aliens. They spoken in riddles, and in metaphors…all the time.
Off of Tough:
Me
@atangie says:
Derrin had to be clever in asking for his brothers help in a quizzical fashion. He decided to invent a riddle about his predicament: What is the hidden strength of the weakest link in the chain of life?
@atangie says:
Off of Me:
You
Hey…I love these games…but I must go.
Thanks for the fun…maybe I’ll post some more later.
@atangie says:
Ok – It was fun! Thanks for playing. Have a good night.
You too.
@atangie says:
Will do, Andrew.
@atangie says:
Moulin Rouge is an emotional roller coaster of a show!
@atangie says:
It has a sad ending.
@atangie says:
Well, it is lateish here.
I think I am done for the evening.
It was fun!
@atangie says:
Just 3 more for an even 140.
@atangie says:
I can do that.
@atangie says:
20K all the way, baby!
:-)
I am happy for whoever wins. The fun is in the play.
haha, I’m such a grit stalker… I like your word ‘de-lurk’ ;)
i LOVE when you come out of hiding, hairdo.
I was gone for three hours…and only a FEW posts have been put up? Pathetic!
But I have to work tomorrow….
…so I’m getting off now.
Goodnight all!
Comosayamma ecamalecala buff buff!
@knights_lady says:
I could use a new journal. The writing is beginning again. Thank You, Father.
yessss!
Oh my gosh. I heart prizes. This one time I won No Doubt tickets off the radio. Seriously, that was a fun day.
no doubt tickets, eh?! well all riiiiiiight! :)
@nateonamission says:
wow that was some pretty intense commenting you two! I would have to say that was probably epic for sure.
I would for to like winning on the comment. Me for to win prize, please.
you make me giggle, ‘talia.
sooo, what if the choice is all three??? and are there any pics of bathroom doors??? if so i may be inclined to lean towards the picture prize…
what’s a bathroom door?
love it!
@coloraturajoy says:
i wanna win!
@coloraturajoy says:
i never win anything!
@coloraturajoy says:
but i’m feelin’ good about this one!
@coloraturajoy says:
i mean….i really think i have a chance.
@coloraturajoy says:
don’tcha think?
@coloraturajoy says:
at least i feel like i have SOME remote possibility of being that shining,
@coloraturajoy says:
splendid,
@coloraturajoy says:
golden
@coloraturajoy says:
sparkling,
@coloraturajoy says:
but mysteriously elusive
@coloraturajoy says:
20,000th comment!
@coloraturajoy says:
this also helps pass the time
@coloraturajoy says:
while i watch the 700 club.
i got saved watching the 700 club.
@coloraturajoy says:
woah! that’s so beyond awesome! i was healed from a jaw condition once while watching it. :)
@atangie says:
Now that is a story I would LOVE to hear. Salvation stories are the best!
@coloraturajoy says:
and yes, i watch it.
@coloraturajoy says:
don’t judge! :)
@coloraturajoy says:
am i there yet?
@coloraturajoy says:
i can smell it,
@coloraturajoy says:
taste it!
@coloraturajoy says:
feeeeeeel that 20k comment!
@coloraturajoy says:
see the comment.
@coloraturajoy says:
BE the comment.
@coloraturajoy says:
sneak peak: i’m working on a post.
@coloraturajoy says:
it’s about giving.
@coloraturajoy says:
my little heart wants to give more.
@coloraturajoy says:
of everything.
@coloraturajoy says:
just like how you’re giving away a prize.
@coloraturajoy says:
to that lucky blogger with the 20,000th comment!!!!!!!!
I’m wondering…….
Why my gravatar is non-existant?
good job getting your gravatar up! so fun to see your face.
Ok well, Hullo everyone….I’m a semi-partial lurker… Ah hem and I am trying to well,… you know..de-lurk. :) (and applause) (from “Internet Lurkers Anonymous”) I must say though, if Angie doesn’t get the 20,000 comment she should at least get the consolation prize for effort! “A” for effort Angie!!!!
@atangie says:
Well, aren’t you sweet!? Thanks for rooting for me, Stacey. Welcome to the light of the de-lurked. Nice to meet you!
@bahava says:
Fun prizes!! :) That would be tough to pick.
Hey, girlie… I followed the link to the journal, but I can’t find where to buy them? Where do you order them from?
zip it. i want to get you one. i’m serious. tell me which you like best.
I’m BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey all!
Sooooo…I was thinking about this all day…when is the winner going to announced?
I spent the better part of last night backing up my hard drive. Worth it? Probably!
Sooooooooooooo…
@atangie says:
Hi Andrew.
I don’t really know what to say here.
@atangie says:
How are you?
@atangie says:
I am Skyping with my husband.
@atangie says:
We are also playing scrabble (wordscraper) on facebook.
Hi @ngie!
I am well, and you?
Yes, Facebook is fun like that. I like Mob Wars!
@atangie says:
I am ok, thanks.
I haven’t got into the mob wars thing.
You should, it’s fun!
Beece! Did I win yet?
@atangie says:
You know Alece better than I do… I was wondering about that announcement too… do you think she is just stringing us along?… and that the goal has been reached already?…
Ummmmm….
I don’t think it was reached yet.
@atangie says:
Yes, I think you are right.
She would have said if we did….I think.
I would definitely want your autograph picture. Maybe get Gitz to create a canvas using it.
20K comments, that’s a lot of talking, I mean wisdom.
I did just find some Starbucks Coffee Ice Cream in my local grocery store. You have spent so many hours in their stores it should be your picture on the label.
@atangie says:
Speaking of their label… have you seen the original one?
@atangie says:
http://juleslife.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/starbuckslogos.jpg
I guess when Starbucks went national they had to cover up her boobs.
Although the original logo might help them sell more coffee in the male demographic. :)
@atangie says:
I know that if I was running such a very awesome contest I would announce it right away! :-)
Considering I just dropped over 1K today for summer school, I’ll try for 20K.
Me too, @ngie.
It’s 7:45, do you know where your children are?
peek-a-boo…
Roll call!
Dough Belly Bob?
Here!
Fat Belly Robb?
Here!!
Billy the Blob?
Billy the Blob?!?
What happened to Billy the Blob?!
Ohhh! You know Belly, we lost him three months ago!
Because YOU let go of his hand!
I always hated holding hands.
I’m Ron Luce, and you’re not!
How Now Brown Cow?
Unique New York, unique New York!
I think I found away to find out how many more comments need to be written before we reach 20K!
@atangie says:
I think I know too…
20K all the way baby!
you guys are both wrong.
i’m just sayin’.
@atangie says:
Those little numbers on the address line are very deceiving.
We shall see….
…or maybe not.
I’m not telling my secret!
@atangie says:
Andrew, I think I know what you are talking about. If that is the case then we have a measly 563 comments left to make, more or less.
@atangie says:
I am timing how long it takes to make a one sentence comment.
@atangie says:
Roughly 40 seconds.
@atangie says:
So let’s multiply that by the remaining 560 comments left to make and we get =
@atangie says:
22,400 seconds.
@atangie says:
dividing that by 60 gives us 373 minutes.
@atangie says:
diving that again by 60 gives us 6 hours and a bit more.
…I have a life to live. I don’t have time to sit at a computer for six hours and type something every 40 seconds.
@atangie says:
I have a feeling we are closer than we think… though that might be a pipe dream. :-)
I think Alece said something to someone on fb last night about tonight being the night. Probably-maybe. But, then, I dunno. I’m commenting away, hoping.
@atangie says:
I think we had this discussion last time about the counter by the comment number on the address line.
@atangie says:
On my site the comment count on my dashboard and the comment number on the address line have a discrepancy of 597 with the address bar being the higher number.
@atangie says:
So if the Grot has the same discrepancy (which is highly unlikely, but humor me anyway) then logic would say that we have reached the goal already some thirty comments ago.
@atangie says:
Grit – not – Grot
sorry
@atangie says:
Something tells me we should let the chips fall where they may. Que sera sera. What will be will be. And just go about our lives dropping a comment here and there as pertains to the posts we read.
@atangie says:
Then again, you only live once. Gotta take the bull by the horns. Live life to the fullest. Not let an opportunity pass by. Live together, die alone. Oh, that was LOST. Sorry. :-)
The suspense is killing me!!!!!
@atangie says:
Hi Stacey,
But isn’t the suspense wonderful! The fun of a mystery novel or movie is the not knowing. Then you get to the end and it is anti-climactic. You are looking for more pages or resenting the credits scrolling across the screen. At least, that is the way it is for me. We gotta just enjoy the story.
@coloraturajoy says:
even as a little girl, i had to literally take my hand and cover up the lines in a suspenseful book, so that i wouldn’t read ahead past the line i was on.
i don’t trust myself. i love the suspense, but at the same time i can’t wait!!!
this was HILARIOUS to read through. And yes, I read all the comments. haha!
You are all crazy.
Crazy.
@atangie says:
But, good crazy, right? ;-)
Of course! We are we, and we are nothing if not good.
Or something. ;-)
@coloraturajoy says:
and you say this as if you’re not in the club!
If we’re wrong…then it’s still anyone’s game?
@atangie says:
I agree Andrew. If we are wrong then it is still anyone’s game.
It is like the grocery store contest. Do people really try to be the 1,000,000th customer? I have a feeling that is it s teeny tiny percentage of people who actually go to that store more often in the hopes that they be that 1,000,000th customer so that they can win a stupid cooler. They do those contests for publicity and name recognition. The winner ends up being some random person that wasn’t even trying to win.
I am not saying that this is a publicity stunt that Alece is trying to pull. Nothing could be father from the truth!
I am just saying that we can have fun trying, but it will probably end up being a random commenter who wins.
The fun is in the play. Games, getting to know the other commenters, telling interactive stories, and saying funny stuff is the purpose.
is there a winner yet? oh, the suspence! :)!
@coloraturajoy says:
how loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong till we know?????
@coloraturajoy says:
i wanna win!!!!
@coloraturajoy says:
and go.
camp anawanna
we hold you in our hearts!
@coloraturajoy says:
and when we think about you
it makes me wanna fart!
…it’s i hope we never part…
get it right or pay the price!
@coloraturajoy says:
now we will share a lifetime
of the fondest memories…
@coloraturajoy says:
by Lake Anawanna
set in the old pine trees!
@coloraturajoy says:
caaaaamp anawanna
we hold you in our hearts
and when we think about you…
this thing. came apart.
@coloraturajoy says:
think anawanna-wanna
speak anawanna-wanna
live anawanna-wanna
ugh!
@coloraturajoy says:
lol!
i wanna hear you sing that.
or does it have to be over here!?
@coloraturajoy says:
i wondered that too!
the 20,000th comment wins—wherever she may land.
:-) i kinda figured that, but… you never know.
@coloraturajoy says:
so you’re sayin’ the winner’s a girl.
@atangie says:
She is saying that the comment is a girl. Which might very well be the case in some languages that give feminine and masculine denotations to words. In Spanish ‘comment’ is masculine. But that is not to say that ‘comment’ is not feminine in another language. Languages are so fascinating to me!
@coloraturajoy says:
true that.
honestly, i think the prize is going to either you or me.
just sayin.
…is anyone even trying anymore?
@coloraturajoy says:
oh i am! like….a lot.
@atangie says:
Andrew, I am trying when I can. :-)
@coloraturajoy says:
but i can’t shake the feelin’ that my many commenting attempts only puts someone else closer to the prize.
@atangie says:
J.r. – I have a feeling that this comment will remind you of your husband once again…
Have you seen the movie “Beautiful Mind”? It is based on the true story of Nobel Prize winner John Forbes Nash. The award was given to him for his work in the area of economics. His award winning theory of equilibrium is illustrated clearly in the movie. The gist of it is: If I work only for myself it is futile, if I work only for the good of the whole it is futile, I must work for the good of the whole with myself in mind for the greatest benefit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU-VkrU1Dvw
All that to say, of course you are helping another person get the prize by making bunches of comments. But you are also helping yourself. It is a basic gaming theory. If the opponents do not play your team can never win.
@coloraturajoy says:
HAHAHA! that made me laugh! your right, that type of logic is very landry (the husband).
i haven’t seen that movie, but it looks so interesting. puttin’ it on my (long) list of movies to see.
@coloraturajoy says:
and its time for another sing-a-long with yours truly!!!!!
are you ready?
go.
@coloraturajoy says:
there is a flower within my heart, daisy, daisy!
planted one day by a glancing dart,
planted by daisy bell!
@coloraturajoy says:
whether she loves me or loves me not,
sometimes it’s hard to tell
yet I am longing to share the lot of beautiful Daisy Bell!
@coloraturajoy says:
daisy, daisy
give me your answer true
i’m half crazy all for the love you!
@coloraturajoy says:
it won’t be a stylish marriage
i can’t afford a carriage
but you’ll look sweet upon the seat
of a bicycle built for two!
@coloraturajoy says:
(landry always sings the chorus of that song to me when we’re going walking around the lake. he’s a cutie!)
@atangie says:
I love that song!
Any winner yet?
I wonder if you can access The Grit via iPod Touch?
i just installed something to make the site more easily accessible from mobile devices… lemme know if you notice a difference.
@atangie says:
The only thing is that the comments that are replies to other comments are not put in order. So some of the comments down make sense. Although, it is much easier to read.
weird about the comments. i don’t think i can fix that for the mobile edition. hmmm.
@atangie says:
Andrew, I have an iPod Touch! Just in the last month I got it. Yes, you can. Even more so now that Alece installed that thingamabob.
My spell check did not correct thingamabob. Wild!
@coloraturajoy says:
thingamabob is a real word….right?
If so…I can comment from work!!!
That would be awesome!
I’m going to try it right now.
Yep…it works!!!
So cool!
I’m not going to lie…the suspense is killing me…literally. I’m dying here!
baby don’t die!
Okay.
So. Here we are.
Back again to get the 20K comment.
And this time I’m gonna do it!
I think.
So let me tell you a story…
Or two.
Twent-y-five years ago, my mother worked at a convenience store.
Oop. I meant “Twenty-five” **
In the tough part of town.
Needless to say, one night she got robbed at gunpoint.
By a woman who was apparently a drug addict.
And during the robbery…
…the phone rang.
And the robber said to my mother…
“If you say anything about my being here, I will kill you!”
So my mother said…
“Oh, don’t worry! I won’t say a word! I promise!”
So my mother answered the phone.
A moment later, she said…
“Everything’s fine. You get to bed. I’ll see you when I get home.”
And so the robber thought everything was fine.
But, there’s a catch.
It wasn’t me on the phone.
It was the police.
Who obviously knew that something was wrong.
So they came and arrested the robber.
And today my mother is alive and well.
one smart woman! i don’t know that i’d have had the wherewithal to handle that quite so well.
You’d be surprised, Alece. She mentioned it to me about it the other day and said, “I don’t know where this stuff comes from. It just comes out, you know?”
The same is true for me many times.
Thankyouverymuch!
“I’ll be here all week!”
Heh.
I remember another time…
…they flattened her tires.
Because she wouldn’t sell cigarettes to minors.
So she called me and my brother.
And we came.
And changed her tire.
Cause she didn’t want to go out there alone.
Not at night.
And certainly not after being robbed.
Hmmm…
So what do I say now?
How about I sing?
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
shameless!
Yeah. But not completely. After all, I left out the Q and the Z! Heh.
I kind of learned
the alphabet
from those old phones.
You know…
…the ones that had no Q’s.
Or Z’s.
And had rotary dials.
In fact…
I remember
when we got
our first
push button phone.
We thought we were rich.
And all
the kids
in the neighborhood
came to our house
just to see
that
technologically advanced phone.
But, ya see, in them days
there was no technology, so to speak.
It was called “industry.”
Just like ancient arrowheads
were once called “primitive industrialization”
but are now called “ancient technology.”
And Pluto
was once a planet.
But, like, it’s not anymore.
That’s science for you.
Always justifying its significance.
But I don’t want to get into that.
The last time that topic came up
I said
“So Pluto is not a planet anymore. Does this mean that Pluto suddenly changed or is it simply our perspective of it that has changed?”
Mind you
I was talking to
a group of people
who thought
science was Science.
You know
like I think god is God.
Yah.
They worshipped Science.
Go figure.
Speaking of figures…
8
I just made
a figure 8!
“If I could make…
“…a figure 8!”
“…a hank-a for a hunk-a cheese! Ya-Hoo!!!”
“A snack that is a winner!”
“And yet won’t spoil my dinner!”
You know…..
…my father always used to say