Saturday, April 30, 2005

Writing my Autobio on Liquid Paper

Hideous Injustice #440---The dim bulb at the Barnes & Noble doesn't believe that i am a bonified, certified educator of impressionable youth. This evening, i attempted to purchase two books using my Educator's Discount card, but the fella wouldn't give me a nod of admiration; i would have settled for a grunt in my general direction, some inkling that i was in front of him and intended to make a purchase. He didn't believe i was a teacher despite showing him the appropriate identification, and i am forced to consider this to be a life-altering event.

Chyna Doll? Joanie Laurer? *Sniff Sniff* identity crisis on toasted rye with a side of reckless abandon, hold the mustard. My wife (THE WHAMMINESS CANNOT TAKE YOUR DOG FOR A WALK!! I DO NOT SCOOP THE POOP!) espied her in Uncle Zoogie and Uncle Vinny's Bar in CT several years ago. Someone asked if she was really Chyna, she turned to my future bride and asked, "I don't know who that is. Do you??"...write your own ending to this intro, kids.

Gonna go watch "Punky Brewster" now...

Monday, April 25, 2005

A Nursery Rhyme for a Padded Cell

biddle-le-dum-dum,
biddle-le-dum-dum,
the cuckoo clock on the wall

biddle-le-dum-dum,
biddle-le-dum-dum,
seems to know it all

biddle-le-dum-dum,
biddle-le-dum-dum,
every hour on the dot

biddle-le-dum-dum,
biddle-le-dum-dum,
all i want is one clear shot.

The Best Reasons are Shrouded in Mystery

The schemes of mankind are worth a chuckle. What a wonderful experiment. The dust from the ground is going somewhere, whirling upwards into the mouths of clouds. The nature of the generational saga is in front of us. We can talk about the history, if that kind of conversation has any meaning, which i doubt. i get it, now. All of these cultural illusions sound like Sylvester Stallone. Promise me that you won't get mad at the universal reaction to the scene; we understand that there is anxiety. That was part of the fun. See me dancing? I wish that the primary language, this religion of mediocrity, would get brushed under the carpet.

Sayonara, legal eagles.

Sunday, April 24, 2005

The Assassin Bug vs. The Destroying Angel

i posted a long one today, so i will try to keep this blog brief, just a couple o' t'ings i gotta mentionalize:

1. Math problem: Hippopotamus + Hypnotist=?
a) Hippotist
b) Hypnopotamus
c) The Hypno Hippo
d) Ray

RIGHT! Let's talkafy 'bout 'nother topic. Have a bottle o' pop and pull up a stool...

Let's design a Royal Rumble. Everyone loves a 30-man, over the top, battle royal. It's good for your pancreas. Here's the order of entry--hope you enjoy:
1. Captain Caveman
2. Bull Shannon from "Night Court"
3. Hefty Smurf
4. Bizarro
5. Rocksteady (the warthog goon from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles")
6. Peter Griffin
7. Wilmer Valderrama
8. Slimer
9. Radioactive Man
10. Cameron Diaz's stunt double from "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"
11. Tim Conway
12. "Major Dad" Gerald McRaney
13. Bebop (the rhino goon from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"14. Magilla Gorilla
15. Jose Canseco
16. Eric Idle
17. Atom Ant
18. Solomon Grundy ("Solomon Grundy Hate Superfriends!")
19. Scrooge McDuck
20. Kel
21. Kenan
22. Luke Perry
23. Courageous Cat
24. Dick Dastardly
25. Mer-Man
26. Cobra Commander
27. Dave Seville (the guy who takes care of the Chipmunks)
28. Gossamer (huge, red-haired monster from the Warner Bros. 'toons)
29. Dynomutt
and, of course, we all know who drew #30...
30. "The Birdman" Koko B. Ware

sayonara, pencil sharpeners.

Natural Disasters Need Better P.R.

Sophisticated bibliophiles will celebrate this namedrop: Too Much Coffee Man. i mention the name because i am the living embodiment of his darkly roasted demeanor. Coming out of the invigorated lucidity is akin to the final scene of every episode of "The Incredible Hulk"--Dr. Banner afoot on the highway, Sad Walking Away Music as the haunting melody of his affliction.

Within the past 48 hours, i have consumed coffee with calculated consideration with earnest hopes of the provocation of various nighttime visions, and my subconscious has delivered: i worked in a brightly-lit corporate environment, the envy of my colleagues who tried in vain to match my productivity. Suddenly, straight outta an Irwin Allen 70's classic--EARTHQUAKE!! Loud and catastrophic! i boomed the command to my co-workers: "SCATTER! FLEE! RUN, ASSHOLES, RUN!" i shoved my immediate supervisor out of the path of harm when a ceiling fan plunged from its ceiling fixture. He threw me a grateful grin and a thumbs-up, but i didn't have a second to respond; a zip-line (?!?!) materialized and i was zooming helter skelter, plucking professionals from peril and tossing them to safety (where was safety? didn't know...i reckon that's the kind of minor detail that is overlooked but ought to be reasonably addressed...hey, just like a big-budget disaster movie!). Eventually the disaster had ended, metropolitan serenity restored, and i found myself on an elevator to the 57th floor of an adjoining, apparently undamaged, edifice. When the doors opened, i saw three lumberjacks, stench of maple syrup and melted crayons in the air, who celebrated my name as the Savior Superior, showering me with gifts ranging from $10,000 in five dollar bills to every episode of "Tales from the Darkside" on something DVD-like called "Maxi-Disk" (square and transparent). i was also given a green pentagonal gumball which, when concentrated upon, gave its user the ability to re-arrange television continuity to his/her diabolical whims. Okay, so what would you do in that situation? What's that you say? Hmm? You would take two horrendous sitcoms that never should have existed initially, "Mork and Mindy" and "Martin", and mash the 2 together? i concur. Mork was a philosopher without any extraordinary abilities who often sought the advice of his hip, jive-talkin' MIDGET friend, portrayed by Martin Lawrence, who dwelled in a subterranean hideaway. They would play Uno and hit each other over the head with empty plastic bottles. Studio Audience laughs on command or suffers posterior flambe (hot seat!). i rule the t.v. mainstream with an iron fist, and i am not referring to the martial arts Marvel Comics hero of the late 70's-mid 80's.

By the by, during this entire dreamscape, i was wearing a kilt.

Yeah, i don't know what i am doing here, either...

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Nonetheless, It Was a Delicious Reuben and a Scrumptious Piece of Apple Pie...

Those out there in Nifty Zippy Dorito Land who have read my wife's blog (THE WHAMMINESS HAS STUNNED THE HULKSTER WITH A DEVASTATING ATOMIC DROP!) may find this particular (OH DEAR...THE WHAMMINESS IS HOVERING BEHIND MY SHOULDER WITH HER HANDS ON HER HIPS DECLARING THAT I AM ABOUT TO BE "PATSHED" FOR ASSOCIATING HER REGALOSITY WITH THE WORST WRESTLING FEDERATION CHAMPION IN THE HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRY) post dangerous nuclear candy; Bergen County, one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, is a cesspool. A morsel of free-of-charge wisdom to those travelling the GSP or the Turnpike in their Windstars or Pontiac Hatchbacks or Volkswagen Jettas: If you want to avoid being slurped ravenously into this quagmire, depress your foot upon the pedal on the right until the gauge somersaults into triple digits and maintain your speed until you hit the Tappan Zee. i have lived amongst the lot of Bergen County cookie crumbles for nearly 21 years before i fled to the sanctity of central NJ, and i can communicate only despair and "tsk tsk" in regards to my erstwhile residence. i have been in my hometown (name withheld because go fuck yourself, that's why) for the past two weekends cleaning out my wife's (WHAMMY TO THE 27TH POWER! IT'S INCALCUABLE!) grandmother's house. All of the debris of the universe, the accumulation of galactic afterbirth, was gathered in dusty, grimy gobs throughout her infested abode, and naturally i had to wear the Mr. Helpful hat and play nicely. My reward? Gratitude. Eh. I'll cope.

sayonara, nailbiters. Heed my words!