For some, watching the Big Game can be tedious, and while our group was enjoying the Super Bowl just fine, you can always use a little more action. And we almost got it, except that CBS and pretty much all the other big networks are hypocritical boobs. I say we all write cards and letters and Twitters and blog posts demanding that CBS give us back our fuckin’ streakers!
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Did you use to have a butter dish? Me too. Those were good days. Ours was made of high-grade Chinese plastic with a lid that created a snug little cradle and all you had to do is rest the rectangular stick of butter on the base and you were ready for any buttery adventure that walked across your kitchen. There was no hard butter like they have in Romania just soft American butter. A piece of cinnamon toast? Yer ready with the nice butter nest you kept in the pantry. A baked potato, a frozen waffle, a peanut butter & butter sandwich on
Wonder Bread, a chunk of instantly-spreadable butter on a delectable muffin? The butter dish always comes through. Life was just better before eaters had to rely on soft, ghetto margarine.
LIFE IS MOSTLY ABOUT THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND, THEREFORE, THE COLLECTION OF FUN FACTS. ALL MY FUN FACTS WERE HARVESTED PERSONALLY … THEY STARTED AS A PHYSICAL BOOK PURCHASE FROM AMAZON, THEN MOVED TO A KINDLE DOWNLOAD WHERE I BOOKMARKED THEM BY HAND; AT THE CONCLUSION OF A BOOK THEY WERE TRANSCRIBED INTO A SNOOPY MOLESKINE, AND FINALLY, THEY APPEAR HERE FOR YOUR PERSONAL WONDERMENT.
Getting Philosophical … People say smart, clever things (well, I mean, I don’t, but …) and some people write them down, catalog them or make note of them so they can put them to good use later or, more likely, forget about them entirely like you do your computer passwords. Here are a few: “Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded” (Buddha said that) … “Argue as if you’re right but listen as if you’re wrong” … “Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.”
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