Today I Shall Channel Larry King
With a nod to both Teodoro and Larry King:
Captain Underpants is one of the many reasons that being a dad to little boys is a blast.
30 Rock makes me laugh very hard. Last week's episode ("The Fighting Irish"), had me replaying several scenes repeatedly on the TiVo.
How does the NCAA make a 65 team tournament? When the tournament was 64 teams, did someone actually say, "you know, one more team would really round this thing out nicely"?
A Starbucks has opened close to where I live. Luckily, this eases the dearth of Starbucks outlets in the area - the nearest one prior had been at least a mile away. (It was, of course, across the street from another Starbucks.)
I bought a new (to me, that is) surfboard. It will allow me to continue to surf terribly, but in a new way.
For the cost of a modest townhome in southern California, one can buy a five-bedroom, 3000 square foot lakefront home rural Illinois. Of course, one then has to live in rural Illinois. So there are tradeoffs.
Youth. Hubris. I am losing a little of both each day. I think that's a fair exchange.
Bluetooth is an awkward name. I'm not sure how that got past the first marketing meeting.
I played a Wii recently. It reminded me of playing Defender on my Atari 2600 for hours on end. Today, I think I could probably play that for about 5 minutes before getting bored.
Seltzer water is my favorite underrated beverage.
Chiclets are terrible after about two minutes; nevertheless, I continue chewing for about an hour.
Glad I could enrich everyone's life.
posted by Kevlar Pinata @ 9:57 PM
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4 Comments:
Well done!
Kevlar, you and I seem to be on about the same posting schedule. I logged on today for the singular purpose of providing some Larry Kingish thoughts, and here you are, making me laugh out loud. This means I shall put my post on hold for another day or two. With the infrequency of recent posting activity by the Hombres, who am I to knock a brilliant post down the page?
I will, however, provide one or two specific responses:
I love that you surf. I play internet backgammon. Your hobby is cooler.
First of all, I'm not sure, but I'm not convinced that there are LAKEFRONT homes in rural Illinois. There might be, but I'm guessing that there aren't too many. Have you been to rural Illinois? Are you aware of how many soybeans we grow in this state? Yes, Illinois touches on one of the Great Lakes, but we are far more involved with the geography known as the GREAT PLAINS. We are a big, flat piece of prarie grass once you get south of Joliet, which consists of two smokestacks and a prison.
Speaking of rural Illinois, I'm gonna live there next year. More on that soon, but here's a hint: Go Illini!
Your comment on Youth and Hubris is wise and well-taken. How out of place will I feel next year with neither in a world where both are in abundance? I'm guessing I will find solace in lots of internet backgammon and dissertation writing. Probably in that order.
LB and I occasionally dine in a kickass hole-in-the-wall Thai joint. They give out cute little individual boxes of chiclets after dinner. We take them and smile because the people are nice. We never eat them. Walk out the door and toss 'em.
Ha! Made me laugh.
I'm pretty sure that lakefront homes in Illinois are on man-made lakes. The naturally occurring ones are in short supply. As you know (and have experienced), I am originally from upstate New York, where you can't throw a stick without it landing in water.
I'm not sure if my surfing hobby qualifies as cool, as I am an absolute disaster at it. It would probably help if I went more than once every six to eight weeks.
In one of the Captain Underpants sagas, Professor Poopy Pants works an evil spell that changes everyone's name to something silly. There's a chart, involving your first and last initials, etc. I worked mine out once, and wore it on a name tag on the last day of class.
I've forgotten what that name was, though. After googling "captain underpants name" I came up with the current one. The system must have changed; I think I'd have remembered this.
I just found out that I have a 20th year high school reunion coming up.
I might die. It's possible. It is absolutely possible. Some would say probable. It's definitely in the realm. Could be. Maybe. We'll have to wait to find out.
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