Things that have given me pause lately:
Having dinner at a friend’s house, I responded to a surprising comment by pronouncing the letters “O-M-G”! My friend’s adorable 10-year old daughter looked at me, eyes as round as frisbees, and correctly identified the lexicon that I was referencing: “You IM?!” Why yes young lady, I do instant message. What is up with that? When I was ten, I didn’t presume that my parents only communicated using stone tablets. Why, the very thought of it is enough to make me ROFL, which I believe stands for Running on Floral Linen.
At the Giants game with my brother and his family, AT&T park went bananas when someone stepped up to bat. I was told that it was Barry Bonds, whom even I know to be some kind of famous athletic figure:
But after all this craziness, Bonds only hit a single. What’s up with that? I hit a single once back when I played in little league, and no one really cared. What’s he got that I haven’t got? Aside from talent.
I always find it interesting that America, in its unconscious yet Puritan-inspired sort of way, coined the term “sex life” as though sex was apart from our regular day-to-day existence to the point that it merited its own unique category. Isn’t it just all just “life”? And if we’re going to start carving off bits of our time here and compartmentalizing them, why stop there? For example, I’m very invested in my cereal life. I pay a lot of attention to cereal. I like a lot of variety in my cereal. Sometimes I spice up my cereal with raisins and walnuts. And although it’s good to have crispy flakes, it’s a good idea to call the doctor if the flakes stay crunchy in milk for more than four hours.
Can the couplet
Objects in mirror
May be closer than they appear
Be considered slant rhyme?
Posted by Greg at 09:12 AM on 05/28/07
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