It's been a slow day at work. I'm correcting a whole bunch of items in a book that we're publishing soon. In between bouts with this mindless drivel, I strolled ("surf" is so the wrong metaphor for the way I use the web) through my regular blog reads...
- Rob got another car. We're not sure why he needed another car. We're also not sure why it required a new stereo from Abt, which, although Rob thinks it's the wonderfullest place in the entire world, is quite expensive compared to many of the good sources on the web. This all basically proves that Rob is, in fact another-rich-white-kid-with-too-much-time-on-his-hands-and-too-much-money-in-his-pockets.
- Ryan waxes philosophic about the nature of criticism. I love his Plinkorificness, but he sounds sort of stoned. Basically, his point is that something needs to be good to be worth criticism. It's sort of like saying rain is wet. Otherwise, he has many astute and articulate points to make. Read his blog every day. Do it. Now.
- Joe is finally adopting a three-year-old operating system. He expects congratulations. I think he needs a swift kick in the left toe.
- Sabrina has gone audioblog crazy, which is nice because it gives her an opportunity for her blog readers to hear her cough on a cigarette covered in blood she picked up on the street that is giving her tuburculosis. We don't learn much from the audioposts: Sabrina once got to look at before and after pictures of people who went through gender-changing surgery. And she has some drunk friend who doesn't really use any words that aren't fuck. Sabrina also needs to punch herself in the face for not staying in touch with actor guy. Also, we all hope she doesn't put a firecracker in her genital orifices.
- Dave has recently discovered that Florida is warmer than Wisconsin. In other news, Dave has learned that deoderant makes you stink less, not eating makes you hungry, and blue and yellow mixed together make green.
- Phil has nothing interesting to say except that he has mono.
- Luke needs to sleep more.
- Bade updates his blog even less than I do.
- Richard says that the re-adoption of Hanukkah as a Jewish-nationalist holiday is a bad thing, and wishes that we'd remember the rest of the story about the Hasmonean dynasty (there's a reason those guys don't get spots in the Bible, dammit). The Head Heeb joins in too. I think I agree with them, but I'm not sure how to integrate that belief into my worldview. In other words, should I stop celebrating Hanukkah because the whole thing is bullshit?
Anyway, that's all for now.
No, don't stop celebrating Hanukah. Just try to keep a fine balance between the spiritual side of the holiday and the nationalist. There are times when nationalism is good. But also times when it's a bad thing. The spiritual aspect of Hanukah is something one never needs to temper.
Posted by: Richard Silverstein | December 22, 2003 at 08:18 PM
I like to think I am a genius. At least I am not sane enough to care about the fact that I put my blog on my resume and today the potential employer went there while we were interviewing--all I could think about over and over was..."how many times did I write pussy in my latest post?"
Posted by: Sabrina_C | December 23, 2003 at 12:32 PM
Ewe is Wak.
Posted by: Master and Commander | December 24, 2003 at 07:43 PM