Monday, February 27, 2017

Parrot Talk


     As much as I have enjoyed watching the Academy Awards in the past, I intentionally ignored them last night and went to be early.  I am beat down and tired, even worn thin.  All these people, the celebrities and celebrity wannabes in Holywood (intentional spelling) want to look down their noses and preach at me.  They want to tell me who I am, what I am, and what they think I should be.  From here it looks like they think they are pretty smart because they throw a lot of $3 words around.

     Now this is the part I hope someone will shart with Dennis Prager becuse I spend 3 hours a day with him while I am driving for Uber, and I know he would find this funny.  Even though I know almost nothing about parrots, I am confident that I could teach one to say 4 buzzwords.  I believe a parrot could be taught to say "misogynist",  "homophobe", "racist",  and "Islamaphobe".  And it would mean more coming from the parrot,  because after all, a parrot is a parrot. Therefore, I can conclude that English is probably not it's mother tongue and is probably the parrot's second language (ESL). This means that the degree of difficulty for the parrot would be higher to say those buzzwords.  Therefore, I can deduce that they are smarter than the celebrities because they know the same words.  Not to mention that fact that God made parrots natrually beautiful, so they are capable of looking good on the red carpet without make-up.

   But just because I admire parrots so much does not mean that I think they deserve more social justice than the rest of us.  I believe they should have to follow all the same laws and rules that we all do, as expressed by Roger Miller, with the immortal words, "You can't take a shower in a parakeet cage".
   

Friday, February 24, 2017

The Immaculate Reception

I am writing a short research paper for a history class I am taking at the University of Richmond called "A Moment in Time".  It is being taught by Dan Roberts, who has produced, directed, and hosted the radio show of the same name for the past couple of decades.  It airs daily at 5:45 and 7:45 AM Monday through Friday on NPR.  For all of my FB friends who happen to be football fans, here is a little teaser.


The Tatum/Fuqua deflection that made it possible.

Bumper Stickers and Vanity Plates




Best bumper sticker I have seen in a long time--it read "I hate being bipolar, it's awsome".  Runner-up, Virginia is Pho Lovers.