Catching up in the New Year
Well, I'm finally back here at the FMRC after my two week hiatus. Quite a bit happened in the world in the meantime, so I figured a catch-up post would be a good idea.
We went on break on December 18th, and just three days later JK Rowling announced the title of the 7th Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This is, by far, the worst title announcement since Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. (Episode I was itself the worst title announcment since it was revealed that the sequel to the Gospel of Luke would be called: Peter and Luke's Bogus Journey. At the urging of St. Paul it was later retitled the Acts of the Apostles).
Of course, it doesn't really matter what she called the 7th book, it isn't like it's going to affect book sales. Frankly, she could call it Harry Potter and the Shit-Covered Gonad and it wouldn't matter (in fact, millions of dorks would probably have gone all a twitter when they realized that A Shit Covered Gonad is an anagram for "Ron is dead, the vag"* Ooooooh).
Five days later, President Gerald Ford died, and everyone between the ages of 18 and 35 thought to themselves "Gerald Ford was eaten by a pack of wolves." It's a shame, really, that a man who was once the most powerful man in the world is commemorated largely by Dana Carvey pretending to be...Tom Brokaw? Ted Koppel? Who the fuck is he supposed to be in that sketch?
Anyway, President Ford joins a long list of people who, once dead, were remembered best for an SNL sketch. Among them are such greats as Harry Caray, Ross Perot**, and of course the much beloved Land Shark.
Saddam Hussein was hung...which is fun. As many of you know, someone recorded it on a cell phone and leaked it to the internet. To date, it has been viewed on YouTube over 1.5 million times. This leaves it only 48 million behind "Dick in the Box."
Well that's about all I can think of. Hope you all had a good break, and that you continue reading in the New Year.
*A Shit Covered Gonad is actually an angram for Ron is dead, the vag-co, but as we all well know, stage magicians use the term "vag-co" in place of the more common "vag".
** Not actually dead yet.
We went on break on December 18th, and just three days later JK Rowling announced the title of the 7th Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This is, by far, the worst title announcement since Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. (Episode I was itself the worst title announcment since it was revealed that the sequel to the Gospel of Luke would be called: Peter and Luke's Bogus Journey. At the urging of St. Paul it was later retitled the Acts of the Apostles).
Of course, it doesn't really matter what she called the 7th book, it isn't like it's going to affect book sales. Frankly, she could call it Harry Potter and the Shit-Covered Gonad and it wouldn't matter (in fact, millions of dorks would probably have gone all a twitter when they realized that A Shit Covered Gonad is an anagram for "Ron is dead, the vag"* Ooooooh).
Five days later, President Gerald Ford died, and everyone between the ages of 18 and 35 thought to themselves "Gerald Ford was eaten by a pack of wolves." It's a shame, really, that a man who was once the most powerful man in the world is commemorated largely by Dana Carvey pretending to be...Tom Brokaw? Ted Koppel? Who the fuck is he supposed to be in that sketch?
Anyway, President Ford joins a long list of people who, once dead, were remembered best for an SNL sketch. Among them are such greats as Harry Caray, Ross Perot**, and of course the much beloved Land Shark.
Saddam Hussein was hung...which is fun. As many of you know, someone recorded it on a cell phone and leaked it to the internet. To date, it has been viewed on YouTube over 1.5 million times. This leaves it only 48 million behind "Dick in the Box."
Well that's about all I can think of. Hope you all had a good break, and that you continue reading in the New Year.
*A Shit Covered Gonad is actually an angram for Ron is dead, the vag-co, but as we all well know, stage magicians use the term "vag-co" in place of the more common "vag".
** Not actually dead yet.
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