February 1, 2011
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Sophie Schliemann wearing the diadem from
Ancient , AncientTroy. Google the Schliemann circus
for some laughs.The Daily News
1 So, I'm somehow watching The Bachelor again.
2 Arguably the stupidest show in the history of television.
3 Brad.
4 Really ladies?
5 I really can't stand it.
6 Brad.
7 This guy is apparently the man.
8 Huh?
9 Ah, it is what it is.
10 I couldn't care less about these people.
11 But it is currently the only game in town.
12 Game.
13 Dude.
14 You serious?
15 There are reasons I dig being older.
16 Ah, vell, it is what was on last night, and nothing else.
17 I went to try grading papers, but realized quickly that I was almost done.
18 Accch!
19 It is truly a gag show.
20 Somebody save me.
21 Livin' the Dream, I imagine.
22 That show tends to be on it seems every single night. It's a lava lamp, but I am continually astounded at its complete stupidity.
23 When I jokingly ask, "Who WATCHES this stuff?" I realize that billions of people do. And yes, somehow it burns bright in my living room.
24 Argh.
25 Moving on, Part the First: Today is CAHSEE day, which is the California High School Exit Exam day.
26 It is pronounced KAY-see by the experts.
23 I, of course, refer to it as the KASS-ee, just to be juvenile.
24 My point is that we live in CAL-ifornia, not KAIL-ifornia.
25 I adore the tests though. I get paid for watching students push pencils all morning.
26 Occupational hazard, I swear to you. It's akin to watching the grass grow.
27 Moving on, Part the Second: The old DN's I ran across last week are priceless. At some point, I'd love to scan all of them and archive them, but I'm just too busy.
28 I'll post them occasionally though. Here's another that was pretty fun:*****The Daily News10/7/971 Seats creaked at last night's rehearsal.
2 Last night's rehearsal remained warm and real, almost professional despite the chill. Good cast.
3 Who was that sub? Va-va voom!
4 Fish is in Austin working on the seventy-fifth chapter of his book about American Education and the Ancient Druids.
5 "This is the forest primeval. The murmering pines and the hemlocks Stand like the Druids of old." ---Evangeline (1847)
6 In the first chapter, Fish, dressed as a Druid, administers hemlock to Evangeline. It's all downhill from there.
7 Hey, Did the Sharks win one the other day, or was I having hemlock flashbacks after having dined on tuna?
8 Promise Keepers. Scared of that.
9 The Governor is taking action against El Niño. He's moving to Peoria.
10 I hate that Goofy Mr. Rogers lookin', Klan-lovin', no holes-in-his underpants havin', Marv Albert hair-combin', gray suitin', Yank magazine readin', goose steppin'...
11 Hey. He gave us a raise. Vote republican.
12 Yesterday's Merc had a picture of a Raider fan with a bag over his head. Reminds me of my last prom date.
13 I better get outta here. Happy Tober, one and all.
*****
29 I have to believe that the play was Moliere's Imaginary Invalid, and that the governor reference was to Pete Wilson. The reference to the hot sub was probably some sub that the boys went gaga over. I rarely see who my sub is, since I'm usually absent when I get a sub. Duh.
30 Fish was Mr. Fish, everyone's sub at the time. He was the grandson of Orville Redenbacher of popcorn fame, and disappeared in a smoky mist one fine morning, never to be heard from again.
31 What I really find appealing about the old DN's is how absolutely random each item was. It would switch mid-stream, and go off in all directions.
32 Especially appealing is the shortness of them. It's almost as though the DN has turned into a long novel, as opposed to a terse, short poem.
33 Pretty fun discovery, sort of like Heinrich Schliemann, the purported Father of Archaeology, discovering Troy.
34 Schliemann was a fraud, but he actually discovered nine Troys back in the 19th Century, round about when I was born.
35 But we'll leave all of that to the winds.
36 Right now it is 4:49 in the a.m. and I have to watch kids push pencils and do bubble tests, so I do need my slip.
37 So we'll call it a day here, long before the day even begins.
38 You all have a great Tuesday, and I'll see you in the wee hours of the morning tomorrow.
39 Peace.
~H~
Orville Redenbacher, grandfather of
the famous Mr. Fish.
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