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Monthly Archives: December 2003
Five fake names for a notional magazine about extreme treadmill exercise
- Goin’ Nowhere
- Happy Right Here
- Basement Belters
- No Vistas
- In One Place
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Five colleges and why I wanted to attend each
- USC – Had that marching band that played on Tusk (1979)
- Florida State – Brochure featured prominent photo of adorable blonde girl dressed like an indian (1984)
- Rollins – Heard classes were easy and underaged drinking was widely tolerated (1983)
- University of Florida – Orange and blue were my favorite colors, plus alligators are cool (1980)
- West Point – Everything seemed so tidy (1978)
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Five terrible fake Christmas TV specials
- A Scaled-Down Christmas: Going Through the Motions with Martha Stewart
- The Town That Forgot to Ship Early
- Kazuki Takahashi’s© Yu-Gi-Oh™ Cardtastical Action Holiday Tournament®
- Rudolph’s Shiny New Prince Albert
- E!’s “Background Noise for Drinking Alone” Marathon
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Five things I’d like to teach the world this Christmas
- To sing in perfect harmony (naturally)
- To use their turn signals
- To buy music and t-shirts from bands they like at live shows
- To offer their seats on MUNI to old Chinese ladies
- To give the whole “white hip-hop guy” thing a rest for a while
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Five most depressing “Christmas Gifts” for sale at Walgreens
- Fiber Optic Angel (with five-color oscillating ass-wings)
- Celine Dion “Parfums”
- Neon Guitar Wall Art
- Electronic-Eye Santa (joylessly croaking “Ho, ho, ho” when it detects motion)
- Advanced Formula Toe Fungus Cream
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Five “celebrities” I need you to stop encouraging
Tom Arnold Tony Danza Kirstie Alley John Walsh All prop comics (except Rip Taylor)
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Five great reasons to buy a Hummer™
You’ve been wanting to buy much wider groceries (but have been stymied by the timid width of your Escalade) You and your make-believe wife were thinking of having 11 or 12 imaginary kids You’re sick of always being the environment’s … Continue reading
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Five things I realized later than I probably should have
My crappy BSR turntable played everything a full step too fast (1984) “If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?” is a dirty play on words (1987) New Order was mostly a disco band … Continue reading
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Five resolutions for the new year
Stop apologizing for drinking at work Undertake some kind of faith-based initiative Start carrying a yoga mat everywhere Spearhead a trucker cap buy-back initiative Begin more publicly referring to myself in the third-person as “Daddy.”
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