Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Random Notes from a Crank

I saw this one ready-made shot that you can buy called "Porn Star." It's a half and half mixture of raspberry vodka and blue curaçao. 

If you were to make a shot called "porn star," don't you think it would be a different color, such as white like a pina colada to mimic the color of spunk? Just sayin'.

It's an old proverb from somewhere in Africa, but it rings true: Madness is hereditary. You get it from your kids. 

When I searched for that quotation, the search engine attributed it to someone named Sam Levenson. But I've always remembered it as a proverb that came out of Africa. 

A simple search found that Mr. Levenson was a white dude. Perhaps he stole it? 

I recently finished Nick Offerman's delightful book Where the Deer and Antelope Play. I highly recommend it. Straight talk, people. 

Another book I picked up last month was George Carlin's When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? It's typical Carlin diatribic humor, some of which hasn't aged well. Imagine what Carlin would have done with Moscow Don?

Another book I'm starting is Ned Blackhawk's The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. I psyched about it. 

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