Erik presents these as a "belated" Friday Five at the end of a reflection on current politics. (Why admit to "belated" when one could present them as "early"?) Don't miss his notes on Alan Greenspan, jazz man, and Senator Clinton, embodied alien. The whole entry reminded me of a cocktail that somehow involved gin, a memoir, and the Weekly World News.
So here we go:
1. List in the comments' boxes seven people who should be held up to God as reasons not to smite Massachussetts.
Dylan. Dylan's mom, Mary Lou. Dom Betenelli. Kelly the Pew Lady. The nice people at Orchard House, Concord who let us use their phone again and again when our car got stuck there.
2. Help! Harvard lost some of the biggest fruitcakes on its faculty to Princeton. In honor of the occasion, create some sort of award for Cornel West.
Wachowski Prize for Cinematic Dilettantism Presented as Pompous Post-modern Profundity
3. Write an all-rhymed acceptance speech for Professor West.
When we learned he was the One
The good part was done.
More later if I have time and inspiration
4. Earn a chance at being a sportscaster for a day! California and Massachussetts seem locked in a fanatical battle to lead the world into complete moral decay. In your best adrenaline-charged voice, narrate events. C'mon. Give it your all! Give it all you've got! Give 110% and don't forget the basic fundamentals. Remember the goal of this football game is to get the football, to move the football over the goal line, and then to kick it between goal posts. It all boils down to the team that does this the most, wins the game. Any comment, Pat?
I'll have to get back to this one. Is almost complete ignorance of football going to hurt me? My husband's true love is shown by how, in each and every one of the six football seasons we've been married, he patiently explains first downs and second downs and third-and-goal without getting testy.
5. Describe an experience you had with Moxie or fiddlehead ferns.
I saw fiddlehead ferns in the woods once, and in the freezer section another time. Oh, and I learned about them in Botany 103.
