It seems that Gene wrote about the Virginia earthquake (experienced significantly around the D.C. area) in 2014 during his Washington Post weekly chats. BUT it also seems that the URLs for those chats no longer work. So nope, this isn't available ever again; there is no other copy.
It's this sort of thing that prompted me and the Loser Community, starting in 2013, to make a PDF of each week's Web version of The Style Invitational, along with one for the often very different print version. Sure enough, many old Invitational columns can now be found only at NRARS.org (Master Contest List) -- and the ones that do remain online on The Post's pages are often missing art (even for caption contests). Thanks once again to Gary Crockett and his Crocketeers for continuing the work of the late Elden Carnahan for keeping the archive going.
I can see vitamins and bomb shelters as huge frauds, but blood pressure medicine? Neither of my older brothers kept up with their meds. One died at 57 and the other is suffering the long term effects of several strokes. I think I’ll keep filling my prescription.
Ha. I went THREE YEARS without a shower. Mostly. I am sure I stayed in a hotel occasionally, but mostly I poured cups of water over my standing body because I was in the Peace Corps, and no showers were to be had. I am almost (ALMOST) positive that your seven-day hiatus has some logical explanation besides not wanting to be clean.
>>>If you tickle the hairs in the small of your back, you can sometimes generate a pee that has been >>>recalcitrant.
Oh, I dunno. Standing at a urinal, with one hand holding yourself, and simultaneously tickling the hairs in the small of your back sounds like a good way to get arrested.
It seems that Gene wrote about the Virginia earthquake (experienced significantly around the D.C. area) in 2014 during his Washington Post weekly chats. BUT it also seems that the URLs for those chats no longer work. So nope, this isn't available ever again; there is no other copy.
It's this sort of thing that prompted me and the Loser Community, starting in 2013, to make a PDF of each week's Web version of The Style Invitational, along with one for the often very different print version. Sure enough, many old Invitational columns can now be found only at NRARS.org (Master Contest List) -- and the ones that do remain online on The Post's pages are often missing art (even for caption contests). Thanks once again to Gary Crockett and his Crocketeers for continuing the work of the late Elden Carnahan for keeping the archive going.
I can see vitamins and bomb shelters as huge frauds, but blood pressure medicine? Neither of my older brothers kept up with their meds. One died at 57 and the other is suffering the long term effects of several strokes. I think I’ll keep filling my prescription.
My favorite connections:
Pam Shermeyer's Gardens of Versailles to Four Seasons Total Landscaping, and
Neil Kurland's Zbigniew Brzezinski to Mr.Mxyzptlk. Bravo.
I liked Chris' 3RU better than his winner, though all 5 of his (l)inks were great.
Ha. I went THREE YEARS without a shower. Mostly. I am sure I stayed in a hotel occasionally, but mostly I poured cups of water over my standing body because I was in the Peace Corps, and no showers were to be had. I am almost (ALMOST) positive that your seven-day hiatus has some logical explanation besides not wanting to be clean.
Henry Gibson/Henrik Ibsen was pure genius
>>>If you tickle the hairs in the small of your back, you can sometimes generate a pee that has been >>>recalcitrant.
Oh, I dunno. Standing at a urinal, with one hand holding yourself, and simultaneously tickling the hairs in the small of your back sounds like a good way to get arrested.
I seriously don't care whether you ever shower again (or for that matter ever have), but:
only ever watched the first episode of the Sopranos? Are you fucking kidding me? What is the matter with you?
I liked going from “Henry Gibson” to “Henrik Ibsen”.
I feel like an idiot. Can someone please explain "Batman; Babe Ruth; Homer Simpson" (I understood the rest)?
In re: your line: "I had sex in a newsroom after hours a few times." Presume you disposed of the depository properly.
I want to thank Gene for revealing that he rarely takes showers. That way, there is less chance that I'll even fleetingly have to visualize that.