"Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending."

Shockster's blog: 3/18/04 - 5/28/06

Well guys, it's finally come time to let this grand experiment go. It's been fun, but knowing when to leave the party is key. Although this blog has come to its natural end, my net life has not. Maybe there will eventually be another, maybe it will be limited to a page on one of those random social networking sites. But whatever the case, I'll keep you posted. Till then . . .

The beginning: http://shockster.motime.com/1079578206#238003

Most Comments: http://shockster.motime.com/1083158432#266627
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Angriest Post: http://shockster.motime.com/1080832351#248631

Proudest Post: http://shockster.motime.com/1085513594#281168

Best Opening Line: http://shockster.motime.com/1085406472#280350

One and only fashion rant: http://shockster.motime.com/1107678026

 The End

A Falwellian Surprise

The NY gay man who runs Fallwell.com finally won a suit brought against him by Jerry Falwell for trademark infringement. What I find interesting is that Jerry already owns Falwell.com (3 l's, instead of 4), which means only his followers who can't spell his name will end up at the wrong site. But given who calls him "leader", is that really any shock?

Happy Easter!

Free P*ssy in New York!

Yep, that's right, she's finally free!

Now back to far less important stories.

Little Rainbow Eggs

I heard that a bunch of parents are lining up today to get tickets so they can take their kids to the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt.

Is this "inappropriate"? Well, I guess only if the parents are gay.

I jumped on the bandwagon

. . . and I love it. Thanks, CC.

I love people

Really, I do. I'm planning a bachelor party for one of my best friends from high school, and have been looking into hotels. I went to Tripadvisor just to do a little further investigation of one particular hotel, and got a few giggles from some of the user comments. In addition to one woman's littany of fairly legitimate complaints, she included this one, which was my favorite by far: 

" If you were in the bathroom and sitting on the comode, you couldn't open or close the door without getting up."

He he he. Bless you, my child.

Prospect Heights

Somebody made a movie about the nice part of my hood. I wish I lived there.

English

Okay, for those who think they're English scholars, here's a little exercise. Reduce these sentences to familiar proverbs:

1 - Your immature gallinacians must not be calculated prior to their being produced.

2 - A perissaodactyl ungulate mammal may be addressed toward the aqueous fluid, but it cannot be compelled to quaff.

3 - It is fondness for notes of exchange that constitutes the tuberous structure of all satanically inspired principles.

4 - Lithoidal fragments ought not to be hurled by tenants of vitreous abodes.

5 - Beholden vessel never exceeds one hundred degrees Celsius.

6 - A feathered creature clasped in the manual members is the equivalent, value-wise, of a brace in the bosky growth.

Give it a try. The person who gets the most wins a prize.

It was Iowa . . .

But this week I AM in Florida. Orlando to be specific. The company was nice enough to choose a sunny locale for training this time. Of course, the subject matter is fairly dull, but my coworkers did manage to keep it exciting by setting a fire in the hotel early Monday morning. The building didn't burn down and none one got hurt (damn!), but the internal balconies of about 7 rooms went up in flames, filling the massive atrium with smoke and robbing me of three hours of much-needed sleep. Way to go team.

In other news, after several false starts, I've finally gotten into a good rythm on my first, but hopefully not last, novel. Yes, I know, everybody wants to write a novel these days. What distinguishes me from the hundreds of thousands of other coffee-addicted writers, sitting in Starbucks, composing witty dialogue for their even wittier characters who are both deep and shallow, ugly yet beautiful, funny yet serious? Simple. I sleep with an editor :-)

That's about all for the moment. Hopefully with busy season over, and a little less work-related traveling on my schedule, my life will get a little more interesting. Till then. . .