Can you take seriously a college that sponsors religious worship? I read that Duke University now pipes an Islamic call to prayer on its campus. I wish I were a professional wrestling promoter. I would certainly have a Christian champion and a Moslem challenger battling it out night after night, the Christian boy being big and blond and from Texas, the Moslem being a swarthy man from Istanbul. He would lay his prayer rug out on the mat before the match and the Christian boy would walk around the ring holding his hands high in the air in wonder as he looked at the ref. He would not attack the Moslem while he prayed, of course, but would eventually do a Tebo. The swarthy Turk would finish up his prayer and see the blond boy helplessly in prayer. . . you know the rest. The wrestling crowd would go absolutely wild. Hayzoos Marimba, I could make a fortune. There would be armies of wrestlers, East and West. Hell, I would even have a wrestler called "The Pope." I can write this shit. One of the Christian boys would be turned and take up with the men from the East. It would be the Holy Wars all over again.
True religion depends upon such fantasies. I'll figure out the Deux Ex Machina part later. It shouldn't be difficult.
Duke. They are going to have a different set of donors soon.
Might as well throw some Maoists and Russian criminals into the act. Maybe I'll write a screenplay based on all these stereotypes. I know Sony won't produce the movie now, but somebody will have to see the $$$$$. It should be shot in the style of the old Buck Rogers movies. There was nothing wrong with that stuff. It was 100% American. It is what made us better than others.
Oh. . . it is true. People want to say that Islam is afraid of cartoons, but they should be. Cartoons are popular for a reason. They are powerful symbols and communicate more quickly than academic writing. I am not sure the Islamic world would be as pissed if the cartoon was of Mohamed burning an American flag. Freedom of speech is a dizzying thing. Remember, Howard Stern had to move to outer space to do the radio show he wanted. How's that for freedom of speech?
No segue. I am sick of the new Apple OS. It has something to do with "the cloud." My computer, phone, and iPad were all synched. Have been for a long time. Now they are not. My phone suddenly decided to rebel against the group. All three ask me for a password every time I try to do anything with email or texts. If I send a text on my phone, I can't be sure it is sent. And if it is, the reply will only come to my phone, not my other devices. Boring, boring shit, I know, but it is making me look like more of an idiot than I am. I don't need any help with that. So fuck Apple. I am a lifelong user because it was easy. Now I have to be a goddamned techie to get anything to work.
My friend is writing a play that is a hillbilly version of "Romeo and Juliet." He says he is stealing some of the things I've written the past week or so.
Character 1: "Existence is a crime that was committed at conception. We all are the products of lust and desire."
Character 2: "I am for the mandolins and fiddles and strange harmonies of broken hearted boys and girls who have accepted life as a sad, sweet journey succored by music and tortured by love.”
I think it would make more money if it were "Romeo and Julio." Gay is hotter than hillbilly right now, and I like the idea that gay couples can't conceive, but he has his own ideas.
Images and words are powerful things. Just ask me. I am a master of both. Look what they've done for me!
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