Wednesday, February 11, 2004

just screaming Pictured to the right is the entrance monument to St. Petersburg's Old Northeast Neighborhood--the city's most historied and charming area.  I just realized the other day that this enclosed and perfectly lit pedestal is just screaming for some sort of extremely inappropriate Duh! object to be placed there.  I mean the thing is a veritable display case for hundreds, if not thousands of daily commuters, with nothing to show. I challenge my Duh! fans and supporters to make at least a $20 paypal donation to give this monument a breathtaking and eye cathing objet d'art.  The lucky Duh! patron who makes this project possible will receive special gold key VIP status, enabling him or her to get special discounts on certain paper products and discontinued car parts at various participating stores around the country. 10:31:03 PM    comment []

seinfeld I have this uncanny knack for spotting big talents and trends in our society.  For instance, when Seinfeld first came out in the late 80s, I said, "this is stupid!" (It wasn't until five or six years after Seinfeld was the most popular and beloved comedy on tv that I grudgingly accepted the idea that things that happned in people's lives could be kind of funny and interesting, in a way). (note: I was being sarcastic in the first part of this post). (second note: I always draw things the way I first learned to draw them when I was growing up in the 70s.  This is back when TVs were always seen with little antennaes on them.  If I drew a plasma screen tv hanging on the wall you would just think it was a painting.) 8:22:17 PM    comment []

a really stupid idea I never had too many friends in highschool (or at  anytime of my life really) because one of my favorite things to do was tell people how stupid  their ideas were. One time this guy Howard called me out on this habit of mine.  After somebody excitedly explained their stupid idea about something, Howard turned to me and said, "Quick, Mark!  Say something to make that idea sound completely worthless!" This kind of put me on the defensive and gave me some insight as to why I didn't have that many friends.  I continued to think that most people's ideas were stupid, but I tried to keep it to myself more. But let's face it--a lot of ideas are stupid.  In fact, here is a stupid idea that Howard proposed a few years later, when we were all out of highschool and bumming around with crappy jobs and killing time by smoking pot and drinking beer. Howard proposed starting up his own lawn and yard care business with a few of his friends.  There was nothing particularly stupid about that.  A lot of people make decent money running lawn services. But the catch was that Howard's lawn service wouldn't use any power tools for the jobs.  Everything would be done with sycthes and loppers and other muscle powered tools.  I guess the whole appeal of this lawn service was that it would be very eco-friendly, and liberal, green party home owners  would be falling all over themselves to hire Howard's non-power tool lawn service. Of course, the down side of this idea is that its just really stupid.  It would take you a day just to mow and edge and trim one yard.  With labor costs alone a yard trim would cost $200.  Plus the work would be unbearably difficult for the workers, and they would look like complete idiots. Anyway, I heard Howard talk about this hand tool lawn business to a bunch of people at a bunch of different parties and gatherings.  I just listened and drank my beer and kept my thoughts to myself. 6:00:04 PM    comment []

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