Monday, March 8, 2010

Odds 'N' Ends

There are a couple of new links over to the right in a new category called “People I Don’t Know But Who Seem Quite Nice” – go check out the literary stylings of Domestic Oub (Domestic Oublette) and Niamh B (Various). They write poetry and hilarious posts, and live in a mystical and exciting far-off land called Ireland. A quote from a friend on Saturday, having clicked over to their blogs:
That’s some fuckin’ funny shit.
High praise indeed.
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I "played" some "music" on Saturday, along with some friends, down at the pub, and it seemed to go fairly well (speaking for my performance only … the others rocked without question). That same day, the EMDAMOTLA* jumped out of an airplane for the first time, which prompted The Live Acorn to utter this mournful lamentation:
Great … my mom’s going skydiving and my dad’s a rock star. God, my life is so boring.
Ah, the trials and tribulations of being 14.
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Spring Training is well underway, and while Cleveland is the only remaining undefeated team (and we all know that Spring Training record is faultlessly predictive of regular season performance), I still can’t seem to work up a bunch of hope for the year ... seeing one’s favorite player go play for the other team tends to take the wind out of one’s sails.**

* Ex Mrs. Dead Acorn, Mother Of The Live Acorn (who, inexplicably, is not totally enamored of her acronym).
** HAHAHAHAHahaha I kill me.

6 comments:

Niamh B said...

ah you're very kind, and your friend is very kind, and everyone in America is very kind.... Everyone in America reads your blog right???
Congrats on the rock star-dom - don't let it change you now...

The Dead Acorn said...

Ummm ... yes, as shown by our recent activities around the world, everyone in America is very, very kind. I think my current blog readership is hovering around 2, and they seem to be somewhere in western Europe. You might not get that massive hit spike from the states due to this post.

With my butchered chords and raspy off-key warblings, I don't think The Drive By Truckers are feeling too much heat.

P77 said...

I may have to argue with your preseason predictions Mr. Corn (if that is your real name). I have heard you ruminate on the outcome of a single game based on the statistics of the earliest score(s) in the first inning. Let's say, (using a typical example), it's Twins 7, Indians 0. Your logic dictates that the final score will be 63 to 0. Without a doubt I respect your knowledge of the game of baseball but predicting a winning record on preseason standings makes about as much sense as outdoor baseball in Minnesota. Hey, wait a minute...

Domestic Oub said...

We do seem nice, don't we? Of course it's all an act... we hide our true hideous natures behind our blogs. Niamh is a convicted triple murderer - I kid you not. And me? On parole for defrauding old ladies out of their life savings...

The Dead Acorn said...

I wouldn't be surprised, Domestic Oub ... I'm a notoriously bad judge of character.

Domestic Oub said...

notorious, eh? We'll all get along fine then.. :)