Friday, August 30, 2013

Dreams and random acts of linkage

You ever had a dream where a wolf is chewing on your head and you wake up and …

 Well, me either, but this kid lived it.
The unidentified boy, who is reportedly from Solway, Minn., stood up and kicked at the wolf, which then ran away, according to state wildlife officials. 
The teenager, who was staying at a campground in the Chippewa National Forest, was driven to a hospital near Bemidji, where he was treated for a gash on the back of his head and canine punctures on either side of his face.
It does remind me of a joke I still tell, but was especially effective when the kids where younger and their friends were over. The conversation almost always turned to "you wouldn't believe this dream I had last night."

To which, I chime in and say:

"I had a dream once where I ate a giant marshmallow!"

(pause for dramatic effect)

"And when I woke up, my pillow was gone!"

That one reels them in like fish. Feel free to steal it.

*** Da linkage ...

*** Our paths crossed briefly when I worked at the Argus Leader, but I still remember Dick Thien's advice on a perfect sentence: A noun and a verb. Here is Jon Walker on Mr. Thien.
We played every day and every news tip as though we were down two runs in the last of the ninth. Scramble. Make the phone call. Don’t make excuses. Make readers wonder how we did it. Live another day.
*** This guy at the NY Post touches on one of my pet peeves and takes this author to the woodshed. His column: “Batman in love - Baffled by teen boys, experts keep trying to turn them into girls. Surprise - it’s not working.”
What boys need are male role models, unashamed of being men, who can teach them why masculinity is not a prison.
 *** So, where did Syria’s chemical weapons come from, you ask? Apparently, former nutburger Saddam Hussein.

*** Here's video of an unbelievably long line of people waiting to get their book signed by Mark Haugen Levin. 

 *** This week’s nominee for Don’t Go Away Mad, Just Go Away is obvious: No-talent, aspiring stripper, amateur porn star Miley Cyrus.

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