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Mar 30 10: More Fun With Headlines
As seen on Towleroad today:
DOCTOR WHO USED ‘SHOCK’ THERAPY TO ‘CURE’ GAYS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF DOZENS OF MALE PATIENTS
I was very happy to see that I was not the only person who had a “Wait, David Tennant did what?” moment there.
In other news, I’m still looking for work. Perhaps I should offer my services to Towleroad as a copy editor.
Mar 16 10: Andrew Is Easily Amused, Example No. 31,287
It may astonish you, gentle reader, to hear that jobs are not thick upon the ground at present. To facilitate my networking, which I am doing nigh unto my own demise, I think it would behoove me to have some sort of distributable premium. A card, perhaps, with my name and contact information — one that fits easily into a wallet or a vest pocket. I hear those are good.
I should probably include a line just below my name that describes what I do and thereby jogs the memory of the recipients when they draw it from their pockets and wallets and whatnot. The obvious text would be something like WRITER • EDITOR, of course, but I am this close to going with SUPER GENIUS instead. Because what says professional competence better than a reference to a 58-year-old Warner Brothers cartoon?
To wit, Operation: Rabbit, 1952. Yes, the card the coyote presents at the start of the picture just says “Genius,” but this line is a deathless classic of Western drama, and I defy you to say otherwise.
Plus, Bugs’s take to the camera at 0:17 is Chuck Jones at his best.