Have you seen this suspect? If so, contact the authorities immediately! Rodney Stanger is to be considered armed and…dangerous?
…and before I forget, congrats go out to the Steelers on winning Super Bowl 43. It’s lucky that the final sack of Warner wasn’t reviewed. To me it looked like his arm was going forward. Why this play didn’t warrant a second look from the officials I couldn’t say. Seemed a bit odd, that’s all. But when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro, eh?
At the top of his game, Steve Martin was an absolute madman. This poet philosopher gave it all spilling blood on stage entertaining the masses and managing a strange kind of weirdness on the printed page. In his book Cruel Shoes Steve Martin lamented on the wanton destruction of priceless architecture, questioned the assumed ignorance of canines, and mocked the malaise of simpleminded friends. Equal parts poet and renegade, his minimized style of storytelling made for a quick read, but had wit enough to demand multiple readings.
Before he sunk so low as to make a “Pink Panther 2” sequel, Steve Martin was on the cutting edge of comedy. Though I’m not quite old enough to have had the opportunity to witness firsthand his psychotic demented genius on stage, I was still lucky enough as a kid to stumble across a first edition of Cruel Shoes in the 80′s and instantly fell in love with his unbalanced, intelligent stream-of-consciousness style of writing.
If anybody doubts how cool Steve Martin was, check out his business card.
Cruel Shoes is a handsome novel to have in any collection. It’s one that is guaranteed to be targeted by anyone casually perusing your book collection. It’s easy to find online (although getting up there in price) and is well worth purchasing if only for that gratifying ”wtf” factor it elicits from friends.
My personal favorite entry from Cruel Shoes is “Serious Dogs”. Enjoy!
Here’s to starting things anew. Hope everyone has a great New Year’s eve and manages to stay warm while out celebrating tonight.
Special thanks to everyone for taking the time to visit this humble blog. Looking forward to sharing stories and reciprocal links with you in 2009. In the meantime, I tip my glass to you. Happy New Year!
ProTip: If it gets too cold, wrap your head in bacon to stay warm.
