Golby echoes Locke’s drumbeat of demystification with a post today that contains a post within the post and in other ways provides strong echos of Hamlet and competition for Shakespeare in this modern genre.
These two posts, "Kate’s Difficult Life" and "Finding Kate Moss" should be read together.
Mike’s passionate coverage of the American Global War has been interrupted by an urge to explore some pop cultural nuances in the context of his own life and history. "I write," he says. "It’s what I do. Nothing else matters."
I have often explained to my children that they come from a long line of
unremarkable people. Much as we’d like to assume otherwise, we all do. I have
also explained to them that none of us had happy childhoods. Much as we’d like
to assume otherwise, none of us did. – Mike Golby
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madamelevy 11.28.05 at 10:42
(pinglee’s joke btw)
what’s kate moss’s favourite tv show?
who’s line is it anyway.
Mike Golby 11.28.05 at 2:39
Thanks for your kind words, Colonel. (Damn, I wonder… Nah… your rank was earned as an EGR Irregular of Reknown. You’re certainly not my grandfather. Are you?)
As for PingLee, Madame, I’d keep an eye on that one (well, I won’t, but you know what I mean). Cathryn, my youngest, appears remarkably similar–hair colourants are bloody expensive and, as for the music… well, it’s not that I disapprove, but it just ain’t the same (I can handle NIN, Tool, and others, but the rest–especially their friends’ bands–are beyond me). What’s it with these kids? It’s like they’ve grown up without parents or something–and benefitted hugely.
Where’d we go wrong? Or right?
Apologies, Frank. Parental stuff and all that. You know the drill. Been there, done that, have the T-shirt, nervous tic and bottles of sedatives…
BTW Leslie, you can also give your daughter a piece of my mind. Kate would never dream of getting involved with stuff like that. She’s such a lovely girl…
Dean Landsman 11.28.05 at 4:35
You’re writing about the Deep Pack Chopper?! Yes, send one right away! And any other Ron Popeil products you’ve got. Doncha love that holiday shopping!
We put some Kate Moss on our lawn. It turned the grass white, and then it only lasted a few moments before there was this need to put more on the lawn. We love their marketing: “blow a gram and enjoy the effects!”
On the Bizarro planet Deepak Chopra and Katie Littleteenyshapelessthingwhomodelswhennotdoingblow are getting married and raising llamas. They both make a mistake, though, and yell out HOLY COW! whenever the beast appears on TV.