I forgot to tell you...

I moved out last month. Justin is no longer my roommate, and I don't see him often enough to get enough material to continue this feature (or rather, this remote corner of cyberspace). Enjoy the archive, because I'm not paying for it. It's on Blogspot's bill.

JRRR

Monday Night Football

This is kind of an old story, but I liked it. Justin and I were watching Monday Night Football, and I thought I heard some commentator say that one week "Matt Hasselbeck threw... to Moss" and I said "huh?" I explained to Justin that I am a fan of the Seahawks (the team Hasselbeck plays for), and they aren't one of the two teams I know of that have a Moss on the receiving end of pass plays (the Raiders and the Redskins). I then confessed that I wasn't a very dilligent fan, and a lesser known receiver might have escaped my attention and then had a remarkably good day. I pondered aloud whether there was a football player named "Moss" whom I might have been forgetting.

"Pete," Justin said.

"Ha ha, Justin."

"Seriously, that name sounds familiar. Pete Moss."

"Justin, peat moss is a kind of moss that grows in swamps."

"Oh," he said, laughing. And that was that.

JRRR

Justin and the civil rights movement

Some news anchor commented on a video clip that it showed African-American civil rights leaders denouncing something or other, and I noted to Justin that one of them was conspicuously white. "Maybe he's South African," Justin said.

JRRR

More on the breadfingers

Justin was talking to me about his breadfinger idea, and he said somewhat dejectedly "The whole point was so that you wouldn't have to get a spoon, but I think it might be easier just to get a spoon than to get breadfingers." I don't know why he would think that.

Later, he was expressing some concern about someone who reads this blog potentially stealing his idea. Before I could tell him that no one actually reads this blog, he continued: "If someone steals my idea - if I see breadfingers somewhere - I'll track them down and give them two or three black eyes." So there you have it. If you don't want to risk three black eyes, just don't try to make edible digits out of bread.

JRRR

The invention of the century

The invention of the century

(Note: This is my first attempt to post from Microsoft©™® Word®©™ I’m really nervous about it.)

Justin shared with me his idea for the greatest invention of the 21st century. He thinks that by 2085 we will have edible artificial nerves, allowing us to create breadstick hands for ourselves, so we can dip our hands in chili (or soup, or whatever) and then eat them! As far as I know, Justin had not been eating unidentified mushrooms (hallucinajasons) when he thought of this. He’s just the sort of person who would think of that sort of thing.

I came up with the idea of using “Breadfinger” (to the tune of “Goldfinger”) as the ad jingle. Also, I said we could have a working prototype by 2025, if we were to get ample government grant money. This deserves grant money as much as anything. Think about it: it could be a matter of national security. Actually, it can’t be a matter of national security, but it would be really cool. Imagine: hands made of bread! No denying: that would be cool in the extreme.

JRRR

A conversation with Justin

Recently I was discussing a popular tv show with Justin, and he was describing to me a substance in the show that was a "hallucinajason." I somewhat sarcastically inquired what this meant, and he said: "I'm a Republican, and if my president can have Bushisms, I can have Bushisms of my own!" He continued, "That should be a campaign promise: a Bushism in every mouth!" That's why he voted for Bush, I guess. Kindred spirits, those.

JRRR

Random house

My apartmentmate Justin is so full of random, weird observations and he just talks - apparently without direction. He predicts market trends. He pontificates on issues of the day. He moves in a weird, spasmodic way that I wish I could describe, and hope to videotape surreptitiously someday.

Current subject: back handsprings.

JRRR

Note: Justin can now almost do a "rainbow," which is where you're in a squatting position, you put one hand behind you, and you jump and do a back handspring-like move that way. Just so you know. Oct 19, '05