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“the bracelet”: a protein wisdom micro fiction

     “Hey, I have one of those, too,” he said, gesturing to his own bracelet — aware almost at once that his eagerness to claim equivalence as an afterthought had left him looking exposed and needy — the one small consolation being, he was quick to remind himself, that, no matter how he’d looked just then, at least he sounded like a needy and exposed Barry White.
     So, like, it wasn’t a total loss.

finis

44 Replies to ““the bracelet”: a protein wisdom micro fiction”

  1. and at least it didn’t clash with this tie.

  2. Pablo says:

    Shoulda worn it with the name right-side-up for easy reading, though.

  3. happyfeet says:

    Baracky wanted that man to die Vietnam style, just a nameless dead baby-killer loser. It must really gall him.

  4. Mr. Pink says:

    If only O! had been president that silly soldier would still be alive. /

  5. Pablo says:

    I won a war too, you know!

  6. Mr. Pink says:

    I have always wondered what some people define as victory. Would not victory mean not just winning the election but implementing certain policy preferences? In my book 2006 was a loss for Dems. You guys were all up in arms to “End this war” but yet when you won continued to fund and expand it. They also have the lowest approval rate in the history of polling and have accomplished jack and shit respectively. If O! does win he will be able to enact his “agenda”, but what is that? So far all I have heard is endless platitudes. If you could give me a list cleo of what you hope he will do if he wins I would appreciate it.

  7. Mr. Pink says:

    You do not have to obviously, I was simply asking. Have a nice day.

  8. happyfeet says:

    Baracky isn’t going to win. People just like to scare themselves I think.

  9. Mr. Pink says:

    Well I sure hope not. I have a feeling socialized healthcare would look something like the shittiest VA hospital and become a black hole for tax dollars. Besides that the word “racist” would be thrown around alot more since the inner-city hospitals would probably become teh Suck.

  10. mcgruder says:

    not sure about that one happyfeet.

    At some point all the no-longer employees of those collapsed mega-firms are going to be quite a voting bloc. And they are very likely thinking that the GOP is not really good at keeping a handle on things.

    If Obama wasn’t a resident of the left-liberal badlands then we’d be looking at a 1984 type pasting; as it is, O’s lefty creds (and to a lesser extent, the war in Iraq) are the only thing keeping McCain in the game. The fact that Obama doesn’t feel he needs to run to the center is interesting though. He’s thinking he has it nailed down.

    Im down for McCain till the bitter end, BTW. Its just a shame that the end is going to be bitter.

  11. Nan says:

    Hmmm. Based on the comment up-thread by that very strange cleo person, can I assume that if the Dems win next month all their many many failures over the next four years will be deemed Reagan’s fault?

  12. alppuccino says:

    “I don’t have a bracelet, but…..uh…..I have this stuffed animal given to me by…….uh…….a soldier’s mother. The marine’s name is….uh……Admiral……..uh…….Beanie……..uh……Baby..uh..fitz…..uh..wald…

    “Uh…..Mrs. Babyfitzwald asked me to carry this little stuffed manatee in honor of…..uh…….Corporal Beanie and to remind me that war is bad.”

  13. Mr. Pink says:

    Exactly cleo. Because we became a superpower thru the hard word and ingenuity of our beloved Government. All hail teh State!!!! Oh wait a minute small caviat, All hail teh State only when the State is run by the correct people.

  14. TheGeezer says:

    Self-awareness can be a curse. When one suddenly realizes vulnerability because one evidences “equivalence as an afterthought”, one might be tempted to retreat into a bargain with Jim Beam for a few hours. That reveals still more vulnerability (and more), of course, but the self-awareness part may go away for a little while.

    What hidden symbolism cleo smells is interesting, but then again crypotofascists behaving badly as Marxian pedants usually do smell interesting.

  15. McGehee says:

    can I assume that if the Dems win next month all their many many failures over the next four years will be deemed Reagan’s fault?

    Isn’t everything?

    Well, except for anything that happened before Reagan became president — then it’s Bush’s fault.

  16. LOLBama says:

    […] Jeff’s take […]

  17. Mr. Pink says:

    Am I living in a fantasy world or doesn’t Chris Dodd oversee the banking comittee in charge of this?

  18. TheGeezer says:

    Well I sure hope not. I have a feeling socialized healthcare would look something like the shittiest VA hospital and become a black hole for tax dollars.

    …which is why I’m going to have everything I won’t need in the future removed before the health care system goes public. I’m hoping that will make me less likely to get sick.

  19. easyliving1 says:

    99 Republican Nays as of now.

  20. easyliving1 says:

    It ain’t passing.

    You heard it here first.

  21. KeeKee says:

    Excuse me Happyfeet! My grandfather was in Vietnam as a Marine by choice in the beginning. He was one of only 14 that survived the Da Nang air strip massacre of our Marine Crops 19 Infantry Division. These men deserve respect and not one thing less. I can’t imagine that the bracelets have become something to be poked fun at or about. Have you not been to the wall in Washington DC and saw all the names of the Marines and Soldiers that died? Then you should go because each and every one of those names was a living, breathing, human being that was very loved by someone. War is bad, I totally agree but when you poke fun at things like this, you are spitting in the faces of every single man, woman and child that has either served, been married to someone that has served or is the child of someone that has served. To make it even worse, you are spitting in the faces of those that lose loved ones so that you can sit at your computer and type what ever they feel like typing at who evers expense. THAT’S MY OPINION!!!!

    KeeKee

  22. It will be blamed on all the fools in the RNC who believed him when he said “Government isn’t the solution to our problems, it IS the problem”

    if only they had a bracelet.

  23. THAT’S MY OPINION!!!!

    um, okay. Thanks for that.

  24. urthshu says:

    VA hospitals have really improved of late, gotta say.

  25. scooter (still not libby) says:

    When I was kid, I had some friends for whom “Kee Kee” was a scatological term. That’s all I’m saying.

  26. Mr. Pink says:

    KeeKee I am pretty sure happyfeet was being sarcastic.

  27. easyliving1 says:

    Wow, DOW is down, down, down.

  28. scooter (still not libby) says:

    An oh – if you don’t think that government is the problem, you really haven’t been paying attention to the Fannie/Freddie problem, but you’ll hear about it soon enough, I ‘spect.

  29. Pablo says:

    The House GOP just killed the bailout. 205 Yea, 228 Nay.

  30. Mr. Pink says:

    Comment by urthshu on 9/29 @ 11:45 am #
    VA hospitals have really improved of late, gotta say.

    I would rather pay than go to one honestly. I saw them pull 9 teeth out of one guys mouth in the same day. Didn’t even give the guy fake ones just ripped them out and left him with a gaping hole for a mouth. Granted the guy was from West Virginia and had a mouth that wouldn’t have needed makeup to play as an extra during a zombie movie but it still soured me on the prospect of going to any VA hospital.

  31. Salt Lick says:

    Keekee — Google “Cat Ballou, Kid Shelleen, Happy Birthday scene.” Then apologize to happyfeet. Nobody will see your red face.

  32. Sdferr says:

    It looks defeated Pabs, but the vote total continues to change slowly. Currently 207 for, 226 against, needs a vote shift of 10 to succeed.

  33. urthshu says:

    >>The House GOP just killed the bailout. 205 Yea, 228 Nay.

    Here comes the bank panic

  34. Sdferr says:

    Dont’ jump the gun urthshu, it isn’t over yet. When the people that make the rules want to break the rules, they simply ignore or change them on the fly.

  35. Mr. Pink says:

    You know I have always wanted to live thru a Depression. The idea of being so frugal that I save wrapping paper from one Christmas to the next like my great-grandmother used to has always appealed to me. That and canning my own vegetables.

  36. BJTexs says:

    KeeKee: Prickly and sensitive is no way to go through life, child.

    Try Wii tennis and a smile!

  37. Bob Reed says:

    Sonorous…

    O!

  38. Sdferr says:

    On the “What do we do in the alternative front” watch this piece from CNBC this a.m., Chris Whelan again, riding his “let the insolvent banks fail, put our money to work in the solvent banks, because we’re going to end up there in the end anyway” hobbyhorse.

  39. Sdferr says:

    So now it looks dead.

  40. B Moe says:

    “I have always wondered what some people define as victory.”

    Well, for ‘cleo we know it would have been abandoning Iraq to the terrorists, and now we can apparently add financial collapse, so it appears it defines victory as losing.

    Up is down. Loose is tight. Tom is Jerry.

  41. Swen Swenson says:

    Is it okay to dream of a day when O! wears bracelets on both wrists?

    No, pro’lly not. I denounce myself.

  42. happyfeet says:

    I give two shits about your grandfather, KeeKee. New Girl forgot to order coffee. I’m gonna walk down to the little Korean lady what makes the donuts and get some I think. They take Amex.

  43. happyfeet says:

    oh. See that was just rude. Sorry KeeKee. I didn’t have any coffee all day and I got here at 6 and I got grumpy I guess. The little Korean lady fixed me. You know what I learned? You don’t have bluetooth? Just put your phone on speaker, anchor it in your bra, and speak Korean. Same thing, really.

  44. guinsPen says:

    I was reading ‘feets and a thor broke out.

    Ouch.

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