Posts Tagged ‘poker’
Mike Huckabee, Considered
In which the author contemplates the former Presidential candidate’s A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit.
Just in time for Halloween comes creationist and cool dude Mike Huckabee’s jolly Christmas memoir…
God, what a snarky intro. Tough to write about this because, as an agnostic (how can anybody be anything else?), I don’t like to knock those who believe One Tuff Jew died and rose again in ye olde ancient times. Then again, Christ rarely helps me when I’m drawing to an inside straight, or when I’m trying to make a straight flush to beat another player’s obvious nut flush, and he certainly never helps me make a higher straight flush against a lower straight flush which, as He should know, would be a hand that would qualify for the bad beat jackpot in most American poker rooms.
So, rather than spew some jokey vitriol about Huckabee, I’d rather present five nuggets of received wisdom I unearthed whilst skimming A Simple Christmas. So, if you hate Huckabee, you can smile at how stupid these nuggets are and, if you like Huckabee, you can appreciate the fuck out of this blog post because I’ve done the hard work for you.
The Arts Desk Interview: David Cross
In which the author discusses issues of great and small import with comedian David Cross.
Washington City Paper: Where are you? [The author often begins interviews with this ubiquitous question. He is aware the question is not interesting, but must make small talk with his subjects in order to put them and himself at ease. Unfortunately, the sheer stupidity of the question "Where are you?" often makes him and his subjects ill at ease.]
David Cross: I just got to Austin.
How’s Austin?
It’s 90 degrees. I’m wearing a baseball cap.
One must wear a hat to cover one’s dome.
I’ve come to appreciate how perfect the baseball cap is. For a guy like me, it provides shade. But if it’s too hot, I can take it off. But when it’s chilly, it keeps me warm.
What is the purpose of stand-up comedy?
Are you serious?
