Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Truck Nuts

I saw them again today: truck nuts. No, I am not talking about people who REALLY like their trucks; I am talking about people who have attached a set of nuts just under the trailer hitch of their truck. I am talking about trucks with balls, cojones, huevos, stones, James and the Giant Peaches (minus James), manberries, testes, Jimmy’s Fun Sack, family jewels, or the scrotum synonym of your choice. This is only the second time I have seen them. The first time, I was behind a very large truck. It had a chrome nut sack that drew my eye along their parabolic path as they pendulously swung before me. I was instantly fascinated with them, and not just because I am a big homo. They possessed an ineffable quality that somehow transcended their blatant sexuality. Plus, they were shiny. The pair I saw today was quite different: just a small red plastic affair on the back of an equally small and red pickup truck. They put me in mind of a mongrel dog: they had no transcendence, only a bald maleness not frequently seen in our (or at least not my) society today. I almost honked so I could ask him where he got them. But the thought of asking a man, because you know it weren’t no woman behind the wheel, where he acquired his truck nuts required more cool than I could summon in my postprandial, pre-work daze.

Monday, March 29, 2004

"Out"er space

I want to form my own astronomy society. Not because I am into astronomy, although I do think it is totally cool. I just want to make T-shirts and bumper stickers that say "I love Uranus."

Friday, March 26, 2004

All oak trees must be destroyed

I hate being sick. I hate oak trees even more, because they make me sick. Stupid pollen counts in the 900s. Stupid acorns that roll everywhere and make you trip. Stupid squirrels moving into my attic making skitter scratch noises at all hours of the night. Before any of you squirrel lovers out there go jumping on my case, realize this: squirrels are just rats with puffy tails and better P.R. Stupid rodent Madison Avenue. Enough rambling; time for more medicine.

Monday, March 22, 2004

I'd like some cheese with my whine

Ever have one of those days where you brush your teeth with shaving cream, shave with lotion, and put toothpaste on your face after you're done? Yeah. Me either.

Friday, March 19, 2004

Crushed by the weight of her own irony

The other day I was driving behind this woman. Since I could not see anything around her enormous SUV, I was looking at her license plate. She had one of those specialty plates that said “End Breast Cancer” or something to that effect. I had no sooner finished reading her license plate than I saw her flick a cigarette butt out the window. Apparently, she doesn’t give a ripe red ass about LUNG cancer.