September 5, 2008

A comic who calls himself Doogie Horner and contributes to the Philadelphia group stand-up blog Comic Vs. Audience (finally, truth in advertising!) made an awesome/hilarious/frightening flowchart of “Things You Say During Sex” (picked up by the Multi-Orgasmic MetaFilter).
Is that all? Of course that’s not all! Click Here.

WARNING: This may be the silliest, most trivial, blog post I have ever made (and that’s saying something).

Last night, after actually getting to sleep at a ‘reasonable’ time, I woke up at 4:30AM, which was the approximate time I used to be occasionally awakened by the sound of the daily newspaper flopping onto my porch and the lights from the delivery truck in my front window as it turned around in from of the WendelLair. That is, until I canceled my subscription less than a week ago. Yep, no more Daily Tribble. But that’s not what this is about.

After I awoke, I, as is my practice, rolled around seeking out a comfortable position with which to resume sleeping. (I am not a single-position-sleeper) At one point, I found myself on my side with both arms stretched in front of me, so I clasped my hands together (fingers interleaved) and WHOA! suddenly became more awake, as if the act of hand-clasping had energized me. I switched from my usual left-hand-thumb-first arrangement to right-hand-thumb-first and got another strange surge of energy, but different. It made me think to myself (which I was now awake enough to do). Is this why so many people put their hands together like this when they pray? Is there a physical stimulus that this causes that’s interpreted as a spiritual energy – or could there be an actual spiritual energy – a Power of Prayer that this hand arrangement collects from the universe that…? Now I’m getting silly. Then I thought about how good it always felt holding hands with my former Significant Others, with fingers interleaved, of course, not wrapping one hand around the other. It was the nicest feeling I could get from another person with the least physical contact. (I’m not saying most pleasurable, I’m saying nicest.) Am I nuts? I’m certainly not alone. But does anybody else notice this effect? Has this ever been studied? Psychologically? Biologically? If not, can I get a research grant to do it? Is this the silliest, most trivial, blog post I have ever made?

If your first Radiohead album was a free “In Rainbows” (like me), then it makes perfect sense to get “OK Computer” for $1.99 Also good if your current mp3s of that album are under 256Kbwhatevers. VERY limited time offer. September 5th and probably most of the 6th.

I’m also sincerely tempted by Steve Miller’s Greatest Hits for $5 (through the weekend), even though it is Steve Miller, one of the cheeziest pop acts of the ’70s… I need to check my collection for cheeze content – make sure this doesn’t raise my cholesterol to a dangerous level.

UPDATE: How did I not notice this? $5 Mitch Hedburg comedy!