Well, Dennis' de-lurking inspired me to do the same. I'm also a longtime Gene fan. I gotta find that shifter knob for my car! I got by the bouncer by showing fake press credentials. It worked. I figured if it could get an escort into the white house press corps, it should get me into this party.
Myself, I am a big vodka mop (everybody feign surprise) and I generally knock back vodka/sodas like they are...well...soda. I have never fallen off a bar stool, but ask me sometime how I sprained my ankle after belting out Bon Jovi in a karaoke bar (because, really, if you are stuck in a freakin' karaoke bar, there is really no other choice but to drink a lot and kick out some Jovi). Another reason I am writing is that the name Dennis Rogers sounds familiar. Perchance, did you do time in a Catholic school in Northern Virginia? I won't mention the name, but the statue of its namesake routinely featured an impaled Bud can at the end of its sword. Whoever kept doing that was really persistent and apparently loved to drink a lot of bad beer. Oh, chatters, this was magical place where under the gentle guidance of Sister Thaddeus, Sister Justin, and Sister Charles, we learned how to subdue the human race into our doing our nefarious bidding...I mean, we learned about all the great work the Church does throughout the world. What goes on in that room behind the altar? We could tell you, but we'd have to kill you. And no, THAT never went on. Get your mind out of the gutter. Besides, have you ever SEEN Father Spychala? Even at age 10, my standards weren't that low. --- In [email protected], Dennis Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > Longtime Gene fan. Just began posting recently - since things were quiet I thought I could crash the party while the bouncer wasn't looking. I was wondering if Gene has given any updates about his comic strip? Are you picturing something inaccessible like Zippy (at least to the 3-digit SAT'ers like myself) or something brilliant like Pearls Before Swine. And no, this isn't Stephan Pastis writing. Are there any other Gene outlets that I don't know of? I'm thinking he's gotta be on Ham radio somewhere. > > As for drinks, I agree with someone earlier, Areofilm I think. I loved gin and tonics and vodka tonics, but the sugar became too much. I tried diet tonic, and it's just atrocious. So I settled on gimlets. You can get pretty hammered without that bloated feeling. And I do have such a reputation. This morning a woman I work with came in and proudly showed me her bruises from falling off a barstool last night. So we discussed our histories of barstool terminal velocity for a half hour.
