Some things are too ridiculous to even mention. But not for “We’re just sayin…” The other day for example, I heard that
Larry Summers was going to be the new Chairman of the Fed. And why not? He is a genius. He has no interpersonal skills, but that job
does not require them. He was a
failure at Harvard…. But that was because he knew everything and no one else
new anything. Not a good idea to
let that be known when you are working at one of the great American
Universities. He’s not a likable
guy. He’s not the kind of guy that
you want to have a drink with and shoot the shit. Nope not Larry.
The time I spent with him was in the Clinton White
House. There were a number of
people who were geniuses (genii?)
, the President was the only one of these smart people who had
interpersonal skill, which sometimes he couldn’t control. But that has nothing
to do with this blob. There
will no mention of names since most of those people have thankfully, disappeared. When you had a meeting with Larry you
could be sure of two things. He
wasn’t going to look at you (maybe he was afraid of women), and he wouldn’t be
wearing his shoes.
Does it matter if you don’t wear shoes in the White
House? Only as much as it matters
if you put your feet up on the table in the Indian Treaty room. So now when I hear that Larry is going
to get appointed to one of the most powerful jobs in the nation, I see him
wandering the halls in socks (at least he left his socks on), always making
important decisions. Maybe he thinks with this feet and when he wears shoes he
feels like he is being strangled.
At 3:30 this morning, I awoke to David watching a Hallmark
movie on Hallmark ON Demand and
talking about how bad the movie was.
David never watches Hallmark Channel. Admittedly, I do watch the
Hallmark channel and when I do, David says I’m turning into my mother. Well, what did he expect? However, I didn’t even know there
was a Hallmark on Demand possibility. The movie, (and why I remember
this is unexplainable), was called “The Wild Girl”. It took place about 1930 and was about Apache Indians, a
photographer, (who David said didn’t know how to hold a camera), a female
anthropologist, two Apache guides (good guys), and a small Apache tribe (bad
guys). It would be impossible to tell you more than that because David was
doing commentary as if he was the Characters on Mystery Science Theater
3000. If you don’t remember this
show, find it somewhere, it was hilarious. On a scale of 1 to 10, the whole movie experience would get
a 12 in terms of ridiculous. Not
only because the movie was horrible, but the time was either too late or early,
and we watched the whole damn thing.
What can I say?
Every once in a while you just remember or experience things that are
ridiculous. And all too often, or
perhaps not often enough, we spend
time reflecting on things we love, or hate or the frustrations we encounter in
every day life. Recipes, critical reactions to theater, TV, movies, restaurants or .politics, it is equally important
to find reasons to make us laugh.
And that’s our favorite thing to do (other than eat.) We’re just sayin’… Iris
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