Our slam took looks good and has done well in the competitions they have done to get ready for nationals. Its coming in AUGUST!!!

I have some thoughts that dont relate in any way to our beloved slam team or poetry in general.

1. I hate nickels. A lot of people talk about how useless pennies are because what can do with a penny now-a-days? No one has touched on how dissapointing the nickel is. How many times have you reached into your pocket and thought you had a quarter and it was only a nickel. Far too many times this happens to me and why is the dime worth twice as much and takes up half as much space? Seems like a bad idea.

2. Next time you write a check to someone write it to that person +the ghost of richard nixon. Contact me as this unfolds I really want to know how they would cash that. I recently got married and people were writing checks for mr and mrs this and that which seems useless. If you write it to me its hers as well if you write it to her its mine as well, we are at this point a singular fluid economic organism. Thats what love is about. Anyway, it got me thinking you can write a check to anyone. If I am to write a check to my mother I can write it out to her and her mailman. What is she going to do? Ask the mailman to go to the bank with her so she can cash a check? Someone has to experiment and let me know, being one fluid economic organism we don’t share my flair for experimentation.

3. Celebrities have more ways to screw up then ever, they twitter drunk tirades and leave angry voicemails and for some reason they reveal hidden racist tendencies in ways that can be constantly replayed. We as a viewing public feel a little betrayed that we have supported said celebrity in various projects over the years just to find out they have a hidden hatred of ___ that we were a part in. We need resolution. I offer a suggestion.

How about we have elections sponsored by corporations to provide an official representative that accepts major political or celebrity racist outburst apologies, for each race or minority. I’ll give a hypothetical example, Michael Keaton gets interviewed and says the holocaust never happened. Jewish people have heard this one before but I grew up loving Michael Keaton and I want him held accountable. I want him to apologize and explain his comments to Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm(he would have to be elected but he’s my candidate) some hilarious sit downs can come of this. Think of the possibilities?