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Sunday, July 02, 2006

Doffing the cap

Hi folks, I’m Lindsay’s co-guestblogger, Chris Clarke. You might know me from such comments as “Dorky Snark” and “The Perfect Smarm.” I’m a little distracted today: I seem to be momentarily famous this weekend for having abused the young Eliot to smack down Jeff “Chirpy” Goldstein.

While I appreciate the extremely generous kudos I’ve received, I have to say the experience is not unlike being approached by the MacArthur people for having idly crushed a slug with my boot. Nonetheless, as we know from the operant conditioning folks, positive reinforcement will only encourage a guy like me, and so, predictably, I’m hard at work on Round Two. This is what I’ve got so far:

I wish the gent
would go get bent.

But I’m blocked after that. Any suggestions? Seems too short to me. Working title: A Little Deertick Of No Importance.

As for subjects of actual consequence, over the next few days I’ll be checking in from the road as I do fieldwork for a piece I’m writing on the environmental impacts of the Bush Administration’s border fence. Days luxuriating on dusty hikes in 105 degree heat, and then evenings with the laptop and wi-fi. What could be better?

In the meantime, feel free to suggest topics even less deserving of tribute poetry than the one I’ve chosen above.  Horowitz hairstyling tips haiku? Fred Phelps free verse? There must be some others.

Posted by Chris Clarke on 07/02 at 11:47 AM
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