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Sleeping in the Lion’s Den

Ryan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:19:42 +0000

Many years ago, before there was dirt, my family and I lived in upstate New York. While there we had some neighbors who became good friends of the family. We soon started a tradition of exchanging Christmas gifts with each other. Despite all odds, the gift exchange has endured. I must give props to both our neighbors and my parents for this because we moved away from upstate NY in 1985. I probably would have given up on the gifts around 1986. However, I am truly happy for the gifts they give. Often they include something homemade. Our wedding gifts were handmade teddy bears wearing the exact style dress and tuxedo we wore at our wedding. That was pretty good, but their Christmas gift topped even that. Feast your eyes on my new lion pillow cases. Hell yeah! I immediately replaced my crappy Bed, Bath & Beyond pillow cases. That’s right, Ryan “Like a Lion” finally has a pillow case worthy of his kingly head. Katie was a bit reluctant to have them on the bed at all – much less on my side – but once I gave her the lion-like pose you see in this picture, she relented. I also received a small lion figurine. It stands guard over my cubicle entrance at work. So, thank you for the Christmas gifts, thank you very much.

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Zombies are REAL!

Ryan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:44:57 +0000

This morning I learned from the Washington Post that zombies are real. This insightful information came from the Washington Post’s (book) bestseller list – specifically the non-fiction section. Webster’s dictionary defines fiction as, “something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically: an invented story.” Non-fiction would be the opposite of fiction, or something REAL. You can imagine that I was quite surprised to find “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” sitting at #4 of the non-fiction list. Jane Austen’s original novel would, I’m sure, be categorized as fiction. It is fiction because none of its abysmally boring love motifs actually happened. With the addition of zombies we finally have an accurate historical record of Austen’s 19th century events – hence the categorization of the updated novel as “non-fiction.” For those of you who find the thought of zombies discomforting or even frightening, I direct your attention to the 7th bestselling non-fiction book, “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead.” I’m sure this guide provides many handy techniques for dealing with those pesky zombies you didn’t even know existed until now. Happy zombie hunting!

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