Theoretical musings (Injokes Inside!)

I got sick right before Labor Day and was too tired to respond to some posts and I think I just straight missed other posts, so I'm gonna jam a bunch of junk in here to feel like I've accomplished something.

Relating to Nate's Cocke County post and Ron's response, I have two stories. First, I own a copy of the Citizen Tribute (Morristown's daily bird-cage liner) that has the words "Pubic Health" in the headline. It was a typo of "Public Health" and it only made it into about 1000 copies before the error was corrected. I worked for the paper in the mail room, so that's how I got a copy. That's only tangentially related, but there you go.

Second, at Morristown West the innuendo leading to the Cocke County game was "Beat the Cocks" (har!). That lead to a really sad incident whereupon the day of the game a goth/alternative girl was forced to wash "excessive" eyeshadow off of her face because it was inappropriate while the entire fucking football team and cheerleading squad were walking around the school wearing shirts that read "Beat the Cocks." The slogan was also prominently displayed in the gymnasium during the pep rally. Jake Palumbo will now remember the fury he felt whenever he heard Principal Reed pronounce the word "gymnasium" and hit himself.

I looked at That Other Site after the announcement of 10,000 hits in one month and wondered if it was actual hits or page views. Hits being unique visits to the site and page views being number of views total. Page views will be a skewed number on a message board and entirely irrelevant, although Nate put the announcement in severe perspective and shat upon it from a very, very great height.

Speaking of ToS, is Ron's random labeling of posts ToS a rib on Steger or something? Keep us updated. Also, congrats on getting that essay published. See if they've got a position for me as copy editor.

That public access video was like a really good SNL skit. People would get two or three sentences into a very valid argument for or against gun control and then just blurt out obscenities. The next clip, the obscene preacher, is sampled on Sean Price's "Jesus Price Superstar", which is a very good album. And yes, SGM TV is the next step in the Multimedia Empire.