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You’ve Been Piped!

Hello everyone! I got busy with the census and organizing my pencil sharpening business and also staring out the window, so I neglected the ol’ blog for a hot minute. But now I’m back. Am I better than ever? Usually when someone comes back, they’re better than ever. So let’s assume I am.

To prove I’m better than ever, I’m going to link to this amazing article about Daniel Pipes, who is one of my favorite conservative pundits/theorists. Daniel Pipes is one of the leading experts on “Islamofascisto-terrorism-amists,” the Muslims who would do us harm. And his “Islamofascism-dar” is so sensitive, he can pick up on threats the rest of us don’t even see.

Like for instance, the new Miss USA is Muslim. You might think, “That’s cool, I’m glad not all Muslim women wear veils,” or, “I’ll take a bikini over a burqa any day!” or “Mama mia! That’s a sexy Muslim lady!” But Daniel Pipes finds it all very suspicious. He refers to the “surprising frequency of Muslim women winning beauty contests.”

First of all, Daniel Pipes looks like an R-rated hypnotist. “Tonight at the Laff Barn: R-rated hypnotist DANIEL PIPES will have you rolling — AND BLUSHING — in the aisles! You’ll see your friends do things they never thought you’d see them do! Get ready for raunchy, randy fun with Daniel Pipes! Opening act: The outrageous insult comedy of Norman Podhoretz! $20 cover / 2 drink minimum.”

Secondly, maybe all those Muslim women are winning beauty contests because they’re totally beautiful! And isn’t that a good thing? We should be in favor of Muslim women prancing around in bikinis and winning American beauty contests because that’s precisely the type of thing that must drive al-Qaeda up the wall. What better evidence that American culture’s gravitational force is irresistible? Ha ha, we win! and all that.

But of course, Daniel Pipes doesn’t want Muslims to assimilate into American culture because then who would he get paid to make everyone afraid of?

People Are Getting Excited …

A nice email from reader MR, who knows which side her pencil’s sharpened on:

I have this wretched plastic pencil sharpener that does such a bad job. In the middle of my efforts to sharpen my pencil … I instead broke off the entire tip due to shoddy sharpener-manufacture, and a thought, unbidden, floated into my mind: “damn these mass-produced faceless corporate pencil sharpeners! If only I had ordered artisanal pencil sharpening from David Rees, Inc.!”

Don’t worry … soon all your pencil-related prayers will be answered!

“It takes a craftsman to truly sharpen a pencil.”

“Measure twice, sharpen once.”

Pencil-Sharpening Business Update

I’m like the Timothy Treadwell of pencils. I know the risks. I know they’re dangerous. But I can’t stay away … I feel a deep connection to these unthinking beasts.

Readers Write RE: “Use Somebody” Friday Face-Off

I forgot to post some of the nice feedback I got regarding the Kings of Leon Friday Face-Off.

Reader JT took my advice and watched all of our 3rd place video

I don’t always watch the videos all the way through, but you convinced me this time… AND HOW GLAD I AM. When they busted into “Bad Romance,” it transcended heaven and earth. From now on I’ll always watch every goddamn video.

Reader PR is also a big fan of video #3:

All I can say is that if 3d place wasn’t good enough to win I don’t think I’ll be able to handle 1st and 2d.


When Smithsonian opens its Youtube Wing I hope they name you Asst. Curator.


FFOs are here to stay.

Umm … excuse me: “Assistant Curator?” Why wouldn’t I be Head Curator AND Assistant Curator? “Does not compute.”

And for all those who have written in demanding another Friday Face-Off … I’ll get one up soon, I promise!

My New Business: First Promotional Item Already In Hand!

That was quick! Thanks to Mike Houston of Cannonball Press for designing and printing the logo for my new business!

More information next week on 1.) how to get a copy of this print and 2.) how to get your pencils sharpened by ME.

Artisanal Pencil Sharpening Business

I’ve been having so much sharpening #2 pencils at my U.S. Census training, I’ve decided to open a mail-order artisanal pencil-sharpening business.

Basically you’ll mail me your unsharpened #2 pencils and I will hand-sharpen them and mail them back to you. This service won’t be cheap, because each pencil will receive my undivided attention.

More details soon … for now, let me just say I really enjoy being a total genius!

Disorienting

Are you kidding? Look at how early it is. Amazing. I have to drive in my car to a secret location for the first day of census training. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s census time!