A certain publication (which shall remain nameless) is getting a little sloppy with funds disbursement lately, as in payment for services rendered. Gentle reminders have failed to spur management to action, as have mumbling, grumbling, bitching, moaning, complaining, cursing, and the usual heavy-handed hints of dire consequences.
So now it’s time for direct action. If I don’t see a check for the agreed-upon amount in my mailbox by close of business Christmas Eve, the chubby lil’ snowman gets one right in the top snowball. The iceman goeth, get me?
Oh, who am I kidding? Nobody gets Eugene O’Neill references anymore. Not even chubby lil’ snowmen decked out in sheriff’s suits who suddenly find themselves playing a bit part in a two-bit drama. But he’ll get a hot lump of 158-grain coal under his 10-gallon hat if I don’t get my money.
Mad Blog Media 
Pat,
As soon as I saw this post the “sheriff scene” from Blazing Saddles popped in to my head. Sorry, coudn’t help it. Good luck with the car repairs.
Doug. G. from Deeeetroit
“O lawdy, o lawd, he des’prit — do what he say … do what he saaaayy. . . .”
Man, I love that movie. It’s twue, it’s twue, it’s twue.
Is that the same gun you use to scare the kids off your lawn come Spring? 🙂
Smith and Wesson 38 special?
The Blazing Saddles scene came to mind here, too. Good luck with whoever, Patrick. With VN or BRAIN, or whoever.
Oh ye of little faith. Although unlikely in today’s movie environs, some of us have ben seasoned by the 4 hr epic on the human condition (cycling ain’t the only endurance sport!).
Khal,
Actually, that’s a Smith & Wesson Model 19 Combat Magnum, circa 1980. Entirely unsuitable for carrying about in a cycling-jersey pocket, as it weighs more than most of today’s bikes. Which reminds me of another movie, “Snatch,” wherein the sneaky fuckin’ Russian Boris the Bullet Dodger says, “Heavy is good. If if does not work, you can always hit him with it.”
Love Mel Brooks, but ‘I Shot the Sheriff” followed immediately by that National Lampoon cover.
Must be my east coast upbringing.
Do you want I should send a threatening e-ail to the un-named employer?
I liked the K-frame for its light weight and ease of carrying. My stepdad, a much bigger framed guy than me, liked the N-frame revolver better.
That ten to one ratio of hot to target loads reminds me of a story. I was out shooting with a Rochester buddy one day and we were putting some pretty tame handloaded wadcutters through his 357 magnum (N-frame). Being a practical joker, my friend Bob snuck a factory-load 357 magnum into the cylinder amongst the target loads and handed me the gun, just to get a rise of out me. Yup, he sure did…
Merry Christmas to all,
Khal
Makes you wonder if Shakespeare or someone first came up with this, and it reemerges every 20 years or so.
http://tinyurl.com/9vv6wj
BS has aged surprisingly well. I saw Young Frankenstein the other day and laughed at the six funny parts that I remembered but slept through the rest.
Patrick,
I hope that your direct action will get the goods… and everyone gets out of the situation unscathed.
I must admit I needed the wikipedia for the Eugene O’neill reference, but I will be sure to check out the iceman cometh now.
hope all is well, merry christmas.
solidarity,
Josh Keogh
Patrick, FYI
http://www.antilabelblog.com/
Tom Waits – Best Live Act of 2008
Paste magazine has announced their “10 Best Live Music Acts of 2008″ with Tom Waits topping the list: “Tom Waits #1 – This year’s tour was announced with a fake press conference and covered an almost random swath of the American landscape. But it proved once again that when Johnny Cash passed away, Waits became the coolest cat on planet earth.”
They’ll get no argument from me or probably anyone else who saw the tour…read the rest of the list here.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2008/12/10-best-live-music-acts-in-2008.html?p=10