Dream

I had this dream that a friend of mine had a baby. She had a baby and she filled her baby's crib with water. She put the baby in the crib, dropped it in the water, and left the baby there.

The baby didn't die. It lay there surrounded by water.

"Now when the bay cries, it won't wake me up," she said. "Because the baby will be crying under the water. Look."

She pulled the baby from the water, and the baby coughed a little and started to yell and cry. "And now," she said, and she dropped the baby back in the water. The baby's face was screwed and pinched, and its mouth was wide, wide open. The baby was, under the water, screaming and crying. We couldn't hear a thing.

"Pretty smart, huh?" said my friend. "And when I take the baby for a walk," she said, and she pointed at a metal pail filled with water.

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Today, Obama is president. He's the first African-American president. That's pretty great.

Also, though, Joe Biden is, like, the 44th white male in a row to be Vice President. That's gotta be some sort of record, too, isn't it?

Take heart, white males. You are still totally undefeated in the "elected to Vice President of the United States of America" category. You still totally rule that one.

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Youtube allows you to watch the movie Rock and Rule. You should watch it. Lou Reed and Iggy Pop are in it.

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Berta, Berta - Branford Marsalis

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UPDATE:

I forgot to mention EVER by my friend Blake. EVER arrived to me a couple of days ago. I read it aloud to myself. It's an enormously satisfying book, and Blake is—as we already knew—a really talented writer. Go buy a copy already.