He wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there
And when she finished, he called her over
But Rico went a bit too far
Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew, and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?
--Barry Manilow, "Copacabana"
Introductions out of the way and intent(s) clearly stated, let's get this bitch rocking--and like the bumper sticker says, "If this van's a-rockin', don't come a knockin'." Good advice, trustworthy advice, advice that was coined by the one and only J. Glerum. Sure, he'll try to be humble and pass it off as an old truism--"some dusty old chestnut that's been banging around for decades," he'll claim--but trust me: I was there when J. coined it, and I was there in the years following, as that statment's impact began to be felt.
I'm not going to lie, here: There have been some, shall we say, "issues" between J. and I over this blog. Yes, already. Call them growing pains, call them inevitable skirmishes, call them mere kerscuffles hardly worthy of mention. But they have to be acknowledged, and they have to be dealt with. J. wants some things out of this blog that I'm neither prepared for nor comfortable with, and I daresay vice versa--but this is no insurmountable impasse, friends! This is a mere speed bump on the road! A mere fleck on the glass, that, with a quick spritz of metaphorical Windex, will be banished forevermore, relegated only to memory! We will pass it, and Tag Team Back Again will prove worthy of its promise, will justify its great potential and hype.
Friends, it is Christmastime, that time of awkward greetings and forced social situations and uncomfortable hugs with creepy, malodorous relatives, and we are spread across this country--across this world--like butter scraped over too much bread, as a certain Tolkien character might posit. But let us allow Tag Team Back Again to bring us back together, to pull tight the thread that binds us. For whatever squabbles and tiffs might besmirch this vaunted enterprise, they shall be mere footnotes--if that!--in the grand history of our notable lives!
(See, J.? Now that's a fucking blog post. Jesus Christ. Get your shit together already.)
I'm not going to lie, here: There have been some, shall we say, "issues" between J. and I over this blog. Yes, already. Call them growing pains, call them inevitable skirmishes, call them mere kerscuffles hardly worthy of mention. But they have to be acknowledged, and they have to be dealt with. J. wants some things out of this blog that I'm neither prepared for nor comfortable with, and I daresay vice versa--but this is no insurmountable impasse, friends! This is a mere speed bump on the road! A mere fleck on the glass, that, with a quick spritz of metaphorical Windex, will be banished forevermore, relegated only to memory! We will pass it, and Tag Team Back Again will prove worthy of its promise, will justify its great potential and hype.
Friends, it is Christmastime, that time of awkward greetings and forced social situations and uncomfortable hugs with creepy, malodorous relatives, and we are spread across this country--across this world--like butter scraped over too much bread, as a certain Tolkien character might posit. But let us allow Tag Team Back Again to bring us back together, to pull tight the thread that binds us. For whatever squabbles and tiffs might besmirch this vaunted enterprise, they shall be mere footnotes--if that!--in the grand history of our notable lives!
(See, J.? Now that's a fucking blog post. Jesus Christ. Get your shit together already.)
1 comment:
If you guys need a friendly ear to talk to, please don't hesitate to call me. i am here for both of you and will not side with one over the other. Lets start with this approach: when the next "episode" happens, J posts naked pictures of erik on www.hotornot.com and erik writes a poem about hobbits raping J. in sterry hall. This would seem to be a good compromise to both sides. Please call at any hour if i can be of more assistance...i am a doctor.
James
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