a bon voyage and a fond farewell my readers....

So I am reading this great book about China right now and I found a gem for you guys:

 

"Perhaps the strangest panic occurred in 1993 in Chongqing, a huge riverside metropolis in central China. A tale spread that an American-made robotic zombie had gone out of control and escaped from the United Stated to Chongqing. "The zombie specialized in eating children wearing red clothes, and it was said to have devoured several kids already," reported the Chongqing Legal News, an official newspaper. In the resulting frenzy, many children refused to go to school. Parents protected their "little emperors" by fashioning crosses out of chopsticks and putting cloves of garlic in their book bags. The result was a sudden garlic shortage in Chongqing. The mayor's office was forced to address the issue and order a new round of "ideological work on teachers and students to calm them down and make them at ease about going to school.""

 

Nicholas Kristoff, former Beijing chapter chief for the NYTimes.

 

I figured since small children (especially school aged children) are afraid of AJP as well (particularly his 360 dunk) it was only appropriate to note one more thing he has in common with large, American, robotic zombies. You know?

 

FFAA: A few of his favorite things....

ties, maroon and gold, AZ, poker, Howard Zinn, David Sedaris, elephants, properly functioning radiators, d-blacks, march madness, not-Tucson, the interwebs, xmas and thanksgivings here (particularly at 2 in the morning), TeachForAmericans, fencing, Lewis Black, Chris Rock, 5th Grade, loose calls, people who pronounce "Draught" properly, microbrew rootbeer, peanutbutter and banana, nixon's, allpeers, weezer, 50, cake, deathcab, J5, outkast, toast on 22's, postal service, shakira, sufjan stevens, arcade fire, new beligums, the brain trust, naps, home cooking, and just about anything brown.

 

Anyway, it's been great sending out mindless words into the great oblivion we know as the interwebs (at least those who are witting know it as that, right MLR? (pronouced muh-lar)). AJP will return from Buenos Aires tomorrow and you will once again bask in the greatness of the bloggin-king atop his royal throne. It's been real.

 

the beaz.

 

ps: winner fo the AJP initial contest - Amy Mcbeth with "Almost Just Peed" FTW (for the win). Congrats. You win the satisfaction of knowing that AJP will have to hear that refrain repeatedly until someone comes up with a better one. Let's just say they have their work cut out for them. You can rest easy, Amy, rest easy indeed.