Archive for February 29th, 2008
Help me, before I read again…
February 29, 2008Maybe there should be an organization for people like me, people addicted to the famous short story published in 1901 by the writer some have called “the Mark Twain of Australia,” Henry Lawson.
I could go to meetings of others with my problem, stand up and say, “Hi, I’m Bob, and I’m addicted to ‘The Loaded Dog.’” The group’s initials would be LDAA, for Loaded Dog Anonymous Association.
We could help each other control our impulses to memorize and recite key lines from the story of a friendly dog with a bomb in his mouth. We could petition governments to declare Mark Twain “the Henry Lawson of America.” We could be, well, not alone.
Sure, I could, maybe, just go cold turkey on the dog tale, but I began to doubt my inner strength this morning when I got an email from my friend, Glenn Turner, and followed up on what he told me: anyone can read this hilarious bit of writing at a web site he’s found.
Trouble is, he gave me the URL, and I clicked on it. I had a lot to get done this morning. I had a to-do list. But there they were, on my screen, the opening lines Read the rest of this entry »