August 06, 2004

vol. 12 issue 30

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August 6 , 2004

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Nerdy Blogger Wittig's Equally Nerdy Friend Allen Humiliated by His French
Girl Friend

Can You Believe the Moron Wrote About Her on the Web! And She Saw It!

ACADEMICIAN VERNATSKIY STATION, ANTARCTICA ---A lovely penguin with a particularly sharp and intensely colored beak announced today that the hapless "Allen" (a co-blogger with blogging idiot R. Wittig of Nowheresville, Northern Hemisphere), has just made a giant ass of himself. Allen underestimated the ability and willingness of his new love interest to tune in to the internet to read his dull natterings. And when she did --- kaboom! Fireworks!

Blogs are Utter Waste of Natural Resources

Penguin-led Commission Issues Scathing Report

MAWSON STATION, ANTARCTICA ---A highly intelligent (and comely) commission reports today that the amount of energy that some human beings pour into working on their dumb web logs ("blogs") could power an Antarctic research station for nearly seven years.
"And that means seven years of humans giving free fish hand-outs to the local penguin population simply because they are so darned good-looking," a spokebird iterated in a press conference earlier today.
"So on the one hand you have a bunch of stale writing no one is interested in, and on the other you have penguins getting all the free fish they so richly deserve," the spokesbird spat. "It's hardly a contest."pingu1.jpg

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Fools Continue
to Attempt Censorship
of Penguin Publication

Teeny Tiny Times Target of Repressive Acts in Ridiculous Northern Hemisphere

ACADEMICIAN VERNATSKIY STATION, ANTARCTICA --- Some idiotic weblogs are continuing to try to supress the publication of the Teeny Tiny Times in their columns, despite the fact that the TTT is clearly the most interesting, pertinent, eloquent, attractive, apt, thoughtful, meaningful, finely-written, and appealing material that has ever appeared under their mastheads.
I mean, conme on! Do you think anyone is really interested in how many more chachkis you've added to your chachki collection in the last two days? Unless, of course, you collect beautiful penguin figurines, in which case --- more power to you!

In fact, we might recommend that you create a nice ice-flow diorama in which to place your beautiful penguin figurines, an ice flow diorama featuring plenty of yummy fish just lying in rows on the surface, ready to be eaten.

Sight of Lovely Penguins Brings Delight to Sane Primates

Mentally Healthy Homanids Love the Magnificent Birds, Institute Finds

NOVALAZAROVSKAYA STATION, ANTARCTICA -- Just looking at a penguin or an image of a penguin for less than 12 minutes a day can bring some primates a level of contentment and joy that they have rarely experienced in their sad, empty, tall, long-legged lives.
"Something about penguins just reeks of intelligence," a penguin of superior beauty commented in an off-hand way Tuesday. "How could you look at a penguin and not say to yourself --- dang! the Great Bird sure knew what She was doing when She created this unbelievably good-looking species!"

Posted by teeny tiny times at 05:40 PM

our story so far

  ROB stands in the ENGINE ROOM of www.robtwit.net, his HANDS COVERED WITH GREASE, pieces of the WEBLOG MACHINERY spread out on the floor around him.  

Our story so far? . . . well . . . .

Let's see . . . Allen is facing a crisis in his new relationship since his lady friend discovered our blog. Word has it that there have been phone calls between Allen and Liselot, and another call has been scheduled for the weekend . . . we all have our fingers crossed for them. We like them.

'wordsman and Beverly are canoeing in Canada. They're due to come back --- recharged and full of a million new projcct ideas --- around mid-August.

I, Rob, am sticking around home to overhaul the blog. Mostly behind the scenes stuff.

I did already get rid of the penguins! I closed the loophole they were hacking into, so we won't be seeing them again. Whoever that was, 'fess up please! We are just curious about how you did it . . . not to mention why.

So . . . robwit.net will be back in motion mid-August. Everyone stay cool until then!

Posted by rob at 03:29 AM

August 05, 2004

yikes!

  ROB sits on his back porch. It is the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. He stares into the dark, MOONLIT GARDEN.  

r8.jpgWell, dear readers, Allen's new love interest Liselot showed up to write with us. Surprised? We were!

Welcome, Liselot!

Allen' s not the only one who is mightily embarrassed. We're all feeling pretty sheepish about having written so much about you in public like this.

I apologize. You seem like a great person. I appreciate your trying to be understanding.

I mostly feel bad about the effect this has on your and Allen's relationship. It seemed like you had a good thing going. And Allen's blogwriting proves he cares about you, right?

Liselot, I know you may not be ready to hear this right now, r9.jpgbut for what it's worth --- Allen is a good guy, a good designer, a good friend. If there's any way for you to find in your heart to give him another chance ---- to view what happened here in the last month as a cool, weird, funny courtship story to tell, together, years from now --- I beg you to do it!

Posted by rob at 07:17 AM

August 04, 2004

i also can hear you

This is certainly a very sad little society you have gathered here, Allen, to talk about me as if I don't exist.

Only because I don't like computers does not mean I cannot use them when I need.

I am myself at my home and I decide to search on the Internet for Allen and there you are, discussing me. Hello, I can discuss also!

How it is very amusing that your friends tell you many of the same ideas that I tell you. Your fears of politics and and of love are the same fears. As false as your American party political conventions ---- like a dreary game show --- a great amount of smiling, but no point.

Allen you have written here a "reality show" of love with "reality people" like character Allen and like character me. Oh! Now it is time for a commercial!

Allens Friends, I address you now. Especially Rob, who tried to prevent Allen against writing about me in public in your glog. You are good friends to Allen, all of you! Your advice is generally good advice. Beverly, I want to meet you especially. You are intelligent and kind.

But really Allen, you talk about me as if I do exist . . . though, as if I exist too much. A "gi-normous" (word that you taught me) Liselot, much too big for this life, for this world. You must climb this gi-normous Liselot like a mountain climb champion in order to love me . . . or put a flag on me. Which do you want? This Liselot is woman-size, body and blood, for real.

I want to say goodbye to you Allen, but not in this place, in this moment. Only I thought to let the readers of Rob's blog know that Yes, Hello, Liselot is a real person, with real emotions, and a real loving feeling began to grow for Allen until I read him treat me like a schoolboy love in public on the internet.

Si tu m'aime tant . . . show me some "reality."
Posted by liselot at 05:20 PM

August 03, 2004

I can hear you

Hell O! Did anyone figure I might actuallyread this blog, too, since I am one of its coauthors? It was veryentertaining to see my personallife discussed overlunch in the last message! Actually, myfriends, once I gotover the initialshock it was kindofsweet. Muddleheaded and misguided, but sweet. Glad to see that I got a resounding "vote of ambiguity" on the love of my life -- yes from my man the 'wordsman, not-so-much from Rob, and thumbs down from Beverly. So --- not very helpful, in practical terms. Since I now am intheposition of forking over for tickets to New York to see Liselot or not. Ofcourse Beverly's opinion counts for tentimes the both a youse guys, so her lack of confidence's got me a bit shaken. My mind is mush when I'm with her and my heart is spinning. In a good way. Idon't know. It's early in the relationship, granted. But a guycan dreamabout the future, can't he? I guess I'd betterlet her know that I'm fantasizing longterm loving, right, Bev? Call my cell if you guys want to call.
Posted by allen at 09:44 AM

August 02, 2004

minutes of the literary lunch in exile

 

12:04 'wordsman and Beverly order iced coffee. Summer is great. Rob arrives and demands to know if 'wordsman is behind the penguin newspaper on the blog. 'wordsman pretends to fumble his denial and acts guilty. Beverly cracks up.

12:07 Rob is dejected --- 'wordsman obviously is not impersonating the penguins. It must be some hacker. Could it be Joe Tabbi's handiwork? Or Anne Burdick?

12:09 What's the deal with Allen? Is he ready for a Real Relationship with this French woman he hardly knows? 'wordsman says yes. Rob says maybe. Beverly says no way, Schmozay.

12:14 Beverly wants all the Olympic Track and Field men to be nude like in the original ancient Olympics. Rob and 'wordsman wince. Beverly says: Exactly! She wants to see what happens to it. Does it shrink and get out of the way? If it knows what's good for it, says Rob.

 
 

12:18 Nude Olympics; Beverly says Nude Boxing and Rob and 'wordsman wince. Rob says Nude Archery and Beverly winces. 'wordsman says Nude Badminton and everybody winces.

12:22 Beverly is scandalized. How can 'wordsman say Allen is ready? 'wordsman has inside information: Allen's sister has two kids and Allen loves them. Beverly says: Nonetheless. Rob says Allen covets his bachelorhood.

12:30 Allen is intensely loyal with his employees. To a fault. Proof that Allen is not afraid of attachment, says 'wordsman. Employee/employer is a different relationship. Theoretically, says Beverly. They reminisce about Greta, Allen's former employee and long-time, on-and-off lover.

12: 37 Rob says Allen learned his lesson with Greta. Plus Allen's skin cancer put the scare in him. Guys have biological clocks, too.

12:42 'wordsman wants nudity to be the theme of the whole Olympics. He's very old school. Bike racing, too. Rob says the Olympics already have a theme: performance-enhancing drugs.

12:47 Performance enhancing drugs are natural --- part of human nature --- and should be legal, says 'wordsman. The true test of a national prowess is to see how jaked their scientists can make their athletes.

12:54 NASCAR is a battle between the engineers, not the drivers, says Rob; maybe 'wordsman's right. Imagine an Olympics of completely jaked, raving, jittery athletes.

12:55 Nude, adds Beverly

12: 59 Beverly thinks she, Rob and 'wordsman should get on a conference call to Allen. An intervention. Just to make sure that he's OK and not going off the deep end.

1:04 Rob sweeps up the tab. Hugs all around. Beverly will call about the conference call with Allen.

 
Posted by rob at 07:20 AM