Where Do the Ducks Go When the Pond Freezes Over?

J.D. Salinger died on Wednesday. He was very old and I imagine quite kooky. There were rumors that he drank his own urine and practiced many other strange Buddhist rituals (Just kidding, I'm very open-minded when it comes to wacky and weird religions). His daughter wrote a book in 2000 and painted a picture of a cranky old man living in a house with the windows and doors all locked up. There have been a few movies made with him in mind (The character played by James Earl Jones,Terrance Mann, was based on him. As was the whole Finding Forrester movie).
Like so many other phonies, I read The Catcher in the Rye in high school and I liked it. I actually probably liked a bit too much. I still like it now and am teaching it in my American Lit class. I just thought I should at least acknowledge that he is no longer alive...and maybe now we'll get some of the stuff he wrote after 1965. Maybe not.

I Think They Found Another Cure For Broken Hearts And Feeling Insecure

I never tried to run away when I was a kid. I guess because my home life was pretty good. In The Royal Tenenbaums "The Baumer" and Margot run away to a museum and lived there for awhile. It is a nice idea but I cannot relate. I would have loved to do something like that but I did not want to upset my mother or have my sister get mad at me. My sister hit me over the head with a metal bat when she was like three so I was not interested in getting on her bad side. Here is the things with kids: people give them too much credit. Someone has a baby and they want you to "meet them." You cannot meet a baby. It is like meeting a carton of milk. Once it turns 2 or so, you have a better idea of what exactly is going on. Also you cannot meet dogs or cats or christmas trees.

The blue guys in Avatar are really tall.

Coconut M&Ms, really?

I heard someone say to his friends tonight as they were doing shots "To long life and short attentions spans." I prayed to the devil and Allah that he would choke on his lemon drop...he did not. I do like funny things though.

Charles Barkley is a fat person now.

I wonder if the show "The Jersey Show" will make the Jersey shore even more annoying than it was before the show. Like I mean will it get even more Italian American...if that is possible.

Santa Is A Good Sport For Putting Up With These Jerks

I hope they all got gift cards to Hollister for Christmas.

(I also hope this was taken at the Galleria in White Plains).