Sunday, May 8, 2005

THE FAT LADY DONE SUNG —————- by Steve Nadis

There’s an old saying around these parts: It ain’t over ’til it’s over. It ain’t over until the slightly overweight lady–whose best efforts to follow the South Beach diet have somehow gone North–sings. Well, I got news for you folks: She’s singing now, belting out a frightful round of blues, and as for that other matter, how can I break it to you: IT’S OVER. Our once high-flying Celts are now disgraced, after having shamed themselves in game 7 at home. The season is finished, and Antoine Walker (who received entirely too much attention in these pages) was the best Celtic player on the court last night in what may have been his last game in the Green.

Although the outcome is sad in one sense, the good news (always looking for the bright side!) is that I now have my life back and am aggressively seeking new ways of wasting time. I’m already frittering away about as many hours as possible blogging and am looking to supplement that with entirely new forms of nonproductive activities. If you have any hobbies that are prodigious time-wasters with no apparent redeeming value or “upside” (as it’s now called), by all means get in touch. I’m at my wit’s end at the moment, trying to fill the void in a life that is lacking at least one substantial void to round out an otherwise full portfolio. I have no interest in philately, but am open to philanthropy (particularly at the receiving end!), philomathy (driven to learn useless things!), phillumeny (matchbox labels are sexy!), and philogyny (love to hear more!).

Posted by Snake at 15:37:26
Comments

6 Responses to “THE FAT LADY DONE SUNG —————- by Steve Nadis”

  1. Lindsey says:
    May 8, 2005 at 2:47 pm

    Congratulations on making it through another day. I‘m sure it‘s not easy being you.

  2. Snake says:
    May 8, 2005 at 2:52 pm

    Maybe so, but I‘ve had some practice and can‘t think of an alternative that would be any easier. What about you? Are you easy?

  3. Little Red Ride-Up says:
    May 10, 2005 at 1:42 am

    Doesn‘t ontogeny recapitulate phylogeny?

  4. Snake says:
    May 10, 2005 at 1:55 am

    I thought ontogeny recapitulated monotony, but I never got too far in biology.

  5. gatemouth says:
    May 11, 2005 at 2:38 pm

    a) I think it‘s "Monogamy recapitulates monotony." But you‘d have to ask my wife…
    b) thank god the Celtics are finally done. If I had to read one more blog about them (and especially Antoine Walker), I was going to get Tonya Harding to knee-cap the whole team.

    Nothing personal. I just think you have more interesting things to write about. (I don‘t know what yet, but I‘m sure we‘ll find out.)

  6. Snake says:
    May 11, 2005 at 2:53 pm

    Hello Gatemouth — It‘s good to hear from you again, like a long-lost friend dropping by. The Celtics season is over, but I can‘t promise to be done writing about them. As you may have noticed, I was trying to do something different in my "sports coverage," and the games themselves rarely entered into it. Yet I agree with you (and with others who‘ve complained) that there are other interesting things to write about. Let‘s see if I can find one. And thanks for the feedback.

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