Hey hotdog!
This week I’ve been thinking about Mike Patton, who I have a ridiculous soft spot for. Faith No More, Mr Bungle (one of my fave bands of all time), 50s Italian pop covers, growling on Bjork tracks… the guy is a musical genius.
So I can unabashedly share with you his advice for living through quarantine, which includes reading like a mofo and listening to exotica. Come and live with me, Mike; me and my corned beef hash will get you through owt.
And on the subject of sharing… fancy giving a girl a hand? I’d really like help putting The Pocket Polymath about a bit. If you have pals who want to learn about stuff they didn’t know they needed to know, then please give it a share. (Feel free to tell them it’s not all about my weird crushes.)
See you on the flip!
Let’s dabble!
War sheroes
It was 1977 when The Stranglers asked, “Whatever happened to the heroes?” Rest easy, fellas – I have a few right here. The actions of these four women from an obscure US Defense Department team helped to destroy a massive stockpile of chemical weapons and ultimately prevented a “global showdown”. Shakespearoes, Schmake-schmearoes.
Pantsdrunk as a skunk
Here’s an excellent new but nigh-on unpronounceable word for you: ‘kalsarikännit’. Roughly translated, it means ‘pantsdrunk’, and refers specifically to when you get smashed in your underwear. There’s been a pandemic for two godawful years – don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m on about.
Born to be wild
Where the Wild Things Are, the famous picture book by Maurice Sendak, scared me to death as a kid. Who am I kidding? It still does scare me. I watched the whole film through my fingers. (I think it’s the monsters’ mouth-face ratio.) But did you know that before publishing his writing, he was a toymaker?
Covid’s gonna change my world
The pandemic has obviously changed our lives in many, many ways; here are 21 of them, including setting back students’ learning worldwide, and delaying rocket launches. I’ll add a flippant 22nd: Many of us were driven to perfect the art of being ‘pantsdrunk’.
Phone tapping
Have you been holding your phone wrong this whole time, you IDIOT??? Put the dunce cap on and get in the corner; you can collect it after class. Personally I like to lie in bed holding it in the air and accidentally drop it on my own face several times a night, so I look as hideous as possible for scaring away neighbourhood children.
And finally…
A true marker of personal growth:
Pantsdrunk is a great idea