Wow, it’s been way way too long since I’ve last updated here. I really don’t have much of an excuse beyond the whole “I’ve been too busy” farce. But, let’s not dwell on the past any longer. Time to get back in action! Carpe Diem! Liberty! Equality! WordPress-ity…………….umm, let’s get back to business.
Well, considering it’s been so long since I’ve last brought you anything remotely interesting, I think it’s time to relinquish one of my favorite LEGs(Laugh-Eliciting Games) of all time. This is one that has brought endless hours of fun to me, be it on a road trip, a red light, a really long post-office line, etc. You get the picture. What is it, you may ask? Without further ado, I give you:
Random Happenstance.
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What, no applause? Where are you going? Oh please, come back here, it’ll be fun. I promise! You may have played random happenstance before under different disguises, but let me explain it just in case. The gist of it is proposing an unrealistic instance occurring in a realistic locale. Something crazy random based out of something or somewhere slightly plausible. It’s up to the other person to express what they would do in the situation, or just retaliate with a happenstance of their own. No one wins, it’s just an attempt to create even better happenstances as the game progresses. Let’s have our old comrades Elsington and Smithers model the game for us:
Elsington: Okay, What if, as we were sitting at this red light, a 747 drove down the highway in front of us?
Smithers: Eh, that’s rough. I’d let it slide, but point out that it’s left turn signal was on.
Smithers: What if, as we were driving down this highway, we saw a large epic battle between two armies break out around us? I’m talking thousands of soldiers, no holds barred. A straight up brawl. As you’re driving you come to a toll-booth where two men, one from each army were standing there, and asked, “which side do ye fight for?”
Elsington: I’d ask who was winning.
Smithers: Curse your wit!
Elsington: What if that hole in the ground just opened up and devoured that house?
You see the infinite options we got going in here? You can do *anything* you want! This is all about imagination and quick responses to the happenstance in question. Have fun!
Ok, So I promise there will be much content in the very near future. The blog may have stalled, but my mind hath not! To the future! (PS: is it bad that there are more LEGs than serious posts at this point? 
I hope not.)
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Three hours with Mortimer Adler on one DVD. A must for libraries and classroom teaching the art of reading.