Occasional Tales

I don’t remember voting for the monkey in the paper hat, but I’m sure I did. When the cardinals gathered to elect a new pope, we thought that Lincoln Green would probably get the job by default. We knew the school didn’t want Ms. Giggles even although in many respects, she was a potentially ideal candidate. (Aside: She might’ve been the better candidate, but we also had no problems imagining rule by diktat under her wise and benevolent governance.) But it was the outside candidate who got the job. Why? Probably because the new pontifex maximus wanted his own man in place even although he (the new pope) has no InterBac experience. [ 30.08.14. I also heard that Ms. Giggles did not acquit herself well in the interview.] In addition to this omission, he’s allegedly rather young. Of course, he may be a natural at the job, but I suspect the rest of us will be there to guide him to the right decisions. I won’t be too surprised if I end up reprising my role in Fuzhou as the wise ad...

But it's all for the good. It's a tale of whiny Sparts today. Lawrence and Lina hate the e-Ville Corporation in all its forms and join some activist group called STUMP (no doubt run by skinny boys with pathetic excuses for beards – good guess me, it seems). It's time for a little non-violent civil disobedience. Yeah, that means a bunch of dippy hippies playing guitars. If I were the e-Ville Corporation, I'd be running up the white flag so as not to suffer the horrors of guitars, caftans, and twentysomething, eunuch-like boys who strain to grow beards. The protest was a great success in that it was well managed and there was little disruption, but it didn't get much media coverage which focused on the response from the e-Ville Corporation. STUMP decides to up the ante to civil disorder (I suppose that means things like paying for something in a shop and then running away without it or the change). Lina and Lawrence are opposed to violence, but since the e-Ville Corpo...