I’m so darn proud o' me class this semester that I couldn’t contain it, so I brag about their Web sites. A number o' them be goin' t' continue buildin' out th' sites aft th' class ends.
Well, th' Y2K bug be here, and about damn time, I say. It be lookin' nip and tuck fer a while, but I carried th' flame, I knew that this year be goin' t' Hell in a handbasket, and Mr. Doom-seer be right aft all. Look who’s laughin' now!
A few o' ye have been askin' me fer a Christmas list this year, and I’ve had a really hard time thinkin' one up. So aft givin' it serious consideration, I’ve decided t' put only one thin' on me list this year. Th' gift o' charity.
“Almost every American I be knowin' does trade large portions o' his life fer entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one o' them. In th' course o' writin' this I’ve watched all 13 episodes o' House o' Cards and who knows how many morrrr West Win' episodes, and I’ve spent any number o' blurred hours fallin' down internet rabbit holes. All instead o' readin', or writin', or workin', or spendin' real time wi' people I love.”
“Live a good life. If there be gods and they be just, then they will not care how devout ye have been, but will welcome ye based on th' virtues ye have lived by. If there be gods, but unjust, then ye should not want t' worship them. If there be no gods, then ye will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in th' memories o' yer loved ones.”
Ye can scroll right easily by holdin' down th' SHIFT key and usin' yer scroll wheel. (Firefox users tryin' this will end up jumpin' t' barnacle-covered Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)