it isn't all that easy to write a column when your brother is talking...

[Wetzelbill]

I am sitting here, trying to write a thought provoking column regarding The Gropernator's comments about a Black/Latina female Assemblywoman, but my brother is practically telling me the whole history of the gunfight at the OK Corral. :)

Tough to concentrate. :)

He's a machine.

Good lord, do not let him get started on the Roman Empire. That's his specialty, I do not have the next 10 hours to waste. :)

[dorktv]

1. Is he single? Tell him to call me. I love history.

[Wetzelbill]

2. haha

yeah he is, actually. 21 years old, about 6'1, a history obsessed cage fighter. :)

Except he is more reclusive than I am, so I would say he is pretty much unavailable. Unless you changed your name to Charlemagne or something. :)

[dorktv]

9. 21? Nope, sorry not interested in guys that young...but next time have

him call me, I am always kewl with listening to people on history.

[Heidi]

3. Dear Bill's brother,

Please knock it off. He's trying to write.

Respectfully submitted,

Heidi

[Wetzelbill]

6. well, we'll see if that works

:)

[Heidi]

7. Please report back.

I tried to use the appropriate combination of authoratative, middle-aged-woman tone and polite-but-pointed "Please don't stand in the way of Bill's brilliance" guilt-mongering. :rofl:

[Wetzelbill]

8. right about the time

you wrote that he started coughing horribly. :)

He is not engaged watching a documentary on Rome. I am free. :)

Brilliance? Oh I so wish! Ok, semi-brilliance.... and humility.

[hfojvt]

10. it must be brilliance since I am confused

unless you meant 'now' when you typed/wrote 'not'

but neither of those words are necessary if you just wrote "He is watching ..." without announcing his upcoming nuptials to dorktv.
:P

[Wetzelbill]

11. nice typo catch

I did mean "now."

That was highly skillful. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Wetzelbill!

How about some earplugs for you?

It might seem a bit extreme, but you need to write, and your time is limited!

Nice to see you tonight! :hug:

[Wetzelbill]

5. I got him a dvd called "Julius Caesar's Rome"

:)

Unfair play, I know. He is engaged watching it now. :)

Nice to see you too!

[Swamp Rat]

12. And give him a copy of Lucretius's "On the Nature of Things."

That will keep him busy even longer. :) Just make sure you are not around just after he finishes it... though, it could backfire. He could surprise you by stopping after he completes each book (section) in order to pummel you with verbatim ad nauseum. :D

"On the Nature of Things is a first century BC epic poem by Lucretius that grandly proclaims the reality of man's role in a universe without a god to help him along. It is a statement of personal responsibility in a world in which everyone is driven by hungers and passions with which they were born and do not understand.

Literally, the title translates as On the Nature of Things. The title is sometimes translated as On the Nature of the Universe, perhaps in order to reflect the scale of its subject matter. Lucretius's view is austere, but nevertheless he points out that a few enlightened individuals can escape periodically from their own hungers and passions and look down with compassion on poor humanity, including themselves, who are on average ignorant, unhappy, and yearning for something better than what they see around them. Personal responsibility then consists of speaking and living personal truth.

Accordingly, On the Nature of the Universe (Latin: D? r?rum n?t?r?) is Lucretius's personal statement of truth to an ignorant audience. He hopes that someone will hear, understand, and pass on a seed of truth to help improve the world."

(snip)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Nature_of_Things

[Wetzelbill]

13. I just reserved that at the library

gotta love the "internets!" :)

Thanks for the tip.