“I can see clearly now”
Today’s dead one (no euphemisers we) is ballet star Fernando Bejones. Cause of death = metastatic melanoma
. According to the American Cancer Society
, over 55,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma each year, and almost 8,000 will die. Some urge us to use sunscreen and “slather on lavishly” (we ODDones love the vernacular of the South); however, lest this give you a false sense of security, the protective effect of sunscreen is more than a little bit controversial (“Sunscam”),
and it is worried that use of the SPF stuff may actually increase risk of melanoma, since it allows people to spend more time in the sun without burning. “Back to the Bat Cave Robin.”
So how to close out the week with the themes of confessions and apology and make an ODDassociation with the today’s dead one? (For those of you just checking-in this week, scroll down to pick up this week’s ODDramblings, and don’t be such a stranger.)
Okay, here goes.
Ballet is unarguably one of the higher arts. Opera fits into the same category. (To contrast with lower arts, see dwarf throwing
.) Now let’s consider confessions. We ODDfellows confess that we went to the opera this week. We can’t apologize, since we, in point of fact, found it enjoyable, and actually stayed awake. So there, all you who write to us and tell us we’re uncouth and insensitive. In addition, we suggested to the man standing in line for the men’s room, with his topcoat buttoned, shivering, and complaining of how cold the theatre was, that he might want to consider getting his thyroid checked . We be helpful Fellows.
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To the overly made-up woman, wearing the dead animal, and who turned around and scowled at us when we culturalODDfellows, exiting the opera house, asked our ODDcompanion, “I enjoyed it, but don’t you think it’s a bit overly dramatic?” we say, “How’d you get the blood off?” Seriously lady, lighten up, you’ll live longer
. Oh, oh, we’re sounding a little too P.C. Time to go set up a wolf trap in Mineral County
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Finally, speaking of lightening up and living longer, take a breath Bill O’Reilly
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Have a good one folks, we’re spending the weekend volunteering in the library unbending dog-eared pages in the human sexuality section.
Ta ta.
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
~Johnny Nash “I can see clearly now”
