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THE QUOTE
“The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.” — Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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LUCK OF THE DRAW
This Andrew Luck fellow, who became an instant multi-millionaire in last night’s NFL draft, just might be able to run for King of Indiana in a few years if he has any kind of success at all on the football field.
He’s well-spoken and self-effacing, he has a dazzling smile, and it seems as though he’s got his feet on the ground. Hopefully, he’ll retain his positive character traits once he signs his obligatory obscenely lucrative contract with the Indianapolis Colts. Last year’s number one pick in the NFL draft, quarterback Cam Newton, inked a four-year, $22M deal with the Carolina Panthers.
The number one pick in 2010, the St Louis Rams’ Sam Bradford, scored a six-year, $78M contract but, of course, he’s white, as is Luck.
Luck-y
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Luck is 22 years old. Sure, he may seem mature beyond his years but scads of dough can tend to change any human being. I know that if I suddenly happened into tens of millions of dollars when I was 22, I probably would have become one of the world’s most unbearable people.
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WILL●HE●IS
One of the Boys of Soma, pistol-packin’ Pat Murphy, reports that George Will‘s appearance last night at the Ivy Tech Bloomington’s O’Bannon Institute for Community Service was eye-opening.
“He’s a smart guy,” Murphy, a dyed in the wool Dem allowed about the Republican darling. “He had some really perceptive things to say last night.”
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Among other things, Will pointed out how difficult it will be for Mitt Romney to unseat Barack Obama in this fall’s presidential beauty contest. It’s a demographic thing, what with Romney expected to strike out big time with women, Latinos, and blacks.
Murphy added that Mayor Mark Kruzan asked Will if the Chicago Cubs will ever win the World Series. Will is a noted member of the Emil Verban Society, a boys club of Washington-insider Cubs fans (Ronald Reagan also was a member).
Will wouldn’t hazard a guess but did remind the crowd that the last time the Cubs won it all was two years before the death of Leo Tolstoy.
19th Century Man
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THE FOX PIGSTY
How about that blonde, Barbie Doll manqué from Fox News who tweeted the insult yesterday about the right wing’s current fave whipping girl, Sandra Fluke?
Crowley: News? Analyst?
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Fluke testified before a House Democrats caucus about the need for health insurers to cover contraception. Immediately, the anencephalics of this holy land jumped on her with both feet. Leading the bullying was Rush Limbaugh, who called her a “slut” and a “prostitute” on his nationally-broadcast radio upchuck fest.
Apparently, Fluke has announced she’s getting married. Fox News “analyst” Monica Crowley responded thusly in the Tweet-iverse:
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Knowing what we know about Fox News and the pan-troglodytes who watch it, implying that Fluke was thought to be a lesbian has to be an insult.
Problem is, Monica baby, Fluke testified about her own need for contraception. Lesbian sex does not result in pregnancy. Are we clear on that now?
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COLLINS WAS HUNGRY ONCE
Susan Jones, ex of the IU Enrollment Service operation, is working on a history of the Bloomington Playwrights Project.
Jones discovered recently that one of America’s hottest writers today wrote a couple of plays for the BPP back in the 1980s.
That’s right — Suzanne Collins, whose “Hunger Games” trilogy is de rigeur for literate teens (and even a lot of adults who sheepishly buy the books at the Book Corner), once was an aspiring scribe here. She earned a double major in Drama and Telecommunications from IU in 1985 and hung around town for a few years afterward.
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Sounds like a good reason to take in some BPP productions this year. Who knows which future superstar’s work you’ll be seeing?
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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.
Friday, April 27, 2012
◗ Mathers Museum of World Cultures — Exhibits, “Blended Harmonies: Music and Religion in Nepal”; through July 1st — “Esse Quam Videri (To Be, Rather than To Be Seen): Muslim Self Portraits; through June 17th — “From the Big Bang to the World Wide Web: The Origins of Everything”; through July 1st, 9am-4:30pm
◗ IU Grunwald (SOFA) Gallery — MFA & BFA Thesis 3 exhibitions; through May 5th
◗ Kinsey Institute Gallery — Art exhibit, “Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze”; 1:30-5pm
◗ IU HPER — Lecture, Jonathan Jarvis, director of the National Park Service; 3:30pm
◗ Thrive Health & Well-Being Center — Opening reception, Donna Headrick Moore scanner and pinhole photo exhibit; 5-8pm
◗ Madame Walker Theatre Center — Jazz on the Avenue; 6pm
◗ The Venue Fine Arts & Gifts — Reception for Dawn Adams exhibit, “The Art of Healing”; 6pm
◗ IU Grunwald (SOFA) Gallery — Reception, MFA & BFA 3 participants; 6pm
◗ IU Cinema — “Water and Power” by Pat O’Neill; 6:30pm
◗ Patricia’s Wellness Arts Cafe & Quilter’s Comfort Teas — Poetry, “Readings for Our Earth” & open mic; 7-9pm
◗ Rachael’s Cafe — Park Jefferson, Marital Roles, The Greater Good; 7:30pm
◗ Cafe Django — Svetla Vladeva and the Eastern European Ensemble; 7:30-10pm
◗ The Player’s Pub — Dicky James and the Blue Flames; 8pm
◗ IU Auditorium — Musical, “Young Frankenstein”; 8pm
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◗ IU Memorial Union, Whittenberger Auditorium — Film, “The Artist”; 8 & 11pm
◗ Comedy Attic — Kumail Nanjiani; 8 & 10:30pm
◗ The Bishop — Documentary film, “Color Me Obsessed,” on the Replacements; 8pm
◗ Max’s Place — Louis; 8pm
◗ The Bluebird — Andy Holinden; 8pm
◗ The Palace Theatre — “Songs: The Musical”; 8pm
◗ Bear’s Place — Zach Dubois; 9pm
◗ Max’s Place — Soul Kinks; 9pm
◗ Uncle Elizabeth’s — Vicci Laine & the West End Girls; 10pm & Midnight
◗ The Bishop — Dave Walter Karaoke; 11pm
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