October/November '98
October.  My favorite month has come and gone.  I could ramble on about the fall foliage.  The page could be filled with addle-pated tales of DNA and fallen leaders.  We could fill a thousand Herculean pumpkins with  stories of the greatest Farmers' Fair in recent memory.  Instead...let's forget October.  Afterall, it's already November.
This November should be, unequivocally, the greatest month in Dillsburg's history.  Why?  Three reasons:
    Comedy Central - On Novemeber 1st GS Communications added Comedy Central to the cable TV line-up.  To put it eloquently:
  • Comedy Central Rules, Man!
  • Triptophane - A search for "triptophane" on the 'net resulted in: "Vampires are the coolest, immortal things on earth. They suck blood from humans".  This has nothing to do with the chemical in turkey that makes me sleepy on "Turkey Day".  However, triptophane is legal and so is vampirism.
  • I'm an optimist - One of my best friends is an optimist.  He went to school for a very long time and graduated from the Pennsylvania School of Optimism.  He always gives me a good deal on glasses.  I guess I'm not a professional optimist, but that's ok with me.  I have a bright future, which would explain the shades.
The other day my wife said, "...she's not too intelligent" referring to a misguided angel on The Howard Stern Radio Show (which is actually a TV show).  I mistakenly thought she said to me, "I'm numb with your intelligence".  This is the way things go in November.  You leave work expecting sunshine to hit your face.  But it's dark, isn't it?  Don't get depressed---look up in the sky.  Get giddy with Galileo. Discover Darwin.  Make a wish.  Fall asleep watching football.   Place that orange leaf between two pieces of wax paper and throw it in the biggest book you can find.  I did.
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