Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Books American Monkids
Posted by Charles Mudede on Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:36 AM
The kind of laughter I got from watching this report a moment ago...
...was identical with a much older laughter I got from reading Landolfi's novella "The Two Old Maids."
The Two Old Maids is a story about two aging sisters who live in shabby seclusion with their ancient housekeeper and a beloved pet—a mettlesome monkey named Tombo, who, "though a eunuch, was, after all, the male of the house." One day the Mother Superior of the neighboring convent brings alarming news: Tombo has been seen stealing into the chapel at night where he ate the consecrated hosts, tried to say Mass, and even urinated on the altar. It is clear to one sister that he must die.
American monkids are descendants of Tombo.
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Charles,
Is it the same laugh you have when you consider the preposterous idea that there are other slave experiences beyond that of the Black American?
Is it the same laugh you have when you consider the preposterous idea that there are other slave experiences beyond that of the Black American?
"How on earth can you be the daughter of slaves and at the same time still be alive?"
(Next Up to Death by Charles Mudede)
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I get laughs whenever the news reports turn ZOMG dramatic...like at 1:12
the scary music, the faux vicious picture, the dark side of monkeys!!!!!!!!
the scary music, the faux vicious picture, the dark side of monkeys!!!!!!!!
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You tell us you read a report and link "report" to a video. Picayune, I know, but yet another thing about Charles that ticks me off...
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