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Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

Eldon decided that the official graphic for my upcoming birthday party needed a little more accordion and decided to do something about it. I think he’s right…

If I didn’t have the accordion as a personal eccentricity, I might have adopted something like a walking stick, the way “Prime Minister Pete Nice” from the old rap group 3rd Bass incorporated it into his personal style. I thought he pulled off the look pretty well:

3rd Bass: MC Serch, “Prime Minister” Pete Nice and DJ Daddy Rich. Pete’s posing with his walking stick, although it’s hard to see in this photo.

In anticipation of turning 40 early next month, I’ve been going through my wardrobe, looking for things that I should cart off to Goodwill and considering additions that would be suitable for this next phase in my life. With the U.S. and Canadian dollars so close in value, I should take advantage of my upcoming trip to Boston for American Thanksgiving and get some deals at Filene’s Basement — I think half my wardrobe comes from there now — and pick up a new blazer for work, and maybe a suit vest if they’ve got any in stock.

Back to the walking stick. If I did adopt one as a sign of passage into my forties, I’d adopt GlueGlueDesign’s “Respect” Cane, an artistic statement about bringing back the tradition of respect for our elders.

It looks like an ordinary cane:

But popping off the bottom reveals that it’s a giant “RESPECT” stamp and inkpad!

Time for this distinguished gentleman to start stampin’!

Taggin’ up turf: it’s not just for young gangstas anymore!

Facing age discrimination (Hey, Google, I’m lookin’ at you!)? Bring the smackdown with the “Respect” cane and take junior to school in the car of pain!

Well, I can’t make a reference to Battlestar Galactica (the 80’s version) without making one to Star Wars, can I? How ’bout the video that’s making the rounds right now — this so-bad-it’s-good performance of the Star Wars theme on trumpet for the “talent” portion of an old beauty pageant?

Can’t see the video? Click here.

Remind me to tell you folks about my worst on-stage music performance ever sometime.

The description of the video on its YouTube page is as follows:

I work in TV Sports, this tape has circulated amongst our tape rooms for years, I figured it was only natural to be on YouTube. I’m of the understanding it was a statewide beauty pagaent, and Stacy is Miss Douglas County. I have no idea who she is, or if she even knew there was a talent portion of the contest.

It’s believed that the tape has origins in the Kansas City area, and I thought it was a Nebraska beauty pageant.

Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

Remind me to tell you folks my one and only Hooters waitress story sometime.

These redone Monopoly squares came from my friend Miss Fipi Lele, and they made me chuckle. Especially the “Community chest” one — I think I often cracked a boob joke when I played the game as a teenager…