Q & A with Pesci
It’s been a tough couple of months bitches. Sorry for being MIA of late. As Ray told you guys, I am in charge of a trivia night at my kid’s school and I am also in charge of a silent auction for the school. Yeah, I know what you guys are thinking:
“But Pesci, why is your kid even in school? Surely what you have learned on the streets is all the education the little man needs.”
Nothing could be more true, but old girl wants the kids in school and not out parked with me in a the Caddy waiting to shake down a store owner. Maybe when he turns thirteen I can take him on his first arson trip. Love collecting that insurance money.
“Wait, Pesci! A trivia night? What the fuck?”
Yeah, yeah, what can I say? I have a knack for it. And you know, it’s for the kids (after my standard 15% off the top, of course). So, after you roll past all of the Godfather Trivia, my first layperson question is:
“ What fat bearded fuck, leaves his people hanging for years with empty promises and bullshit? “
No, not Don Tattaglia, that pimp. You know who I’m talking about. If he were a member of the mafia he would be Joey Sweatpants or Benny Giggles, maybe Little Mario because you know us, when someone we know is extremely large he is tagged with the “Little” before his name. The exception, of course is Ray. In our circles he is known as “Little” Ray after Jimmy Tightpants saw Ray in the buck at the bathhouse. This, oddly enough is the same time Jimmy picked up the “Tightpants” moniker. Jimmy also, does do this amazing levitating towel trick, which gets me every time. The towel literally floats in front of his body just below his waistline, it is so weird……….hey wait a minute…….that sick fuck.
“A silent auction? Come on. What bullshit is this?”
Once again, I’m a sucker for the kids. But no worries, the merchandise comes through the front door and then immediately out the back at a discount. But seriously, this Mick - Kraut friend of mine, no not Tommy Hagen, comes to me and says he is having problems procuring items for this bullshit event. So I say no problem, and go about convincing folks that it is in their best interest to donate. But this shit takes time, so I’ve been away.
I noticed Ray put up some statue of a dude in a blue armor. Wait, that’s Brienne? Fucking horrible. Almost as bad as that needle knock off. Hey, I saw Jubbles mention it is snowing in New Mexico and so he is working on some book chapters. Bravo, your majesty. Too cold out there to go sun yourself on the deck, hey? Joey No-Nuts must have gotten good response to his Dark Sword poll. Nothing like asking the readers what then want to spend money on to get those creative juices flowing. Set me up with one of those Princess Arianne Martell figures pronto. How fucking lame. This bullshit is making me angry.
“Pesci. How goes the Pesci Challenge?”
Good question. This winter weather allows you read a whole lot more than normal days. I was rummaging through some old stuff and came across those Iron Tower Trilogy books by Dennis L. McKiernan. Now I remember reading those books like 20 years ago and it being a huge Tolkien rip-off. But I was between current stuff, so I read it. Shit, could it be more similar to Lord of the Rings? I’m not going to get too much into it, but come on McKiernan, apparently originality is hard to come by. So anyway, I finished those three books, the first Acacia book and the first two Joe Ambercrombie books. I have to say thank you to all you who suggested Ambercrombie. Those books are fantastic. I need to grab the third one soon, but I don’t want it to end…..wait don’t say that, it may make Joey A. go back and expand the series so he can cash in ala Terry Goodkind style. I have also finished the first book by Ian Cameron Esslemont, Night of Knives. I was ok. It gave us Erikson fans a little insight into how things came to be more specifically, how Shadowthrone came to be. The book is a quick hitter and I will read Esslemonts next effort, Return of the Crimson Guard. We all love the Crimson Guard. Currently, I am working on Erikson’s, Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach.
So that’s it people. I hope you all are keeping busy. In closing, for you trivia buffs, what Mafioso character once said this memorable line:
“Leave the gun, take the cannolis”.
See you on the message board.
“But Pesci, why is your kid even in school? Surely what you have learned on the streets is all the education the little man needs.”
Nothing could be more true, but old girl wants the kids in school and not out parked with me in a the Caddy waiting to shake down a store owner. Maybe when he turns thirteen I can take him on his first arson trip. Love collecting that insurance money.
“Wait, Pesci! A trivia night? What the fuck?”
Yeah, yeah, what can I say? I have a knack for it. And you know, it’s for the kids (after my standard 15% off the top, of course). So, after you roll past all of the Godfather Trivia, my first layperson question is:
“ What fat bearded fuck, leaves his people hanging for years with empty promises and bullshit? “
No, not Don Tattaglia, that pimp. You know who I’m talking about. If he were a member of the mafia he would be Joey Sweatpants or Benny Giggles, maybe Little Mario because you know us, when someone we know is extremely large he is tagged with the “Little” before his name. The exception, of course is Ray. In our circles he is known as “Little” Ray after Jimmy Tightpants saw Ray in the buck at the bathhouse. This, oddly enough is the same time Jimmy picked up the “Tightpants” moniker. Jimmy also, does do this amazing levitating towel trick, which gets me every time. The towel literally floats in front of his body just below his waistline, it is so weird……….hey wait a minute…….that sick fuck.
“A silent auction? Come on. What bullshit is this?”
Once again, I’m a sucker for the kids. But no worries, the merchandise comes through the front door and then immediately out the back at a discount. But seriously, this Mick - Kraut friend of mine, no not Tommy Hagen, comes to me and says he is having problems procuring items for this bullshit event. So I say no problem, and go about convincing folks that it is in their best interest to donate. But this shit takes time, so I’ve been away.
I noticed Ray put up some statue of a dude in a blue armor. Wait, that’s Brienne? Fucking horrible. Almost as bad as that needle knock off. Hey, I saw Jubbles mention it is snowing in New Mexico and so he is working on some book chapters. Bravo, your majesty. Too cold out there to go sun yourself on the deck, hey? Joey No-Nuts must have gotten good response to his Dark Sword poll. Nothing like asking the readers what then want to spend money on to get those creative juices flowing. Set me up with one of those Princess Arianne Martell figures pronto. How fucking lame. This bullshit is making me angry.
“Pesci. How goes the Pesci Challenge?”
Good question. This winter weather allows you read a whole lot more than normal days. I was rummaging through some old stuff and came across those Iron Tower Trilogy books by Dennis L. McKiernan. Now I remember reading those books like 20 years ago and it being a huge Tolkien rip-off. But I was between current stuff, so I read it. Shit, could it be more similar to Lord of the Rings? I’m not going to get too much into it, but come on McKiernan, apparently originality is hard to come by. So anyway, I finished those three books, the first Acacia book and the first two Joe Ambercrombie books. I have to say thank you to all you who suggested Ambercrombie. Those books are fantastic. I need to grab the third one soon, but I don’t want it to end…..wait don’t say that, it may make Joey A. go back and expand the series so he can cash in ala Terry Goodkind style. I have also finished the first book by Ian Cameron Esslemont, Night of Knives. I was ok. It gave us Erikson fans a little insight into how things came to be more specifically, how Shadowthrone came to be. The book is a quick hitter and I will read Esslemonts next effort, Return of the Crimson Guard. We all love the Crimson Guard. Currently, I am working on Erikson’s, Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach.
So that’s it people. I hope you all are keeping busy. In closing, for you trivia buffs, what Mafioso character once said this memorable line:
“Leave the gun, take the cannolis”.
See you on the message board.