...a sample of the chain letters that circulate throughout my family:
Things to do before inauguration:
[one] Get that abortion you've always wanted.
[two] Drink a nice clean glass of water.
[three] Cash your Social Security check.
[four] See a doctor of your own choosing.
[five] Spend quality time with your draft-age child.
[six] Visit Syria, or any foreign country for that matter.
[seven] Get that gas mask you've been putting off buying.
[eight] Hoard gasoline.
[nine] Borrow books from library before they're banned - Constitutional law books, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, Tropic of Cancer, etc.
[ten] If you have an idea for an art piece involving a crucifix - do it now.
[eleven] Come out - then go back in - HURRY!
[twelve] Jam in all the Alzheimer's stem cell research you can.
[thirteen] Stay out late before the curfews start.
[fourteen] Go see Bruce Springsteen before he has his "accident".
[fifteen] Go see Mount Rushmore before the Reagan addition catches up.
[sixteen] Use the phrase - "you can't do that - this is America".
[seventeen] If you're white, marry a black person; if you're black, marry a white person.
[eighteen] Take a walk in Yosemite, without being hit by a snowmobile or a base-jumper.
[nineteen] Enroll your kid in an accelerated art or music class.
[twenty] Start your school day without a prayer.
[twenty-one] Pass on the secrets of evolution to future generations.
[twenty-two] Learn French.
[twenty-three] Attend a commitment ceremony with your gay friends.
[twenty-four] Take a factory tour anywhere in the US.
[twenty-five] Try to take photographs of animals on the endangered species list.
[twenty-six] Visit Florida before the polar ice caps melt.
[twenty-seven] Visit Nevada before it becomes radioactive.
[twenty-eight] Visit Alaska before "The Big Spill".
[twenty-nine] Visit Massachusetts while it is still a state.
[thirty] Voice an opinion.
Fourteen Defining Signs of Facism...
[one] Get that abortion you've always wanted.
[two] Drink a nice clean glass of water.
[three] Cash your Social Security check.
[four] See a doctor of your own choosing.
[five] Spend quality time with your draft-age child.
[six] Visit Syria, or any foreign country for that matter.
[seven] Get that gas mask you've been putting off buying.
[eight] Hoard gasoline.
[nine] Borrow books from library before they're banned - Constitutional law books, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, Tropic of Cancer, etc.
[ten] If you have an idea for an art piece involving a crucifix - do it now.
[eleven] Come out - then go back in - HURRY!
[twelve] Jam in all the Alzheimer's stem cell research you can.
[thirteen] Stay out late before the curfews start.
[fourteen] Go see Bruce Springsteen before he has his "accident".
[fifteen] Go see Mount Rushmore before the Reagan addition catches up.
[sixteen] Use the phrase - "you can't do that - this is America".
[seventeen] If you're white, marry a black person; if you're black, marry a white person.
[eighteen] Take a walk in Yosemite, without being hit by a snowmobile or a base-jumper.
[nineteen] Enroll your kid in an accelerated art or music class.
[twenty] Start your school day without a prayer.
[twenty-one] Pass on the secrets of evolution to future generations.
[twenty-two] Learn French.
[twenty-three] Attend a commitment ceremony with your gay friends.
[twenty-four] Take a factory tour anywhere in the US.
[twenty-five] Try to take photographs of animals on the endangered species list.
[twenty-six] Visit Florida before the polar ice caps melt.
[twenty-seven] Visit Nevada before it becomes radioactive.
[twenty-eight] Visit Alaska before "The Big Spill".
[twenty-nine] Visit Massachusetts while it is still a state.
[thirty] Voice an opinion.
Fourteen Defining Signs of Facism...