!Oprah's Book Club - Blog Day Afternoon Posted by Jeff (Tuesday September 30 2003 @ 11:38PM EDT)

The Wednesday Night Beer Drinking Club meets, for some reason, on Tuesday nights at a local brewery. The agenda is simple. Matt presents items from a conservative perspective and Cher, Monz and Jeff explain why he's wrong. In instances where all parties agree, for example, that Bush's War was wrong, Cher, Monz and Jeff are still required to explain to Matt why his explanation of why the war was wrong was wrong. Unfortunately for Matt it's hard to be right even if you are right when three other people explain that you're wrong. Of course Matt's never wrong. You don't believe me? Just ask him. We used to play a Trivia game at the local brewery on Thursdays. Now we just argue with Matt on Tuesdays. The fattest guy I've ever seen used to play trivia. He recently had his stomach stapled. This really has nothing to do with this particular story. I just had to work a fat guy in here.... I think Matt has more or less resigned himself to the fact that he's the only member of the Wednesday Night Beer Drinking Club which that meets on Tuesday nights to hold a conservative position. But just because he's conservative doesn't mean he's stupid. I understand the George W. Bush may have warped your perspective, but trust me. You can be conservative without being stupid. Matt used all of his brain cells, not just the front five that Karl Rove likes to employ, and he caused a diversion. Matt noticed that Cher, Monz and Jeff liked to read. So he organized the Wednesday Night Beer Drinking Club which meets on Tuesday nights Book Club. Here's how it works: Each member of the book club selects a book of the month. (In this sense, it's very Oprah-esque) All members of the club read the book then on the final Tuesday of the month -- and here's where we differ from Oprah -- Cher, Monz and Jeff explain to Matt why his interpretation of the book is wrong. For those of you playing along at home, here's the list: OCTOBER: Matt White Noise - Don Dellilo NOVEMBER: Monz Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them - Al Franken DECEMBER: Jeff Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Chirstmas Truce - Stanley Weintraub JANUARY: Cher Craze: Gin and Debauchery in the Age of Reason - Jessica Warner FEBRUARY: Pete TBA

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By Joe (Wednesday October 01 2003 @ 08:47AM EDT)

Do you all wear GEEK t-shirts? I am sure that the babes flock to that table!

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By Jeff (Wednesday October 01 2003 @ 09:57AM EDT) This was the t-shirt I wore last night. [ reply | parent ]

By Matt (Wednesday October 01 2003 @ 10:20AM EDT) Last night Jeff was wearing a Strand bookstore shirt. I don't know if that constitutes a geek shirt. I was wearing a paint splattered black t-shirt over a long sleeve, frayed homemade tie-dye. I looked like a slob, but I was dressed for playing soccer, not a night on the town. I have been known to sport the occasional geek shirt, like one that has the illegal DeCSS code on the front and "Free DeCSS Fuck the MPAA" on the back. I also have a collection of shirts from Defcon Shoots. Normally my shirts are plain black or have something to do with a band I like. The gym time has been paying off and I can now sport my Peter Murphy, Bauhaus, Fugazi, and Joy Division shirts from High School and College. We had more than our share of single girls with us last night, so I am not complaining. [ reply | parent ]

By Funkman (Wednesday October 01 2003 @ 11:55AM EDT) I won 2 geek t-shirts. I got both of them for free. Being the cheap bastard I am, I wear them. But its not because I'm a geek, but because I prefer not to look like a red-neck shirtless hick. Also popular in the area. [ reply | parent ]

By doctordoug (Wednesday October 01 2003 @ 09:03AM EDT)

If Matt is talking in the woods and none of you are there to hear him is he still wrong?

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By Jeff (Wednesday October 01 2003 @ 09:51AM EDT) Hmmmm. What is the sound of one Matt yacking? [ reply | parent ]

By Anonymous (Wednesday October 01 2003 @ 11:07AM EDT)

Two geeks were talking at work when one said, "Where did you get such a great flat screen?" The second geek replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman walked up to me carrying a new flat screen. She put the flat screen on the ground, took off all her clothes and said, 'Take what you want.'" The first geek nodded approvingly, "Good choice. The clothes probably wouldn't have fit."

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By Biff (Wednesday October 01 2003 @ 11:36AM EDT)

I have read Jeff's book selection and highly recommend it. There have been other temporary, local truces in European (and in one case American) wars and conflicts but nothing on such a scale as the Xmas truce in 1914. Unfortunately, for western Europe there were nearly four more years of slaughter like the United States will never, thankfully, know.

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