Andre the Midget

The other day I, only briefly, morphed into Fezzik, a large character played by Andre the Giant in one of my favorite films, The Princess Bride. If you're wondering - for purposes of this story - yes, I would rather have morphed into Westley (played by Cary Ewes), and would have but for two items:

1) For me, black bandit masks inspire claustrophobic seizures and
2) I looked in the mirror this morning and, sadly, I more strongly resemble Fezzik than Westley

So Fezzik it is!

You may recall that Fezzik and Westley enter into a rhyming competition prior to a mano-a-mano fight which culminates in Fezzik's demise. So I'm talking to a friend and he, quite innocently, asks me “how is it going?” and, for whatever reasons, I replied as follows:

"Well, 2010 was a year of learning…..
Hopefully 2011'll be a year of earning
Because there are many things for which my wife is yearning
Which has left my stomach continually churning."

I don't know where this eruption of relevant nonsense came from, but for the record I am publicly referring to whatever impulses caused this outburst as a gift though madness crossed my mind again and again and again and again.

So, for 2011, instead of monotonously wishing everyone a Happy New Year, I want to wish you all a Wonderful Year of Earning (including moi).

Yippee!