September 15, 2003

Hurricane

To be read aloud in your best Chris Farley voice:

"Do you remember when there was a hurricane headed for Florida? And Jerry Falwell came on TV, and he said that the hurricane was going to hit Orlando because they were having Gay Days at Disney World. And the hurricane was going to be God's punishment on the gays. But then the hurricane turned north and hit Virginia. Where Jerry Falwell was located. Do you remember that?...That was awesome."

I was reminded of that watching the premiere of K Street, HBO's new semi-fictional political series. Howard Dean was doing his impression of the great James Carville, telling an anecdote about meeting a preacher who said (I don't have the exact quote but it goes something like this),

You're going to Vermont? After they've passed a civil union bill? Strange things are going to happen in Vermont as punishment; the leaves will all change color and fall off the trees, the days will grow shorter...it will get cold...

Heh. Indeed. Anway, all kidding aside: good luck to my reader(s?) in the mid-Atlantic states. I don't know who's punishing whom for what, but it sounds like Isabel's going to give you a couple of nasty days.

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