smokepuppet

There was a point in my life that I had a problem with drinking...and driving...and speeding. Because of that, I was assigned community service, which I recently finished. I served at the State Library Talking Book program, which sends books on tape to the handicapped/blind all over Texas. A funny thing about this is that these are not like the audio books you can buy, which are high quality and read by the author or an actor. No, these are government funded tapes, and as you're probably aware, anything the government does positively for people is usually kind of shitty.
There's something great about listening to George Carlin's "Braindroppings" as read by a 3rd rate Walter Cronkite wannabe. "Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits."
The best part of this service was that you could, indeed, listen to any books they had available while you work. Here's the irony: I'm working there as punishment for drinking, essentially...and I've been listening to books by the biggest drunks in history: Charles Bukowski and Ernest Hemingway. "What's the lesson you've learned, John?"
"That I should drink more. I'm a pussy compared to Bukowski...oh, and then I need to write a book."
Don't drink and drive. Drink and type.