I think it may be the time to put the wraps on my blog Perry Block - Nouveau Old, Formerly Cute. I've advanced the character about as far as I can after almost 900 posts, a pretty good sign it's time to call it quits. If anyone is interested in what happens to Perry Block, it's really all in my book by the same name (Perry Block - Nouveau Old, Formerly Cute) which takes the character through a significant part of his Baby Boomer life more or less to the current day.
As I've said in the past, Perry Block in the blog is not the same as I am. Though not particularly confident, he's more confident than I am, more freewheeling, and - totally unlike me - somewhat conniving. It's odd, but now that it's over, I have to say that
I kind of miss him.
Go figure.
Anyway, to the degree I may write Parodies or Satires in the future unrelated to "Perry Block," they will be on various websites throughout the web, and maybe I'll post some of them here. Two fairly recent ones on Slackjaw are:
I'd like to thank all those who have read my blog over all these years and told me they liked it as well as anyone who's read it all whether they communicated with me or not. There are many people I'd like to thank individually for their support but they are far too numerous to mention.
I appreciate you all.
I appreciate you all.
If you are a Baby Boomer, please do your best to enjoy these not necessarily inherently enjoyable years. And don't let anyone refer to you as a "Senior." You are a Baby Boomer! Any further age-descriptive name is bogus and unnecessary.
To the best degree you can, don't leave anything on the table. Go after what you want even if you have to go out of your Comfort Zone to get it. And if you don't have someone to wrap your arms around at night, do everything you can to find that someone as soon as possible.
I think that might be the most important thing I have to say of all.
And if you're younger, be you Millennial or Gen X, enjoy your years ahead. They go fast. Before long you'll be recoiling like a vampire at the sight of mirrors just like we do.
Got that, mother-fuckers?
Take care, everyone. Be good, but not too good.
Bye-Bye, all.
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Got that, mother-fuckers?
Take care, everyone. Be good, but not too good.
Bye-Bye, all.
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7 comments:
Great News! I had a pop-up on my computer this morning that said ABBA was releasing two new songs. One entitled, "Nouveau" something and the other "Dancing with a Formerly Cute Queen."
I thought I'd let you know since you'd been busy covering the Bill Cosby trial. Did you get any tips from Bill on how to get women in the sack?
Now that you're a famous author, Havertown will become the new literary Mecca visiting just to wash their clothes in one of the laundrymats where you hung a flyer. Maybe they'll even put up one of those historical markers, "Perry Block once posted here."
Loved the testimonials my friend.
Havertown is indeed the new literary Mecca and I am its Gertrude Stein. I believe Hemingway shows great promise, but Fitzgerald must exhibit more passion. His "Great Gatsby," while promising, is fated to be made into three awful movies, one with Leonardo di Caprio.
As for ABBA, they are the greatest musical group since the super group of Beethoven, Tschaikowsky, Prokofiev,and Stevie Winwood. What a shame that when Stevie Winwood broke up the group to form Traffic, poor Beethoven rolled over when he had to tell Tschaikowsky the news.
Thanks for writing, Russell!
My favorite song of theirs was "John Barleycorn Must get Drunk to Read Nouveau Old, Former Cute."
There are probably some Wordpress meet-ups near you. I attended one in Fayetteville recently and met someone who could help me with my site.
BTW - I think elevator shoes might be a good option for you. Plus, you should get one of those fedoras like Truman Capote used to wear.