Oh.

Now that you walk me through it, the reference seems so…obvious?  No I still don’t understand.

I guess I’m your opposite (Bizarro Justin, if you will) because I’ve been reading like Thomas Jefferson on No-Doz (because Thomas Jefferson read alot, and on caffiene pills he’d read even more…just answering that question before it even gets asked).

Even having finished Book 5, which covers Tristram unplanned bris I find myself with little to say.  Definitely my least favorite of all the books.  Even the ending was boring…something about polar bears (I really stopped caring about half way through the last chapter).

Instead of focusing on that I choose to remember something I truly enjoyed…The Jazz Singer starring Neil Diamond.  Now whenever I find myself dis-enjoying the book I close my eyes and take myself back the final cathartic moments as Neil sings at a giant concert (to “his congregation”) in his super sparkly shirt as his traditional Jewish father (Laurence Olivier!) sways to the rockin’ beat (My only complaint: Where’s the Jazz?)

Ah…now I feel better.  Ready to tackle book six.

Your Twin,

Jon

P.S. Do you constantly find yourself forgetting that Trim is a character?  Each time they say Trim I think they’re using some affectionate nickname for Tristram and its only after pages and pages do I remember Uncle Toby’s erstwhile lackey.  Just wondering.

The Young and the Shandy

Sorry for the confusion.

Bobby Shandy’s henchmen were highly evolved apes that have taken on the characteristics of human beings. Hence the dash of The Planet of Apes.

Was that not clear? I thought that was clear.

And to be honest, I was actually equating it with the Mark Wahlberg remake from a few years back.

Speaking of Mark Wahlberg…whatever happened to the “Funky Bunch?”

Man, were those guys funky.

Is it obvious that I haven’t read any more of the book?

Until I have,

Justin