Kissing Hank's Ass

I stumbled upon this piece of “literature” a couple of years ago. Till today, this simple yet witty conversation between 3 people still amuses me. I have to warn you, though, if you are the kind of person who cringes at the very thought of upsetting "Hank", then do not read on. All others, enjoy!

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Kissing Hank's Ass

by Rev. James Huber

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This morning there was a knock at my door. When I answered the door I found a well groomed, nicely dressed couple. The man spoke first:

John: "Hi! I'm John, and this is Mary."

Mary: "Hi! We're here to invite you to come kiss Hank's ass with us."

Me: "Pardon me?! What are you talking about? Who's Hank, and why would I want to kiss His ass?"

John: "If you kiss Hank's ass, He'll give you a million dollars; and if you don't, He'll kick the shit out of you." ........read more

An Ancient Solution to a Modern Dilemma?

There isn’t much argument about the fact that globalization and economic challenges are swiftly changing traditional roles in households all around the world. These changes often mean that women end up juggling full-time jobs, house chores, child care, and marital commitments, leaving them with hardly any personal time at all. Faced with such burdens, women who want to preserve some kind of sanity often resort to one of two options. The first is to give up their ambitions and dreams to remain home and watch life pass them by. The second is divorce. Neither is the lesser of two evils.
So what is the solution? How can a “modern” woman pursue her dreams without breaking her family? Well, actually there is a third option. Polygamy.
I know that the word itself carries a heavy connotation of some sort of backward tribal practice. But the idea of taking more than one wife is something that has been practiced throughout history and is absolutely legal today across many Muslim and non-Muslim countries.
Personally, I never thought that I, a hard-core feminist, would live to say this, but the truth is this middle-ground solution allows women to enjoy the best of both worlds. Not just that, but the whole concept is also economical and environment-friendly. Studies have shown that the recent economic crisis has forced more couples to live together to cut costs. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing considering how much is saved from sharing the same rooftop, energy sources, transportation means, etc. The same idea could be applied here, but just a little more broadly.
Anyways, my first and foremost interest is what works best for hard-working professional moms. After all, who has time nowadays for a full-time marital commitment?
But to be fair, I have to suggest that the same option of polygamy be made available for women who wait endlessly for partners who have fully-loaded schedules.

Painting by Adeline McCarter

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

It seems like ages since I have last posted a new entry (well, about a couple months is more like it). Anyways I’m putting my rusty keyboard back to work as the deadline for a paper on public relations and blogs is approaching. And what is more appropriate to explore the subject than blogging about it, right? Here, though, I’ll try exploring it from a political point of view since I’d better not be controversial or sarcastic in my research paper.
Had Shakespeare lived in our public-oriented, technology-laden, twenty-first century, he might have been quoted as writing “to blog or not to blog: that is the question”. Indeed, blogging has become synonymous with many individuals’ existence. Almost like an avatar that reflects your moods, interests, opinions, etc. And since corporations and governments have been showing growing interest in public-anything, such as public relations and public opinion, these virtual podiums readily find an eager audience. A daily dose of democracy, you can call it. But then what does that say about governments that block access to popular weblog sites after detaining a number of bloggers? Stories of particular Syrian and Iranian bloggers come to mind here. Does that mean that these governments are uninterested in practicing democracy, God forbid?
Purely for the sake of maintaining some kind of faith in our leaders, I’m going to revert to optimistic romanticism. So I’m going to go ahead and assume that those governments and leaders are taking the advice of Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria in his book “The Future of Freedom, Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad”, where he argues that the proper way for developing countries to eventually enjoy the fruits of liberal democracy is for their governments to rule with an iron fist in the initial phase until capital markets are strong enough to eventually demand democracy.
Alas, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.