Bologna Medal Winner in the Olympic Decathlon

91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:21:54 -0500

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Take THAT, vegetarians!

Thanksgiving Traditions

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:19:37 -0500

With our economy in the tubes I can understand how celebrating Christmas for two and a half months can be a positive thing. With everyone buying gifts, making travel arrangements and racking up electric bills running Christmas lights 24 hours a day it stimulates the economy.

However, the law of probability states that the longer amount of time we allow something to continue the better the chances are that some soccer mom will kill another hapless parent over something like a Tickle Me Elmo.

It used to be that the more violent and stressful Christmas traditions were reserved for December and I was able to enjoy the relaxed Thanksgiving tradition of killing animals, watching football and eating until I feel sick.

And that is what Thanksgiving is all about: traditions. Which must be the reason for it traditionally being the heaviest drinking holiday of the year. A celebration of patriotic joy and togetherness that rivals the 4th of July with an 80% less chance of blowing your fingers off with something explosive.

Thanksgiving starts every year for my family with the Thanksgiving shoot at Spring Farm in Sag Harbor. After three hours of sleep, my brother and I wake up and immediately get yelled at by our mother because we aren’t dressed right. That is a family tradition we experience every holiday.

Breakfast at our uncles is hearty; steak, eggs, potatoes, hash browns, muffins, etc. After breakfast we head over to the Farm for coffee and show off how much plaid we’re all wearing.

I see more plaid and camouflage in these few hours than I do all year long. It was like watching a live action Orvis catalogue. Or maybe Cabel’s. Some even have camouflaged guns, which seems entirely pointless to me. If an animal can see your gun then you should probably have already fired it.

The people over at Spring Farm have come under fire recently from animal rights hippies, and the likes, because they have a problem with people shooting ducks out of the air. “I’m a lover, not a fighter” or “Guns kill” and all those other saying sissies say to justify being a sissy, which I am. Have you ever shot a gun before? It hurts and it is loud. Plus, 12-gauges have a kickback like a mule and I bruise easily.

My uncles, bless their hearts, don’t make fun of me too much for not shooting. My brother, on the other hand, lays into me all day and calls me adopted. Sure I don’t hunt or fish or eat seafood or build things and am scrawny and have red hear, unlike both sides of my family, but usually by this point am too hungry to care.

Dinner starts at four in the afternoon with light snacks (like an entire bowl of shrimp, chips, cheese and bread) and doesn’t end until ten, when everyone has eaten their entire weight in turkey and potatoes.

Despite how amazing the holiday is, this year I have been hearing a lot of nasty Thanksgiving propaganda. For instance, I have read a few articles recently mentioning the dangers of stuffing and how it is more susceptible to food dwelling bacteria than the rest of the bird. And true, something to worry about this holiday dinner is the threat of improperly cooked food, but for anyone who has ever had stuffing can attest, it’s worth the risk.

Eating copious amounts of meat until I fall into a meat induced coma, making fun of friends and tree huggers and spending quality time with family. That is what this holiday means to me.

And that part about the drinking. Definitely the drinking.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

I have spent many seconds sitting in front of my computer and...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:07:45 -0500

I have spent many seconds sitting in front of my computer and this has to be the best 100 seconds of them.

Become A Better You Through Me

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:10:00 -0500

A lot of my readers have asked me, “Nick, we understand that you are prefect and we admire that. How can we better ourselves so that we might come closer you your shining example?”

Congratulations! You are already one step closer to a better you by simply reading this column. It is an intelligent, organized, and creative piece of writing and I am working closely with top scientists to get Focused Boredom approved by the FDA as a cure for the common cold.

Before we get approval though, I would like to impart some of my wisdom you, relatively free of charge.

Health: Put down the pork rinds and consider your health for a minute. Nine out of ten doctors say that you should live a healthy life and, like doctors, I went to college for seven years so listen up.

The first thing you should consider is your diet. It took me several years of painstaking, scientific research to learn that a diet of Top Ramen was not good. So if that is something that you do, don’t. A good diet should be well balanced and consist of all the major food groups: meat, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and Vienna sausages.

But diet alone isn’t enough to make a healthy body. It is also important to exercise regularly. A regiment of cardio and anaerobic work can really sculpt the body into a form that will really make you proud. So become a member of a gym, join a PAL, or play lazar tag to really get the heart racing. As the old saying goes, feel the burn. Because you will feel it, the next morning when you try to get out of bed.

Organization: Do you consider yourself to be organized? There is a very effective and scientific way to determine if you are or not, which I call the How-Much-Of-Your-Bedroom-Floor-Can-You-See Test. If it is none then you are very organized because you have everything laid out and easy to find.

Writing a To Do Lists is a great way to help you become more organized. Simply take a piece of paper and write down all the things that you plan on accomplishing for the day. These can be very specific, like go to the mail and pick up dry cleaning, or cover a broad subject like “try cooking a new recipe today.”

Then, the following day, after not completing a single item on the list, you just add, “Finish yesterday’s To Do List” to the current list. At this point it would be best to develop a filing system so you can keep track of all the previous lists that you still need to complete.

I suggest a pile on the floor, somewhere around the dirty laundry.

Creativity: I am already brimming in this department, as made example by the work literary genius you now hold in your hand. I created it.

That being said, I can’t think of anything. I don’t know, make something out of macaroni noodles, or something.

Intelligence: We here at the Independent pride ourselves on being the top minds in the business and prove it week after week by coming to work; a job we were all smart enough to lie on our resumes to get. And, as I mentioned before, it took me seven years to graduate from college. If I remember anything from my Math For Literature Students Class, it’s that seven is better (>) than four.

One thing that really helps build intelligence is crossword puzzles. These can be found in almost any newspaper, usually on page five in the B section. They help develop vocabulary and really force you to think.

For example, you might only be given four spaces for the clue, “Small Mountain.” You have to learn to write really small to fit the answer, “Mount Wycheproof,” the smallest mountain in the world.

I hope that I was able to help some you fine readers out there and hope that you become the person that you want to be. And all I ask in return is that when you find yourself among the beautiful masses that you remember me, and my words of encouragement. And how I said that this was only “relatively” free of charge.

Nick Bennett is an advice columnist for the criminally insane. Focused Boredom appears every week in the Arts and Entertainment of The Independent.

mandalay: Mills suggested like 8 years ago that I read Dune,...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:46:51 -0500

mandalay:

Mills suggested like 8 years ago that I read Dune, and I finally finished it. Sci fi is hard! No, really, it’s kind of hard to understand when they make up words and stuff. I am iffy about sci fi at best but I’d give this…….a thumbs up. I mean, Star Wars and all modern sci fi obviously stole all of their best ideas from it (I think?) so you’ll probably like it. It was a good story, kept me interested, kept me up until 2am the other night trying to finish the damn thing. Also now I have a very strong desire to learn how to read facial twitches and understand vocal tones.

This made no sense. It was a solid book. Moving on. -M

I have read this book three times and have recently been craving another literary tour of Arrakis. Judge me, I don’t care. I am a nerd.

New York Sports

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:22:36 -0500

Last week was truly an eventful time in New York Sports and I am very proud to say that I was a part of all of it. Like so many others in the New York region, I celebrated the Yankees 27th World Series Championship, then, aching with Yankees pride, spent the rest of the next day, curled up in bed on my computer.

With my pores practically oozing team pride, and my pores literally oozing beer and whiskey, I was able to reflect on how important a role I had in such a great victory.

I made it to the bar promptly, during the third inning and geared myself for the long haul. All the seats were already taken so I knew that I was going to have to stand for most of the game.

And stand I did, cheering on the Bronx Bombers through the television in the hopes that they would hear me. They must have because they did everything that I asked of them, which was winning.

From what I can piece together of the hazy memories I still have of the ninth inning, I was in good spirits.

Then it was the next morning, I was in bed, my pants were off and I still had my shoes on. Go Yankees!

What I am most excited about with the Yankees victory is that there is finally something in the sports world to knock the NY Marathon out of the papers.

I have made my stance on running very clear, I don’t like it and I think it is stupid. Yet year after year, for the last two years, I find myself inexplicably drawn to watching people destroy themselves in this grueling test of endurance just so I can say that I watched someone complete it.

The 39th ING New York City Marathon was on November 1 and as far as I can tell there is no other form of physical punishment that could possibly be worse than running for 26.2 miles, or 42.195 Kilometers for those of you European enough to know the metric system.

The marathon has its roots in ancient Greece when a messenger ran 26.2 miles nonstop to deliver a message. Upon completing his task he promptly dropped dead and today marathon runners go the distance to prove that we are better than the ancient Greeks by not dying after completing the run.

I was up and out of the house at 9 AM, rushing to catch a cab to the nine-mile mark. I made it, pouring sweat, just in time to see the leaders go by. By this mark the runners were already looking haggard, sore, and sweaty. I wanted to yell at them for doing something so destructive to themselves but they wouldn’t hear me because, let’s face it, they actually signed up for this.

Which means they are all closet masochists.

That’s because aside from the normal aches and worries that come from distance running, like exploding leg muscles and dying, there are other “things” you need to be aware of. What do you do thirteen miles into the race if you suddenly have to go to the bathroom, after sweating for two straight hours how can drinking water be bad, and what exactly do you do about your nipples?

Think about the amount of friction that is generated between your shirt and nipples while running 26 mile. That is way more than just your average chaffed nipple; you actually run the risk of cutting your nipple open with cotton. As a general rule, I try to avoid anything that makes my nipples bleed.

This year American Meb Keflezighi won the men’s race (the first American to win the race since Alberto Salazar did it in 1982) with a time of 2:09:15. Which isn’t that impressive. Sure it is great that an American won after so many years but I know in my heart that I can beat that time. All I need is some serious training, a good pair of shoes, and pray that I am not tested after the race for performance enhancing subways rides.

But for now I will stick to being a spectator. It may not be as glamorous but I don’t have to worry about a broken leg or bleeding nipples, and no matter how many brain cells I destroy it will never affect my column.

Nick Bennett would also like to add how happy he is that his friend and roommate, Danielle Florio, and her boyfriend, Andrew Casey, completed the marathon and how much he hopes all f their toenails grow back. Focused Boredom appears every week in The Independent.

Beatles Plan a Reunion Tour, Zombies Attack

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:13:21 -0400

The music world is a buzz with the recent rumors of a Beatles Reunion Tour, featuring all of the original members, as zombies have begun rising from the grave devouring mankind. A spokesman for the band has said that the group, which officially broke up in 1975, is currently rehearsing many of their old songs and writing new ones in preparation for the upcoming world tour, in a world currently ravaged by the horrors of the undead. Paul McCartney has mentioned that, in a press release, that he is excited about reuniting with John Lennon whose recent return is a direct result of the global epidemic that is reanimating the deceased. The reunion has been marred by attempts by Lennon on and George Martin to eat the two surviving members, McCartney and Ringo Star, but the band is trying to work around their differences sighting a “dire need for the to world to unite in hope, because of all the bloody zombies.”

Last Nights Amazing Dream Forgotten

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:12:32 -0400

Local man, Harold Vader, has told reporters that the incredible dream he had last night has since been forgotten. The dream, he claims, was one of the most vivid nocturnal hallucinations he has had in ages and he is sure that his high school principal was there and that there was a team of monkeys dressed as cheerleaders, but is unable to recall the context in which they interacted. “I think that the cast of Friends was involved somehow,” he added, unable to drag any amount of information from his memory. According to his wife, the dream must have been very good because he had kept her awake all night long with his moaning and laughing.

Local Hot Wings Are Awesome

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:12:13 -0400

A local group of friends were stunned on Monday after a seemingly ordinary plate of buffalo wings turned out to be freaking amazing. The groups of friends, claiming to be connoisseurs of the spicy bar snack, were shocked at how well the sauce managed to coat the entire wing without being overly messy. More impressive was the fact that the wings wee part of the Monday Night Football promotion and were free of charge, otherwise the trio would not have ordered them believing the bar would serve up only disappointment. “We were all, like, just watching the game down at the local bar and the waitress put this plate in front of us and we were all like, what is this?” According to reports, the wings looked slightly burnt and were drowning in hot sauce but, upon further investigation, turned out to be “effing mind blowing.”

Radio Shack Announces Plans to Go Digital In 2012

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:11:45 -0400

In a recent press conference Radio Shack CEO, Julian Day announced plans to take the chain of electronics retail stores into the 21st century, by going digital. The company, which has managed to stay in business since 1921 earned revenue of $4.8 billion in 2007 despite selling ancient technology, like tape recorders and walkie-talkies. Employees of Radio Shack, all 37,000+ of whom shop at Apple or Best Buy, are excited about the change, most notably because they will finally stop selling things like remote control cars and backlight’s. “I hate working around all the crazy lights,” said one employee. He went on to explain that the glare from the lights always made it difficult to check his iPhone, an item Radio Shack currently does not carry.

Hot Girl Doing Something For Charity

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:11:07 -0400

Local activist and humanitarian Brianna Kelman was seen handing out flyers for something or other on Main Street in a shirt that generally considered to be bursting at the seams. The attractive college graduate has been trying to help the community through protests or by supporting the local homeless shelter or some farm or something. “She is always fighting for the well being of everyone in the area,” said one local man of Ms. Kelman. He added that he attends all of her protests, and really admires her ferocity when she raises her arms and jumps in rage over poor working conditions or whatever.

Samurai Exhibit

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:45:20 -0400

Samurai Exhibit:

I am going see this next week.

The W&L Dinners this weekend were amazing and lots-o-fun. On...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:10:00 -0400

The W&L Dinners this weekend were amazing and lots-o-fun. On Saturday, Mike from Studiofeast shot a stop-motion video of the entire day and really captures how hectic some of these events can feel at times. Thanks to the redheaded blur behind the bar for the liquid courage to make it through the night, whom ever he is.

marklow: Need a shark-sitter for one of those ‘last minute...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:39:17 -0400

marklow:

Need a shark-sitter for one of those ‘last minute weekends’?

I have been looking for someone to take care of my Duck-Billed Giraffe and an 11-year old boy would be perfect for the job, because of its short legs.

Professional Football Seasoning

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:14:19 -0400

I may not be the most athletic person but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy watching sports as much as the next guy. In fact, the next guy is probably a bigger sports fan because of the dedicated years he put in drinking beer while watching his team.

The best sport to watch is, without a doubt, football. Sixteen weeks of gridiron matches, plus four weeks for the postseason and one for the company bake sale.

The goal in football is to get the ball across the opposing teams goal line by executing a series of plays to gain yards. In order to gain yards the offensive line has to repeatedly run head first into a human wall of muscle and brawn that can actually be seen from space.

Almost every team in the USA, with the exception of Hawaii and Alaska, has a pro football team. This has always been a bit confusing to me because I picture Hawaiians as the very tough descendants of Maori tribes while Alaskans are composed of the rugged explorers and fur traders that founded it. Sadly, because of their locations, the closest Hawaii will get to a pro team is the University of Hawaii while the closest Alaska will ever get is Russia.

The states that do have teams name them after the ferocious indigenous animals or after some of the popular children’s book villains. There are the Giants, the Bears, the Raiders, the Clash of the Titans, and the B-52’s. Names that strike fear in to the hearts of the opposing team as 80,000 fans chant their team’s name and bang on their seats, shaking the ground underneath.

All except for Miami Dolphins, who’s fans throw confetti in the air as they chant their team’s name. Seriously, how can you pick a name like the Dolphins? These are friendly creatures that frolic in the sea while other, more terrifying animals make fun of them because they have a football team named after them.

The best part about football is that it becomes a daylong event. Sure, everyone tells me that I have to go to a game to get the full experience but on Sundays I can drink more beer, eat more wings, and watch more games without ever having to put on pants. Maybe if there is company.

But that’s the best way to watch the games. With friends, gathered on the couch, with snacks like man has done for centuries. Early humans used to sit around on rock with other Cro-Magnon friends, watching a fire and eating Doritos. Little has changed about the sport of watching football since then.

There is no denying that football is a male dominated sport. Not to say that women don’t like watching football or can’t play it but if it was run by women the cheerleaders would probably be wearing something a little more “respectable,” which would mess with how people watch football. Do you really think people want higher definition televisions so they can see individual grass?

There is always one game that you cannot miss; it doesn’t mater what obstacles are in your path. That is the one where your team is playing. A real sports fan will skip church, meetings, and showering in favor of watching their team play.

This is because sports fan, for those who have never met one, are insane. They yell at the television screen in a desperate attempt to make the coaches and players, who are in the television, hear them; in many cases, fans will dress up like the players; they create imaginary teams and play in imaginary leagues; they will follow a team for thousands of miles to watch them for a few hours.

In any other situation these traits would get a restraining order slapped on you and possibly fitted for a straight jacket, depending on how involved your imaginary league was in your day-to-day life. But in this sports culture you’re just considered a big fan if you have your team’s logo shaved onto your chest.

I will never go that far, but I will spend the entire day on Sunday watching as much football as I can. Company is always welcomed.

Just let me know if you are coming over so I can put some pants on.

The Travel Bug: May Cause Upset Stomach

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:37:24 -0400

There are so many diseases to worry about in this world. For instance, we have these current pandemics that are sweeping the globe, passing from one hypochondriac to the next; diseases like Swine Flu, Avian Flu, Mad Cow Disease, French Fry Fever, and Chocoholism.

None of these horrible diseases have had affected me yet, except maybe the addition of a few other elements to break up my all pork and hamburger diet.

What frightens me the most is this disease I keep hearing about on television now called the Travel Bug.

The Travel Bug attacks the brain, causing the victim to become disorients, irritable, forgetful of every other bad experience they had traveling, and convince themselves that they should spend an undetermined amount of time away from their home where they know there is a fully functional bathroom.

I am joking about the virus, of course, but it is important to remember that there is a whole industry behind vacationing. Big Travel doesn’t want us to think about the dangers that come with getting off the couch. They want you to forget the niceties of the home that you have spent your time and money on to go somewhere else that you will claim to love but would never actually live there because of the giant spiders that freely inhabit your room overlooking the beach, because someone forgot install windows.

The most important travel rule is to never stay anywhere that doesn’t have windows.

This can usually be avoided by carefully picking the right destination spot. You should pick somewhere that will be a new cultural experience, a great place to loose yourself, and has some novelty destination, like the Largest Piece of Corrugated Cardboard in Scumsuck, Nebraska.

The two best destinations that you can pick from are Domestic and Foreign. The problem with going to a foreign country is the language barrier. Not because they don’t speak English, every other country seems to encourage learning a second or third language, but because the speak English so much better than we do. Statistically, 80% of Americans can only speak English at a fifth grade level.

Another important travel rule is to never go anywhere that speaks better English than you. This is why, for my last vacation, I chose California.

While there I was faced with other travel hazards, like getting my rental car broken into and my camera and GPS stolen.

I can’t blame the thief. The back of my car did say “Dollar Rent-A-Car” in colorful letters, labeling me as someone on vacation. He was duty bound to make sure that I didn’t make it home with everything that I started out with. Few people really understand the point of this service that the colorful, homeless locals bestow upon us. If it weren’t for the gracious theft of my belongings, how would I have made room in my bag for the “authentic” sake set I picked up at the bar after drinking a few too many?

Forget what I said before, the most important travel rule is to not buy souvenirs while drinking.

Thankfully, the airlines have developed a preventative measure for such absurd purchases. They are called Baggage Handlers.

These gentle creatures will do everything in their power to make sure that any delicate, liquid-filled glass container you might have in your suitcase never makes it back: expensive wine bottles, snow globes, jars of honey, or your collection of sand so you can “take a part of the journey home with you.”

My favorite part of the journey has to be the baggage carousel, because I know what to expect. I have yet to go somewhere without having some complications with my bags.

On the return from my last trip the trolls handling the bags had somehow put four bags, including mine, onto another plane bound for JFK. One of the other bags, I am not making this up, belonged to a priest who, wearing his black suit and stole (I only know what this is called because I did a Google Search for priest neck thing), started cursing at one of the attendants when our bags didn’t show up. She was as surprised as I was but, given her current circumstance, wasn’t aloud to laugh as hard as I did.

His irritation was understandable. We had both been on the same flight that had a four-hour layover in Boston, a city I can now legally claim to have visited.

All things considered, it was a great trip and I had a lot of fun. Only now I have to take these antibiotics after breathing Los Angeles air which is teeming with the terrifying disease Garisolybusey, which causes you to look and act like Gary Busey.

The CAO Ismet Bekler Meerschaum William Shakespeare. My friend...

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:33:58 -0400

The CAO Ismet Bekler Meerschaum William Shakespeare.

My friend and roommate Mark is planning on buying a pipe. I hope he gets this one.

I have several close friends that maintain food blogs, know and have participated in a hand full of...

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:56:43 -0400

I have several close friends that maintain food blogs, know and have participated in a hand full of supper cubs around the Brooklyn and Manhattan area, worked in swanky midtown Manhattan and Hamptons restaurants, and live under the same roof as a person who bakes regularly and two others that commonly make their own soup stock.

How is it, with all of this culinary influence, that I ate Kraft Macaroni and Cheese for dinner tonight? What does it say about me that I was actually relishing the though of eating said Kraft as I was returning to my apartment?

Probably nothing.

Do You Do the Dew?

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:06:19 -0400

Under no circumstances should anyone swish Mountain Dew around their mouth like Listerine.

Let me take that back. I should start by saying it is more important to know your limitations. While it is always good to better yourself and expand your horizons, it is always nice to know where you have to draw the line. But rarely can anyone find out where their line is until they are presented with a situation where they might have to cross it.

As an exercise I like to put myself in hypothetical situations to imagine how I might react. This allows me to gauge my comfort threshold and be prepared should I find myself in a particularly unusual, and potentially uncomfortable situation.

While this is a personal exercise I felt I should create some situations to help better my readers. Not that I think you need it but let’s face it, you are reading my column.

-For one reason or another, in order to save the life of a person you don’t know you have to knock them off their bike. There isn’t any time to explain it to them or ask them to get off; it must be done immediately. Furthermore, you are never allowed to explain to anyone why you had to knock them off or else their life will be forfeit.

Do you throw a stick in the spokes or tackle them to the ground?

-For whatever the reason, two unauthorized biographies are written about your life. The first is a detailed, investigative description about your life focusing more on the elements that you regret and don’t want to think about while the other is an amusing, illustrated narrative that presents your life in an exaggeratedly light tone. Additionally, each publication ends ten years in the future, not necessarily with your death.

Without any way to tell if either of these futures is true, which book do you buy first?

-An ear doctor installs the prototype for and implant that translates every language known to man directly and painlessly to your eardrum. The implant does not teach you how to speak another language so communication is still impossible but you can now understand different languages being said around you. There is a glitch, however, caused during the translation of everything that is being said about you.

Would you rather the glitch not translate things that are being said about you or only what is being said about you?

-You are the star in your first movie and it is certain to be a smash success. The press is already clamoring for an exclusive interview and your fan base is growing as the release date approaches. At the premier your entire life feels on track. You turn everyone’s head as you walk down the red carpet and into the theater for the first screening of the movie that is guaranteed to make your career.

Do you mouth along to your lines while watching the movie?

-A wizard approaches you with an offer to make you more attractive. He presents you a potion which, when added to any carbonated drink causes your features to become more striking without really changing your appearance. The potion will work in anything with carbonation (beer, soda, sparkling water), but the wizard gets to choose the drink.

Knowing the range of bubbly beverages you he can choose from, what would he have to choose to make you have second thoughts about his intentions?

You see, with this kind of a question you have to start off assuming that the potion is legitimate and that the wizards’ claims at wizardry are sound. Which of course they are, these are all hypothetical questions.

Additionally, it forces you to question your ability to read people. If the wizard gave you the potion in a Budweiser most people wouldn’t have a problem with it. A Zima on the other hand and you have to wonder where this is really going.

Likewise, a Coke wouldn’t raise an eyebrow while a Mountain Dew would send up a red flag. There has never been a good idea completed with Mountain Dew. Which is why I was stunned not to long ago when I was told about a person who savors MD like a sommelier tastes wine.

I know exactly how I would save the person on the bike but I can’t imagine how I would react if I actually saw someone drink Mountain Dew in such a way, but it would probably be pretty similar.

Nick Bennett demands answers as well as the truth and expects at least one response to realistically point out that he cannot handle the truth. Focused Boredom appears every Wednesday in the Arts and Entertainment section of the Independent.

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