The Tuesday Foundation

It’s finally time to take a break from killing and burying cats to check in on the happenings of the Tuesday Foundation and- good night Nelly! It’s been one month since the Foundation last convened! How has this happened? Well, I’ll tell you, in three words or less: parents, rock, school. PRS. For our alert readers, you will notice that the forum for the Tuesday Foundation Journal (heretoforeward TFJ) has been relocated to joedonahue.org, given it’s new interactive features and the like. To read old posts (and I know you want to!) simply point your browser to www.myspace.com/arf161. Okay, onto the dinner.

After seeing a picture of him on the countertop, Joe laments his short 2 week friendship with Kris Putnam. In Joe’s words verbatim: “We met, like, 2 weeks before I graduated and hung out everyday; it was the best 2 weeks of my life!” And speaking of the best 2 weeks, it looks like our Lobster Bisque is coming along nicely, or as Julie so aptly put it: “So far so good… but there’s still time for me to screw up”. Yes Julie, 1 pint does in fact equal 2 cups. Or thereabouts. The fragrance eminating from the kitchen brings back memories of the good ‘ol days, and I think you all know what I mean when I say: “Bah Hahbah”.

Suddenly, the quiet November evening is pierced by bloodcurdling screams from outside. Given the volume and wavelength of said scream, taking the dopplar effect into account, I would hypothesize the scream to originate from 2 or 3 apartments East of our location. We were all terrified, but Julie took charge of the situation: “Joe, go do something!” After a thorough investigation, Joe returns from the patio and confirmed our worst fears: just some teen girls, being teen girls.
Halfway through our appetizer of french fries (I know what you’re thinking- french food with lobster bisque? Not to worry, I’m pretty sure they were actually “freedom fries”, and for our theme, we’ll call them “Freeport Fries”) Anyway, halfway through the fried potatoe snacks, Julie serves us all with a dish of “So, a funny thing happened at work today…” Congratulations Julie! The first time she’s beaten Joe to that little gem of a quote. In truth, nothing really happened, but that’s not the point. The conversation naturally turned to Julie’s shirt of choice, a red ENC gospel choir shirt. The dialogue went like this:
Joe: “Julie, that’s a nice shirt you’re wearing there”
Julie: “Thanks, it’s actually yours”
Joe: “I know, some girl from gospel choir gave it to me, I don’t know her name”. Intriguing…
And now, I am about to introduce the topic which dominated our conversation for the better part of the evening, and will no doubt be all you can think about for the next week, at least: LRAD & You. Yes, Joe did mention this a few days ago, but the dialogue on this baby is just begining. I mean, who wouldn’t want a self-defense mechanism that “makes them [pirates] all crazy and deaf… it throws off their vertigo”. Whatever you are doing right now, you need to stop immediately and go research this incredible technology which no doubt we will all own a pocket-size version of very soon. “Hey lady, gimme your purse”, “Stop, I have an LRAD!” .
So that’s how it goes.
In conclusion, a quotable quote from Steve Carroll, ala The Office on NBC:
“I guess it’s not really a date if she goes home to her fiance”.