Charlie Sheen sure has a way with words...

“It is a big day of gladness at the Sober Valley Lodge because now I can take all of the bazillions, never have to look at whatshiscock again and I never have to put on those silly shirts for as long as this warlock exists in the terrestrial dimension,” Sheen said in a statement. His lawyers said they planned to sue Warner Bros. Television. (source)

Three things:

1. If "this warlock" stops existing "in the terrestrial dimension", does that mean Sheen will start "putting on those silly shirts"? And how much of that is euphemistic?

2. Next time someone asks how your day's going, please respond: "It is a big day of gladness".

3. My favourite part of the paragraph is the contrast between Sheen's statement and the lawyers' comment.

3b. Take ALL OF THE BAZILLIONS!!

post-meeting with supervisor

Seems my history of punning and wordplay hasn't been wasted. My lit review and the article I'm thinking about starting to write (due March 31) are now based in picking apart key theoretical metaphors.

Seems I'm now establishing my approach to theoretical interventions: 1) find a theory that seems inadequate, 2) locate a central metaphor used in describing that theory, 3) mock the metaphor, 4) suggest alternate metaphor that makes more sense, and then 5) propose new theoretical framework. The metaphor is my way in. My MA had a subtle joke about rabbits proliferating: the article is going to make that one a bit more obvious.

Seems it's all based in the subtleties of language, and in working in as many subtle puns into my academic writing as I can. Like the cookies firstgold and I make at Christmas: just enough batter there to hold in the chocolate chips, cranberries, ginger bits... Just enough academic prose surrounding the puns that it looks (and tastes!) like a thesis.

Seems like a good excuse to link to this vid.