Erik -
I would hope that your time at BU
has taught you, if nothing else, to not stomp out a
small brush fire. Instead, to pour gas on it. Why? It's
funnier that way. Maybe not the good natured kind of
funny, like when the planets align and you miss a
question on Ernest Hemingway, but fun
nonetheless.
Meanwhile, the "bsplanchard" affair and the post-game
commentary on it has the communications student in me
thinking. Anyone remember the "I am Tiger Woods." ad
campaign Nike was running not all that long ago?
A
bearded man sits at a desk, in a brightly lit classroom
at some American university. He squeezes the black
plunger in his hand, and others go silent. He then turns,
and looks meaningfully into the camera...
"I
am Andy Goss."
A girl, college age, stands in
Cameron Indoor. Chanting and ...wooshing after a sunk
free throw. Turns, meaningfully...
"I am Andy
Goss."
A midget, because in my world midgets are funny, is
at a pro wrestling show. We'll saw WCW since it's a
Wednesday night. He crashes the steel chair in his hands
against the "skull" of the latest Flair child to enter
wrestling. Turns, yada, yada, yada...
"I am Andy
Goss."
But maybe I'm way off base here...
Jon Cooch