{"id":341,"date":"2009-07-26T18:05:48","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T01:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/?p=341"},"modified":"2009-07-26T18:05:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T01:05:48","slug":"shiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/2009\/07\/26\/shiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suppose you happened to be wearing a strange hat. By strange, I don’t mean a hat that dispenses some beverage or looks like a block of Swiss cheese. I mean strange like a hat that is<\/em> a block of Swiss cheese and has live rats wearing clown costumes running through it. And it’s on fire. You know that when you meet up with an acquaintance, the conversation hasn’t really started until there’s been a comment or question about the hat.\u00a0 Having a whopping black eye is kind of like that.<\/p>\n

I’m experiencing this first hand at the moment. The reactions range from concern (“Oh my gosh, what happened<\/em>?”) to bits of humor (“What does the other guy look like?”) and a fair amount of blaming me for getting on Shannon’s bad side. It’s kind of interesting to shake someone’s hand at church and realize that the other person hasn’t really looked you in the eye yet because it’s just not possible to ignore it.<\/p>\n

There have, however, been times when I sort of forget that I look like the dog on Gerrit’s journal:<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/p>\n

I start to think, “Wow, I must be particularly handsome today the way I’m turning heads… Lookin’ good… Oh, wait.”<\/p>\n

I’d almost say it’s a plus for a generally quiet guy like me to have a conversation piece prominently attached to my face. Maybe I could plan a series of facial contusions to keep that benefit, except that Shannon is a little squeamish and occasionally can’t stand to look at me. That’s a big one for the “minus” column. Maybe if I could just find a flaming sombrero…<\/p>\n

P.S. Ethan suggested that I ought to say something about how<\/em> I got a black eye. I think that might spoil the fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suppose you happened to be wearing a strange hat. By strange, I don’t mean a hat that dispenses some beverage or looks like a block of Swiss cheese. I mean strange like a hat that is a block of Swiss cheese and has live rats wearing clown costumes running through it. And it’s on fire. … <\/p>\n

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