The defensive line
Now that I am officially a member of the blogging community, I try to support my favorite blogs as vehemently as possible. Sort of a virtual Neighborhood Watch program. (Debra Pickett: Has your friend checked out poshtots.com? Eric Zorn: Were you really in an origami club? Were there competitions?)
So it was with glee that I discovered Tom Arnold’s Super Bowl blog. While I’m not sure he grasps the finer points of the Cover Two defense, I think he may be my sports soul mate.
His Friday night posting included details on what he ate (steak smothered in crab meat), how he spends his money (he’s bought seven engagement rings over the years), and the phrase “My man Snoop Dogg was spitting rhymes at Tiger Stadium.‿ It’s like we’re the same person. I loved Arnold in “Happy Endings.‿ Who knew he was such a conversational, entertaining writer?
So my heart dropped when I read this in his blog: “I saw this weasel writer from Chicago that I once made nice with and shook his hand at the Super Bowl in Houston only to have him write ‘Tom Arnold came up and shook my hand, like we know each other.’‿
Somebody was mean to Tom Arnold! From our city! In writing! I tried to find out who it was, but didn’t have any luck with Google or Nexis. I feel great shame for Chicago. If you know who the culprit was, tell me. I’ll snub him for life.
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Yes, Paige, I was in an origami club. But, well, you know....
Posted by: Eric Zorn | February 5, 2006 10:48 AM