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Nov. 16th, 2015
Beth's Birthday Blowout
Nov. 16th, 2015 10:11 pmOn Thursday night, Beth and I went to see Michael Ian Black do a stand-up special at John Jay College. This was pretty soon after Family Guy made fun of him, and he also mentioned the Penguin from Batman Returns during the show. Coincidences abound when you care to look for them. Beth has commented before on how much she identifies with his jokes about married life, like how long-term couples fight so much because they've run out of things to talk about. The thing is, a lot of his humor is based on making totally audacious and offensive statements with an obvious heavy dose of sarcasm, but it just seems obvious to me that he's not being serious. Maybe it's because I've seen him a few times and am familiar with his humor; I don't know how I'd feel going into it with no warning. I was just thinking about this in light of how many stories there are about liberal comedians being lambasted by other liberals for making jokes about certain subjects, even if it's pretty clear they're actually on the same side. Then I think of how people like Mike Huckabee and his good-ol'-boy preacher ilk refuse to ever directly say marriage is anything but a blessing from above, but then make jokes about how dumb or annoying their wives are. It's like, I know it's meant to be a joke, but it just really seems like you don't think much of your wife. But then, in a fundamentalist marriage, wives presumably aren't meant to be respected.
On Saturday night, we went to a birthday party in Queens for our friend Dave, whose actual birthday was the day before that. Beth's birthday was yesterday, and mine is on Wednesday. Scorpios of a feather flock together, or something like that. Today, Tavie and Sean took us out to dinner for our birthdays, and we ate at Heartland Brewery in the Empire State Building. They have good cheeseburgers there. We've never actually tried their beer, but I'm not into that anyway. Beth does like beer, but doesn't have any particular type she favors. At the party on Saturday, I did try a hard apple cider, and it was good. I usually just don't much like the taste of alcoholic beverages.
We've been meaning to go to the Bronx Zoo sometime, since we can get a free membership with a city ID, but only if we apply by the end of the year. It seems like we can never get up early enough, since it's a two-hour subway ride to get there and they close pretty early. There are closer zoos in the city, but you have to apply at the one in the Bronx to become members of the other ones.
On Saturday night, we went to a birthday party in Queens for our friend Dave, whose actual birthday was the day before that. Beth's birthday was yesterday, and mine is on Wednesday. Scorpios of a feather flock together, or something like that. Today, Tavie and Sean took us out to dinner for our birthdays, and we ate at Heartland Brewery in the Empire State Building. They have good cheeseburgers there. We've never actually tried their beer, but I'm not into that anyway. Beth does like beer, but doesn't have any particular type she favors. At the party on Saturday, I did try a hard apple cider, and it was good. I usually just don't much like the taste of alcoholic beverages.
We've been meaning to go to the Bronx Zoo sometime, since we can get a free membership with a city ID, but only if we apply by the end of the year. It seems like we can never get up early enough, since it's a two-hour subway ride to get there and they close pretty early. There are closer zoos in the city, but you have to apply at the one in the Bronx to become members of the other ones.
