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"You're missing the point," she said. "What you're saying makes sense in theory, but not in practice. You're trying to compare apples and oranges."
"Why do you keep saying that?" he asked in response. "Apples and oranges aren't that different, really. I mean, they're both fruit. Their weight is extremely similar. They both contain acidic elements. They're both roughly spherical. They serve the same social purpose. With the possible exception of a tangarine, I can't think of anthing MORE similar to an orange than an apple. If I was having lunch with a man who was eating an apple and--while I was looking away--he replaced that apple with an orange, I doubt I'd even notice. So how is this a metaphor for difference? I could understand if you said, 'That's like comparing apples and uranium,' or 'That's like comparing apples with baby wolverines,' or 'That's like comparing apples with hermaphroditic ground sloths.' Those would all be valid examples of profound disparity. But not apples and oranges. In every meaningful way, they're virtually identical."
"You're missing the point," she said again, this time for different reasons.
-Klosterman

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My Blog

Communism in America?

So I'm sitting on a flight to nowhere, contemplating my near-term future. Sometimes I feel like throwing everything I've worked for away and starting all over. It would be nice to be able to erase th...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:46:00 GMT

Today we mourn the loss of Frank

Today we mourn the loss of Frank. He was born December 20th, 2007 and passed away unexpectedly tonight at 7:28pm. Although he was with us only a short while, he touched many. I remember the first t...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:40:00 GMT

The old me

Sometimes I miss the old me. The me who could always be found late at night, drink in hand, at any number of Denver's divey haunts. The me who slept until the sun sank again; long enough to cure the...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:09:00 GMT

I'm rejoining the land of the living!

Well, I'm finally switching jobs. After two years of a rotating day/night schedule, I'm making the move to a regular weekday 9-5 type of job. What's all this mean to you? 1. Ho...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:05:00 GMT

Who in the hell are these people?

I grew up in a small town in Kansas. It was a town so bland, so boring, so average, that it probably didn't deserve its own dot on the map, but I guess someone at Rand McNally felt differently.&...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:02:00 GMT

This town just gets better every day!

I was driving home from work this morning and saw something that made my week. While driving down 17th St this morning a few minutes before 7, I saw some guy wearing spandex pants (cycling or ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:08:00 GMT

Coheed & Cambria...

...are nothing more than this decade's ripoff of Journey with a good dose of Rush thrown in. My prediction? One of these days all you hipsters will realize how badly they suck and Steve Pe...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:20:00 GMT

Round four....

What a mess...my weekend is finally over. It started Wednesday, and ran aground this afternoon at 3:30. I don't think I've been sober at all the whole time. Some highlights? Standin...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:22:00 GMT

There's nothing on TV...

...at 1am on a Monday morning. I'm working all night shifts this month, so I'm practically a vampire. I see all kinds of tanned people running around, and I'm just a pastey impression of m...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:06:00 GMT

Three cheers...

I woke up between the sheets at 8:30 this morning fully clothed. I don't remember anything after the round of Jager Joe forced on me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. It's ac...
Posted by on Sat, 28 May 2005 12:35:00 GMT