More Censorship!

       Ken Leonard was invited to be our guest blogger for today.  Ken is a true believer.  If you don’t believe me, just visit his blog -  A True Believer’s Weblog .  Ken admits to being “a little weird” (like, he uses his middle name for a first name - what’s up with that?).  I also find it a little suspect that rather than post a picture of himself on his blog, he has one of Mike Huckabee.  Like he has Huckabee-envy or something.  But, apart from these things, Ken seems to be a great guy. 

       I’d like to thank the distinguished panel of Necessary Therapy for this honor, and I assure you that I will attempt to handle this with all of the grace and dignity that befits such a high calling. I’d also like to thank all of the little people who helped me get to this level (not, like, you know, gnomes or anything … just little people, knaves, peasants, people who gave me ideas that I ripped off, that sort of thing).

       But I am curious into which category I fell. You said you’d be accepting entries from:

     “Liberals, tatoo artists, athiests, adulterers, gun-toting axe murderers, steroid users, talk-show hosts, neo-nazis, organ donors, witches, self-published poets, pornographers, Patriots fans.”

     I’ve been accused of being a liberal, but that seems weird to me. I wanted to have a radio talk show in college, but never did. I’m listed as a potential organ donor, but haven’t actually given anything more than some blood. I have put some poetry online, but I doubt you’d know that, unless Necessary Therapy has even more intelligence-gathering ability than I’d thought. I suppose adultery fits, since I have looked inappropriately at women, if I’m honest about it. But I doubt that that was what you meant … so, I’m just wondering. I guess I am a Patriots fan. That Thomas Paine, you know, he could write. And “Johnny Tremaine” was one of my favorite books growing up. Oh, you meant THOSE Patriots? Yeah, I guess they exist.
 
     I’d like to thank Pistol Pete for inviting me to guest blog at Necessary Therapy, but I can’t, because he asked me to keep it to 500 words, and I ramble too much…

     Ken went on to talk about his parents, who were very cool.  I think his Dad was a jet pilot or something.  Almost, like, a hero.  Actually, Ken did a good job of staying within the 500 word limit.  I imagine that took some work, given Ken’s admitted tendency to ramble.  An English professor once told me it is often more difficult to write a 1-page essay than a 10-page term paper.  I could never quite understand that.  When I write, I write succinctly, get right to the point, nothing redundant, don’t go on and on and on, ad infinitum.  But that’s just me. 

     Anyway, nice work on your submission, Ken!  But, we liked the above introductory statement to your e-mail more than your actual post.  So, we just sort of lopped that part off.  There you go.  Censorship in action!