Just left Tristan’s place at Jackson Wyoming, so I thought it would be a good time to discuss a book he gave me which I read on the trip- A Confederacy of Dunces. It was hilarious. It was touching in a weird way. The strongest thought I had after putting the book down was that the “hero”, Ignatius J. Reilly, would make an EXCELLENT blogger! The book jokes that Ignatius spends his time locked in his room, in bed, writing pages of various thoughts and journal entries in his “Big Chief” paper tablets, which are then discarded to the floor. Someday, somehow, he’ll arrange these disparate rants that fill his room into a proper book. Of course the oaf doesn’t have the dedication to finish any project that large.

Doesn’t seem so out of place in today’s world. Substitute “Big Chief” for “Dell” and he’d be a hit on the web! No dedication required!

Anyway the book was amazing. It built a crescendo of madness that culminated in one of the most satisfying endings I’ve ever experienced in comedy. Thanks to Tristan for sending it my way.