On Robert Bly and two jokes
Read an obituary article in The Washington Post about Bly’s recent death. It remarks that he oddly (to some) wrote about male problems at a time when feminism was ascendant. I think the problem for men is just surviving, being moral, and frankly making enough money. He was also a poet.
From the obituary:
“Besides Iron John, his most noted prose works included The Sibling Society (1996), a critique of modern American society in which people — himself included, he confessed — often pursued instant gratification over loftier ends.
‘What I’m saying is that once we dismantled the patriarchy and paternalism, we didn’t get a matriarchy,’ he told the Times, ‘we got a culture run by adolescents.’”
Two jokes
“Full” by yours truly
Recording: “Sorry, my voice mail is full on this phone.”
“Full of love for me?”
Recording: “Yes of course.”
“PIN” by yours truly
“Will you sleep with me now? I have a user name, password, and account number that could get me in.”
“But what about your six-digit PIN? Six is enough for me.”
“Good. Sometimes I wonder about it with women.”