Last night I began my stained glass-making class, which is offered through the Milwaukee County Recreational Education Group. We received a list of materials for next week and told to start planning projects for the next few weeks. I'm taking this class for two reasons. 1. I'd like to make something artistic. 2. I want to meet some new people.
One of the other students is named Thor. This isn't the first time I've seen Thor of Milwaukee; he was also on my Ultimate Frisbee Team for a week, but I don't think he remembers me. Thor is a young guy, tall and medium-build, with a full beard. Even though I give you this description, I would bet that you still picture him in a viking hat. I've actually seen the guy, yet I still see a viking when I think of the prototype of a person named Thor. I don't really imagine vikings to be a stained glass-making people. I picture them more to be the stained glass-breaking type of people. I will keep you up-to-date on my stained glass escapades, but more importantly on the ultimate frisbee-playing, stained glass-making viking, Thor of Milwaukee.
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ok, here's what you do so he remembers you.
visit your local independent comic book retailer.
purchase a thor comic book.
next time you have class with the real life thor, bring out the comic so he can plainly see you're reading it.
of course he'll take note of this, and then you'll always be the guy reading the thor comic
or, if that isn't bold enough here is an alternate plan
get a viking helmet and a hammer
wear them, along with a fur-trimmed cape, to the next ultimate frisbee game. people will think you're thor, start calling you thor, and then the real life thor will come over and say something like "you're not thor, I am" then you can let him wear your viking hat for a while and you'll become fast friends who play ultimate frisbee make stained glass and visit your local comic book store
to close, a few thoughts from jack handey:
"When the age of the Vikings came to a close, they must have sensed it. Probably, they gathered together one evening, slapped each other on the back and said, 'Hey, good job.'"
"If the Vikings were around today, they would probably be amazed at how much glow-in-the-dark stuff we have, and how we take so much of it for granted."
and my favorite:
"I hope in the future Americans are thought of as a warlike, vicious people, because I bet a lot of high schools would pick 'Americans' as their mascot."
-Tom
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