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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
May 01, 2008
Five Years Later
Today's high school seniors, who are about to graduate next month and are now old enough to join the military, were in seventh grade on Mission Accomplished Day.
—Jonathan Schwarz
Posted at May 1, 2008 12:58 PMThe more depressing realization is that there are currently five-year-old children living in Baghdad who have never known a time when they weren't surrounded by guns and bombs and the sound of people dying. As far as they know, that's what life is. Think about THAT next time you see a five-year-old.
Posted by: saurabh at May 1, 2008 04:08 PMANOTHER crop of child-soldiers for the great war machine, when will WE just say NO?
Posted by: Mike Meyer at May 1, 2008 04:27 PMThink about THAT next time you see a five-year-old.
Sorry, my head can't do that. Thinking too much along those lines would force me to rip my head off. My head knows this and wants to stay attached to the rest of me, and so it won't go down that path.
Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at May 1, 2008 04:34 PM
