The Perk (plus a surprise bonus media file!) and The Second Best Link Ever

Ok, big surprise time, I write these entries the night before I post them. Something like this doesn’t flow that well, you have to prepare it. I have a list of about 50 or so stories that I want to tell (so far) just so I can deliver daily. I was just sitting here, trying to decide which one to tell, when all of a sudden I get an email saying someone posted a response to my “G gets the Hulk” story – it was G himself. And his comment ended with: “Well, at least I got away with only getting the Hulk ... and not the Perk” and just like that I had my story, not even one on the list.

Frank Romano was an interesting character in High School. He was smart, quite, kind of shy. We sort of rolled with the cool dork crowd, we were A-students but we all played sports, smoked a lot of weed and partied quite regularly. Frank was just the A-student; we really didn’t get to know him that well. Nice guy, though. We really discovered Frank senior year – the year he first threw us a perk.

So anyway, we were talking about girls, as most high school boys do, when Frank Romano, the beautiful little Italian genius, says, “So I threw her a perk.” Now, at the same time, he did this motion with his hand that only Italians could do, it was a slow half-jab, aimed at the ground, pinky out, pulled back quickly. Sort of a build up and a quick cock-back. And the vocal delivery was clutch as well, every word said slow except “perk”, said fast and choppy.

“You did what?”

“You know…I threw her a perk.”

And just like that our senior year was defined. “Throw her a perk” became our official slogan.

We expanded it as time went on. The ones I remember:

“Trow her a boom.” (Yes, “trow”, not “throw”. Italian, remember.
“Trow her a ka-boom.” (Pause between ka and boom)
“Trow her a ferce.” (Force, in case you were wondering).
“Trow her a ba-da-bing. Oh! A ba-da-boom!”
“Trow her a bang.”

You know what, text doesn’t do this justice; click here to hear me trow. (I recorded this on my IPAQ since my wicked nice microphone apparently broke in the move, so it loses some of its charm).

Frank Romano, what a guy.

Ok, so the second best link ever. Last week I threw up Superman is a Dick. Great site. This week I think I need to direct you to the Perry Bible Fellowship. Where else can you get classic comics such as these?
Shotgun Settle, Nice T-Shirt, Angry Hammer, No Survivors, Adult Heaven, Puppy Wish

read a book, fanboy: The Wretched of the Earth

turn off the metallica, fanboy: Fantastic Damage

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