Monkey's Dad's definitions

The original is still the greatest

Proven by the endurance of Coke, Levi's, Converse, the Stratocaster, 1964 Mustang, Eames chair, Barbie doll and the Louisville Slugger, all of which have been imitated but never equaled.

After trying on a dozen recently-designed high-tech sneakers, she decided on a pair of classic Converse High Tops - in continuous production since 1917 - suggesting once again that the original is still the greatest and that her level of taste was in a class of its own.

by Monkey's Dad April 30, 2023

retrotisserie

During a time of austerity and scarcity, the fond recalling of foods you once loved.

Having eaten meagerly for weeks, he tried to conjure the smell of retrotisserie, shared meals from the recent past, now a comforting and beautiful dream.

by Monkey's Dad March 28, 2020

flattering the curve

A presidential projection, meant to flatter himself while flattening the curve, without basis in medical fact.

With his Sharpie he drew a limp line, flattering the curve of new infections.

by Monkey's Dad March 24, 2020

social dis-tance

Disrespect for the need for social distancing, conveyed by inadequate intervals.

Nobody was dying, the so-called 'virus' was elite liberal propaganda, and to show his feeling about social dis-tance he was marching shoulder-to-shoulder with other "Reopen America" geniuses, waving swastikas and Trump banners, blocking ambulances, breathing in each others' faces.

by Monkey's Dad April 20, 2020

brashionale

An arrogant and thoughtless excuse for taking risks during coronaviral stay-at-home isolation orders.

"I figured what the hell, there's nobody out, and the liquor store wouldn't be deemed an 'essential service' if they didn't want you to go there", he coughed, his brashionale hard to understand through his labored breathing.

by Monkey's Dad April 5, 2020

Mayor Muriel Bowser

Mayor of Washington, DC.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser renamed a section of 16th street, in front of the White House, “Black Lives Matter Plaza” and had the slogan painted on the pavement in massive yellow letters to honor demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd by police.

by Monkey's Dad June 8, 2020

Covid's Metamorphoses

An epic poem, waiting to be written.

Chronicling the transformations of the world, from its creation to its breakdown, due to the coronavirus and the self-deification a Julius Caesar wannabe, Covid's Metamorphoses will be read in the 22nd Century as a charming fable of humanity as it once was.

by Monkey's Dad October 7, 2020