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Steffan vs the Ants, part 2
Mar. 17th, 2006 08:59 amI was thinking last night. Why didn't Wyle E. Coyote, Super Genius just order mail order canned food from the ACME company?
The whole Road Runner, Wyle E. Coyote thing, strikes me as a sort of religious fundamentalism, with Coyote relying upon the ACME company to send the things he needs for a futile pursuit of an nigh unobtainable goal. His faith never falters, and his life and energy is continually renewed by his faith. (ACME Providith. There is but one ACME, and Wyle E. Coyote is its Prophet. AMEN.)
Anyhow, we bought some ant-bait, to kill the ants, and they just love it. I feel bad, delivering this Angel of Death. Especially since this poison targets the young larvae first. Creepy. There will be a weeping and a gnashing of teeth, their nurseries shall be empty, their wombs a salted field. I can't see how this doesn't accumulate Kharma. I don't mean to be blasphemous, but all this Passover stuff all over the place, and I'm killing ant firstborn. Bad form.
Speaking of Passover, the Safeway on Market in Castro has the Passover endcaps at the front of the store, and the St Patty's Day endcaps at the back, by the eggs, with the Easter endcaps over by the bakery on the side.
The Safeway off of Bay in the Fisherman's Wharf neighborhood, has the St. Patty's Day endcaps in the front, the Passover endcaps in the back, by the deli, and the Easter endcaps on the side, over by the bakery. Placement can't be based on the proximity of the holiday, it has to be something else. It's the soft bigotry of Safeway endcaps.
The whole Road Runner, Wyle E. Coyote thing, strikes me as a sort of religious fundamentalism, with Coyote relying upon the ACME company to send the things he needs for a futile pursuit of an nigh unobtainable goal. His faith never falters, and his life and energy is continually renewed by his faith. (ACME Providith. There is but one ACME, and Wyle E. Coyote is its Prophet. AMEN.)
Anyhow, we bought some ant-bait, to kill the ants, and they just love it. I feel bad, delivering this Angel of Death. Especially since this poison targets the young larvae first. Creepy. There will be a weeping and a gnashing of teeth, their nurseries shall be empty, their wombs a salted field. I can't see how this doesn't accumulate Kharma. I don't mean to be blasphemous, but all this Passover stuff all over the place, and I'm killing ant firstborn. Bad form.
Speaking of Passover, the Safeway on Market in Castro has the Passover endcaps at the front of the store, and the St Patty's Day endcaps at the back, by the eggs, with the Easter endcaps over by the bakery on the side.
The Safeway off of Bay in the Fisherman's Wharf neighborhood, has the St. Patty's Day endcaps in the front, the Passover endcaps in the back, by the deli, and the Easter endcaps on the side, over by the bakery. Placement can't be based on the proximity of the holiday, it has to be something else. It's the soft bigotry of Safeway endcaps.
