A Borgesian Approach
In 1939, the hyper-influential Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges first published “Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote”. A tongue-in-cheek parody of a literary analysis, this fiction discusses the works of an imaginary Frenchman who attempted to re-write Miguel de Cervantes’s classic 1605 novel Don Quixote, line by line, word for word, identical to the Spanish […]
A Weird Al Approach
If it were easy to be Weird Al, there would be a lot more Weird Als. But as with any other professional, Weird Al only makes it look easy. Because at least on paper, it shouldn’t be that difficult at all to write a song-parody; most the work has already been done for you in […]
Keep Mormonism Weird
Across the street from Voodoo Donuts in downtown Portland sits a can’t-miss-it wall painting that reads: “KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD.” I’ve heard it claimed that Austin, Texas actually originated the “KEEP [BLANK] WEIRD” meme, but no matter, Portland has certainly made it its own–and would that all the Lord’s cities gloried in their weirdness! Indeed, when […]