Hi, my name
is Carlton Donaghe.
The name, as you can probably
tell, is Irish.
The Irish language was invented
to confuse Anglos.
I am also left-handed.
In Spanish, the word for
left-handedness is “izquierda.”
The Latin term for left
(or left-handedness), sinistra, is the root for our word “sinister.”
Woooo.
Being of Irish descent, I
am a storyteller. Being left-handed and of Irish descent, I’m not
just a hell of a good storyteller, I’m also a world-class liar. Comes
in handy with the girls.
If I ever get to shoveling
it so thick that you can no longer tell if I am lying or not—and, believe
me, it happens a LOT—go find someone who has the Irish blood in them, and
they can help set you straight. Or at least on the right path.
Left path.
I’m also from a little farming
town so close to the Mexican border you could reach out and touch it.
So, if you wonder what I sound like, a left-handed liar of Irish descent
from a little farming town near the border, just get real drunk and read
these words with a Mexican accent (and loud, like you've got a hearing
problem), and you’ll probably come close.
Anyway, I have degrees in
biology, chemistry, and history. I was real close to a degree in
math, too, but back in college, my damn girlfriend graduated and ran off
and left me, so there I was, still in school after seven years, and I just
thought, shit, I need to graduate and get out of here, already.
I teach adult post-secondary
science. Hot dog. My dream is to one day teach history.
American, World, Science, the whole nine yards.
I teach science, but I also
once studied to be a preacher. The best way to learn to be a preacher
is to read the Old Testament Minor Prophets out loud, at the top of your
lungs in a Southern accent. While waving your bible around.
Try it. It feels very authentic.
I’m also one of those crusty
old buggers who thinks that Marvel and DC super-heroes were created for
an all-ages audience, if not kids specifically. Take the overtly
adult content out of those comics. If you want to do super-hero comics
with adult violence and adult sexual content, then make up your own characters,
ya pervert. That’s right, I’m looking at you, Kevin Smith.
But, hey, other than that,
I’m a fun guy. |
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