I tried using asterisks in place of the two S's, but it looked stupid to me.

I know that some of you (TwoDogs) are not as enamoured of facebook as I am, but like Brandy says, it's a magical website. Tonight I was there, looking at and thinking about my friends, old and new, and I realized that a large percentage of them, especially the ones I feel closest to, are pretty much wisenheimers. Before I go any further, I need to clear something up. Beej went to the thesaurus to find a nicer word than wiseass, since we are all fully aware of the blog rules and how we don't say stuff like that, and wisenheimer seemed to be a Beej-like choice. Also, I did not know that wiseass is spelled like a compound word. You learn something new every day. But, I digress.

As I was saying, most of the people I choose to be around are people I have to compete with to get a little stage time. For just a moment tonight, I wondered why in the world I do that. Then I remembered something that Dirty Larry has said many times over the years. He says that you are only as good as those you surround yourself with. I think it's something akin to laying down with dogs and getting up with fleas, possibly. Or maybe iron sharpening iron. What I'm trying to say, my friends, is that I choose to blame my sarcastic demeanor on everybody else. I am a mirror, reflecting only what I see before me (which now that I think about, could possibly be an explanation for why my skin has been so dry lately). I don't remember being like this when I was younger. I think I used to be a very nice person. Now, before you start getting the idea that I'm repenting of my sharp tongue, let me assure you that I don't intend to change, at least not on purpose. I like it this way and I think I'll try harder to stay away from overly happy, bubbly people, just in case they rub off on me. I'd hate to turn back into the bowhead that I once was. Bad thing is that I live with shiny, sparkly Dirty Larry who told me that maybe I should rethink using the word wiseass on my blog. He's gonna be my downfall for sure.