Ask-A-Monkey
These five questions are for Mike Spenis, also known as the Feces Flinging Monkey.
- Interesting 911 post. How did you manage to control your rage long enough to write so much on that day?
- What are the dogs’ names? If anything out of the ordinary, where did the names come from?
- What inspired the name of your blog?
- What’s your take on the compromise bill for Terri Schiavo?
- Did your wife take your surname?
March 22nd, 2005 at 10:41 am
1) By writing, basically.
True story: I was on the phone, at work, telling my wife about the towers when a co-worker dropped by. “The pentagon’s been hit.” she said. “Another plane”. I had this vivid image in my mind of going home, picking up one of my rifles and standing out in the street; as if it would have made the slightest bit of sense to just stand there and shoot at passing jetliners.
I went home and wrote instead.
2) Tom, Charlotte, and Lilly. The names just fit them somehow.
3) It seems apt, doesn’t it? Sitting here, hurling my own creations out at whatever catches my ire, I can’t say it doesn’t fit. My wife despises the name and won’t even use out fecesflingingmonkey email address.
4) There are two different stories here, the human story and the legal one. The human story is tragic, with no winners. It serves as an excellent example of why it is hard, and perhaps impossible, to legalize euthanasia. Euthanasia is not so hard to support when the family and patient agree, everyone is loving, and the medical outcome is certain. It’s much harder when darker motives intrude, the family is split, and the prognosis is uncertain.
The legal story? I’m a federalist, and I’m not happy, even if they are doing the right thing. I wouldn’t want Hillary to have power like that at her disposal when she is president.
5) Yes, but my surname and my pseudonym are different!
A friend of mine used to bug me about copyrighting my page; I finally relented by writing “Copyright 2001 Mike Spenis” and sent him an email that says “I got your copyright right here, pal!”
Every time I see it it makes me laugh. I’m a simple soul.
March 22nd, 2005 at 10:53 am
Bummer on No. 5. If there’s one better handle than “Mike Spenis,” it’s [insert any woman's name here] Spenis!”