The triumphant return

The Z-Issue went down for quite a stretch of time after the switch to a new server. Couple the move with the severe lack of time that I’ve had lately, and it makes sense that there wouldn’t be any new posts for months. I have finally gotten all the bugs worked out, and now the ol’ blog is back up and running. Over the course of the next several weeks, I will be revamping the design, the links in the right-hand column, and updating basically everything. If you have any suggestions, feel free to email me here at the z-issue. It is simply zach (at) z-issue (dot) com.

‘Tis all for now.
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Kids write about the ocean

Another installment in the style of Kids Say the Darndest Things, these are the thoughts that some children have about the ocean:

This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles.
Kelly, age 6

Oysters’ balls are called pearls.
Jerry, age 6

If you are surrounded by ocean you are an Island. If you don’t have ocean all round you, you are incontinent.
Wayne, age 7

Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She’s not my friend any more.
Kylie, age 6

A dolphin breaths through an asshole on the top of its head.
Billy, age 8

My uncle goes out in his boat with 2 other men and a woman and pots and comes back with crabs.
Millie, age 6

When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes when the wind didn’t blow the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would have been better off eating beans.
William, age 7

Mermaids live in the ocean. I like mermaids. They are beautiful and I like their shiny tails, but how on earth do mermaids get pregnant? Like, really?
Helen, age 6

I’m not going to write about the ocean. My baby brother is always crying, my Dad keeps yelling at my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can’t think what to write.
Amy, age 6

Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers.
Christopher, age 7

When you go swimming in the ocean, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small.
Kevin, age 6

Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Divers can’t go down alone, so they have to go down on each other.
Becky, age 8

On vacation my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast . She says she won’t do it again because water fired right up her big fat ass.
Julie, age 7

The ocean is made up of water and fish. Why the fish don’t drown I don’t know.
Bobby, age 6

My dad was a sailor on the ocean. He knows all about the ocean. What he doesn’t know is why he quit being a sailor and married my mom.
James, age 7

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A huge loss for comedy

On Sunday, at the age of 71, George Carlin died of heart failure. He was certainly a comedic icon, probably most remembered for “Al the Hippy Dippy Weatherman,” the “7 words you can’t say on television,” or just his general antistructuralistic sentiments. He leaves behind a generation of comics that modeled their humour and their routines after him. If there were ever given a PhD in comedy routines, I personally believe that George Carlin would be at the top of the list of possible recipients. In that regard, peace be with you Dr. Carlin.

George Carlin

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