HASHTAG, POUND SIGN, NUMBER SIGN, TIC TAC TOE, LINES SQUARED

I was watching the Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon hashtag skit and laughing and suddenly I realized that jackassery has run away with society. If you are wondering what I mean, please allow me to elaborate. The number sign has evolved into a way for people to state what their feelings are without actually taking the time to write an articulate sentence. I get it, I think it's cool that we want to be less complicated as a society but # FUCK.

If you want to say you are happy in writing I have a perfect solution and that is writing " I'm happy today" as opposed to # Happy, # Got laid Friday, # Sexomatic. People have actually take to using words that do not exist through the use of the tic tac toe board. I am impressed about one thing though and that is the versatility of this symbol.

Prince, an all time great, was once known as a symbol and yet his symbol did not really last. I think that maybe Prince should have called himself Hashtag, or the currently #Prince, maybe prince would still be selling Purple Rain numbers. I want to pin the use of the hash on every dried up bitch of a high school english teacher # Old Whore, # Killed Shakespeare, # Got the pension.

I remember that abbreviation in writing was a no no back in the day, the problem was that when it happened we were chastised and ridiculed. Now everyone uses the hashtag, I wonder if in the future the hashtag will become a part of # grammar. I think this epidemic, trend, or whatever the fuck it is, may well be a conspiracy between trekkies, and other # never got laid fanboys, to start some sort of space language. I wonder how exactly we would express love with the hashtag in terms of love.

I just don't subscribe # out of touch, # I don't really give a fuck, # hash is a hell of a drug, # hash is in a brownie too motherfucker.

GOTTA LOVE THE SNL FIVE TIMERS CLUB

This week's SNL brought back an old all time favorite known as the Five Timers Club. Justin Timberlake once again proved why he is the new Christopher Walken of SNL. Justin is a stand out and I have to admit he is actually pretty funny. I was never a huge fan of  NSYNC but Justin Timberlake is one of those rare individuals that outgrew all of that and turned into a mega power. I digress with all the Timberlake talk, let's get back to the Five Timers Club.

The first time I saw the Five Timers Club was in 1989 and I believe the newest member was Tom Hanks. In the sketch were Paul Simon, Steve Martin, and Elliot Gould and they all sat around with smoking jackets and pipes . The thing was hilarious and it became an every so often sketch that never lost its appeal. In a way that particular sketch is a lot like Christopher Walken's The Continental in that it makes SNL fresh and gives it room to breathe for a few minutes.

I liked the continuity in that sketch as it brought back Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Candace Bergen and Tom Hanks as well as everyone's favorite Baldwin. Watching that sketch was like going back in time to a point where I was staying up past my bed time and watching a show that I did not understand completely but somehow managed to make me laugh a lot. SNL has been having a pretty good run for the last few years with cast members like Keenan Thompson and Bill Hader but it's good to see it get back to its roots.