official sarcasm dictionary

 this morning i did some errand running, starting with sending a letter at the post office. no orders were there to pick up. then it was on to the barnes and noble in eagan, where i got my charlie brown calendar for half-off. it was the last one. but i decided to get more than just the calendar. i also found a book that was of interest to me, the sticker on the front said 'book annex'. it was 'the official dictionary of sarcasm'. i have already read through some of it, as a comic i figure there likely is some joke material in it. and it may help with understanding people on some level as well. on the back it says 'tolerate ignorance? really? so not necessary'. there are illustrations throughout it. at the top of each page it says 'words you should know'. the author, james napoli, is the executive VP of the national sarcasm society. i recall a worksheet we had to do in sixth grade that was about understanding sarcasm but i think even by that age most knew about it. 

i got started on errand running early as i wanted to be back in time for the start of the outback bowl on ABC. of course i had attended this bowl 12 years ago, when iowa beat south carolina. in this edition, mississippi beat indiana 26-20. my last stop before i made it home was the holiday gas station to get a nathan's pretzel dog, and it was eaten at halftime along with string cheese. after the game i laid down and fell asleep for a while. i watched the 6pm news and then went to aldi for my weekly grocery order. when i got back i had dinner, some pizza, and then searched for something to watch on TV. i found a college hockey game on 'fox 9-plus', or as i call it 'channel 9-2'. it was st. cloud state vs. minnesota-duluth. but it was boring when i started to watch it as it was during the second intermission. st. cloud was leading 3-2 when i first tuned in, but duluth got a goal in the third to tie it, and this sent it into overtime. duluth won 4-3 with a goal that was two minutes into overtime. after this i switched to the 'movies!' channel, and some spencer tracy-kate hepburn movies were on. i went on a walk after watching the late news and found 62 cents. as usual, there is not much planned for sunday.