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A misguided attempt to start writing jokes based on Slate magazine articles:

1. “Like most men my age—I am a decade younger than John Updike”. Which implies that some men John Irving’s age are not a decade younger than Updike. I’d like to meet them. That would be an interesting trick.

2. Frankenstein was one of the original environmental scientists. Not only was his monster literally green, but he was made with recycled materials. And he was animated using renewable energy - lightning. Mad? I don’t think so.

3. Well, this is certainly a change from the Great Depression, when having drinks would have been illegal. Perhaps during the next depression, the president will be inviting congressmen over for some fine British Columbian cannabis.

4. Failure
Some people say we need a United States that can accept failure. But that United States already exists. It’s called England.

5. The reason why they want to hire former investment bankers at the Treasury Department is to help them learn how to burn through those billions of dollars as fast as possible.