{"id":207,"date":"2005-04-05T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2005-04-05T01:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverjacket.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/a_portrait_of_y\/"},"modified":"2005-04-05T01:00:20","modified_gmt":"2005-04-05T01:00:20","slug":"a_portrait_of_y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverjacket.com\/blog\/funny\/a_portrait_of_y\/","title":{"rendered":"A Portrait of Yo Mama"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Portrait\"<\/a>Two friends from college, Andrew Barlow and Kent Roberts, wrote a book called A Portrait of Yo Mama As a Young Man<\/em><\/a> that was just published last week. I haven't read it yet but check the except here<\/a> for a sample. (Not Safe For People Drinking Milk.) E.g., "Yo mama\u2019s CD rack is 90 percent those chocolate CDs her sister\u2019s company makes."<\/p>\n

The book's web page is [no longer] here<\/a>, and an interview with the authors is [no longer] here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kent made his name on campus through such acts as his 24-hour one-man standup comedy event, his bid<\/a> to become dean of the faculty while still a student, and of course his infamous invitation to the 2000.5 Commencement. Andrew has had three humor pieces published in The New Yorker,<\/em> including one entitled "All I Really Need to Know I Learned by Having my Arms Ripped Off by a Polar Bear." I used to have functional links to them but the powers at The New Yorker <\/em>have rendered them nonfunctional. [Update: One<\/a> is functional again.]<\/p>\n

I also did a little work with them on Brown's humor rag, The Brown Jug.<\/em> Check some of their archived material here<\/a>. [Update: link broken. New issues here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

update:<\/span>
After checking my referrer log, I noticed that someone came across this blog post by Googling "andrew barlow really had his arms ripped off." I mentioned it to Andrew, and he suggest that the, well, misdirected web surfer may have been looking for this<\/a>. <\/p>\n

update 2:<\/span>
Kent submitted the book to be considered for a Pulitzer Prize. He sweetened the deal with a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon delivered to the office of the committee chairman. You can read his application letter here<\/a>. He ends on a high note: "You should know that I am not just good at putting words together. I am also good at the physical act of writing. Do you have a penmanship award? Is there a separate application for it? Do I need to send more beer, or can you and the board split yours with the penmanship people?"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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