memorial service

i am sad to inform you that one of my favorite websites, www.deifyme.com, is now or is about to be deceased. it was run by the divine frenchy, who i have quoted below. she has what i consider to be the proper attitude about politics, religion, and life in general- always irreverent, frequently outraged and well-informed about current events. she's also excruciatingly funny. it's a can't miss combo. frenchy had a do-it-yourself deity kit on her site where you could proclaim yourself god or goddess of anything you wanted. i was lot, god of parking. i had already had accolytes since college. if you chanted the official lot, god of parking chant (which i made up) in the area where you desired the spot, it usually worked. the reason i had accolytes in the first place was that my parkma was so good that people wanted to know how i always seemed to manage to get a parking space in an overcrowded major city right in front of wherever i needed to be. if you're interested, here's the official lot, god of parking chant. feel free to try it if your other god or gods don't mind. mine doesn't :
o mighty god of parking spots, cut us a break, have mercy on us

this is to be said, preferably all in one breath, over and over again until the perfect parking spot has been reached. don't start too early or you'll get one further away than you want.

there were some 250 or so in frenchy's pantheon, most of which were also quite funny. some were in desperate need of a spell-check option and some grammar rules. e.b. white would have been turning over in his grave. he didn't just write charlotte's web.

anyway, getting back to frenchy's website, i am going to miss that little bit of zany commentary on an equally zany planet. but there's good news: she told me that she's writing a novel and that it should be coming out within the next year. if it's anywhere near as funny as her site was, it'll definitely be worth the read. when i hear what the title is, i know i'll be running out to get it and showing my support of this wonderfully creative and insightful woman. i'll be sure to make reference to it here, too, so you can enjoy her wit as much as i do.