Good Eye, America
October 23rd, 2008 by Derek "Bob" Evans
With the media blowing up the political race these days, the only thing that I can focus in on–Sarah Palin. Well not really her “attractiveness” or her northern accent, (which is so northern I thought she was from Saturn) but mostly the fact that she wears glasses.
Sarah Palin is to glasses how Prince was to Purple Rain/Leather Pants.
Glasses can either make or break a persons looks. It sets you apart from non-glasses wearing humans. For Palin, I feel that it makes her. She has an advantage to the political race. Imagine if you will, if she didn’t wear those glasses. Then she would just be a normal worker at Payless Shoes in Juno, Alaska.
Sarah Palins “look” has been so popular that the percentage of eye glasses prescribed for women in the past 2 months have dramatically increased by 85%***. (And somehow, the cost of cigarettes for basketball players have went up.) ***
You may be saying “but isn’t two-thirds of Life with Us Three writers, four-eyed creatures?”
Yes, you are observant and correct. I, myself, have been blessed to not be prescribed with glasses. Although I have eaten a bag of baby carrots each day since I was a baby. ***
I also once had a rat-tail haircut.
My point is: Americans look at you differently when you wear glasses. It makes you seem smarter. Look at some of the most successful people in the past 50 years. Steve Jobs, owner and founder of Apple, wears glasses. John Lennon (and the rest of The Beatles at one time) wore eye glasses. Harry Carry, former Cubs broadcaster, wore glasses that Dumbo couldn’t even fit behind his ears. But if Harry didn’t wear those glasses, he would have been the guy screaming “Coooolllllllllldddddddddddd Beeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr!”
The moral of this blog is to say it’s not who you are, but how you see. Or how people see you. You “see” what I’m saying?
*** = made up stat
October 31st, 2008 at 4:17 pm
[...] Good Eye, America With the media blowing up the political race these days, the only thing that I can focus in on–Sarah Palin. Well not really her “attractiveness” or her northern accent, (which is so northern I thought she was from Saturn) but mostly the fact that she wears glasses. Sarah Palin is to glasses how Prince was to Purple Rain/Leather Pants. Glasses can either make or break a persons looks. It sets you apart from non-glasses wearing humans. For Palin, I feel that it makes her. She has an advantage [...]
November 5th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
saturn + rat tail + made up stats = ha ha ha