You know I steal inspiration sometimes, right? Well now you do, anyway. Some people are just so very insanely creative and they make it seem like it’s so very insanely normal to be that creative, right? Have you met any of these people? Well I have, anyway… Not “met met” but sort of “knew of the existence of that rare specimen of mindblowers.” You know what I mean, right?

Scott Adams is one of the people who belong to my GG: Genius Gallery. I just came up with the whole concept, but you did not know that before I said this and you thought I had some trace of creativity or lovely-name-giving or at least some long-term planning tendencies.

So Adams has an amazing cartoon strip, Dilbert, that I follow religiously. He also has a blog which he started in March this year, and I was just reading what he wrote there. Not only do his cartoons make me laugh myself to tears at the office, because I relate to them very very much, but they make my colleagues look at me in a strange way and think I am deranged…especially the new technician. And now the blog!

In his blog, I read that Adams wants to be a Sheikh. He wants to be called Sheikh Adams, here’s the hilarious post:

Holy Sheikh

Traditionally, the word sheikh has been a title of respect for an old, scholarly, tribal elder. Lately it refers to anyone who is a leader. If they keep lowering the bar, you have a good chance of someday being one.

Sheikh is a great word on several levels. First, there’s the silent h on the end that practically says “fuck you.” It doesn’t even pretend to be working. I like consonants with attitude.

Second, the word just rolls off the tongue in a pleasing way. It sounds like my impression of an arrow flying through the air and hitting its target. Try it at home: sheeeeeeek.

My new goal is to be known as Sheikh Adams. For that, I’ll have to become a leader of some sort. Unfortunately, I am not evil enough to inspire people to do things that are not in their best interest, the way a proper leader would: “Ignore those machine guns and charge the hill!”

The best I can do is to inspire my followers to do what they want to do anyway. Today I would like each one of you to eat, poop, and have an orgasm. (Not at the same time.) Once you have completed the Holy Trinity, or whatever you call it in your house, you may refer to me as Sheikh Adams.

Is that enough disturbing juxtaposition for one day?

Link to Holy Sheikh

Ahhh… I’ve always wanted to be a She-Sheikh too, so I doodled the dream:
Sheikh Me Too!

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