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Bananas are magic, and the President wants to dine with me
Published: 9/14/2011 12:59 PM
Last Modified: 9/14/2011 12:59 PM

My favorite version of Magic Bananas. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World

Despite how the subject line reads, I'm more lucid today than Monday and Tuesday.

That's because I've been on a lovely Benadryl/Wall-itin drug cocktail to battle some nasty allergy attack or cold, not sure which. Suffice to say, I've been hacking and sneezing and other gross "-ing" things.

Anyway, I've been horribly remiss in blogging. And it dawned on me that there seems to be a correlation between not blogging and not losing weight. (Yeah, I know one has nothing to do with the other, but just in case, go with it.)

So, if you'll pardon my three-week-or-whatever absence, let's get back back to blogging -- or, more specifically, those bananas I mentioned earlier.

My most interesting -- and, perhaps, most sordid -- email so far this week came from the makers of the Magic Banana. Their email's subject line read "Perfect for Valentine's Day," which is quite discombobulating to read when you're on a three-day Benadryl high. I seriously had to look at the calendar. Then, I thought, "This is ridiculous. I started getting holiday-themed emails in August, and now I'm getting Valentine's crap."

From what I gathered, though, the subject line didn't have a whole lot to do with the email, which is about the December launch of the Magic Banana, an -- I really hope I don't get fired for this -- "innovative, new self-exploration tool" for women. I'll leave it at that.

I didn't think anything would top that email from Tuesday until this morning, when I received an email from Barack Obama heralding "Sometime soon, can we meet for dinner?" Well, sure, Mr. President!

Of course, I have to donate at least $5 to be entered into some big drawing, blah, blah, blah. That's OK. I don't even own a suit that I can fit into just now, so it's best that I decline. Thanks, though.

And with that, I'll leave you to whatever it is you're doing with the rest of your day. I'm off to lunch (not a surprise), but I'll strive to order a salad or something waist-friendly. More on that later.

Peace, love and bananas ... XOXO

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Retired TPS in Texas (last year)

Made me laugh out loud about the Magic Banana! Hope you are expressing neutrality over the Presidential invite, already donated my five buck and would love an invitation, virtually no chance, though. At least, I get a bumper sticker out of if, which, down here in TX, is not wise to actually put on one's auto. Happy Fall to you in OK, we are not having one here, it is endless dry, rainless, fireballed summer.

Tulsa World Scene Writer Jason Ashley Wright (last year)

I'll do a little rain dance for you this week, Retired TPS! I'll also keep my fingers crossed about that dinner.

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While other kids were watching "The Smurfs," Scene Writer Jason Ashley Wright was tuned in to "Style with Elsa Klensch." By fourth grade, he knew he wanted to write, and spent almost three years publishing a weekly teen-oriented magazine, Teen-Zine -- circulation: 2. After earning a degree in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi, he became the medical reporter and teen board coordinator for the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, a Gannett newspaper. Eight months later, with visions of Elsa dancing in his head, he applied for the fashion writer position at the Tulsa World, where he began working on Aug. 3, 1998. He is now a general assignment reporter for Scene.

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