Updates have been slow this week in the World of SKOS. As I mentioned earlier in the week, I have writer’s block. Actually, that is only partly true. I don’t have writer’s block as much as I have humor writer’s block. There is a LOT I could ramble on about regarding the elections or the stock market, but most of it is unfunny.

However, since these Friday Fours of mine are short anyway, I thought I might as well embrace it. So, for this week’s Friday Four, I am going to briefly review four unfunny, ridiculously boring conversations I have had lately. Enjoy!

One

The “Clint Eastwood Owes His Second Career to Kevin Costner” Conversation

In telling my brother about the possibility that Kevin Costner might make a sequel to the movie Bull Durham, I mentioned that Costner had never before made a sequel. I then segued into how the only movie he ever considered doing a sequel for was The Bodyguard, and that Princess Diana was going to be his co-star.

That somehow led me to discuss how Clint Eastwood owed his career revival to Costner. Eastwood’s Academy-Award-winning western, Unforgiven, released in 1992, started his revival. Unforgiven came about, in part, because westerns were popular again thanks to Costner’s Dances With Wolves, an Academy Award winner that came out two years earlier.

Eastwood followed Unforgiven with the hit In the Line of Fire in 1993. In the Line of Fire came on the heels of 1992′s The Bodyguard, starring Costner, and shared its “must save someone important from an assassin” storyline.

Immediately after In the Line of Fire, Eastwood directed and co-starred with Costner in 1993′s underrated A Perfect World. While not a huge box office hit like his previous two films, A Perfect World proved Eastwood was an A+ director.

Since that time, though he has continued starring in the occasional movie, Eastwood has concentrated on directing and been extremely successful at it.

Thus endeth the boring lesson.

Two

The “How Should I Invest” Conversation

I won’t bore you with all the mundane details, but earlier this week Angi had to endure me explaining two potential stock investment possibilities I was considering, and my asking her which one sounded most sensible.

The fact she did not cut off all communication with me right then and there says a lot about how her.

Coincidentally, my mom and both brothers had to listen to this same dilemma.

Three

The “How Do I _______ in Twitter” Conversation

As if the poor girl hadn’t suffered enough, Angi also had to endure my asking her several dozen questions about Twitter in the initial hours after my account opening.

Somehow, even though technology is my field, I had trouble figuring out how to do things. This is probably due to my not reading the “help” or “FAQ” sections, but I digress.

Four

The “Let Me Tell You About the Falcons” Conversation

A co-worker of mine had to endure hearing me talk about the Atlanta Falcons for ten minutes earlier this week. I talked about how surprising Matt Ryan has been as a rookie, how the patch-work offensive line is doing a very good job, how the coaching staff is very savvy, and so on.

In my defense, I only did this after he made ME endure hearing a 5-minute rant about the Atlanta Thrashers.

Hockey — now THERE is a boring topic.

And there you have it. Four boring, boring conversations (most of them one-sided conversations) I had this week.

So, what are some boring things YOU have said or heard lately. Share them with the rest of the class by leaving a comment or two or ten.