Hey. Welcome to The Groptimist. My name is Adam Gropman. I have a weird, unusual last name and one of the benefits- in exchange for people often acting like it's so hard to say, or spell, or understand- is that I can make evocative, memorable handles out of it. Like groptimum, my email address, or Grop-land, my old blog. Anyway, maybe you have a weird last name. Maybe even weirder than mine- like Schnorzikov or Dombuwluski. Or maybe you're a Smith or Jones, in which case your name is nowhere weird enough. Poor you! But enough about the name. Names are just...names.
The various prose (and maybe poetry?) on this blog will all be unified under the description "Groptimism", which is optimism and often comedy mixed with a bit of something else. Perhaps cold, sour truth? Sarcastic or ironic twisting of the harsh reality? Melancholy offset by a lovely tinge of bitterness? I'm not sure myself. I guess you'll just have to read on and find out. That sounds like a fun adventure, doesn't it?
Friday, May 11, 2007
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