IRONY
noun, plural i·ro·nies.
1.
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
2.
Literature .
a.
a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b.
(especially in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., especially as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3.
Socratic Irony
4.
dramatic Irony
5.
an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
Why the definition?...
Last week I did a story at "The Story Salon" L.A.'s longest running story telling venue. What did I tell? Well, I told the short tale of my doing the Key note speech at that eighth grade graduation in June.
Beverly (the lady who runs it) wanted to hear my speech and a short lead in tale of why I did it. I failed the why portion, but did the speech part as the opening to the night.
Why the irony?...
I decided to do the speech because out of everyone at the graduation, nobody managed to get the speech on either video, or audio, so I decided to do it again at "The Story Salon" because they video tape every single show... Except this one... The person who normally videos everything was out sick with a respiratory infection...
Ah, well.
The other Irony? I don't quite know if it's exactly an Irony, but this last weekend I went to The Ronald Reagan Library.
You ask why?
Because there was a huge Disney exhibition there...
The Disney exhibit was great! There were a lot of items you don't normally get to see up close a personal...
A Few things I'd seen before...
And a few things I just thought were cool...
My friend and I spent over three and a half hours in the Disney side, about an hour in the gift shop and about an hour and a half in the Reagan side...
The Regan side had a few interesting things like...
Air Force One...
A piece of the Berlin Wall...
and a replica of the Oval Office...
Of course there were a couple of pieces of unintentional humor...
And...
I have to say it was a very enjoyable day over all, but I couldn't shake the feeling that sooner or later and alarm was going to go off screaming "Democrat! There's a Democrat on the compound! But it never happened.
I do want to say that I never thought I'd ever agree with Reagan on anything, but there was one thing...
I do hope more Republicans will go to the Reagan library and stumble across this piece of signage and then take its message to heart...
