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		<title>Shopping for Tridents</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Last night, while refusing sleep because my life has proven more than anything that i&#8217;m predisposed to bad decisions, I became a digital witness to a great milestone in the life of fellow comedian/pal Thomas Attila Lewis:</p> <p><a href="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/untitled.jpg"></a></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>Tom is mayor of The Atlantic Ocean. That&#8217;s some Aquaman shit right there.</p> <p>My first [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night, while refusing sleep because my life has proven more than anything that i&#8217;m predisposed to bad decisions, I became a digital witness to a great milestone in the life of fellow comedian/pal Thomas Attila Lewis:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/untitled.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10630" title="untitled" src="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/untitled.jpg" alt="" width="515" height="184" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Tom is mayor of <em>The Atlantic Ocean</em>. That&#8217;s some Aquaman shit right there.</p>
<p>My first thought, as seen above, was &#8220;Tom needs a trident.&#8221; I jested, of course, then thought more seriously about it and owing to that statement earlier about bad decisions, decided to at least look at what it would take for me to obtain a Trident.</p>
<p>Here are the options given to me by the internet:</p>
<p><strong> 1.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trident01.jpg"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-10631" title="trident01" src="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trident01.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Our first option didn&#8217;t really&#8230;I don&#8217;t know, there&#8217;s something missing here. Sure, it&#8217;s a trident. It&#8217;s big and it has three prongs. But there&#8217;s nothing regal at all in its design. I mean, what the fuck would you do with such a dull-colored trident?</p>
<p><strong>2. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=trident+spear" target="_blank">eBay&#8217;s collection of trident spears</a></strong></p>
<p>Not actual full tridents, but just the spears. Pass. I tried searching for just Tridents, but it&#8217;s a term that&#8217;s been co-opted for everything from gum to cheap cellphones. Don&#8217;t these people know that there&#8217;s people like me that are pretending to have interest in buying real, actual tridents at four in the morning on a Monday?</p>
<p><strong>3. </strong></p>
<p><strong> <a href="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trident02.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10632" title="trident02" src="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trident02-300x77.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="77" /></a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.swordsdirect.com/trident-swords.html" target="_blank">There we go</a>. This is a LITTLE more like it. But again, look at how dull that is. It&#8217;s got the right idea in terms of design (not like that pussy shit in Item #1), but still, the <em>colors</em>! What Mayor of the Atlantic Ocean would be caught dead with such mendacity on a red carpet?</p>
<p><strong>4. The Hobo Trident</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trident03.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10633" title="trident03" src="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trident03.jpg" alt="" width="315" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>Seriously, I wouldn&#8217;t even make <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Master" target="_blank">Ocean Master</a> lug this thing around. It&#8217;s insulting. If I was elected Mayor of the Atlantic Ocean and someone gave me that as a gift, I&#8217;d throw it on the ground and cry a little.</p>
<p><strong>5. For the Guy Who Can&#8217;t Count</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trident04.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10634" title="trident04" src="http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trident04.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>THAT&#8217;S NOT A FUCKING TRIDENT. Count the points! That&#8217;s five! That&#8217;s a Quindent!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>In conclusion, I guess I&#8217;d go with number one? It&#8217;s the only one with an elegant design. But what&#8217;s odd is how much trouble I had finding a good, regal-looking Trident available for purchase on the internet. What a disappointment.</p>
<p>Tom can be found at <a href="http://www.tomdog.com/wordpress/" target="_blank">TomDog.com</a>. Because in addition to being Mayor of the Ocean, he&#8217;s also a dog. Essentially he&#8217;s a Silver Age, Pre-Crisis DC Comics character.</p>
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