monzyummylunch

Smiling Rock Monz!


The editors make a brief return from Central Illinois Hel...sabatical to share a third year anniversary thought about the blog. One thing we've never talked about is the title. Oh sure, "Monzyummylunch" has a nice lilt to it. But, like Monz himself, there is more to the title than meets the eye.

For centuries man has contemplated the interaction of ying and yang. MYL takes this marvel of taoism to another level. Call it triaosm. You have Monz, of course. And you have "yummy" -- not just a cute word for "very tasty" but one whose roots are in the sound of smacking lips (check out dictionry.com if you don't believe us!). And lunch, the midday meal. Look how these three interplay. Lunch was on a definite decline prior to 2003. What once stood proud as the most important meal of the day had been demoted to a "grab a bite" afterthought, why, with everyone telling you to "not skp breakfast" or so-called "sociological experts" stressing the social importance of dinner. And as Monz elevated lunch, lunch elevated "yummy," which had taken a hit from the introduction of things like drinkable breakfasts and the like. Yummy empowers the Monz, who uses his lip-smacking chops to battle legal evil in court, literary evil on page (something Monz has been doing for nearly 25 years, ever since he heard ludicrous theories about Nathaniel Hawthorne's work being promoted as fact), evil in music, and of course evil Russian mafia in the backyards of America! A yummified lunch turns Monz into the munificient hero that he is, laying the smack down on the minusbeans of the world with smakcking lips.

So on behalf of us all: thank you Mark Monz. And have a yummy lunch!