(Please note, the following has nothing to do with Northern Ireland, playwriting, or anything for which this class exists.  It is purely silliness for silliness’s sake and both a jibe at and a tribute to a good friend.  Abandon all deep thought, ye who enter here.)

So how does one out-meta Chris Warman?  This is the challenge I issued to myself.  Or is it how does one out-Warman meta Chris?  Or out-Chris War Meta-man?  Out-Man Chris Meta-war?

Whatever the question, the answer is simple: link the stuffing out of everything you can.

First, one must of course link to Chris Warman.  To save time, I have linked each word in this sentence to one of his spectacular blogs.  Take that!

I should also link to the one who inspired this little linking crusade: the lovely and talented Allison Epstein.  It was her life goal as stated at the end of this blog post that first planted the seed.  And I must say, she’s one heck of a writer.  Her blogs are always worth reading, whether they’re Egyptian nightmares, insight into Belfast and Dublin, a eulogy for her grandmother, or just some time to brag on her swag.  When she’s not putting the rest of us to shame by writing a 50,000+ word novella-ish type thing, she contributes to the body image site Adios Barbie and self-publishes books like Na Zdarov’ye on Amazon.  I plan to check out that book when I get back to the States, and I recommend you do the same.  And yes, I’ve spent a lot of time on Allison for a blog devoted to out-warring meta Chris-man, but I get carried away sometimes.  So I’ll end by linking to this quote and by hoping it doesn’t imply she’s going to turn into this guy.

On the off chance one is not Chris Warman, one should link to oneself as often as is humanly possible.  Therefore, here are some of my favorite blogs: my persistent nightmare, my discovery of Ireland, the absurd legend, a particularly mushy post, my encounter with the natives, and a metaphysical discussion on the human condition and on writers that would do Chris Warman proud.  Also, because that bit of shameless plugging isn’t enough, here’s my blog, The Nerd King, featuring such segments as Based on the Trailer (The Wolverine will be featured tomorrow) and Overanalysis.  And here is the blog of the literary publication I edited last semester (and am still involved with in a lesser capacity).  And then of course there’s this lovely article on my literary accomplishments.

Finally, because I haven’t quite out-man-Chrissed war-meta, I must now link to various sites that have to do with motifs of our plays, as well as random objects because I can.  Let’s see how that goes.

And all of this means that I am up way too late and I should go to bed now.  Goodnight.