Stabbone and McGraw: McBone Hero of the Century

Thursday, October 10, 2013

McBone Hero of the Century

This 16-year-old makes me want to be a better, more tolerant and more passionate person. I'll teach my children about her one day. I hope they will look up to her too, and strive toward her example.

This is not to make Malala a saint. We don't go for that here at McBone. What she is is a good and decent young woman, and decency is a heroic trait in these strange days. Her mission is education, but her wisdom can be spread far and wide. Right now politicians are fighting over whether our citizens should have access to affordable healthcare. Our democracy is sputtering. Demagoguery rules the day. I wish our leaders could sit down and talk to Malala, hear her story and have it dawn on them just how petty they really are.

Congratulations Malala Yousafzai, 2013 McBone Peace Prize Winner.

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The Legend of Stabbone and McGraw

In 1967 the world's most powerful criminal super-genius, Stabbone, stole ten trillion dollars worth of gold boullion. Police, baffled as to the whereabouts of Stabbone's purported impenetrable underground lair, called on top investigator Rock McGraw to crack the case. Working tirelessly day after day, McGraw eventually tracked Stabbone to an abandoned latex mask factory. While McGraw radioed the boys for backup, Stabbone made his daring escape. In the chaos that ensued, both disappeared. Thirty years later, the case of Stabbone and McGraw remains a mystery, though some say that McGraw remains undercover, in relentless pursuit of his evil arch-nemesis.