"Number one authority on nothing"
Matthew Nash
Contact Matt at mnash@sequimgazette.com
Matthew Nash hails from Portland, Ore., and stumbled into writing for newspapers when his high school allowed him to write movie reviews. Nash is married to a kindergarten teacher. They have one child together who is named after two superheroes.

Dear readers,
 
In long car rides and lazy Saturdays, Mad Libs are the perfect game. I grew up ordering them out of book fair catalogs and writing in silly words. After doing a few pages, I dare you not to put in a word that would make any Middle School student giggle.

I attribute a lot of my vocabulary and taste in humor to Mad Libs. I have a stack of them as recent gifts from my wife including “Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” and more that I hope to share with my son.

So for Valentine’s Day, here’s my homage to Mad Libs while (verb ending in ‘ing’) Sequim. They can be a blast if you make them just (adjective). Feel free to copy and paste your story below.
 
Enjoy,
Matthew Nash
 

Before you try the story, choose a word for each of the following. It’ll prevent you from spoilers. I'd suggest writing this down.
List of words:
verb
adjective
celebrity
verb
animal
Proper Noun
animal
extreme sport
business name
Man’s first name
song you find annoying
car brand
woman’s first name
ancient/ historical weapon
type of hat
Last name
part of the body
verb
adjective
plural animals
cleaned up expletive
type of food
verb



Loving Sequim
 
Looking for the best place to (verb)? Then look no further than Sequim, the city of sun and a/an (adjective) place that even (celebrity) would call home.
 
People (verb) here from far and wide. They’ll bring their pet (animal) just to visit our world famous (Proper Noun) Festival.
 
They love our (animal) Bridge, and the Museum and (Insect) Center.
 
Some retirees like to play (extreme sport) while children enjoy playing after school at the local (business name).
 
Everyone waves when you drive by.
 
(Man’s first name) likes to whistle loudly (song you find annoying) while working on his (Car brand).
 
(Woman’s first name) likes to target practice with her (ancient/historical weapon) while wearing a/an (type of hat).
 
Frank (Last name) likes to shave his (part of the body) in the front yard, but nobody minds.
 
Sequim is so popular, there’s a waiting list to (verb) in town.
 
Our city has it all from the (adjective) air, to the (plural animals) running wild, to the best (cleaned up expletive) places to eat (type of food) in Washington State.
 
Welcome to Sequim, and we hope you (verb) your time here.

The End