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- Ohhh, let’s get rid of some open tabs, shall we? March 18, 2024
- Something for Thursday (St. Paddy’s Day on a Sunday edition) March 17, 2024
- The trains don’t run anymore…. March 17, 2024
- Streaming Killed the Cinema Star March 16, 2024
- Pi Day 2024!!! March 14, 2024
- Whoa…. March 13, 2024
- Tone Poem Tuesday March 12, 2024
- Sunday Thievery March 11, 2024
- Completion!!! March 10, 2024
- For International Women’s Day…women! March 8, 2024
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
It’s time for some Christmas humor! Funny takes on Christmas songs abound (though it’s interesting to note which songs lend themselves to humor more than others): (I would have posted the official video, but Mr. Yankovic has disabled the video … Continue reading
A Fine Addition to the Overall Discourse
I saw this video on TikTok the other day, and it amused me greatly. As the Official Self-Appointed Curator Of Internet Content Pertaining To Overalls, I am compelled to share it here. View this post on Instagram A post shared … Continue reading
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He’s alive but unconscious…just like Gerald Ford!
No, that’s not my joke in the post title, that’s a quote from Airplane! Anyway, tonight for dinner I made nachos, and I washed down my nachos with beer. Beer and nachos…this makes me remember this scene from The Simpsons. I hope … Continue reading
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“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.” (Job 8:21)
I saw these two memes over the last day or two, and I vetted them with Christian friends who vouched that they are, in fact, funny. So:
No, Robert AND Bruce. Not Robert THE Bruce. That’s different.
I’ve seen a few of these photos surfacing online the last few months, and they make me really happy because there’s a kind of absurdity going on. These are behind-the-scenes snapshots from JAWS, featuring actor Robert Shaw and “Bruce” the Shark, … Continue reading
If you know, you know
Behold, the CJ Cregg Memorial Globe: (Fine, if you need the explanation)
Medieval Marginalia
I saw this on social media earlier: a sketch of a dog poking his way through the page of a book, depicted appropriately on both sides of the page. I suppose the monks only had a few solid ways of … Continue reading
I’m glad I didn’t know about the “jorb”…
…when I started writing The Song of Forgotten Stars! (credit)
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A memory….
Not sure why this popped into my head, but it’s always worth revisiting Mr. Martin’s thoughts about art and commercialism.
But I’m a Henry V fan….
Interested in the Plantagenets or the Stuarts? Keep checking telephone poles, folks.