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Rule of Acquisition #109

Playing with the new app and filters III, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the Ferengi are established as having a culture so built around business and the pursuit of wealth that they are governed by … Continue reading

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Answers, the Eighth!

Good Lord, this really got away from me, didn’t it? What a strange month, September was. I figured to get ahead, but instead I fell behind! Oops. Anyway, we march on, with the remaining questions posed by a constant (and … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

It’s my birthday today, so I’m gonna listen to some Star Wars. (Not like I wouldn’t listen to some Star Wars on days that are not my birthday, but anyway….) May the Force be with you, friends!

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

How do you get out of slumps? (I’m in one, as it turns out.)

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How to guarantee that I’ll never watch Breaking Bad

This ought to do it: I have watched two episodes of Breaking Bad: the pilot, and the one from last week that had everybody rending their teeth and gnashing their garments. All I saw was a bleak, depressing show that … Continue reading

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Sentential Links

Links…. :: It is an icky story. And I can’t help wonder if 30 black and/or Hispanic kids had broken into someone’s house if there would be as much “kids will be kids” reaction among some. :: Will bringing it … Continue reading

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Louis C.K. is full of crap.

You know how Germans always have the best words? The nice long words that they seem to make up on the spot, words specifically tailored to capture a hyper-specific feeling? I wonder if they have one yet for “That feeling … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome!

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: I’ve seen a bunch of these before, but even so, they remain ever-fascinating: 31 haunting images of abandoned places. The hotel in Colombia is particularly haunting. :: A couple of guys decide to go into … Continue reading

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It’s all in the details.

I have a half-arsed theory that one thing that makes stories work, be they in book form or movies or teevee shows, is in the little details they include. It’s not the “details” as in the various plot points and … Continue reading

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“One thing led to another, and I forgot to kill myself that day.”

I like this a lot. Mr. Ferguson rambles a bit, as comics are wont to do, but I think I see what he’s getting at, and it speaks to my general attitude regarding snark these days.

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