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Get that man a hair shirt.

I’m not big on mocking people’s religious beliefs, generally, but I’ve just seen in this FSM Message Board thread where some guy declares that he’s so conservative a Christian that he refuses to see Return of the Jedi. Why? Because … Continue reading

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Lazy Linkage

:: Mrs. M-Mv has a link to a list of the best novels you’ve never read. Sure enough, I haven’t read any of them, but I do own a copy of one of them, so I’m ahead of the curve, … Continue reading

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Seeing the monitor through the spittle

Matthew Yglesias cites this item by New Republic editor-in-chief Marty Peretz. Parse the key passage, if you can: This will annoy what’s his name who blogs a lot about me. Has he nothing better to blog about? Actually, that’s how … Continue reading

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He never even got to order “steady as she goes”!

Sometimes in life, the wrong people get promoted to positions of management or authority or, in the military, to command. It happens. We don’t always put the right people in charge, and lots of times, people who demonstrate that they … Continue reading

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Sarcasm in Print

I’m seeing linked all over the place a letter that appeared in an Arkansas newspaper: You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March … Continue reading

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I’m not putting MY lips there!

I don’t usually blog about work, but this seems fairly harmless. In the back of our store, roughly in the middle of the Grocery area, we have a display spot that we always use for various promotions that are going … Continue reading

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Stuff

A few lazy links: :: It somehow escaped my notice until just a few days ago that one of the Buffalo News‘s new blogs is devoted to poetry. That’s pretty cool. :: Good article in the News today by Larry … Continue reading

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A quiz thing

Geez, two angry rants in a row in this space. I need a quiz to push them down a bit, and here’s just the thing! I saw this on Andrew Wheeler‘s blog. (Bad enough that I keep giving the guy … Continue reading

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I don’t understand the world

I just don’t get this world we live in sometimes. Actually, I never get this world we live in. Not one bit. UPDATE: Oh, my God: THE FIRST SHOOTING TOOK PLACE AT AROUND 7AM. I WENT TO CLASS AT 9AM. … Continue reading

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That’s quite the headscratcher….

As of this writing, we’re watching the news on Channel 7 while we wait for the load of laundry to dry. They’re reporting on a guy who brought a handgun with him into the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, … Continue reading

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