Category: daily drivel
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thorn birds 6-25-20
Today’s episode of “A Closer Look” starts off with a single copy of “The Thorn Birds:” A few minutes later, two more books have been added to the stack: “The Thorn Birds 3: Things Be Getting Tornier!” “The Thorn Birds 2: More Thorns” The stack gets a little higher in the next scene with an… Read.
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who’s a good boy
Sparky went to the vet yesterday. Did. Not. Like. It. Or at least I thought he didn’t, because he howled all the way there. He was fine when I put him in the cat carrier, but as soon as I put the carrier in the car he started to howl like he’d been stuck, and… Read.
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thorn birds 6-24-20
Today’s episode of “A Closer Look” starts off with a stack of books on the end table: A Clockwork Orange The Sword in the Stone 1984 The Picture of Dorian Gray The Thorn Birds A few minutes later, “A Clockwork Orange” has been transformed into “A Clockwork Thornge.” After that, “The Sword in the Stone”… Read.
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full-size
Woke up from a dream this morning in which I was taking turns driving a truck. I was supposed to be off-duty, catching some sack time in the back, but the guy driving the truck needed help navigating, so I grabbed a cup of coffee and joined him in the cab with a map. The… Read.
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thorn birds 6-22-20
Today’s episode of “A Closer Look” starts off with a single copy of “The Thorn Birds” on the end table: In the next scene, a copy of “The Bourne Identity” appears on top: Next, “The Thorn Birds” and “The Bourne Identity” seem to meld into a single copy of “The Thourne Identity.” And finally, “The… Read.
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contagion
Woke up this morning from a dream about living in a pandemic (wonder why I had *that* dream?). It must have been a really bad pandemic, because everyone was wearing MOPP gear. MOPP gear is the protective clothing the military wears to protect themselves against nuclear, biological, and chemical attack. There was a gas mask… Read.
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AITA
There’s a section of the social media web site REDDIT called “Am I The Asshole?” in which Redditors will spell out a sticky problem they’re experiencing and ask everyone to either validate their righteousness or dump on their pettiness. Because everything on the internet is a TLA (Three-Letter Abbreviation), you can answer YTA (You’re The… Read.
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tinfoil hat
Trump graduated from grumpy old codger and joined the tinfoil hat brigade today when he tweeted: “Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was… Read.
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rigamarole
I typed the word “rigamarole” into an email the other day and got one of those red squiggly lines underneath telling me it was misspelled. That’s interesting, I thought, because I’m pretty sure that’s a bullshit made-up word. [Turns out it’s not. It’s a word with a long history. – ed] [There is no editor.]… Read.
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WI DHS update 060420
From the Wisconsin Department of Health Services web site, updated each day at 2:00 pm: Wisconsin Wisconsin reported cumulative totals of 291,367 negative results and 19,892 positive results, indicating a cumulative total of 299,111 test results have been reported. Yesterday, Wisconsin reported cumulative totals of 279,711 negative results and 19,400 positive results, indicating a cumulative… Read.
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