Category: entertainment
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Laika
I followed My Darling B to the library again today and, while she was working on her resume, I wandered past the stack of graphic novels in the young adult section near the computer printers. Most of them were collections of comic books, old and new, from the Marvel and DC lines, with all the… Read.
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Alas Dave Brubeck
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BSG
I stayed up way past my bedtime last night watching Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, a television show so special it went straight to YouTube before they broadcast it on the SyFy Network. In a few words: Looks great, stupid as hell. Or how about this: War movie cliche mashup in space. And there’s this:… Read.
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gack!
I believe this is the most awesome video I have ever seen. Ever. If anybody ever dares you to the cinnamon challenge, remember this guy. Read.
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Up All Night
Your devoted drivelmeister was out way past his bed time last night, boys and girls, and he brings back reports of a rich chocolate treat that is the talk of the town. A brownie, I believe. Or it may have been a goulash. I know a rich chocolate goulash sounds a bit unconventional, so maybe… Read.
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morning quote
This: When the English stormed the Emerald Isle in the 17th century, they took everything that was worth taking and burned everything else. Thereafter, the Irish had no land, no money, no future. That left them with words, and words became books, and books, ingeniously coupled with music and alcohol, enabled the Irish to transcend… Read.
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pie hole
This one’s for t-dawg: Read.
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book snack
The only fit snack while reading is the olive in a martini. — P.J. O’Rourke Read.
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eye roll
My Darling B has leveled a challenge: She believes that, if I were to tell anybody how many typewriters I own, I would get an eye-roll from practically everyone. Well, here is a group shot of every typewriter I own: On the far left: A Smith-Corona Silent, one of the first typewriters I bought from… Read.
