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Jul 10
Overheard by proxy: inch
“Really I’ve always said, a 1/4 inch, an 1/8 inch, it all depends on the person.”
Jul 05
Guest of honor at a hemp party
No, it has nothing to do with smokin’ the reefer; the guest of honor at a hemp party is someone about to be hanged. And yes, the past tense for execution by hanging is hanged, not hung (hung is used for other forms of hang, like hanging your coat up or hanging out).
Jul 01
Frawgs
The following image is scanned from an old edition of The Virginian I picked up at 2nd Street Books in Osceola. I have no idea what is going on in the picture, as I haven’t yet read the book; I just picked it up because my friend Trampas was named after the character in the …
Jun 29
Review: Igor
My patience for bad movies and even less-than-awesome movies is diminishing quickly. To that end, my reviews for bad movies will grow smaller also; it’s bad enough to lose 90-120 minutes of your life to a bad movie, but why give it the attention you would give a good movie when you really just want …
Jun 27
These five words
The two Bon Jovi songs “I’ll Be There For You” and “Thank You For Loving Me” both have five-word titles, and both lyrics contain the phrase “these five words.”
Jun 25
Overheard: Crunchberry
“So I called my mom and I’m like, ‘I am going to choke to death on dry Crunchberry cereal and die alone in my apartment and nobody will know.’”
