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Monthly Archives: January 2006
World-Class Spellign Department
Spotted at a nearby convenience store: They’d get a lot farther with me if they’d quit calling me "Toady." The saddest thing is that it has been this way for several weeks now. Doesn’t anybody who works there read their … Continue reading
Posted in Just Plain Silly
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Imponderables Department
My mother used to have a business-card-sized card in her desk that had the following inscription (I’m working from memory here, so I might not get the spelling exactly right): VYIZDEREZOMANYMOREORZEZAZZEZDANDEREIZORZEZ? It took me some time and my mother’s help … Continue reading
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Everything You Know Is Wrong Department: Frog boiling
You’ve heard that if you put a frog in a pot of hot water, the frog will jump right out, but if you put a frog in a pot of cool water and gradually raise the temperature, the frog will … Continue reading
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You Are Here Department: Jeff Bezos keynote
I’m attending the Marketplace for Entrepreneurs conference in Fargo, ND. They keynote speaker today is Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com. He says Amazon’s vision from the beginning is selection. They start with the customer, figuring out what they want, and then … Continue reading
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I May Not Know Art Department
Speaking of the Sunday funnies, Scott Stantis offers a capsule critique of what passes for ArtTM nowadays, over at Prickly City. Apropos of ArtTM , I heard that Marcel Duchamp’s work of "art," The Fountain, was damaged by a self-styled … Continue reading
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Super-Size Me Department
Hey, check out Chris Muir’s Day by Day comic: He has a larger Sunday edition today. (I have a page to display the daily comic, linked over there in the sidebar, but Sunday’s is too big to show up on … Continue reading
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It Isn’t A Model, It’s A Bad Example Department
If you’re in the mood for something visually outlandish, try the Museum of Bad Art, "the world’s only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms." The collection started with the discovery … Continue reading
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The Road Goes Ever On Department
As you drive or walk down a road, you occassionally pass a mile marker. In older times, they used stones. Today we observe one of the happier milestones: J.R.R. Tolkein’s birthday. Apparently, proper form is to raise your glass at … Continue reading
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What The World Needs Now Department
Yesterday’s Parade Magazine reported that Dylan and Cole Sprouse, twins who star in the Disney Channel program The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, are "launching a line of boys’ clothes for the Olsen twins company." In the same issue … Continue reading
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Dispatches from Outland 