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Today I was dewildered (or belighted) to discover that visits to my blog had skyrocketed overnight.
But why? What could thirteen hundred and forty-one visitors have found so riveting about yesterday's post? Was it the zombie fungus? The carrion plant?
But why? What could thirteen hundred and forty-one visitors have found so riveting about yesterday's post? Was it the zombie fungus? The carrion plant?
Time to take the blinders off sheeple. Do you think those vast mobs of cows will let us carve them up and pump their milk forever? If you can't see where we are heading, Bucky Catt can:
which reminded me of the "Cows with Guns" music video:
which reminded me of the "Cows with Guns" music video:
What is in a name? Juliet, you may have a point - a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title.
Two very different items - exoplanets and fruit flies - are the subject of no small (or large) naming controversy. Before you say, "What does it matter what they're called?" - which is what I initially said - read on.
Flies of Fruit1
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title.
Two very different items - exoplanets and fruit flies - are the subject of no small (or large) naming controversy. Before you say, "What does it matter what they're called?" - which is what I initially said - read on.
Flies of Fruit1
In a religious quandary? Don't know which traditional/cult/New Age group to join? Fear not, the Holy Taco has worked it out for you. Simply follow the flow chart to your transcendental bliss:
The only problem: I don't see the Flying Spaghetti Monster on the chart.
The only problem: I don't see the Flying Spaghetti Monster on the chart.
If you lived in 1844 and were a follower of American Baptist preacher William Miller, today would forever be marked as "The Great Disappointment." The world was expected to come to an end on this date. Guess they hadn't heard of the Mayan calendar. Most Millerites gave up on him after TGD, but descendants are still around - you know them as Seventh Day Adventists.
In celebration of today's historic disappointment, the likes of which required capitalization, I give you Toothpaste For Dinner.
In celebration of today's historic disappointment, the likes of which required capitalization, I give you Toothpaste For Dinner.
Someday, soon, I will live someplace cool. Improv Everywhere demonstrates why life in musical would be weird, but disturbingly entertaining at a Queens grocery store. St. Louis hardly even has grocery stores downtown.
*Hat tip to Charlie Todd.
*Hat tip to Charlie Todd.
Can I make a nomination for this year's tiredest news metaphor? Goldman Sachs as a giant vampire squid. I am still getting "squid" news hits about banking. BORING!
Today's was the most disappointing headline yet: Let's milk the squid, not murder it!
Today's was the most disappointing headline yet: Let's milk the squid, not murder it!
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