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Lucky my ass
If a girl you’re not dating says “any girl would be lucky to have you as a boyfriend,” then she is lying. If she really believed it, she’d be going out with you.
Inscrutable
Why are women always so quick to think other women don’t like them? Someone is going to have to explain that one to me.
Build the new World Trade Center
If we had already built something inspiring on the World Trade Center site, nobody would give a shit about this mosque idea.
Michaelangelo the ninja turtle?
From the Department of People with too much time on their hands – this article from a Neurology journal: Concealed Neuroanatomy in Michelangelo’s Separation of Light From Darkness in the Sistine Chapel Essentially, it says that Michaelangelo included a “hidden” … Continue reading
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Bridle path
In reading this sad story about the suicide of the guy from the TV show Growing Pains, the FoxNews.com story says “…was discovered by a search team on ‘bridal path’ in Stanley Park” It’s bridle path, not “bridal path”. It’s a … Continue reading
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Sometimes it takes someone you disagree with…
This exchange happened during an interview with stout atheist Christopher Hitchens in Portland Monthly magazine. He had a no doubt well-intentioned but not-quite-getting-it Unitarian Minister interviewing him: “Maryiln Sewell: The religion you cite in your book is generally the fundamentalist … Continue reading
Happy Holid… I mean Merry Christmas
Saw this posted by Andy McCarthy at NationalReview.com To All My Liberal Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within … Continue reading
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Defunct Stores
Some of the names have changed and some are gone forever. Here’s a list of stores to spark some memories. Service Merchandise Best Products Foley’s Circuit City Builder’s Square Goldsmith’s Mervyn’s Montgomery Ward Sanger-Harris Stripling & Cox Venture Stores TG&Y … Continue reading
The Sweet Spot
I enjoy reading Rob Neyer’s Sweet Spot blog