Tag: What the

  • New Year, New Pronouns

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    According to my daughters, my pronouns are Bruh / Dude / and Hey!

  • Hither and Yon

    Some more useless items that make the Web great.

  • Lies clients (still) tell freelancers

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    The lies clients tell freelancers never change. I often wonder if there’s a business class where the prof tells students which lies to use on us.

    A Greek statue of a man facepalming from all the client lies he hears
  • When do we decide if someone is batshit crazy?

    I know. That term is politically incorrect. And I am not applying it to those with true mental illnesses. I’m talking about those times when eccentricity goes a wee bit over the top. And stays there. You’ve doubtless met others who have decided to become eccentric, perhaps even the town eccentric, but it was clearly…

  • You needed lungs of steel

    Remember this shit? I could never get a bubble bigger than 2” and it smelled like a Victorian turpentine factory. The bubbles were generally forest green with the faintest whisper of yellow. “Here, kids! It’s like lung cancer in a tube. Knock yourself out.” But don’t take my word for it. This shit was deadly.…

  • Only in Royal Oak…

    Longtime readers will know that I have spent the majority of my life in Royal Oak, Michigan — a strange little town with a penchant for weirdness. We could just as easily deserve our own version of Austin’s tagline. “ Keep Royal Oak weird.” Last night, while walking home with my honey, we noticed another…

  • Garganornis: Even its name is evil

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    Just picture being a Cro Magnon. You’ve just gotten a nice cave in the ‘burbs for the fam. Worked hard on the garden damn, those 15 lb. Rafflesia flowers are looking fine. Then you hear it. Honking. Not the wimpy honk of a long-dead Velociraptor. Nope. There used to be a giant goose named Garganornis.…

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  • Might want to rethink that mascot name

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