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Tue, Jun 15, 2021
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I would like to take a moment to discuss the blobfish, or the Psychrolutes
marcidus.
From Wikimedia Commons. Not Kirby. I'd use a photo, but I don't want to pay for
the rights. [blobfish-vector.png]
The most famous photo of Mr.
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Sun, May 23, 2021
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I know that ever since my most recent post, you’ve all been on the edge of your
seats, so I’ll ease your concerns now: I’ve gotten my second dose. There’s been
a lot of talk about how awful the side effects are for the second shot, so when
I went in this past Monday, I was ready to get laid out for ...
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Sun, Apr 18, 2021
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Because why not start out with a terrible pun?
Today I took my first hit of the Pfizer vaccine.
It was a well-run operation, I have to say. I showed up at the hospital and
followed the trail of prominent “Vaccine Clinic” signs that they’d set out so
that the process wouldn’t get held up by hapless...
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Sun, Feb 14, 2021
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Long, long ago, when I set up this website, I decided to use a Content
Management System (CMS) called Drupal. A CMS, if you’re not aware, is a type of
software that people who can’t be bothered to learn HTML use to post their
stupid thoughts on the Internet.
Drupal made it easy enough to post my st...
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Mon, Dec 24, 2018
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I’m now coming up on the first Christmas where my son has been cognizant enough
to give a damn, and so lately we’ve been reading that beloved Christmas classic,
How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
This is what got me thinking about the Grinch again, and, as any of my regular
readers know, it’s when I s...
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Fri, Jun 08, 2018
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Despite the infrequency with which I post new blogs–and I’ll be the first to
admit that I’m a terrible person who misses every writing deadline that he sets
–it’s not often that it takes nearly half a year to write a single post that
I’ve already started.
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Tue, Oct 31, 2017
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I’ve previously discussed my wife’s love of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies.
Incidentally, to those who have read this blog and relied on it for
investigative research purposes, I’d like to apologize and issue a minor
correction.
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Fri, Sep 22, 2017
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Recently, our apartment complex was acquired by another company, and in
celebration, they decided to renovate everything. Oddly, this even included
apartments that were still occupied, as opposed to the usual strategy of
landlords everywhere, which is to wait until you move out, and then make the
ap...
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Sat, Jul 29, 2017
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For those who don’t live in the Indiana area, up until recently there was a
chain of grocery stores called Marsh. I say recently because as of this month,
Marsh is now a chain of empty buildings. This is either a surprising new
business strategy, or the result of their descent into bankruptcy; eithe...
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Sun, Mar 19, 2017
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I recently came to the disturbing conclusion that there is – for a limited time
– such a thing as “Peeps Oreos.” Oreos, you may recall, are those cookies with a
mediocre cream filling sandwiched between two godawful chocolate cookies, and
Peeps are those flavorless marshmallow chicks you get around ...
