Monthly Archives: July 2002

how about groucho glasses?

Mark Steyn: In a celebrity culture, it’s useful to be able to put a face to what would otherwise be a shadowy menace. The Chinese get away with a ton of stuff just because they eschew the Colonel Gaddafi pillbox … Continue reading

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they’ll buy up all your rights and all your wrongs

Looking for the words to one of my all-time favorite songs, I am amused to find most of it at the bottom of this page: “The Discipleship of Marriage, Part 3 – ChristianSinglesDating.com Article”. The opening/closing stanza is omitted, presumably … Continue reading

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it’s kosherin’ time!

Yeah, okay, I guess it’s not hard to picture Ben Grimm with a yarmulke. (By way of Meryl Yourish by way of Gary Farber)

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one horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms

Bon mot from Objectionable Content: I have a somewhat detailed refutation of this notion, but if you’re pressed for time, here’s the abridged version: oh, come on now.

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know thyself

A spam today bore the title “ARE YOU A RESPONSIBLE PARENT????” Got me there: No, I’m not. Wanna make something of it?

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suspended in mid-concept

“Planes collide in midair” — raising the question: what are the boundaries of midair anyway? Is it midair if they’re one foot off the ground? One hundred? If there are mountains nearby, do they make a difference? When does a … Continue reading

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“. . . if you can keep it”

Mourn on the Fourth of July: A National Day of Protest The goal, if any goal is possible to us, is no longer reform or restoration: it is resuscitation or reincarnation. This Fourth of July is no longer a holiday. … Continue reading

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