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Imagine explaining this to Elizabeth I and Philip II...
British Airways and the Spanish airline, Iberia, are in merger talks?! I’ve flown BA before, but all my memory can supply for Iberia is their jingle from the early 1970’s, which is filed n… more →
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Imagine explaining this to Elizabeth I and Philip II...
rethoryke wrote 2 weeks ago: British Airways and the Spanish airline, Iberia, are in merger talks?! I’ve flown BA before, b … more →
Tonight's euphemisms
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rethoryke wrote 2 weeks ago: An “unfriendly noise”: suspected gunfire, typically followed by sirens Related: “M … more →
What does one say...?
rethoryke wrote 3 weeks ago: …when one of the snowflakes asks plaintively: “so there’s no science without natur … more →
Snicker, or how the velvet worm turns...
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rethoryke wrote 3 weeks ago: See here. [Thank you, Derek] I also love the phrase “a sort of high-affinity fluorescence prob … more →
Festival of Bad Writing, Fall 2009 entries
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rethoryke wrote 1 month ago: Please avoid opening sentences like these: “X is such an important part of society today … more →
What year are we in again?
rethoryke wrote 1 month ago: I sometimes think that modern organized religion is more defined by who is kept out than who is allo … more →
Leia's mousie
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rethoryke wrote 1 month ago: Somewhat civilized Himmie turns out to be a fine mouser. She darted past Malkin and grabbed herself … more →
Exasperation
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rethoryke wrote 1 month ago: Some religious traditions do a better job of keeping their history alive than others. While being re … more →
Brave new phrases
rethoryke wrote 1 month ago: I think this is the gate outside the garden of the Ursuline Sisters in New Orleans I had not realize … more →
And from the opposite end of the arts spectrum..
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rethoryke wrote 1 month ago: The closest thing to the FAIL blog for craft items: Regretsy.com I am not surprised, however, to hea … more →
Fist Full of Figs
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rethoryke wrote 1 month ago: There are these small objects showing up in the green grocer’s — people there insist tho … more →
Context is everything
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rethoryke wrote 2 months ago: In an email, explaining where to look in a set of online pictures: I’m the one blowing up a di … more →
A life lesson from DeanDad
rethoryke wrote 2 months ago: “As the bully veers off into the land of the tinfoil hat, let him keep going.” DeanDad … more →
Brightness is relative
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rethoryke wrote 2 months ago: Ah yes — it’s time for the “You’ll probably get a C” lecture for my un … more →
Insert pithy title here -- then sneeze
rethoryke wrote 2 months ago: School has started, and some nights I come home….and I’ve run out of words. I have to l … more →
Holy flaming luminaries, Batman...
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rethoryke wrote 2 months ago: Now, I’ll admit that this title might have some of you thinking I’m going to regale the … more →
Kudzu for treating 'metabolic syndrome'
rethoryke wrote 3 months ago: Old infestation draped on killed trees in July - James H. Miller USDA, Forest Service: Invasive.org. … more →
It's Cockroach Ice Cream Truck Season!
rethoryke wrote 3 months ago: It is appalling and a source of glee every time… … more →
