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Homebound anagrams

February 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments

– I’m a hag lamb, I’m a bran. [So, that’s where they get bran.]

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Birthday anagrams

February 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

– Jesus! I’m a ranked force! [Ranked near the bottom of the list, anyway.]

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What about the unknown knowns…?

February 16th, 2008 · No Comments

…that is to say, those things that we have no earthly idea are insidiously lodged in our brains?

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Tags: language · politics

Best Grammy line of the night

February 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Anyway, in the other room the TV is on, and the channel is tuned in to the Grammy Awards. I know, I’m a loser, and I said earlier that it would have to take something really special to get me to tune in. In a way, I am kind of glad I did, as I got to hear Kanye West complain about getting rushed off the stage, and how he “owns” the Grammys and all. As if some people only put out records so that they can win awards. If you had heard him “sing” earlier in the evening (I had the pleasure of only having to hear him), you would know that he won’t be winning any awards at Juilliard (if they even give out awards for what he does) or some other such institution that knows what excellence in music really is.

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Tags: language · music

Hemingway vignette

January 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I sat at one of the tables and looked at the pictures on the wall. There was one panel of rabbits, dead, one of pheasants, also dead, and one panel of dead ducks. The panels were all dark and smoky-looking. There was a cupboard full of liqueur bottles. I looked at them all.

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Tags: fiction · language

Bring Binnie Babyies if have them.

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Bring Binnie Babyies if have them.

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It ain’t a fit night out for man or beast! (Screenings: The Fatal Glass of Beer)

January 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Once the city gets into a bohoy’s syhystem, he loses his ahankering for the cohuntry.

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Tags: film · language · Screenings

Gente de Mierda Estúpida

January 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

No, the title of this post doesn’t refer to the band – it’s the Spanish translation of the title of the following song by the fabulous Bell Rays, a little ray of sunlight provided by your friend at Spitball Army headquarters.

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Blessings On Your Head

January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So, being a man of the times, I typed “blessings on your head” into my toolbar, and here is some text from one of the entries that came up:

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Tags: film · language · music

Happy New Year!

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Happy New Deed!
Happy New Deer!
Happy New Beer!
Happy New Br’er!
Happy New Brew!

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