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I'm not dead!
Bring out your dead! Via YouTube In the classic scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail , Eric Idle is moving down the road with a...
3 days ago5 min read


Who can you trust?
Generated by RG, via Microsoft Designer, 2025 “Trust everybody, but cut the cards.” Finley Peter Dunne Trust is a strange thing. I knew I...
Apr 165 min read


A New Red Barchetta!
Ferrari 166 S, via Wikipedia I was trying to think of a song about a car, and bounced around a bit before realizing the truth. Red...
Apr 96 min read


Elbows Up!
Mark Carney & Mike Myers, via YouTube Canadians are an odd breed. While I think most of us love our country, we do not brag about it, or...
Apr 25 min read


Survivorman vs. Wild?
Survivorman Logo, via YouTube The TV show Survivor is described as a “ reality-competition ”, but it never struck me as realistic, and I...
Mar 264 min read


Drug of Choice?
Is Religion Like a Drug? | Rev | BBC Comedy Greats, via YouTube “You’ll feel that God reached out to you with his love.” “What does that...
Mar 195 min read


Pragmatic Optimism
Emo Philips, Opening for Weird Al Yankovic at the Apollo Theatre Today I learned the word “ paraprosdokian ”. According to Wikipedia, the...
Mar 125 min read


Haven
Tuwiuwok Bluff, via Haven, Maine fan wiki When I thought about the TV series Haven , I remembered vague details, and thought it must have...
Mar 54 min read


Shore to Shor!
MAMMÚT Everyone has heard the stereotype of the older person complaining about the “new music” younger people listen to, and we can all...
Feb 265 min read


Order out of Chaos
Nine Princes in Amber, cover, via OpenLibrary.org My Dad didn’t particularly like Roger Zelazny’s work. He thought it was a bit too...
Feb 194 min read


Nazi Punks F^ck Off!
Dead Kennedys – Nazi Punks F^ck Off cover For the past few weeks, I’ve had a song stuck in my head, or at least a part of it. The song is...
Feb 125 min read


I don't like spam!
Monty Python – Spam, via Wikipedia Even fifty years later, the influence of Monty Python is felt, as older generations reminisce and...
Feb 55 min read
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