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Photo Memory of the Week
Video of the Week: “It was an ambush!”
Leeloo whups a bunch of armed and nasty aliens, unarmed and all by her own self.
The quote is at timestamp 1:43.
Poetry of the Week
On Tender Hooks
- by Brian BilstonLet me cut to the cheese:
every time you open your mouth,
I’m on tender hooks.You charge at the English language
like a bowl in a china shop.
Please nip it in the butt.On the spurt of the moment,
the phrases tumble out.
It’s time you gave up the goat.Curve your enthusiasm.
Don’t give them free range.
The chickens will come home to roast.Now you are in high dungeon.
You think me a damp squid:
on your phrases I shouldn’t impose.But they spread like wildflowers
in a doggy-dog world,
and your spear of influence grows.Posted: 2025 Apr 20
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Tag Archives: History
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Tagged History, Word Play
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Tagged Attitudes, History, Miscellany
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Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, You are Here
Tagged Community, Family, History
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The Last Time
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Posted in Politics and Policy, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Citizenship, Critical Thinking, History, Sports
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For Those Wondering
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Avocado’s Number
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Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Through History
Tagged History, Science
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Which is Worse?
Old jokes and new learnings. Continue reading
Glory Or
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