Hal
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What does one call the opposite of "doomposting"?
"Graveyard-whistling"?
"Graveyard-whistling"?
January 30, 2026 at 2:40 AM
What does one call the opposite of "doomposting"?
"Graveyard-whistling"?
"Graveyard-whistling"?
Curt Cignetti wins.
Google him.
Google him.
January 20, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Curt Cignetti wins.
Google him.
Google him.
everything turns away/Quite leisurely from the disaster
-W.H. Auden
-W.H. Auden
January 20, 2026 at 12:20 AM
everything turns away/Quite leisurely from the disaster
-W.H. Auden
-W.H. Auden
Where there are no secrets, there are no truths.
January 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Where there are no secrets, there are no truths.
Sam Darnold should have a son and name him 'Arnold'.
January 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Sam Darnold should have a son and name him 'Arnold'.
Oregon QB Dante Moore should do commercials for Dinty Moore.
January 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Oregon QB Dante Moore should do commercials for Dinty Moore.
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The number of books I've read this year is actually a state secret, so I won't be sharing. Sorry.
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The number of books I've read this year is actually a state secret, so I won't be sharing. Sorry.
Not everybody who smokes cigarettes can be considered a professional chef. But why not? The smoker and the chef are both engaged in the heating of substances in order to make them palatable for consumption.
Hmmmm...
Hmmmm...
December 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Not everybody who smokes cigarettes can be considered a professional chef. But why not? The smoker and the chef are both engaged in the heating of substances in order to make them palatable for consumption.
Hmmmm...
Hmmmm...
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I don't listen to audio books. I'm visual & listening to words is like work to me, probably since hearing & auditory processing issues run in my family. I love a good read on a printed page.
We're all different, and whichever way we want to consume books is a personal choice. Just don't eat them.
We're all different, and whichever way we want to consume books is a personal choice. Just don't eat them.
December 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I don't listen to audio books. I'm visual & listening to words is like work to me, probably since hearing & auditory processing issues run in my family. I love a good read on a printed page.
We're all different, and whichever way we want to consume books is a personal choice. Just don't eat them.
We're all different, and whichever way we want to consume books is a personal choice. Just don't eat them.
"[W]e have to realize that the only way to avoid being crushed by absurdity...is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations. Our rational mind casts only a feeble light on the world."
- Friedrich Durrenmatt.
- Friedrich Durrenmatt.
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"[W]e have to realize that the only way to avoid being crushed by absurdity...is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations. Our rational mind casts only a feeble light on the world."
- Friedrich Durrenmatt.
- Friedrich Durrenmatt.
Tony Geary RIP
"Luke and Laura" was a soap opera story that transcended its genre and became a pop culture phenomenon.
"Luke and Laura" was a soap opera story that transcended its genre and became a pop culture phenomenon.
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Tony Geary RIP
"Luke and Laura" was a soap opera story that transcended its genre and became a pop culture phenomenon.
"Luke and Laura" was a soap opera story that transcended its genre and became a pop culture phenomenon.
Indiana and Duke have won their respective conferences.
In football!
In football!
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Indiana and Duke have won their respective conferences.
In football!
In football!
The problem with the story of "The Devil Goes Down to Georgia" is that the Devil concedes defeat. Why would the Devil do that?
December 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The problem with the story of "The Devil Goes Down to Georgia" is that the Devil concedes defeat. Why would the Devil do that?
The law serves power, not the other way around.
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The law serves power, not the other way around.
Not all of us fall so we can learn to pick ourselves up again. Some of us fall because we're klutzy.
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Not all of us fall so we can learn to pick ourselves up again. Some of us fall because we're klutzy.
"Life is sad. Life is a bust.
All you can do, is do what you must."
All you can do, is do what you must."
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Life is sad. Life is a bust.
All you can do, is do what you must."
All you can do, is do what you must."
The prevailing ethic of our time: There is no right or wrong, good or bad. There is only success or failure.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The prevailing ethic of our time: There is no right or wrong, good or bad. There is only success or failure.
There is no one lonelier than one who is unhappily married.
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There is no one lonelier than one who is unhappily married.
If you have to use both a knife and fork to eat your scrambled eggs, I think its likely you have overcooked them.
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If you have to use both a knife and fork to eat your scrambled eggs, I think its likely you have overcooked them.
Calm down.
Or don't. Whichever.
Or don't. Whichever.
October 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Calm down.
Or don't. Whichever.
Or don't. Whichever.
Did you ever notice that the "high" in "high school" is usually pronounced "huy"?
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Did you ever notice that the "high" in "high school" is usually pronounced "huy"?
"What Are Words For
When No One Listens Anymore?"
When No One Listens Anymore?"
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"What Are Words For
When No One Listens Anymore?"
When No One Listens Anymore?"
Please stop bringing water into the sauna. Thank you
October 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Please stop bringing water into the sauna. Thank you
Hey how's that cease-fire going?
October 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hey how's that cease-fire going?
"It is very singular how little men seem to realize that they are not caught in the grip of a mechanism from which there is no escape but that the treadmill is one upon which they remain merely because they have not noticed that it fails to take them to a higher level.”
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"It is very singular how little men seem to realize that they are not caught in the grip of a mechanism from which there is no escape but that the treadmill is one upon which they remain merely because they have not noticed that it fails to take them to a higher level.”
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell