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Honorary lady rhetorician. He/him.
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Gotta admit, I was having trouble feeling enthusiastic about Christmas this year, but then I found this present waiting for me at the record store.
CD copy of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, narrated by Boris Karloff, i.e., the complete soundtrack of the 1966 animated special. It only cost $4! The cover art is a Dr. Seuss drawing of the Grinch evilly sticking his head out from behind a Christmas tree.
December 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Thank U, @topa.to , for the delivery of Xmas joy! (cc: @badmachinery.com , author of said joy)
Two comics by John Allison—Destroy History: NEMS: 1968 & Savage Sword of Susan—as well as a "Wee Oscar Wilde" coffee mug. Destroy History features a woman (Esther de Groot), a man, & 2 robots standing on the numerals of 1968, with the giant, psychedelic head of Cilla Black rising (or perhaps setting) like the sun behind them. Savage Sword of Susan features the Giant Days cast—Daisy, Susan, & Esther—wearing medieval-fantasy garb & standing in a dark wood; Susan had a broadsword & a broader smile; a severed arm lies on the ground near her feet.
December 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Hey @jon.wprb.com — tell your friends in Deth Elf that this is getting me through my afternoon of shoveling.
Cover image for the single “Elfbear” by Deth Elf. It is a close-up painting of a polar bear wearing a too-small elf hat and holding a wooden toy locomotion its ferocious black claws. It appears to be somewhat grumpy.
December 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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You will be visited by three spirits.
Three figurines in front of a beige cinderblock wall: (l. to r.) a plastic Bob's Big Boy bobblehead; a carved wooden statuette of Cervantes; & a plaster bobblehead of Cincinnati Reds mascot, Mr. Redlegs.
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Movie you’ve seen 6 or more times.
“You must mean two other trees!”
Scene from It’s a Wonderful Life in which a skeptical neighbor doubts the now-never-existed George Bailey’s story of having run into the man’s tree with his car.
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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The sixth photo in your gallery is what killed you.

I'm not sure if this means I'll be killed by gnomes, crows, crows dressed as gnomes, or @secondlina.com. Maybe all of the above?
Three cartoon crows (from SecondLina's Crow Time comic) wearing various hats & boots. The lead (center) crow is saying, "As you can see from our sweet booties and hats…We are GNOMES!"
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Without downloading new pics, describe your gender.
Historical illustration from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin depicting the Jersey Devil as described by a witness in 1909. It stands upright on spindly rear legs with oversized, metal-shod hooves. Forelegs are short & clawed. It has large, bat-like wings, a long, thin, three-pointed tail, and a long thick neck. The head, in profile, is disproportionately large, something between a dog’s & a horse’s in appearance. Caption at the top reads: “The New Jersey ’What-Is-It,’ As Nelson Evans Says He Saw It On His She’d Roof At 2 A.M.”
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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"This is statistically impossible."
Still from the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimesion showing a VT100 computer display with a list of Yoyodyne Propulsion employees, who all applied for Social Security cards on October 31, 1938. The first name of every employee is John, while the surname range from the mundane (Cooper, Wood) to the ridiculous (Small Berries, Ya Ya).
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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NICE!

Time for me to retire from professional skeeting.
Screenshot from Bluesky showing my reply to a Ryan North post having received 69 likes (highlighted in yellow). The original post by North reads: “some guy just left the airport bathroom urinals chuckling and saying ‘that went well’ to himself. what is his story” My reply is: “Maybe some stories are better left untold.”
October 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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what’s your sign?
Street sign along a rural 2-lane highway reading “ONGS HAT RD”.
September 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

(I'm doomed, but at least it will be funny.)
The cast of season 13 of the British series Taskmaster: (rear, left to right) Sophie Duker, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love, Ardel O'Hanlon, Bridget Christie; (front) Taskmaster Greg Davies & little Alex Horne, both seated on gilded thrones.
August 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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My Fantastic Four
Promotional photo for the film Monkey Business, showing (clockwise from left) Harpo, Zeppo, Groucho & Chico Marx popping their heads out of large barrels labeled "Kippered Herrings".
August 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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SIMPLICITY is here!
@mattielubchansky.com
Cover of Simplicity: A Novel by Mattie Lubchansky. It depicts a male-presenting person being dropped headfirst toward some kind of glowing plant tendrils by a pair of robed hands.
July 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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No cheating, share your lock screen.

2-for-1 special!
IPad lockscreen with a hand-drawn Apple logo in red (with single green leaf) on a white background. It is 1:33PM on July 26, 2025. iPhone lockscreen with a highly magnified scan of the Trystero "muted posthorn" symbol from Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, running top to bottom. The rough texture of the paper can be seen in the background. It is 1:34PM on July 26, 2025
July 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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If you see this, post a monster.

I mean, I *assume* there’s a monster in there. Who else would write that message?
A cement storm drain outlet into a small creek. Graffitied above the pipe mouth is “Come In” with an arrow pointing at the dark hole.
July 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Outstanding imps! Depending on the day, I'm one of these two.
A fat, bald, naked, bat-winged imp who seems to be blowing jets of steam from its nose. A fat, naked imp with long hair and rabbit ears, lying down with one arm draped across its head in an attitude of exhaustion.
July 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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If you see this, quote post with a robot that isn't from Star Wars/Star Trek/Dr. Who/Transformers.
A panel from the webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell. A "seraph series" robot (boxy, with pincer hands & tiny wings) gestures at a strange symbol it had just carved in the wall. It is saying, "We have bestowed upon you the mark of the creator". The color palette is blues & grays.
July 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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If you see this, share a skeleton.

"He can never truly be said to handle us without mittens" from Evan Dahm's illustrated edition of Moby-Dick.
Two-page spread from Moby-Dick, with a black & white illustration of a skeletal view whale's flipper and part of its ribs.
June 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
Three horizontal rows of 5 Peeps chicks each, in pink, yellow, & blue, respectively.
May 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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@jon.wprb.com I’m at Moorestown Porchfest (www.moorestownporchfest.com) and my shirt is getting a lot of compliments!
#wprb #NJsOnlyRadioStation
Brown teeshirt with a white illustration of some kind of cybernetic dinosaur. In the ferocious jaws of the dinosaur are the words “WPRB 103.3”.
May 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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This one, courtesy of Ryan North & Buckminster Fuller: a mile-wide, nuclear-powered, lighter-than-air, geodesic sphere made of Kevlar & aluminum. Est. cost, ~&6 billion.
A page from Ryan Norrh’s How to Take Over the World (2022) with a picture of an enormous lighter-than-air geodesic sphere hovering over New York City.
May 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
Anime image of the Mach 5 racecar from Speed Racer.
May 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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I'll play.

Movies you have seen six or more times, no Star wars, LOTR, or Trek
Two men, holding pistols and one with his arm in a sling, walk through some kind of lab. One of them points at what a machine and says, "Why is there a watermelon there?" As the camera pans, a watermelon in what appears to be a pneumatic press enters the frame.
April 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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If you see this, post a beach photo from your phone.

This is 7 Mile Beach at the New Jersey shore in December, 2024.
View of a beach along the Surfline near sunset. Dark, purplish clouds fill part of the sky, but a band pale yellow light is visible along the horizon.
April 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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@ass.golf I think I found Skullmaster’s ultimate nemesis! They live in New Jersey.
Sticker in a car window with the word “MEISTER” followed by a stylized skull image, all in white.
April 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM