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Just killing time -- just a scratch pad of partially-formed thoughts

EVERY FIGURATIVE USE OF LITERALLY IS RIGHT AND PROPER

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Mothra's Gotta Have It, a Ishirō Honda joint
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Is there something that will make my knee stop sounding like Rice Krispies?
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Bingo?
January 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Kind of an awkward pause and it's easy to fill in the blank with what you expect
January 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Mr. Exposure was his father's name
January 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Benjamin "Hawkeye" Mash, a surgeon serving in the Korean war
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Yes, Ben Hollywood moved to a small town in South Carolina. Same as Joel Northern being the Cicely, Alaska doctor in Northern Exposure.

Q: if driving from D.C. to Hollywood, how did Ben end up in South Carolina?
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
She didn't say "ago," she said "it was a long time—14 years..."

I hear this as her saying she was at Fox for 14 years and not that she left 14 years ago.
January 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Snow Days
YouTube video by Trip Shakespeare - Topic
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Eggcorn added to the dictionary

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2633
Language Log » "Eggcorn" makes the OED
languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
If you're interested, "egg corn" was birthed at the Language Log blog. itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languag...
Language Log: Egg corns: folk etymology, malapropism, mondegreen, ???
itre.cis.upenn.edu
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
*quarter* squat
January 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM