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And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

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Just because:   (more…)

… but this is plain tragical. I’d reckon likker was involved, ‘cept they don’t hold with strong drink thereabouts. “Celebratory gunfire”, my eye.

and blah blah blah, set up the joke, and punchline!: None of them exist.

This may explain why the Vice President switched gears and declared trans-gender discrimination the biggest civil rights issue.

Glenn Reynolds: “You have to kill a few of those brain cells now and then, pour encourager les autres.”

Fond as I am of the basic approach, I’m hesitant to apply it to my own neurons.

He woke up frightened, and reached for the matches, and the matches were put into his hand.

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Here. But in a sane world, dads wouldn’t be put to the distasteful and unmanly necessity of tooting our own horns.

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Mormon man bids mournful farewell to the cult lifestyle. (more…)

Hurricane Sandy is wending her way towards the U.S.’s Atlantic coast. Storms have knocked out power to my house and most of those in my county for multiple days twice in the last couple years, so we look at these things coming with a bit of aprehension. I expect the predicted Monday night/Tuesday morning landfall is going to be disruptive, but I regret it is arriving a week early. Not quite an answer to prayer, I guess.

From Dawn to Decadence is a great book.

The modern kitchen was designed by a woman who couldn’t cook.

Phillip K. Howard made the point a long time ago, but Lileks rediscovers it:  (more…)